Marketing Monday: Building Your Travel Business on a Budget

Over the last month there has been alot of buzz over Mike Dillard’s Building on a Budget course.  I was intrigued by the preview videos and so made the purchase when the full course became available. 

We received Building on a Budget last week and were quite satisfied.  It’s a 58 page book (not an ebook) with an online audio.  Dillard includes a free copy of his physical newsletter- The Magnetic Sponsoring Inner Circle. 

Much of the general information I knew.  It was all of the little tweeks and tips for getting the most out of the social and online networking tools that made the difference.  We are implementing many changes to our websites based on what we learned and are confident in seeing higher conversions.

So, I am giving Mike Dillard’s Building on a Budget my endorsement.  Having considerable experience in internet marketing I didn’t think I’d learn much.  It was worth every penny.

 Jonathan

Travel Warning to All-Don’t Die In This French Town!

Once I get a rhythm for this blog posts of this nature will be on “Wacky Wedneday.”  Just for today, let’s change Family Trip Friday into “Freaky Friday.”  I just couldn’t resist.

 The DW found this and fell off the chair laughing. DW didn’t get to the end of the story, of course. She’s French and after reading this story I now know where she gets her crazy ideas from.  It runs in the blood.   As I read the news release, I couldn’t help but wonder, what kind of severe punishment do you give a dead dude?

French village bans death

Thu Mar 6, 3:24 PM ET

The mayor of a French village has issued a decree banning residents from dying in his territory unless they own a spot in the overcrowded cemetery.

“It is forbidden for any person not having a plot in the cemetery … to die on the territory of the village,” the mayor of the southwestern village of Sarpourenx wrote in a decree that warned of “severe punishment” for offenders.

Mayor Gerard Lalanne told AFP he had taken the radical measure to protest against a legal ruling preventing him from enlarging the burial ground in the village of 260 people.

“The first dead person to come along, I’ll send him to the state’s representative,” he said.

Lalane said he had been inspired by the mayor of another French village, Cugnaux, who had also outlawed death as a protest last year and who thus won the right to enlarge the village’s cemetery.

Welcome to TravelDadBlog…

I’m not great with introductions, so let me get right to the point.  I’m a Travel Agent and a homeschool dad of four boys.  You can read more about me on my page here.

This blog will be somewhat structured:

Monday- Marketing Tip Monday

Tuesday- Trip Tip Tuesday

Wednesday- Wacky Wednesday

Thursday- Tasty Travel Thursday (recipes from around the world)

Friday- Family Travel Friday

I’ll be enjoying the weekend too much to blog.

 Jonathan