Blog Review: Blogger Abroad (Bryan and Dena Haines)

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Posted on August 13, 2014 by belindayhughes

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If you want to become a better blogger, make money with a home-based, online business, get insider info on the latest tech and photography tools, visit the hottest international travel spots off the beaten path and enjoy your life more, you need to subscribe to Bryan and Dena Haines’ Blogger Abroad.

Bryan and Dena are embracing the digital nomad lifestyle as expat Canadians based in Cuenca, Ecuador with their daughter. As a family, they try out new cameras and accessories in exotic locales, test web tools and techniques for blogging and business development and take web fasts, too. They are who you want to grow up to be – healthy, balanced people living a universal dream.

If I have one complaint about Blogger Abroad, it’s that I can’t just stop my world and binge read everything there. Whenever I dive into their latest blogging, photography, travel and business tips and ideas, I feel well fed, yet eager for the next seating time. It’s always easy to read, implement and share. The layout is exquisite, there’s no wasted space, yet it has great flow.

So get over there already, experience it for yourself and start improving your online and offline lives today. My fave posts so far are

100 Gulls, 2 Loaves of Bread, & a GoPro,

How To Auto Restore Your Crashed / Hacked WordPress Site and

Parkinson’s Law: How We Get More Done #48HoursOffline.

DISCLOSURE: This blog review was neither solicited nor compensated in any way, shape or form. The above opinions are my own. I simply cannot recommend this blog highly enough.

Blog Review: Roads Less Traveled (Emily and Mark Fagan)

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Posted on July 21, 2014 by belindayhughes

Image credit Emily & Mark Fagan

This is the debut post in a new topic series: blog reviews. Between networking and web research, I’ve come across many blogs, some good, some not so much and some that really strike a chord with me. Bloggers have varying degrees of experience, training, expertise, level of commitment and reasons for blogging. Emily and Mark Fagan’s blog, Roads Less Traveled, is among my favorites.

I first discovered Roads Less Traveled when Emily shared a post on G+. What made me click the link? The high quality photo, full-time rving theme and fun, yet direct tone. Full-time rving and sailing around the world is one of those things generations of us have longed for, thinking of it as mostly a retirement activity. Today, at least three generations, from Boomers to Millenials, are making it their reality – and at every point on the budget, footage and experience spectrum. Emily and Mark decided to just do it and their blog conveys that adventurous spirit.

Once you get to the blog, you’ll notice the clean, well-organized, easy to follow layout. They’ve developed mad photography skills and, coupled with their writing, it makes you feel as if you’re right there in the middle of each experience with them. Some of their work has been published in major RV and travel magazines, and the Fagans share those links, as well as the blogs of friends on certain important topics, like composting toilets. They post regularly and respond to comments in a timely manner. There are ads and a gear store, but they’re absolutely relevant and useful, and give you an opportunity to support indie authors.

When I asked Emily about getting started on the full-time boondocking rving lifestyle, she promptly replied with a link to their page on that subject, featuring all the resources a newbie needs. Is it any wonder I’ve subscribed for email updates and regularly share their posts throughout my social media network? Some of my favorite posts include the RV/MH Hall of Fame, How Big an RV Do You Need, and Smoked Out by a Wildfire.

Give Roads Less Traveled a look-see. Be sure to explore their books and CDs on full-time rving and sailing, as well as that Gear Store I mentioned earlier. Every second there is well spent.

DISCLOSURE: This review was neither solicited nor compensated. I just plain love this blog and wanted to do something different.

Belinda Y. Hughes is a cookbook author, food, writing, editing and social media blogger, freelance content writer and poet. She enjoys cooking, gardening and meditating in the country with her labradachs.

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