Category: Miscellaneous

Vicksburg Case Study working with Mike’s Road Trip

Vicksburg, Mississippi CVB organized a press trip for Mike’s Road Trip in April of 2016 to experience their community—to develop an article and video that was published on MikesRoadTrip.com and utilized by stakeholders. 90 Day Review MikesRoadTrip.com visits: These are the metrics after 90 days of my Vicksburg article and...

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Video Examples by MikesRoadTrip Productions

Mike Shubic and his team can produce an array of different types of videos depending on your needs. We have produced over 500 videos, with the equipment needed for nearly any project. Video content marketing is NOT the future like it was five years ago, it's here and now. Let...

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Best Travel Video Bloggers in the business

This is a list of the best travel video bloggers and filmmakers [Preface] This post is going to appeal to three different groups; DMO's/Brands looking to work with the best travel video bloggers. Up-and-coming travel video bloggers who wish to learn from the best in the business. And finally, those...

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Destination Video Examples

Here are some destination video examples of my work. Click the following link for hotel video examples, Experiential Road Trip Destination https://youtu.be/183GsHSbtmY Brand Destination Video https://youtu.be/rtbw918ibgA Narrated Travel Destination Video https://youtu.be/QV_1p63ylsw Destination Vlog style video https://youtu.be/6Axk716Hk7E Visual video with little or no narration https://youtu.be/ZyeVDvYnhbs https://youtu.be/HwAtQznb0Fk  

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Brand Ambassador Program

Mike's Road Trip offers three standard brand ambassador packages, however depending on your needs, something can certainly be customized. Minimum six month agreement required. Package 1 (The following is for a 3-month period) (2) Guest write two blog posts for your site/blog and support with quality images. (18) Random social...

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Product Reviews

The team at MikesRoadTrip.com love to review products that are related to road trips and travel, and that are helpful to our readers. We will only write or make mentions of products we love. If we do not love your product, we will notify you and/or send the item back....

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Sponsored Posts

Sponsored content and sponsored posts

If you wish to solicit an article to be published on MikesRoadTrip.com (DA47/PA48), here are the following rates and information: Sponsored link in an existing article: $175 (2 links $250) Sponsor supplied article with single link: $325 (add a 2nd link for $95) We write a sponsored article: $525 (comes...

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UGOBAGS: Customized Luggage made simple

Have you ever come across a new product and wondered why someone hadn’t thought about it earlier? That happened to me recently when I discovered UGOBAGS, a customized luggage company—as soon as I saw one of their bags, I thought, “now that’s a good idea!” As a perpetual traveler and...

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Planning Your Perfect Road Trip

 Some people think that the perfect road trip simply involves getting in the car and driving. Unfortunately it’s rarely this simple - discovering those hidden gems you’ll only find on the road requires slightly more preparation in most cases. Fortunately with just a little bit of effort before you set...

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Ten reasons why travel is an investment

I was quite young when my folks got divorced, therefore family vacations were pretty much non-existent.  The highlight childhood vacation for me was the cliché trip to Disneyland, but other than that I don’t recall any others—except perhaps the occasional road trip to a relatives home.  My father was not...

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10 sensational shots…that I never got!

A dedicated photographer always has their camera at the ready. While I almost always have one on me, the scene/shot often passes before I can take the photo. Sometimes, it's too difficult to be inconspicuous and/or not appropriate to take a pictures. Therefore, I have been keeping track of some...

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Ecuador going ‘bananas’ over tourism promotion

I really enjoy coming up with new marketing ideas, it's such a wonderfully creative and strategic outlet for me. I also appreciate it when I see out-of-the-box thinking from other marketers. For example, the Ecuadorian tourism department has a very limited budget to promote their country as a tourist destination,...

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Travel video insights by in-depth Google study

Google recently released findings of a comprehensive online travel study entitled, "2012 Traveler's Road to Decision Study." I have pulled out and highlighted some interesting numbers that relate to travel videos.  Additional information from the study can be found by clicking links at the bottom of this post. 96% of...

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