{"id":8798,"date":"2018-06-12T09:27:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T23:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thirstyaff.wpengine.com\/?p=8798"},"modified":"2020-07-31T00:31:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:31:57","slug":"affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog","title":{"rendered":"Entrevista a los afiliados: Dave y Deb de ThePlanetD (Forbes Top 10 Travel Blog)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contenido<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e1afd21c2a9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #38ad9c;color:#38ad9c\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #38ad9c;color:#38ad9c\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e1afd21c2a9\"  aria-label=\"Alternar\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog\/#1_I_read_on_your_blog_that_you_started_out_in_2007_and_worked_in_the_film_industry_before_you_did_travel_blogging_full_time_Having_been_part_of_exciting_movies_such_as_X-Men_Chicago_and_The_Incredible_Hulk_how_difficult_was_it_to_transition_from_your_previous_work_to_having_a_travel_blog_and_what_pushed_you_to_do_blogging_full_time\" >1. He le\u00eddo en tu blog que empezaste en 2007 y que trabajaste en la industria del cine antes de dedicarte a los blogs de viajes a tiempo completo. Despu\u00e9s de haber participado en pel\u00edculas tan emocionantes como X-Men, Chicago y El incre\u00edble Hulk, \u00bffue dif\u00edcil pasar de tu trabajo anterior a tener un blog de viajes y qu\u00e9 te empuj\u00f3 a dedicarte a ello a tiempo completo?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog\/#2_How_do_you_balance_maintaining_a_blog_and_traveling_Can_you_give_us_some_tips_on_balancing_time_energy_and_resources_doing_both\" >2. \u00bfC\u00f3mo compagina mantener un blog y viajar? \u00bfPuedes darnos algunos consejos para equilibrar tiempo, energ\u00eda y recursos haciendo ambas cosas?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog\/#3_Youve_been_blogging_for_over_a_decade_%E2%80%94_how_do_you_find_new_things_to_write_about_and_make_it_different_from_what_youve_done_in_the_years_before\" >3. You&#8217;ve been blogging for over a decade \u2014 how do you find new things to write about and make it different from what you&#8217;ve done in the years before?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog\/#4_Can_you_please_share_your_most_challenging_experience_as_travel_bloggers\" >4. \u00bfPueden compartir su experiencia m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil como blogueros de viajes?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog\/#5_What_are_some_of_the_advantages_of_being_a_blogger_in_the_travel_niche_versus_disadvantages_of_the_niche\" >5. \u00bfCu\u00e1les son algunas de las ventajas de ser bloguero en el nicho de los viajes frente a las desventajas del nicho?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog\/#6_What_has_been_your_biggest_win_when_it_comes_to_affiliate_marketing_For_example_whats_a_strategy_that_has_paid_off_or_a_particular_campaign_or_something_youre_proud_of\" >6. What has been your biggest win when it comes to affiliate marketing? For example, what&#8217;s a strategy that has paid off or a particular campaign or something you\u2019re proud of.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/es\/blog\/affiliate-interview-dave-and-deb-of-theplanetd-forbes-top-10-travel-blog\/#7_Whats_in_store_for_the_rest_of_2018_What_do_you_hope_to_do_more_of\" >7. Qu\u00e9 te espera en lo que queda de 2018? Qu\u00e9 esperas hacer m\u00e1s?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8820 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dave-and-deb-interview-the-planet-d-travel-blog.jpg\" alt=\"dave y deb el planeta d entrevista blog de viajes\" width=\"814\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dave-and-deb-interview-the-planet-d-travel-blog.jpg 814w, https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dave-and-deb-interview-the-planet-d-travel-blog-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thirstyaffiliates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dave-and-deb-interview-the-planet-d-travel-blog-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are very excited to share this interview with Dave and Deb of The Planet D! As a travel enthusiast, I&#8217;ve always found myself poring over hours and hours worth of information that travel blogs have to offer. <a href=\"https:\/\/theplanetd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El Planeta D<\/a> blog es uno de los mejores que hay.<\/p>\n<p>The Planet D blog has been included in the Forbes list of Top 10 Travel Influencers in the World and has also won the Society of American Travel Writer&#8217;s (SATW) Travel Blog of the Year, claiming the top spot, with National Geographic coming in second (that&#8217;s a very big deal!). These are just a few things Dave and Deb have achieved so far, and they&#8217;re still going strong.<\/p>\n<p>Si tenemos en cuenta su magn\u00edfica <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplanetd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fotos de viajes en Instagram<\/a> (en serio, vaya a verlo), sus viajes muy informativos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/wegobyebye\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">V\u00eddeos de YouTube<\/a>, and their top-notch blog, it&#8217;s easy to see that Dave and Deb have done a lot for the world of travel.<\/p>\n<p>Their initial road to success is a great story. Their hard work and the challenges they&#8217;ve had to overcome make their story a great learning experience. Without further ado, here&#8217;s Dave and Deb&#8217;s interview.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_I_read_on_your_blog_that_you_started_out_in_2007_and_worked_in_the_film_industry_before_you_did_travel_blogging_full_time_Having_been_part_of_exciting_movies_such_as_X-Men_Chicago_and_The_Incredible_Hulk_how_difficult_was_it_to_transition_from_your_previous_work_to_having_a_travel_blog_and_what_pushed_you_to_do_blogging_full_time\"><\/span>1. He le\u00eddo en tu blog que empezaste en 2007 y que trabajaste en la industria del cine antes de dedicarte a los blogs de viajes a tiempo completo. Haber participado en pel\u00edculas tan emocionantes como <em>X-Men<\/em>, <em>Chicago<\/em>y <em>El Incre\u00edble Hulk, <\/em>\u00bfc\u00f3mo de dif\u00edcil fue la transici\u00f3n de su anterior trabajo a tener un blog de viajes, y qu\u00e9 le empuj\u00f3 a dedicarse a ello a tiempo completo?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t difficult for us at all to transition, as we had a solid plan of what we wanted to achieve. We started the blog while still keeping our jobs in the film industry and learned all we could about the business of blogging and social media while saving up to start our travels.<\/p>\n<p>En 2007, nos inscribimos en el <em>Tour d&#8217;Afrique<\/em> - una carrera ciclista de El Cairo a Ciudad del Cabo- y pasamos ese a\u00f1o entrenando para la carrera al tiempo que trabaj\u00e1bamos en nuestro blog. Contratamos a un publicista para conseguir apariciones en los medios y charlas, y cuando nos fuimos a \u00c1frica en 2008, ya ten\u00edamos algunos seguidores.<\/p>\n<p>When we came back from Africa, we went back to work to save money while also focusing on the blog. In 2009, we left for India where we began our full-time travels. So, while it wasn&#8217;t difficult, it was time-consuming. It took us two years of building our name and brand before we could dive into blogging full time.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_How_do_you_balance_maintaining_a_blog_and_traveling_Can_you_give_us_some_tips_on_balancing_time_energy_and_resources_doing_both\"><\/span>2. \u00bfC\u00f3mo compagina mantener un blog y viajar? \u00bfPuedes darnos algunos consejos para equilibrar tiempo, energ\u00eda y recursos haciendo ambas cosas?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Encontrar el equilibrio ha sido lo m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de llevar un blog de viajes. Durante varios a\u00f1os, sentimos que ten\u00edamos que seguir viajando e ir a destinos ex\u00f3ticos tanto como fuera posible. Siempre est\u00e1bamos buscando nuevas aventuras, y salt\u00e1bamos por todo el mundo haciendo contratos y viajes de prensa para mantener el contenido en nuestro blog y canales sociales. Era mucho trabajo vivir aventuras y hacer turismo todo el d\u00eda mientras actualiz\u00e1bamos el blog y edit\u00e1bamos v\u00eddeos y fotos por la noche.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know where we found the energy. It seemed that we were constantly on the go and constantly creating content. But when you find something you love, it is easy to put one-hundred percent into it. We have so much fun doing what we do. We enjoy running the blog as much as we enjoy the travel.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest balancing act was staying in touch with friends and family. We spent so much time on the road, we lost touch with people at home. We&#8217;re now working on traveling a little less so we can balance taking care of our health and creating a community with our friends again. Plus, we need to see our families more. Because we&#8217;ve established a strong business, we feel that we don&#8217;t have to travel every single day of the year.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Youve_been_blogging_for_over_a_decade_%E2%80%94_how_do_you_find_new_things_to_write_about_and_make_it_different_from_what_youve_done_in_the_years_before\"><\/span>3. You&#8217;ve been blogging for over a decade \u2014 how do you find new things to write about and make it different from what you&#8217;ve done in the years before?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>El blog ha cambiado mucho a lo largo de los a\u00f1os. Cuando empezamos, era m\u00e1s bien un diario. Pero en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os se ha convertido en un recurso de informaci\u00f3n y viajes. Canales de medios sociales como <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplanetd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> historias y <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theplanetd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> se han hecho cargo de la parte de diario de nuestros viajes. Nuestros seguidores acuden a nuestros canales sociales para conocer nuestras actualizaciones diarias y personalidades, mientras que nuestro blog es en gran medida un lugar para planificar viajes y encontrar informaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Encontrar cosas sobre las que escribir nunca ha sido un problema. Viajamos constantemente y siempre estamos probando cosas nuevas. Tenemos mucha experiencia que aprovechar y mucha informaci\u00f3n que compartir, as\u00ed que aunque tengamos tiempo libre de la carretera, tenemos destinos sobre los que escribir, ideas para dar consejos y sugerencias sobre d\u00f3nde ir y qu\u00e9 hacer.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Can_you_please_share_your_most_challenging_experience_as_travel_bloggers\"><\/span>4. \u00bfPueden compartir su experiencia m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil como blogueros de viajes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>El mayor reto al que nos enfrentamos es equilibrar todos los canales que gestionamos. Queremos estar al d\u00eda de <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1lY0X5y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> and post a video a week, we want to share beautiful imagery on Instagram, and we want to cut more videos for Twitter and Facebook. But finding the time to do it all is difficult. We do have a few people helping us out, but we&#8217;re not the best at delegating and need to learn to hire the right people to help us out where we need it to free up our time so we can concentrate on the blog. The blog is truly our cornerstone content. Different social channels come and go, but the blog is our baby, it&#8217;s where all our content lives and it&#8217;s where we can offer the most advice.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_What_are_some_of_the_advantages_of_being_a_blogger_in_the_travel_niche_versus_disadvantages_of_the_niche\"><\/span>5. \u00bfCu\u00e1les son algunas de las ventajas de ser bloguero en el nicho de los viajes frente a las desventajas del nicho?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I think being a blogger in the travel niche has a lot of advantages. First of all, we get to explore the world and earn a living doing so! We get to share our experiences and inspire others to do what we do. Travel is also a very positive experience. It&#8217;s easy to write about something that brings joy to people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_What_has_been_your_biggest_win_when_it_comes_to_affiliate_marketing_For_example_whats_a_strategy_that_has_paid_off_or_a_particular_campaign_or_something_youre_proud_of\"><\/span>6. What has been your biggest win when it comes to affiliate marketing? For example, what&#8217;s a strategy that has paid off or a particular campaign or something you\u2019re proud of.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Starting affiliate marketing in the first place was our biggest win. We spent so many years avoiding it because we didn&#8217;t know much about it and didn&#8217;t think we had a big enough audience. But I do think that building traffic in the first place and focusing on content rather than sales helped us in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Como construimos un sitio web y una marca con autoridad, nos result\u00f3 m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil hacer ventas una vez que empezamos a a\u00f1adir ingresos por afiliaci\u00f3n a nuestros posts. Tenemos mucha experiencia en viajes con empresas, sitios web de reservas y diferentes marcas de viajes, as\u00ed que podemos recomendarlos con confianza.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Whats_in_store_for_the_rest_of_2018_What_do_you_hope_to_do_more_of\"><\/span>7. Qu\u00e9 te espera en lo que queda de 2018? Qu\u00e9 esperas hacer m\u00e1s?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We hope to do more public speaking. We want to be able to share our knowledge and the steps of our journey to getting where we are today. It&#8217;s been a long time building our business, and now we want to give back both to the business community and the travel community. We would like to focus more on charities and positive projects in the travel field.<\/p>\n<p>Dave y Deb, <a href=\"http:\/\/theplanetd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ThePlanetD.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a1Estamos muy contentos de compartir esta entrevista con Dave y Deb de The Planet D! Como entusiasta de los viajes, siempre me he encontrado estudiando detenidamente horas y horas de informaci\u00f3n que ofrecen los blogs de viajes. El blog The Planet D es uno de los mejores que existen. 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