- The document is from a masterclass on pitching oneself and one's blog. It provides tips on branding, crafting introductions, finding brand values, and pitching collaborations.
- Some key tips included defining branding as becoming knowable, likable, and trustable; keeping introductions simple without buzzwords; and dedicating time to figuring out one's mission statement and brand values.
- Examples were given of successful brand collaborations like The Travel Tester and BMW, and perspectives shared from travel brands on what makes a good pitch, such as demonstrating research, empathy, and addressing a specific need.
5. Best Collaboration- Sabrina Wulf/
Czech Tourism
Traverse Creator Awards 2021
Blogger Of The Year, National
Geographic Traveller 2016
Featured In The Guardian, New York
Times Lonely Planet, La Repubblica
& Vanity Fair
Author-‘The Grand Hostels-Luxury
Hostelsof The World’
Budget Traveller
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8. • Branding Matters
• Exercise No 1: Finding That Killer Idea
• What Is Branding
• Tips On How To Build Your Content Brand
• Exercise No 2: Crafting The Perfect Intro
• Exercise No 3: Superheroes: Discovering Your Brand Values
• Finding The Perfect Brand Collaboration: Bmw And The Travel Tester
• Profile Photo Confidence! With Phil Ammon
• Pitching- Few Key Tips.
26. Speak To The Person Next To
You And Find Out Each
Other’s
No 1 Travel Problem/Pain
Point
Can You Both Find A Creative
Solution/ Content Idea
To Solve Their Problem?
27. Part 2
What Is Branding
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48. Brevity And Clarity -- I Cannot
Read Multiple Attached
Documents Or 1,000 Word
Emails. I Need To Know Who
They Are, What They Want,
And What They're Offering In
A Few Sentences.
Lauren Aloise-Devour Food Tours
61. Instead, I Define It As, “Consistent
Emotional Labor.”
We Call A Brand Or A Person Authentic
When They’re Consistent, When They Act
The Same Way Whether Or Not Someone
Is Looking.
Seth Godin
65. We Are Looking For Brand Affinity: Travel
Adventure And Sustainability. A Clear
Connection To The Movement We Are
Trying To Build In The Rail Industry
Across Audiences Is Key..
Eurail
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67. If Your Brand
Was A Superhero
Who Would It Be?
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68. What Are The 3 Things You
Would
Stand Against?
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69. Dedicate Time To Figuring
Out Your Why Of Blogging,
Your Brand Values
‘Your Why’ Basically Is Your
Mission Statement
Takeaway
70. Build Up A Body
Of Great Work
With Testimonials
To Show
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71. References/Case Studies - Show Me Some
Previous Work, Include A Quote From A
Referral, Link Out To A Case Study...
Anything To Boost Your Credibility And
Create A Sense Of Fomo For The
Business You're Pitching Is Key..
Lauren Aloise
Devour Food Tours
75. Isidora Rudolph
Basel Tourism
Very Important: We Don’t Like Generic
Pitches Via Email – We Want To Read Why
They Want To Come Especially To Basel
And We Want Them To Have Done Some
Research
76. Hi, I Want To Come To
Hamburg!
What Do You Want To To?
"Feel Free To Tell Me What
To Do!”
86. Jep Friis Egefjord
Next House Copenhagen
Maybe Provoke Me. In The Pitch, Take An
Earlier Bloggers Work Or Something From
Website/Insta And Say You Can Do Better.
89. Jep Friis Egefjord
Next House Copenhagen
Offer Should Include Different Levels Of
Co-Operations If Possible; What Can I Get
For A ‘Stay For Free Deal’. What Can I Get
For ‘Stay And Eat Deal’.
What Can I Get For ‘Paid Partnership’. And
All Should Be Out In The Open.