April 14, 201o… Blog Hop Special on GBN Membership
From now until May 9th, you can sign up for a GBN membership at the low monthly rate of $19.99. For those who sign up after May 9th, the monthly rate is $24.99 on May 10th.

April 10, 2010…Bonus webinar by Invesp
Khalid Saleh is co-founder and president of conversion rate optimization company Invesp. He is an in-demand speaker who has presented at such industry events as SMX, ACCM, DMA, emetrics and Refresh, among others. He is also the coauthor of O’Reilly’s upcoming book on conversion rate optimization.

Khalid is the architect behind blog rank, the blog ranking service that was released in May of last year. He is quoted in publications including Internet Retailer, California Executive and Chicago Sun-Times. He has more than 12 years experience in e-commerce architecture, design and implementation. His work has helped generate an average of 65% improvement in conversion rates for Invesp’s clients including Motorola, Levelor, Citrix, WWT, Nabors and AMEX.

March 29, 2010…New sponsor of our Blog Hop
We’re thrilled to announce a new sponsor for our Blog Hop: SA Venues. SA Venues is a leading resource for information on travel to and within South Africa. SA Venues will sponsor a gift certificate worth USD 1,000 for the purchase of camera equipment.

March 10, 2010…New sponsor of our Blog Hop
We’re very excited to announce a new sponsor for our Blog Hop: Pacsafe. Pacsafe designs and manufactures anti-theft travel gear. They have agreed to provide a variety of their products as prizes for our Blog Hop contest.

March 3, 2010… New sponsor of our Blog Hop
Who wants an ipod nano with video? Yes, just about everyone. Thanks to Travellerspoint, you could win one doing the Blog Hop.  Travellerspoint is also sponsoring a $100 budget accommodation prize as well.

February 26, 2010…New sponsor of our Blog Hop
We’re proud to announce that Contiki Vacations has agreed to sponsor a $2,000 cash prize for our Blog Hop contest in April. We’re over the moon with excitement!

February 10, 2010… Gary Arndt joins Expert Panel and Presents June’s Webinar
Gary’s blog, Everything-Everywhere, is consistently ranked as one of the top travel blogs in the world. We couldn’t learn from anyone better. Read about his webinar presentation on Taking Your Blog to the Next Level. Join GBN to ask him your blogging questions.

February 9, 2010… Ask the Expert Panel Grows
Have you noticed the Ask the Experts panel? It’s an amazing group of blogging experts – the best in the industry. Just have a look at the sidebar.

February 5, 2010… Sponsors of Blog Hop being confirmed
We’re putting together an amazing grand prize for the blog hop which will take place in April. Already confirmed are Splendia and Easytobook.com. Our thanks to both. Want information? Contact us.

February 3, 2010… New Speakers Confirmed
What a line-up. The GBN speaker roster just keeps getting better. We’re pleased to confirm that Michael Martine, Google’s #1 ranked blog consultant, known as Remarkablogger, will speak to us on The Essence of SEO and Building Traffic.

January 29, 2010… Ask the Experts
We are pleased to announce a new service for GBN Global and Continental members, “Ask the Experts”. A panel of blogging/travel blogging experts will field and answer their blogging questions monthly. All questions and answers will be shared with all qualified members.

January 14, 2010…The Blog Hop – travel online to travel offline.
Plans for GBN’s online scavenger hunt / travel contest are being finalized. Prizes are being confirmed. The premise: all GBN members at the Global level will have one piece of information that participants must grab to qualify to win prizes – and we mean great prizes. This will drive traffic to all our sites and introduce new people to our blogs.

January 12, 2010… Trisha Miller confirmed to speak January 30th
We’re absolutely delighted that Trisha has agreed to speak at the GBN meeting on January 30th on Monetizing Your Travel Blog. Click here for details.

January 12, 2010… Launch of the FREE E-book: I DIDN’T KNOW THAT!
Today, we launched the free e-book, I DIDN’T KNOW THAT! 50 things we learned about travel blogging by sharing. All GBN members will receive a copy of this free ebook.

January 11, 2010…Video Promo for GBN Members’ Blogs
GBN members at the Global or Continental level have the additional bonus (good until Friday, January 15th) of a 30 second promotional video for their blog. A 10 minute Skype meeting with Janice is all it takes and we’ll post it on the GBN site as well as on YouTube. You can also post it on your own site if you want. Email us for details.

January 7, 2010… Jeff Bullas confirmed to speak February 27th
We’re thrilled that Jeff Bullas will address GBN in the February 27th webinar on Marketing and Positioning Your Blog. Click here for details.

January 7, 2010… The Global Bloggers Network Launches
The Global Bloggers Network is a joint venture by Keith of the Velvet Escape and Janice of Solo Traveler. After months of sharing information and brainstorming their own blogs, Keith and Janice decided to ramp things up, invite more travel bloggers to participate and go beyond one-on-one consultations to a range of services they couldn’t find online. Webinars specifically for travel bloggers, a travel contest with really great prizes to drive traffic to member sites, a matching service, promotional blog and more. Read the details on the services page.