Good question. There are many answers. A benefit could be to be surrounded by a support staff that helps each blogger in unlimited ways to keep their theme updated or to assist them in changing their current theme. We also build custom WordPress plugins for bloggers with special needs to help them automate their tasks or information on their blogs. We provide free hosting to all our bloggers so that there is no cost to them and they can concentrate on solely writing great blog posts. We have a community of all our bloggers who support each other. We have newsletters, conferences, always on the help desk, and more.
Blogging at times can be a lonely hobby but being part of a great blogging community with a shared interest in miles + points and business travel can be a powerful friend.
Our goal is to let you focus on writing, while we handle the rest.
Pinned Posts - BoardingArea Homepage & App Feeds
If a blog post does analytically well, it will be pinned on the BoardingArea homepage
The blog post will be pinned higher based on analytics and quality (more info on how the feed works)
Featured Posts - BoardingArea Homepage & App Feeds
When you are onboarded, your blog is featured for two weeks
New blog posts that contain the BoardingArea taxonomy will be fed to the top of the BoardingArea website's feed.
Posting with cadence and using BoardingArea taxonomy allows your blog posts to appear more often at the top of the BoardingArea website
Featured Posts - Weekly BoardingArea Newsletter
When you are onboarded, BoardingArea will choose an article from your blog to include in that week's newsletter (more info).
Exposes your blog to 80K subscribers
A team of diverse curators chooses the best articles based on their favorite reads that week
Hosting
The main difference between domain and hosting is that domain is the address, which allows a visitor to easily find your website online while hosting is where the website files are stored. In order to have a functioning website, you need both – a domain and hosting space (Hostinger).
BoardingArea will host your blog at no cost to you on WPEngine. Hosting your blog with BoardingArea also allows us to provide backend support for your blog. For example, if your blog loses functionality, we can get in quickly to restore functionality. Hosting with us saves you time and money!
Analytics
BoardingArea will keep an eye on your analytics and send you personalized feedback
We use Google Analytics, Clicky, and JetPack to track your blog's analytics (more info).
Support for Your Blog
Build a customized blog theme
Design a logo
Automatic theme updates - please don’t update yourself
Plugin installation and updates - we update, so nothing goes down; please don’t update yourself
Migration of a current blog to BoardingArea
SEO - 1:1 consults and general advice offered
Privacy/GDPR - we utilize Google Ad Manager to make sure your blog follows the privacy laws in applicable areas
Advertising - we have one of the most optimized ad stacks in the travel blog space
Quick troubleshooting if problems arise (staff directory)
Newsletter - setup assistance, feedback, and troubleshooting
Regular rotating feature for active blogs (posted within the past 45-days)
Blogger Community
Private Facebook Community (BoardingArea Network)
Connect with other bloggers to network
BoardingArea staff post announcements, tips, and celebrations
Invite only
Education
Access to Knowledge Base articles reviewing best practices to grow your blog
Blogger Update Newsletter emails sent out using MailChimp by Randy, BoardingArea's founder, that includes celebrations, tips, and announcements (more about Randy)
Payments
BoardingArea has a 50/50 starting payment model. This means you receive 50% of the ad revenue and BoardingArea receives 50% of the ad revenue.
BoardingArea does not take any payments from affiliate programs you become part of.
We offer several options for getting paid, including direct deposit (see Payments Section). We payout once your account reaches $100 (more info).
We mail you tax forms if you use direct deposit. If you use a third-party service to receive payments, such as PayPal, then that service is responsible for providing tax forms.