Great Escape Radio: Episode 141: Get out there
“Taking action attracts people and attracts opportunities.” –Jody Maberry Host, Jody Maberry talks with Director, Lori Allen about the great things that can happen when you put yourself out there. It’s the life of a travel writer…or in Jody’s case, a podcaster. Jody shares a recent experience… “I was invited to visit the Indianapolis Zoo…
How You Can Enjoy Unique Travel Experiences More Often
Jordan took a little piece of my heart last week. If you’ve been a reader for a long time, you know that Tanzania ranks at the very top of my list of places to see. But Jordan—and the way I saw it last week through humanitarian photographer Joe Sindorf’s eyes—might just beat it. It has…
Why You Should Be Planning To Take A Trip This Weekend
Sitting in the back of a 4-wheel-drive pickup, making our way through the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan where Moses once led 300,000 Israelites out of Egypt, it was hard to stop reflecting on what I might be doing at home in this moment if I were not here. Would I be bathing my children?…
Using Your Camera To Become A Brand Ambassador
Nervously, I watched as the horizon of mountains and sky left my sight, while the canyon walls grew taller. My thoughts went back to just an hour earlier as we stood on the airstrip stuffing the last beverages and chocolate into the cargo hold. The pilot did the math by hand when adding up the…
Three Reasons You Should Start Making Short Video Clips
I always wanted to make videos—documentaries, travel videos, friends-and-family short productions, you name it. After three months of training in documentary filmmaking in 2015, I got the opportunity to work as a filming assistant for a German tour operator. My colleague and I filmed travel destinations through Europe, France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. Every day…
Why The Tourism Industry Needs You To Create Videos
Have you noticed how ubiquitous the use of video has become? It’s everywhere… from Facebook and Instagram to individual websites, your Google searches, even news sites and, naturally, YouTube. The reason for this explosion of moving images is twofold: 1. Increased internet and mobile data speeds have made video more accessible… 2. People love stories,…
Why You Should Take A Quick Video Clip With Your Phone Today
Shridhar Chillal, the Guinness World Record holder for world’s longest fingernails, cut them off this year. His thumbnail alone was over six feet long. At 82, he had been growing the nails on his left hand for over 60 years. Now you can see them on display at Ripley’s Believe it or Not in Times…
Great Escape Radio: Episode 140: Writing to heal
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.”—Graham Greene, Ways of Escape Great Escape Radio Host, Jody Maberry brings Melissa Broughton back to the show to…
Before Becoming An Importer, Ask Yourself These Questions
“Oh, I just had to come see your exhibit table with all the bright colors!” “Did you make all of these things?” “Where do your items come from, and how do the women get their money?” A few other questions fly at me, and then almost invariably, someone says, “Ohhhhh, I’d just LOVE to do…
Three Keys To Import/Export Success
I’ve been through a lot of the “how to make money online” ideas, and I’ve found my fair share of things that didn’t live up to the hype. Most of the ideas have no chance of working for a normal person, or the instruction is so complicated it’s like teaching someone how to swim in…