Fran, thank you very much for the kind words. My two primary goals for foxnomad are to be useful and to inspire people to see the world. That I’ve met that goals for you (and hopefully others) truly motivates me to keep writing and improving this site.

I agree with you – I think that success is measured in individual terms and it’s important for people who are serious about their blogs to set personal goals to work towards.

The strategies for the various blog successes vary so it helps to focus your energies to be successful, however you define it.

For example, I think a successful travel blog not only inspires but also helps with my own travels. So in this case I find foxnomad.com to be a very successful blog. However if Anil set out with the intention of making money by running this website, and it wasn’t bringing in a dime then it is not successful.

Ok, back to how *I* define a successful blog. I think this is a successful blog because I love the design, I love the articles and it inspires me. I really enjoy reading it and could spend hours on this site alone. I also think NomadicMatt.com is successful because he has monetized it and his other sites and is bringing in a decent income to fund his travels which is what ultimately I would like to do.

Now I just have to make my site as interesting as this one and make as much money as Matt!

Great name and nice to have found you. I think that good travel blogs take people away for a moment and get their mind on the topic.

I can’t wait to look through your blog and be inspired myself!

My trip was abbreviated, but even so, I think a successful travel blog inspires people to travel, or at a bare minimum, consider traveling. And it will brings back memories of travel to those who’ve already made the leap.

All this will be reflected in the comments, via email, or casually mentioned at the local pub!

I’m not convinced that only blockheads write for free. Many people have personal blogs, just write for themselves or their families. Plus if people only wrote for money there wouldn’t be sites like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc.

I do however, agree that good writing can be hard work (although some things just flow so easily and eloquently!)

Do you currently have a travel blog?