Seven years on .....

Every once in awhile I get an email from the ToursByLocals system saying "the ToursByLocals Blog is not being kept up to date! A stale blog will cause poor SEO and gives customers the impression that TBL is not a vibrant, active website. "

Our excellent company blog is written by Sara Cooke and she posts a new entry every couple of days - but it does happen that a sick kid, holiday or other event gets in the way of that schedule and there might be a delay that triggers the above email. 

I'm really happy that our system doesn't monitor my blog posting frequency - what kind of email would be sent to someone who takes 7 years to post a new entry?

So what's been happening the past 7 years since my last posting? And why restart blogging now?

Well, we've been busy working to achieve our mission of 'Private tours everywhere people travel'. While we're at most only 1/3 of the way there, we've grown ToursBylocals dramatically since then. We now offer tours in over 900 areas, located in 134 countries.

Seven years ago we were just 2 guys in an apartment bedroom. Now we have a staff of 34 located in Vancouver, Montreal, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, London and Delhi.

It's taken a lot of effort but it's been worth (almost) every moment. And we're no where near achieving our potential.

And why take up blogging now? Firstly, it is good for business. Secondly, after 40 or so years of experience, in the most humble Canadian way possible, I think I have some useful things to say. And for 15 other reasons why blogging is good for me (and you), see this great post on Becoming Minimalist.

I commit to not letting 7 years go by until the next post!

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