03-23-2017 03:19 PM
You've likely heard of Croatia, a beautiful country near Italy. Croatia is famous for its amazing beaches, islands, food, wine, culture, and history. Here is one popular destination in Croatia so you get a sense of the beauty of this country: Brijuni National Park.
In this post, I'd like to share with you the Best of Croatia Google Map so you can plan your trip to Croatia, and also provide some insight, from an author's perspective, into how I decided to make this map and how I helped promote the map to reach over 10,000 views.
Note that the map also contains the best of Slovenia, Montenegro, and Albania which neighbor Croatia along the Adriatic Sea. Map contains places that visitors most frequently ask about, including:
Few notes regarding the map:
The map initially also contained recommendations for Istria, the NW past of Croatia, which I then moved to a new Google Map, Best of Istria Google Map.
The Best of Istria map is structured similarly to the Best of Croatia map, and both maps links to each other. This map is about a year old and already has nearly 7,000 views.
I created the Best of Istria map to support the new book that I just published: Best of Istria. This book is unlike any other travel book currently published in that every place mentioned in the book has a place url in the book linking to Google Maps. So, for example, every mention of Brijuni National Park in the book links to Brijuni in Google Maps. In addition, readers can copy places from these Google Maps to their Google Trips.
Readers of the book have been loving this novel approach of travel book integration with Google Maps. I'm expecting other travel books to soon copy this approach.
Regardless of useful your map is, it doesn't help anyone if it doesn't get discovered. Here are some tips on how to promote your maps:
Hope you find this post useful in creating and promoting your maps. I look forward to reading your feedback and tips, and meeting you in Croatia!
03-23-2017 09:25 PM
Hi @ToniKras, your post is featured on the homepage of Local Guides Connect today! 😄
03-23-2017 10:49 PM
How exciting! Thanks @TraciC! 🙂
03-23-2017 11:30 PM
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03-24-2017 01:25 AM
Great job! Thx
03-24-2017 02:52 AM
03-24-2017 03:56 AM
Love this! So super helpful. I follow a Visit Croatia page on Facebook, this is the stuff they live for. It's so nice to have such convenient ways to explore traveling, particularly if you're quit far away.