# 93. Travel Content Creation 101: Brand Deals, Instagram Growth & Making Money Online w/ Emily Cooper

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Podcast: [The Edge of Everything](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-edge-of-everything-6308407)
Published: 2026-07-27T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theedgeofeverything/episodes/93--Travel-Content-Creation-101-Brand-Deals--Instagram-Growth--Making-Money-Online-w-Emily-Cooper-e3mj1m9
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Duration seconds: 3867

## Resource

In this episode, I'm joined by travel content creator and entrepreneur Emily Cooper to talk about what it really takes to build a full-time career creating travel content. From leaving her career as an epidemiologist to traveling the world, landing brand deals, and building multiple income streams, Emily shares the honest behind-the-scenes of turning a passion for travel into a sustainable business. In this episode, we cover: How Emily transitioned from epidemiologist to full-time travel content creator How she grew her platform from scratch, and why she focused on having fun before treating it like a business The reality of making money as a travel creator, including brand deals, affiliate marketing, gifted trips, and multiple income streams Whether travel creators actually get their trips paid for (and what happens behind the scenes) How to become a travel creator even if you can't afford to travel yet Tips for landing your first paid brand partnership and why follower count isn't everything Why treating content creation like a business changes everything, and how to build a sustainable creator career We hope you enjoy the episode! CONNECT WITH EMILY https://www.instagram.com/emilyeatsandexplores Free Travel Creator Handbook LET'S CONNECT ⁠instagram.com/autumn.denae⁠ ⁠https://tiktok.com/@autumn.denae⁠ WORK WITH ME FREE Content Checklist: ⁠https://stan.store/slayonsocials/p/post--pop-off-checklist-⁠ Book 1:1 Strategy Session: ⁠https://stan.store/slayonsocials/p/90minute-strategyconsult-call-⁠ SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Please be sure to share the episode, subscribe, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help support the show!

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