Advertise & PR
Why Should You Sponsor Go Backpacking?
If you target independent travelers, backpackers, flashpackers, gap-year students, campers, or travel bloggers, and you want to enhance your website or brand awareness, sponsorship is right for you.
Go Backpacking is one of the top blogs in independent travel. This 13-year old domain ranks well in search engines and attracts a readership who are interested in:
- International and domestic travel
- Trip planning
- Adventure sports and activities
- Gear and mobile technology reviews
- Travel blogging and social media
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Statistics – January 2012
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The statistics below are taken from Google Analytics and Feedburner, unless otherwise noted.
- Unique visitors: 43,000
- Page views: 129,000
- RSS subscribers: 5,500
- Google Page Rank: 5
- Alexa Ranking (3-month): 40,000
- Klout Score (@rtwdave): 60
- 40% of visitors are from the USA (10% UK, 9% Canada, 5% Australia)
Syndication & Recognition
- Syndicated on Lonely Planet
- Member of the Society of American Travel Writers (@rtwdave)
- Top 5 Finalist for Best Travel Weblog Award
- Recognized by BootsnAll as one of the Best Round-the-World Travel Blogs
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Press + Social Media Trips
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“…you inspired me to take a year off and travel around the world.” — Jacob
Looking for a trusted travel writer with the ability to leverage an established brand, audience, and presence in social media to help get the word out?
To see an example of the coverage I can offer, check out the content published from my 2010 Trip to Rwanda, and e-mail me at rtwdave(at)gmail.com today.
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Payment
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All prices below are in USD. Preferred payment is via PayPal.com. You can use your PayPal balance, your credit card or your bank account (in some countries). You do not need a PayPal account to make payment via credit card.
If your organization does not use PayPal, then payment can be made via wire transfer.
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Package 1 – Sponsored Posts
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Cost: $500 per post
What You Get: If you would like your product, service or website reviewed in a blog post you may purchase a sponsored review. We will test it (or in the case of a website, visit it) and write an honest review based on our experience.
We can also write advertorials, unique content on a topic of your choosing, based on our own personal travel experiences.
Reviews and advertorials can include your preferred links and anchor text. Sponsored posts are approximately 300 to 600 words in length. They are posted live to the front page of this blog for at least 7 days, and will exist permanently in the archives to benefit from search engine traffic.
Your post will be exposed to the entire Go Backpacking audience. You will enjoy backlinks from an authority blog and increased exposure for your product, service or website.
Ethics: We will always disclose sponsored reviews and freebies to our readers.
You can see past reviews here. To request a sponsored post, please e-mail rtwdave(at)gmail.com with details.
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Package 2 – Text Link Sponsorship
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E-mail me at rtwdave(at)gmail.com to discuss this option further.
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Package 3 – Premium Banner Sponsorship
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Cost: $250 per month
What You Get: Your 728 x 90 banner appears atop every page.
Availability: 1 position available
Benefits: Your campaign is placed above the fold on all pages (over 1,500), including the home page. An above-the-fold banner campaign is a great way to create high exposure for your product, business or website and attract direct traffic. This banner does not rotate.
Details: You will need to supply your own 728 x 90 banner. Static banners are preferred. No flash or excessive blinking. You may change your banner at any time.
E-mail your banner and URL to rtwdave(at)gmail.com
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Package 4 – 300 x 250 Banner Sponsorship
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Cost: $150 per month
What You Get: Your 300 x 250 banner appears atop the sidebar of every page.
Availability: 1 position available
Benefits: The 300 x 250 banner appears atop the right sidebar on every page (over 1,500), including the home page. This banner does not rotate.
Details: You will need to supply your own 300 x 250 banner. Static banners are preferred. No flash or excessive blinking. You may change your banner at any time.
E-mail your banner and URL to rtwdave(at)gmail.com
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Package 5 – 125 x 125 Box Banner Sponsorship
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Cost: $100 per month
What You Get: Your 125 x 125 box banner appears in the middle of the right sidebar.
Availability: 2 positions available
Benefits: The 125 x 125 box banners appear in the middle of the right sidebar of every page (over 1,500), including the home page.
Details: You will need to supply your own 125 x 125 box banner. Static banners are preferred. No flash or excessive blinking. You may change your banner at any time.
E-mail your banner and URL to rtwdave(at)gmail.com