2. Who am I?
Hi, I am Simon
I wish I was a globetrotter.
Instead, I worked for 10 years in
investment banking and then 8
years in a PR firm.
Nevertheless, as soon as I could I
flew away to explore another
little piece of world, discover
new places, encounter different
people and cultures, admire
stunning sceneries.
3. How it started...
In a warm day of June 2009
Wild About Travel
blog was born
It was a way to learn about
blogging and social media...
... It soon became a true
passion
4. So... What is Wild
About Travel?
The mirror of a great passion and
the desire to share my
travel experiences
and
emotions.
I write about the things I like:
adventure, the outdoors and
wilderness, as well as art and
culture. To me, the beauty of
travel is in the
discovery.
It was supposed to be a
way to learn about
blogging and social
media...
5. Statistics
A quick overview of the impact of
my writing and photography.
• Google Page Rank: #3
• Alexa Ranking: #117,303 in the US,
#52,961 in the UK and #7,861 in Korea
• Klout Score: 62
• Twitter: 5,600+ Followers
• TweetReach (last 50 tweets): 139,000
People, 199,000+ Impressions
• Facebook: 3,200+ Friends (Simon
Falvo), 640+ Fans (Wild About Travel
page)
• #8 in the Top 50 Blogs in Adventure
on NetworkedBlogs
• # 41 in the Top 150 Travel Blogs for
Students
• #50 in the Top 150 Influencers in
Travel on Peer Index
• Voted #2 in the ʻTravel Blogs with
Photosʼ Category on GotSaga Best of
2010 Travel Awards
Data as of January 2012
6. Besides Wild
About Travel
Contributor of VisitBritain with
a pool of UK and international
travel bloggers.
Featured on other blogs and
publications, among which:
IMQ Notizie
Velvet Escape
Isabelles Travel
Cumi&Ciki
Traveldudes
Organizing a course in Social
Media Marketing for the
Tourism Industry.
Panel Speaker at BTO2012
(Florence) and BIT2012 (Milan)
7. Media and PR
I am available for:
+ Blog/Press Trips ranging from
adventure and outdoors to cities
and culture, and social media
engagement.
+ Products reviews, according to
the editorial guidelines.
+ Commissioning of travel articles
(both in English and Italian).
+ Collaboration with PR agencies
and Tourism Boards for the
promotion of selected destinations
or travel experiences.
+ Public speaking related to Social
Media Marketing in the Travel
Industry.
+ Sponsored posts, according to
the editorial guidelines.
8. The potential of
Blog/Press Trips
Thereʼs nothing like passion and a
good network to successfully
promote a destination and a
special travel experience, whether
related to adventure, outdoors, art,
food or accommodation.
Blog Trips I attended include:
St Albans (UK), November 2010
Tuscany (Italy), March 2011
Glasgow (UK), April 2011
Antequera (Spain), June 2011
Brighton (UK), January 2012
Contribution during sponsored trips
ranges from real-time
exposure through the main
social networks, articles and
photos promoted through a large
number of platforms.
9. Where you can
find me...
Facebook: Simon Falvo, Wild
About Travel
Twitter: @1step2theleft
Google+: Simon Falvo
LinkedIn: Simon Falvo
For further information you can
contact me at
simon.falvo@gmail.com
All Photos by Simon Falvo
