Advertising & Sponsorship on LLWorldTour.com

Thank you for clicking around here. I am very excited that you are interested in partnering with me to reach my readers. My site has a growing global audience of savvy travelers hungry for information, tips, and deals.

Who am I?

I am a three-time Emmy® Award winning television writer, producer, photographer, speaker, & video consultant with more than fifteen years of experience.  I have recently launched LLmedia Video Consulting and am now using my expertise to help others improve their video for the web & their business.   For nearly ten years, I produced an award-winning weekly lifestyles, travel, and entertainment magazine show on ABC Chicago.

After 15 years in television, I took a sabbatical of sorts, which turned into 3+ years traveling and working my way around the world.  I write about travel and the (mis)adventures that ensue as I traipse around the globe on my travel website, LLworldtour.com, which has readers from all over the world.  I was interviewed live on WGN-TV’s Morning News and ABC’s Good Morning America about travel.  My site was a finalist in the 2008 Weblog Awards and listed as one of nationally-syndicated-columnist, Chris Elliott’s, “Travel Blogs I can’t live without” and Top 20 Most-Inspirational Blogs.”

I have also been featured on MSNBC.com, Frommers.com, the Chicago Daily Herald, the NJ Daily Record, Women on the Road,  Amateur Traveler Podcast and Chicagoist. Furthermore, my articles and photographs have been published by Sunset Magazine, Smithsonian Online, The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Wall Street Journal.   My writing is also syndicated on Encyclopedia Britannica, the Huffington Post, and USAToday.

I have teamed up with Whole Foods, REI, and Hostelling International for ‘traveling solo’ talks and several ‘Travel & Food’ lectures.  I also host the Chicago portion of the annual national “Meet, Plan, Go” event encouraging working Americans to take career breaks and sabbaticals.  I was recently a panelist at the third annual Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX) Conference speaking about travel video.  I recently spoke about video at the World Travel Market in London.

Some stats on LLWorldTour.com (as of January 2011):

• Google Page Rank 5
• 2500-5000 Page Views each month
• 350+ Posts
• 300+ Regular RSS subscribers
• 2,500+ Twitter Followers
• Tweet Reach: Reach 36,232 people with Exposure of 94,700 Impression (via 50 tweets)
• Top Ten Travel Blog of Chris Elliott
• Top 4 finalist 2008 Weblog Awards
• My writing (with links) is syndicated on Encyclopedia Britannica, Huffington Post, Briefcase to Backpack, and NIIU Digital Newspaper, Berlin
• I have written for and was featured in many prominent newspapers (Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe) & websites.   You can see more on my Media/Press page.

Audience Snapshot according to Alexa.com

Based on internet averages, LLworldtour.com is visited more frequently by females who are in the age range 25-34, have no children, are graduate school educated and browse this site from home.

Referring Sites:

A large chunk of my readership comes from well-established and respected websites & blogs in the travel community and beyond. These are people looking for and interested in travel and travel-related topics.

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Huffington Post
• Smithsonian Online
• Elliott.org – National Syndicated Columnist and reader advocate for National Geographic Traveler
• Almost Fearless
• Briefcase to Backpack
• Matador Travel Network/Brave New Traveler
• Social Networking Sites such as Twitter and Facebook

Search Results:

LLworldtour.com is one of the top blogs in independent travel. This four-year old website ranks well in search engines and attracts a readership that is interested in (but not limited to):

• Travel deals & Budget Travel
• Local & international travel
• Trip planning
• Cheap transportation
• Budget accommodations
• Adventure sports and activities
• Travel gear
• Travel blogging/writing
• Traveling solo
• Women travelers
• Food and dining around the world
• Destinations such as: Europe, Australia, South America, Asia, USA, and the Middle East

I also write some reviews. If you have gear, gadgets, hotels, spas, restaurants, or tours you’d like reviewed – or you want me to check out your destination, please get in touch.  I am honest and direct and my readers count on that.  I don’t love everything, but I am a pretty positive person that can be critical and still find the silver lining (unless it just sucks).  And I truly enjoy the chance to check out new stuff and places that my current bank account may not allow for.

My readers are cool, hip, smart, international, and ready to travel and buy your stuff.

I’m seeking advertisers and sponsors.

If you have questions, want me to review a product or destination, want to see my rate card, need advice on traveling solo, or just want to say hi, please drop me a line at LL@LLworldtour(dot)com.

Thanks for stopping by.