Press and Mentions

Admittedly, I am a bit new to this whole writing thing, but everyone has to start somewhere. One of the many things I am trying to do is get the word out about my website, in addition to getting published in as many excellent print or web magazines as will take me. If you’d like me to write for your publication, please feel free to contact me.

Here are the places I have written, been mentioned in or interviewed by:

Contributor:

Huffington Post: Currently a regularly contributor to the travel section of the Huffington Post. HuffPost has a Google Page Rank of 8 and averages 14+ million visitors a month.
GlobeTrooper News: Regular contributor to the GlobeTrooper News page. GlobeTrooper has a Google Page Rank of 4 and averages over 10k visitors per month.
Conde Nast Traveler: Regular contributor to their website with my postcard looks at things.

Interviews:

BlogcastFM — My first podcast interview, from one of the emerging forces in the overall blogging community today. We had a great discussion of blogging, travel, and writing in general.
TravelPost — This was one of my first interviews. It centered on pretty straight travel questions.
Briefcase to Backpack – One of my more in-depth travel interviews, but an organization that is close to my heart — helping people transition from working to getting out on the road with a backpack spirit.
Zip Set Go – The Zip Set Go girls are great. Every Thursday afternoon they host the very popular #TNI (Traveler’s Night In) Twitter chat and this interview, and my fairly irreverent answers, were the impetus for my own Lucky 13 interview series.
A Dangerous Business — One of my favorite travel bloggers. A straight-forward travel interview by a wonderful young traveler and blogger.
BusBud — Being a mainly overland traveler, it was nice getting interviewed by a website that specializes in bus travels around the world.
Finding the Universe – an interview I did there about some of my travels and also some blogging tips.
Fayetteville Flyer — This is a local publication in my hometown of Fayetteville Arkansas that interviewed me while I was out on my RTW overland adventure.
The Independent — interviewed me as one of the top travel bloggers about travel blogging tips and success ideas. One of the bigger papers in the U.K.
Channel 3 in Catalonia television — Had such a good time in Costa Brava on this trip and got interviewed on TV.
Travel Explosion — An interview about my times in Colombia.
Travelocity — the before they were famous interviews. Though I’m not exactly famous.
Suddeutsche – Interview in a German newspaper after ITB Berlin (need to Google Translate).

Top Mentions:

Most Influential Travel Bloggers — 100 most influential travel bloggers. Currently number 4 in the world (calculated on a combination of Klout, Alexa, and Compete numbers).
Top Travel Twitterers — by the Huffington Post.
JohnnyVagabond – Top 10 blogs to watch in 2011. To make this list, by a travel blogger that I admire completely, was quite an honor.
World is My Jungle Gym — Top 100 independent travel blog, currently number 9 in the world.
Positive World Travels — Most inspiring travel websites.
Blog Top Sites – currently number 23.
Phil in the Blank – 10 travel blogs that will change your life, from my favorite camel lover.
Flightster — 40 Travel bloggers you should know about.
Favourite Travel Blogs of 2011 — by Kelsey, the Traveling Tomboy, a great travel blogger.
Travel Blogs with an Edge — by Nomadic Samuel is an emerging travel blogger and photographer.
Best in 2011 Travel Writing — by Nomads on the Road
More Great Travel Blogs — by the Traveling Fool
2011 Best Travel Writing of the Year — by Matt of LandLopers
19 Epic Adventures of 2011 – featuring the Ultimate Train Challenge I organized.
The 10 Must-Read Travel Bloggers of 2012 — by Home Away
Favorite Travel Bloggers of 2011 — by Ordinary Traveler
Ten Laugh Out Loud Travel Bloggers — by Argus