Simon Falvo runs the travel blog Wild About Travel, which was started in 2009. The blog shares Simon's travel experiences, adventures, and passion for exploring new places, cultures, and scenic landscapes. It has grown significantly in popularity and influence over social media. Simon is available for blog trips, product reviews, and speaking engagements related to using social media for travel and tourism marketing. He has contributed to press trips for various destinations in Europe.

1. Wild About Travel
Press Kit

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

10. Thank you!
I look forward to getting in touch