Advertising/Sponsorships

Overview

The Road Forks is a fast-growing blog with a loyal audience of readers interested in food, travel, and the digital nomading lifestyle.  If you are interested in reaching travelers, foodies, and round-the-world travelers, especially those in the 25-34 age range, then consider advertising with The Road Forks.

As of March 2011, The Road Forks receives 20,000+ unique visitors per month, with 50,000+ pageviews per month.  In addition, it has:
-    500+ RSS subscribers
-    1500+ Twitter followers
-    300+ Facebook fans
-    67% of visitors from the United States (8% from Canada, 4% from the UK, and 2% from Australia)

The Road Forks is ranked:
-    # 9 on TravelBlogSites.com weekly ranking of top 100 travel blogs
-    # 94 on Invesp.com ranking of top 100 travel blogs
-    # 49 on Top 100 Independent Travel Blogs (by Brendan’s Adventures)
-    An Alexa ranking of approximately 100,000
-    Compete.com ranking of 77,851
-    Klout score of 54

Akila McConnell, the writer behind The Road Forks, has won writing awards with Grantourismo and HomeAway UK, and her writing has been featured on popular blogs including ProBlogger, Matador Network, Almost Fearless, and Nomadic Matt.  Selected posts are syndicated on Lonely Planet (via Blogsherpa) and have been featured on Tastespotting and Foodgawker.

Press-Social Media Trips/Sponsorships
Akila McConnell is an established travel blogger who will report about your destinations with brilliant visuals and honest, compelling writing.  Africa-in-Focus Overland Expedition sponsored her trip through Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia and greatly appreciated the 9 blog posts and HD video that she wrote and produced for them.  Akila is available to attend press and social media trips or work with sponsors on unique projects to feature your brand.

Giveaways
The Road Forks offers monthly giveaways to its readers.  In the past, we have worked with AwardWallet, Glitterati Buzz, and Aqua Hotels and Resorts.  We disclose the giveaway in accordance with FTC regulations and write a brief description of the product.  Our sponsors have been “thrilled” and “amazed” by our product features.  We are always interested in giving away travel or food-related products and vacations to our readers.  If you are interested in working with us to give away a product, please contact us at theroadforks [at] gmail [dot] com.

Banner Ads

• 125 x 125 square ads in the left side bar (3 available): $50/month
• Skyscraper banner ads/widgets (1 available): $60 - $75/month depending upon the size
• 300 x 250 rectangular ad (1 available): $100/month

We offer a 10% discount for yearly commitments.  All payments are in US dollars and we only accept advertisements that are related to our target audience (travel or food).

You will need to supply your own banners or embed code.  You may change your banner at any time.  All payments must be made up front via PayPal.  We require the signing of a basic contract, under which the advertiser agrees that The Road Forks shall not be held responsible for any injuries arising from click through to their site.

We do not offer text links or contextual text links.

Sponsored Posts
We do not offer sponsored posts unless we believe that a product is truly exceptional, such as the sponsored post we offered to AwardWallet.  If you are interested in a sponsored post, feel free to send us a link to your product and then we will determine whether we would like to write such a post and contact you.