If you sell travel-related products or services and are considering entering into the world of blog advertising, please consider adding Hole in the Donut to your mix, as it is one of the top rated travel blogs in the world, according to the following sources:
- BlogRank includes Hole In The Donut among the top 100 in their overall travel blog category
- PostRank.com ranks Hole In The Donut as one of the top travel blogs in the world
- Named one of the top three most influential travel blogs by Konnector
- Listed as one of the “Most Influential Travel Bloggers“
- Included on Brendan van Son’s list of Top 100 Independent Travel Blogs
- Included in the prestigious list of the top personal websites at Washington Flyer’s Best Travel Blogs of 2011
When compared with the entire Blogosphere, Hole in the Donut has:
- Google Page Rank of 5
- Alexa ranking of approximately 68,000 worldwide, 18,000 in the United States
- Per Google Analytics, Hole In The Donut and its associated photo library receive 33,000 visitors per month and more than 85,000 page views per month.
- While numbers fluctuate on a day-to-day basis, approximately 1,500 readers have subscribed to Hole In The Donut via either rss feed or have opted to receive an email each time a new post is published.
- Currently the blog has 5,600 followers on Twitter, 2,100 followers on Hole In The Donut Facebook Page, and more than 500 connections on LinkedIn.
 LP Blogsherpa |  Travel Insights 100 |  Uptake.com |
Hole in the Donut is actively promoted through the following activities:
- Solicitation for rss subscribers and subscribers who receive notice of new posts via email
- Accounts with Google Analytics, Google Webmaster, and Bing Webmaster
- Comment and reciprocal link exchanges with other highly ranked blogs in the same genre
- A featured writer in the LonelyPlanet.com BlogSherpa program, with full feed of destination posts imported onto the LonelyPlanet website
- Blog posts about destinations featured on Raveable.com
- Blog posts featured in StumbleUpon, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter
- Participation in social networking sites including StumbleUpon, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and a YouTube channel that features original content produced by the author.
- Guest posts on other high quality, high traffic travel-related sites
- High quality, original content that appears on a consistent basis
Accolades and Awards:
Hole in the Donut is a favorite of more than just the search engines. In 2011, TripBase named it Best North/South America travel blog and it was one of the five finalists for Top Travel Blog in the 2011 Eleventh Annual Weblog Awards (Bloggies). The site is consistently ranked on Brendan van Son’s list of Top 100 Independent Travel Blogs and the travel category at BlogRank. Barbara Weibel’s travel expertise and story have also been featured on ABC News, AFAR Magazine, on the Career Clinic and Travel Planners live radio broadcasts, and in podcasts on BriefcaseToBackpack.com and IAGblogPodcasts sites.
 2011 Bloggies Finalist |  Tripbase Award |  Divine Caroline |
Advertising on Hole In The Donut is available in the following forms:
- Banner ads/widgets on the right-hand sidebar, in a size not to exceed 250 px X 200 px, are priced at $75 per month or $750 per year, with a minimum term of 6 months required (larger banner ads can be custom quoted)
- Banner ads/widgets that always appear at the bottom of one of the six posts on the home page, in a size not to exceed 500 px X 250 px, are priced at $75 per month or $750 per year, with a minimum term of six months
- Banner ads/widgets at the bottom of individual posts, in a size not to exceed 500 px X 200 px, are priced at $35 per month or $350 per year, with a minimum term of six months
- A custom banner area is available in the footer is available for $100 per month, with no minimum term requirement. Size cannot exceed 960 px in width, but height is customizable.
- Hole In The Donut is actively seeking corporate sponsors. Advertising, product reviews, spokesperson relationships, and contextual content, among other ideas, will be considered for this type of relationship, and I am always open to creative thinking that leads to mutually beneficial relationships.
- Hole In The Donut does not accept guest posts, sponsored posts, or pay-per-post material
- If you have other advertising requests please contact me directly to discuss at [email protected]
All payments must be made through PayPal. All ads must be pre-approved, as well as the sites to which they point. Ads are not accepted for pharmaceutical products, tobacco, alcohol, pornography, or any other products and services deemed unsuitable for this family friendly site. Ads that pop-up, pop-under, fly out, or move across the face of the blog are not allowed.
