Today on my World Travellers Series, I’m delighted to have Renee Blodgett who is a very well known travel writer, marketer and overall busy lady. As well as contributing to numerous websites and blog, Renee also has her own blog, and runs We Blog the World – an awesome global website which I have also helped contribute to.
World Travellers: Renee Blodgett from We Blog the World in Chile.
Who are you?
Renee Blodgett, Founder of We Blog the World, an online luxury travel and adventure magazine and blog network, where we cover unique experiences on every continent.
Where are you from?
I’m originally from the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, a place where nature meets the most authentic of souls.
Where have you been?
Southeast Asia, Northern Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and some of the Pacific, all of Europe, all of Scandinavia except for Norway, Canada and most of the U.S., South America, Central America, Middle East and the Caribbean.
Where are you now?
When I’m not traveling, I’m often in San Francisco.
World Travellers: Renee in Vermont, USA.
What are the top 3 places you’ve visited?
It’s so hard to pick favorites but 3 places I’d love to return to are South Africa, Thailand and Chile. Greece and Italy are pretty high on the list too.
What is the best travel experience you’ve had?
It’s a toss between riding elephants through grassy fields in southern India and hanging out with giraffes in southern Africa.
World Travellers: Renee Blodgett of We Blog the World in Iceland
What is the worst travel experience you’ve had?
Getting sick in China the first year it opened up to the west.
What is the scariest travel experience you’ve had?
See worst travel experience I’ve ever had.
What is the most random job you have had on your travels?
Picking greengages in New Zealand.
How do you fund your travels?
By day, I run Magic Sauce Media, a marketing, PR and social media consultancy.
What 3 tips would you give a new traveller before they set off on their adventure?
Be open to possibilities, talk to the first person you see who has interesting eyes when you arrive, and have faith that it will all work out even when it doesn’t feel like it will.
What are your future travel plans?
Hot on the list are Argentina, Peru, the Caribbean, Greece and Madagascar.
Biography:
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World, an online luxury travel and adventure magazine that provides content on every continent in the world for discerning and savvy travelers.
Renee has lived in ten countries and traveled to nearly 80, giving her a unique understanding of the importance of cultural nuances and how they can transform your life. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches as the founder Magic Sauce Media, a global social media, PR and personal branding consultancy, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media platforms and tools, helping companies around the world navigate digital waters.
She has been ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes on a top 50 list for the last two years, #6th most influential woman in social media also by Forbes, her personal blog Down the Avenue was listed on the AdAge Top 100 List for top marketing & branding blogs and in the Top 50 marketing and PR blogs in the industry by Cision. She was also named one of Women Online Magazine’s “Top 10 Social Media Mentors” of 2014 and a Shorty Awards finalist in the Business Influencer category.
Passionate about photography, Renee’s site Magic Sauce Photography is a visual and creative extension of her work, where she has a goal of producing photo books from every continent. She has published six photo books on – Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Rome, London, South Africa & Urban Life — and has two more on the way.
She is also co-founder of Traveling Geeks, a network that collaborates with global technology innovators and influencers and organizes blogging tours to support business, technology, education and social media initiatives of a specific country or city.
also has columns on travel, technology, social media and food on
Links
http://www.twitter.com/weblogtheworld
http://www.facebook.com/weblogtheworld
http://www.pinterest.com/weblogtheworld
http://www.youtube.com/weblogtheworld
Thanks to Renee Blodgett for being the latest in my series of World Travellers! I also contribute to We Blog the World and you can read my stuff here:
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