Let’s Work Together…

First off, thank you for your interest in working with me! Through this blog, I have worked with various travel partners in numerous ways and am continuing to build strong relationships with travel-related companies and my audience.

Who is The Adventures of Nicole

The Adventures of Nicole is a female travel blog that focuses on off the beaten path destinations, founded in early 2015 by me, Nicole Smoot.  For the last eleven years, I have been traveling the world, with visits back home to Alaska in between. Naturally with all that travel experience over time I’ve fallen into a passion for travel photography and a desire to help others get out to see what this world has to offer. That’s where the blog was born- at the persistence of a few friends who questioned why I wasn’t blogging about my adventures and sharing the knowledge I’d gained along the way with the world.

Why work with The Adventures of Nicole?

The Adventures of Nicole has been ranked as a top travel-Instagram account to follow in 2016 & 2017, and a top female travel Instagrammer in 2016. My writing & photography have been featured in a number of publications including National Geographic, Matador Network, Buzzfeed, and Thought Catalog. With each month the traffic and social media growth of the Adventures of Nicole steadily increases ranging my reach to an ever-diversifying audience.

I am ambitious to develop partnerships with destinations, brands, and services that rouse my and my audience’s interests. More and more travelers are utilizing the internet and particularly, travel blogs to help plan, research & organize trips, ease travel-related anxiety, and look for recommendations on where to visit, what to eat, where to stay & what travel gadgets to purchase. I am in a beneficial position to promote your destination, travel products, and services through The Adventures of Nicole and social media accounts.

The Media Kit

Here is my most recent media kit as of May 2021. Given the ever-changing fluctuations of the internet, this data is forever changing, sometimes rapidly, so for the most up-to-date information please email me at adventuresoflilnicki@gmail.com. Click the image below to download my full media kit.

I look forward to working with you, and please don’t hesitate to email me at adventuresoflilnicki @ gmail.com for an updated media kit, questions, or prospective partnership ideas. Keep scrolling to see a list of past partnerships, features, and collaborations.

-Nicole

Partners I’ve worked with:

Ongoing Partnerships

• Socotra Guidebook, First Edition by Hilary Bradt & Janice Booth, 2020
  Photo and written contribution
• Tajikistan Guidebook, Third Edition by Sophie Ibbotson, with Claire Blackmore and Behruz Boev, 2020
  Photo contribution
• Photography at the End of the World, photographer of the month special, October 2020
• Impressions of Socotra, a Photo Story, photo essay covering Socotra Island
• An interview with Nicole Smoot, Traveller’s Club Edition November 2020
• @bradtguides Instagram Takeover: Socotra (October 20-25, 2020)
• The Kindness of Strangers: A Journey Across Iraqi Kurdistan, Traveller’s Club Edition April 2021

Photos featured in:

• Cycling the Pamir Highway
• Best Trekking Routes in the Fann Mountains

• Top Things to See & Do in Tajikistan, Central Asia Special, Edition #13

Published on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• 34 Photos That Will Make You Book A Ticket To Kyrgyzstan 
• How To Get To Burana Tower & Tokmok Animal Bazaar
• Why Foodies Should Flock To Karakol
• A Quick Guide To Jeti Oguz Kyrgyzstan
• 10 Things To Do In Bishkek
• Karakol Travel Guide + 13 Things To Do In Karakol
• 7 Tips For Solo Female Travel In Central Asia

Social media coverage (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

• Contact for links to existing social media links for examples

Published on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• 32 Photos That Will Put Kazakhstan On Your Bucketlist
• How To Get To Kaindy & Kolsai Lakes
• Best Things To Do In Almaty
• A Tour Of The Almaty Metro
• How To Get To Big Almaty Lake
• The Kazakhstan Travel Guide
• The Karkara Border Crossing Between Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan

Social media coverage (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

• Contact for links to existing social media links for examples

Published on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• How To Get An Iranian Visa In 2019

Published on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• 10 Check & Unique Places To Visit In Summer 2019

Published on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• 11 Best Adventures In Oman

Social media coverage (Instagram):

• Instagram post #1 
• Instagram post #2

Tour leadership, including marketing of tours via my channels:

• Co-ran tour of China, Tajikistan & Pakistan in June & July, 2018
• Co-ran tours of Socotra (expedition) in March 2019
• Co-ran tour of Afghanistan (Nowruz) in March 2019
• Co-ran tour of South Yemen in 2020
• Co-ran tour of Socotra in 2020
• Upcoming tours of South & Central Yemen, Socotra, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, & Uzbekistan in 2021

Published in Inertia Network’s eMagazine

• Yemen Behind The Lens, Photo feature and story in Inertia Magazine with Matthew Reichel

Published on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• Two Day Santo Domingo & Boca Chica Itinerary
• What To Do In Puerto Plata

Social media coverage (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook)

• Instagram posts and story series
• Twitter shares
• Facebook share of blogged articles
• Contact for links directly to each social media post

Published on Cover More Blog:

• ‘10 Destinations Off the Beaten Path‘

Blog posts on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• ‘What it’s Like to Spend the Night in the Sahara‘
• ‘Tips for a Merzouga Desert Tour‘

Social media shares (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram)

• Image and story posts on Instagram
• Instagram story takeover of @kkdaytravel
• Shares of blog posts on Facebook and Twitter
• Contact for direct links to social media posts regarding this campaign

Blog posts on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• ‘10 Reasons to Visit the Ross Sea‘
• ‘Antarctica Travel Guide‘
• ‘10 Reasons to Visit Antarctica‘
• ‘Subantarctic New Zealand: Campbell Island‘
• ‘McMurdo Dry Valleys: Going to Mars Without Leaving Earth‘
• ‘Franklin Island: Ice glazed volcanoes on the fringe of Antarctica‘

Social media shares (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

• Shares of blog posts as well as update posts during the trip on Facebook and Twiter
• Instagram posts showcasing Oceanwide Expeditions and Antarctica
• Please contact for direct links to these social media posts

Contributed to Oceanwide Expedition’s Blog:

• ‘An Igneous Paradise: Franklin Island
• ‘Visiting The Nearly Unknown: New Zealand’s Campbell Island‘
• ‘Mars on Earth: McMurdo Dry Valleys’ (coming soon)

Blog posts on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• ‘Rainbow Mountain Peru with Flashpacker Connect‘
• ‘13 Photos that will put the Rainbow Mountain on your Bucketlist‘

Social media shares (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram)

• Contact for direct links to social media posts regarding this campaign

Blog posts on adventuresoflilnicki.com:

• ‘Tajikistan Travel Guide
• ‘10 Reasons to Visit Tajikistan‘
• ‘Solo Female Travel in Tajikistan
• ‘Fann Mountains Travel & Trekking Guide‘

Social media shares (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram)

• Contact for direct links to social media posts regarding this campaign

• Instagram Takeover February 1-2, 2017
• Contact for direct links to Instagram posts regarding this campaign

Magazine photo spread published in Shibui & Co.:

• Shibui Issue 3

Photo essays published on Matador Network:

• ‘The Otherworldly Beauty of Socotra Island‘
• Most Alien Landscape on Earth: Mcmurdo Dry Valleys‘

Featured in:

• ‘Top 20 Women Travel Instagrammers to Follow‘

Interview:

• Interview for ‘I Heart My City Series’. ‘Nicole’s Anchorage‘.

Other Past Campaigns

Instagram Features

Interviews

• David’s Been Here: ‘Celebrity Travel Addicts- Nicole of The Adventures of Lil Nicki‘
• Something in Her Ramblings: ‘Women Who Travel Solo: Nicole in Yemen‘.
• Backstreet Nomad: ‘The Nomad Files: Socotra, Yemen with Nicki‘.
• Drifter Planet: ‘55 Best Islands Revealed‘.