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tourism

A conversation about bloggers and their networks

February 10, 2009

In this delightful conversation with @SEKeener, director of Boots N All Travel Network, @Elliottng VP of Marketing for Uptake.com and @KimMance editor-in-chief of gogalavanting.com and founder of TravelBlogExchange.com discuss the importance of travel blog communities and how tourism businesses can connect with travel bloggers.
If you are a tourism business looking to connect with new media [...]

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How can your DMO or travel association make the most of Twitter?

February 8, 2009

Some of the best ways your community can boost tourism interest from Twitter, can only be achieved by the regional marketing association leading the way. As a direct benefit, you will enhance your reputation among members when the services you provide make a difference to member businesses.
15 ways your travel association or DMO can [...]

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Talking QR Codes with Roger Smolski – Tourism Keys Podcast

January 30, 2009

Roger Smolski publishes 2D Code – an online magazine (blog) that features QR Code news, views and analysis. We chat about QR Codes and how tourism can be enriched with QR Codes.
Conversation touches on:

80% of cell phone users in Japan scan QR codes with their phones at least once a week.
Examples of QR Codes [...]

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Travel Blog Exchange Debuts

January 20, 2009

Social Media tools including Twitter have made it easier than ever to create a community of shared interest. I was delighted to learn about http://www.travelblogexchange.com in recent tweets from Travel Bloggers I follow, including a gentle reminder from @soultravelers3.
Ning, the make your own social networking tool that makes it super easy to create a [...]

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How to take Great Photos to Enhance your Tourism Website or Blogsite

January 12, 2009

Taking Great Travel photos to boost interest in your travel experiences takes time, patience and rapport with your subject according to National Geographic Adventure Magazine Photographer Peter McBride in a recent video interview with Kim Mance at the Outdoor Adventure Show in Chicago.
Most tourism businesses, when asked for photos for their Web presence or rack [...]

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CVB’s, Tourism Associations, Regional Marketing folk – Who’s your Ideal Client?

January 9, 2009

How are you meeting the needs of your ideal client?
In your day to day operations you have an important role meeting the needs of two different types of clients:

first, visitors to your region
but more importantly, the tourism businesses in your region

What are the needs of tourism businesses in your region?
Before you ask a tourism business [...]

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Ditch your Website and focus on blogging in 2009

December 28, 2008

Why you should ditch your traditional Website in 2009:

traditional Web sites are business cards or billboards – depending on how much you want to spend for design.
the Internet is about conversations and communication, not broadcasting your message.
content (words, photos, video, audio) matters much more than design.
your brand is what you are doing now – today! [...]

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Internet Marketing: The Year in Review, Highlights of 2008

December 18, 2008

There has been an explosion of new marketing opportunities on the Web in 2008.
The keyword that describes best what’s been happening in 2008 on the Web: Collaboration! Working with others is at the core of all that is great about online marketing in 2008.
Twitter: You’ve heard about it, you may even have found out about [...]

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It’s time to look outside the tribe

December 15, 2008

It’s time to go beyond our tribe to establish a presence within other tribes. We need each other. I started thinking about this after reading a post about building a small powerful network by Chris Brogan. It reminded my repeated efforts to build bridges between content creators and the tourism / travel [...]

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