by Stephen Koranda | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog, Customer Service, Marketing, Small Business, Tourism
Customer service is at an all-time low and customer satisfaction in dealing with a product or service issue is just as low, about 40 percent. Two of three consumers are likely to experience rage during an interaction with a customer service rep. In addition, 63...
by Stephen Koranda | Nov 15, 2016 | Blog, Marketing, Tourism
Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. Huntington (WV CVB) Rolls Out...
by Stephen Koranda | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog, Email Marketing, Marketing, Small Business, Tourism
Email marketing is consistently ranked as the best channel in terms of return on investment. 68% of companies rate the channel as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. (1) For every $1 spent, email marketing generates $38 in ROI. (2) Email is 40 times more effective at acquiring new...
by Stephen Koranda | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog, Customer Service, Marketing, Small Business, Tourism
Customer service is at an all-time low and customer satisfaction in dealing with a product or service issue is just as low, about 40 percent. Two of three consumers are likely to experience rage during an interaction with a customer service rep. In addition, 63...
by Stephen Koranda | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog, Tourism
Did your tourism friendly candidate win yesterday? Were we tourism professionals as active in this past election as all other interested parties? All too often we leave it to the Chambers to host the candidate forums, to publish the candidate profiles and talk the...
