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Tourism Best Practices – Week of October 23

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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. Visit Philly: 5 Ways It Crushes Tourism Market With Content Philadelphia is simply doing a great job with tourism. Not only a great job, but also the best job. Visit Philadelphia is not only a blog, but it’s also a team of experts that write about wonderful engaging destination content about Philly, the City of Brotherly Love. The article above has five reasons they are so good at what… 

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Email Marketing – Best Reads Week of October 16

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Each week, we read a number of articles from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: 7 Powerful Strategies to Fine-Tune Your Email Marketing Email isn’t dead, but you may need to revive your outdated techniques. The article above has seven powerful strategies to ignite your email marketing. 8 Tips to Drive a Successful Email Marketing Campaign The article above outlines eight of the best tips to help you drive a successful marketing campaign through your emails, that are especially garnered for an automotive company, but apply to any industry! These 15 Tips Will Help Your Email… 

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Social Media – Top Reads Week of October 16

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Each week, we read a number of articles regarding social media from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: Easy 7 Step Formula for Social Media Success The steps to successfully harness social media for marketing are not hard to master. The above article has seven steps to follow for social media success. How to Create an Effective Social Media Strategy Every company can leverage social media marketing to increase brand awareness, customer engagement, and sales. The above article has a seven-step process to success. How 3 Serious Brands Engage Humanly on Social Media The author chose three Content… 

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Customer Service – Best Reads Week of October 16

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Each week, we read a number of articles from online sources. Below, the top reads on customer service from the following week: Bad Customer Service: How to Send Your Customers to Your Competitors If you want to attract and retain customers, give them good customer service. Otherwise, they’ll let your competitors give it a try. Your Customer Service Isn’t As Good As You Think It Is We cannot determine if we are providing good customer service. Only our customers can. The customer is the judge and jury when it comes to rating our customer service. It is the customers’ perceptions… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of October 16

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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. Hays Kansas CVB, Kiwanis Work to Revive Trips to Historic Fort Hays Love partnerships! This is the first we’ve seen where the DMO teams with a local service club. Henry County (GA) CVB to Premiere New Videos at Pizza Party Unique way to include the community in your marketing! Sunshine Summit “Mega FAM” Tour Held in Daytona Beach The Daytona Beach (FL) CVB staff getting back to work… 

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Top Email Marketing Reads – Week of October 9

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Each week, we read a number of articles from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: Why Email Is The Locomotive Of Digital Marketing Why email’s star continues to rise and why it will remain the hub of digital marketing. The Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing For Small Business Email marketing is certainly the most personalized form of Digital Marketing. E-mail marketing is about building real links with people who want to hear from you. The Most Effective Email Marketing Tactics in 2017 Marketers rank message personalization and the creation of meaningful calls to action as the two most effective… 

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Twitter Basics – The 11 Essentials to Tweeting

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Twitter has seen a resurgence of late. The President’s Tweet storms have helped bring attention to the social media outlet. Also the recent news that tweets will expand to 280 characters has excited the edit-challenged. Surprisingly, many are still not on Twitter. “I just don’t get it.” Okay. As lovers of Twitter, we’re going to help you “get it.” The first step is to understand the speak. There are certain words and jargon native to Twitter that you may already have heard in passing. These terms and their abbreviations (in parentheses) are essential for understanding the network. Tweet:A 140-character message… 

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Social Media – Top Reads Week of October 9

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Each week, we read a number of articles regarding social media from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: The 10 Factors That Will Make Your Social Media Marketing Campaign Profitable Social media’s most stubborn opponents still view it with the same resentment, and the same argument: it’s not a profitable strategy. Jayson DeMers explores what, exactly, a social media strategy needs to become profitable. Is Your (Lack Of) Social Media Strategy Killing Your Business? There are a handful of essential elements that need to work together for your social media strategy to connect with your target market… 

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Customer Service – Top Reads Week of October 9

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Each week, we read a number of articles from online sources. Below, the top reads on customer service from the following week: What If Customer Service Week Could Last All Year? Sustain The Momentum With 8 Power Moves The only thing wrong with National Customer Service Week is that it doesn’t last long enough. So above are eight ways to sustain the central theme of National Customer Service Week. What ‘Modern Family’ Can Teach Us About Customer Service There are similarities between certain Modern Family characters and the general public when it comes to seeking and receiving service from a brand. Great Employees… 

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