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Social Media – 28 Tips and Tools in 7 Reads

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. But are you doing is right? This week more than 2 dozen tips and tools but Huffington Post first asks Is Social Media Marketing Still Relevant? Social media marketing is still relevant, but navigating the terrain can be difficult, and in some cases, even violate your instincts as a business owner. If you need a boost, here are six ways to improve your social media performance. 10 Checklist Points Before Engaging in Social Media Marketing Find your way to the end of these ten points and see whether… 

Tourism Best Practices and Headlines – Week of March 7

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are doing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. We also captured some headlines of interest – HBR published an article outlining how convention centers and DMOs are presenting a united front. Also spotlighted, some marketing aids for CVB… Presenting a United Front Throughout the overall meeting process, it is important for convention services managers (CSMs) at hotels, convention centers and convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) to work together to ensure their clients feel all three areas… 

More Important Than Marketing, PR or Sales Skills

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Paraphrase Einstein and one could say ‘most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great destination marketing professional.’ They are wrong: it is character.’ Politicians, corporate executives, movie stars, athletes… are all having their character questioned now a days. That’s probably why a speaker at Rotary spoke on his character initiatives. My devotions had a three part series on character. And our minister shared the original lesson on character. We’re scrutinized often and we should be – we work with tax dollars. We can create the best ad, attract the largest conference ever, or get that travel… 

Social Media – Setting Social Media Goals, 28 Stats and 27 Tips

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. But is there a strategy behind it? What goals have you set? The first read this week provides a how-to in creating achievable social media goals. Also 28 social media stats and 3 big changes every marketer should know, 7 ways to integrate social media with email marketing, and 17 ways to run a contest on Facebook. How to Create Achievable Social Media Goals With all of the resources available that allow you to measure your campaigns, you have the ability to see exactly what’s working and how much… 

Email Marketing – Best Reads Week of February 29

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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 customers than Facebook or Twitter. (3) How do you maximize this marketing strategy? Here’s 5 articles / 25 tips to help with your email marketing: 7 Ways to Integrate Social Media and Email Marketing Based on my experience providing e-mail and social media marketing solutions to destinations and businesses, here are 7 ways the two… 

7 Ways to Integrate Social Media and Email Marketing

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Social media has seen a meteoric rise in use. Marketing professionals have noticed and have shifted focus to the outlets – and they should – the numbers are staggering. (1) But don’t forget about email. Email marketing is consistently ranked as the best channel in terms of return on investment. For every $1 spent, email marketing generates $38 in ROI. (2) 68% of companies rate the channel as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. (3) Email is 40 times more effective at acquiring new customers than Facebook or Twitter. (4) How would one go about blending these two powerful marketing approaches? How might one take… 

Tourism Best Practices and Headlines – Week of February 29

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are doing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. We also captured some headlines of interest – first and foremost, the continued progress towards collecting transient guest tax from AirBnB. The latest in Memphis… Convention Bureau Seeks Lodging Tax on Airbnb Rentals Memphis tourism chief Kevin Kane (shared) a plan is in the works to make short-term rentals like Airbnb pay hotel-motel taxes. Visit Syracuse Becomes Its Own Entity to Increase Tourism Locally To increase tourism in… 

Email Marketing – Subject Lines, Writing Emails in 15 Minutes and Cursing

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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 customers than Facebook or Twitter. (3) How do you maximize this marketing strategy? On what should you be focused? Subject line, welcome emails and cursing. How to Write a Killer Email Subject Line Here are some tips to write killer email subject lines that will get your newsletters and emails the attention they deserve. 7… 

Social Media – Building a Strategy and Getting Employees Active

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. But is there a strategy behind it? First two reads this week provide basic elements or steps to creating a social media strategy. One strategy is getting your employees more active on social media. Daniel Kushner provides 8 tips on doing just that below. 4 Basic Elements Of Successful Social Media Strategies It’s a scary time, with new “grams” and “chats” popping up every month. There are no constants, and change is going to come more rapidly than ever in the coming years. But where does one start? Which platforms…