When it comes to social media marketing, if your CVB or tourism bureau doesn’t at least have a presence in networking sites, you are already behind. According to a recent story, interactive marketing is forecasted to represent 21 percent of all marketing dollars spent in 2014, making it a $55 billion industry. Companies involved with [...]
Some people have the opportunity to travel often. Whether on official business trips or traveling for fun, these folks can tell you all the best places to eat, sleep and visit in cities across America. I personally think these are the best friends to have. They give me the heads up on all of the [...]
For some travelers, golf is a perfect relaxation getaway. If your destination includes or is close to golf courses, country clubs or golf trails, don’t let your CVB or tourism bureau miss out on an important traveler coming to your neck of the woods: the golfer. Reach out to these tourists by adding a link [...]
If pictures are truly worth a thousand words, tourists and travelers are singing songs in unison about destinations worldwide on photo sharing sites. Photo sharing is a genre of social media that often gets left out of discussions around the social media watercooler conversations about Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. This is something CVB and tourism [...]
Social networking and social media Web sites can give CVBs and tourism bureaus an opportunity to take advantage of marketing their destinations to the entire world. A simple keyword search of “travel” in Facebook search yields quite a few applications. Here is a brief description of the top five applications, organized by number of users.
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