Marketing Your Brand in 140 Characters Or Less

January 4, 2010 View Comments

In website design, the credo used to be that one had an average of five seconds to capture the attention of a visitor with compelling “above the fold” content. If nothing placed immediately under the address bar prompted somebody to scroll down the remainder of the page, you could be certain the next action would [...]

Social Media Resolutions For 2010

December 28, 2009 View Comments

With the year drawing to a close, you’re bound to reflect on 2009 and the highs and lows associated with your business. Whether you enjoyed strong sales or disappointing numbers, depending on how the economical climate affected your line of work, it can be argued that you’ll come away from the old year having learned [...]

Does Your Business Need a Phone App?

December 28, 2009 View Comments

With the rise in smart phone usage, you’ll find more people searching for practical applications to use on the go. Programs that allow for easier use of social media and online shopping are available at the touch of a button, and it seems smaller businesses are getting into the act by having apps made for [...]

Phone Apps Help Tourism Businesses Keep Travelers Informed

December 23, 2009 View Comments

These days, if somebody is in a strange city and looking for a place to eat, he may pull out his smart phone and call up an application like the one for Yelp to track down a specific cuisine. If somebody is lost, one can use an application from Mapquest or Google to locate where they need to be. General travel apps for finding restaurants and hotels prove popular, but if you manage the tourism for a specific destination you may wish to consider having an app developed to better showcase your region to visitors.

Barbados Beaches

December 10, 2009 View Comments

I am a Scorpio which is a water sign.  Going to the beach is heaven for me.  Going to the beach riding a horse would put me over the moon!  The perfect place to do those two things is Barbados.
You can rent a private villa, or a cottage, an apartment, townhouse or hotel pretty reasonably.  [...]

Using Twitter to Rent an Outer Banks Vacation Home

November 17, 2009 View Comments

It’s no secret people are turning to the Internet to plan vacations and reserve lodging. Travelers looking forward to a trip to the Outer Banks especially need to act quickly in order to secure a nice vacation rental near the beach, and the Web is a great resource for previewing available cottages and rooms. However, [...]

Travel the US Via Twitter – Follow the States

November 16, 2009 View Comments

Where in the USA do you want to go today? If you use the Internet to plan family and adventure trips, perhaps you have browse sites developed by the many tourism bureaus established around the country. For every state and territory in the union, there is a department encompassing that entire region, and multiple cities [...]

Hampton Roads, Virginia is For Fall Lovers

November 11, 2009 View Comments

Here in Hampton Roads, the air is cooling down and the nights are shorter. Yet even though we’re well into October you can still walk the sandy shores of the Chesapeake Bay in your bare feet and enjoy a leisurely or brisk walk around Mt. Trashmore Park. The autumn season displays Southeastern Virginia at its [...]

Customize your Facebook Page With FBML

November 6, 2009 View Comments

What started out as a small networking site for Harvard University students and later grew to the object of obsession of every college student in the country is now a primary source of communication for more than 300 million users. Facebook has had many changes since its dorm-room beginnings in 2004, but for the most [...]

Tourism Marketing During College Football Season

November 5, 2009 View Comments

I love football.
When I was a baby, my mom made me wear an Auburn University cheerleader outfit. At age 5,  I could throw and catch a football with all the boys on the playground. In middle school, I knew every team in the SEC and which teams I hated most. After high school, I went [...]


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