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71% of Airlines See Mobile as the Future of Airline Payments

The Realtime Report

Mobile and social media will be a focus for airlines over the next few years, according to a recent survey from airline payment processing company WorldPay. A whopping 83% of airlines believe that improvement and deployment of new payment technology is a major business priority. photo: Wikipedia Commons.

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It Was an Epic Failure

For Real Social Workers

We all know that he is the founder of Virgin Records and Virgin Atlantic Airlines. Always looking for the next best thing, he started an airline with no experience and one plane. The maiden flight of Virgin Atlantic Airlines almost sunk his vision. Without a plane, he could not get his airline certified. Join us weekly.

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Virgin America Launches First In-Flight Social Network With #PlanePitch Twitter Contest

The Realtime Report

The ability to access your social networks while in the air is nothing new; many airlines offer in-flight WiFi (for a price) within the US. Users access the network by downloading Here on Biz iOS mobile app and registering a new account using their LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter profile. Million Twitter Sweepstakes.

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Five Ways to Boost Your Brand Value Using Social Amplification

Webbiquity SMM

For example, Southwest Airlines rebranded themselves by implementing a yellow, red, and blue tri-color scheme. Here’s a snapshot from their website that showcases their new color scheme: Images via Southwest Airlines. Do you want users to visit your website or app, download an ebook, or buy a particular product?

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3 ways to adapt content for the era of social media entertainment

Sprout Social

@griffincaseyvlogs September 16th is the day we take our guacamole back from @chipotle #chipotle #guacamole ♬ original sound – griffincaseyvlogs With its short-video format and clever positioning, TikTok took the world by storm, replacing YouTube as the most-watched app in 2021, and Netflix as the most downloaded app in 2022.

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7 ways to use social media for market research

Sprout Social

They’re the best airline, even in crisis mode! Travelers, for example, may have a favorite airline and are eager to share what makes them a frequent flier of one airline over another. Travelers, for example, may have a favorite airline and are eager to share what makes them a frequent flier of one airline over another.

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The Use of Animation in Digital Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s important to think of interesting ways to visualize online activities, to direct traffic to your social networks or to get people to download an app. We’ll head down under and discuss what an antipodean airline is doing with social, animation and web videos. The Kiwi airline is well known for their lighthearted safety videos.

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