Ignite Social Media

JULY 19, 2019

Social media’s impact on the travel and tourism industry continues to grow stronger. Pairing this with the rise of travel blogging and the highly-visual nature of social media, especially Instagram, social networking platforms have transformed into a top destination for wanderlusters and adventure-seekers. Let’s talk.

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 14, 2008

Our speaker also teaches at the University of Washington and encourages CEO’s to embrace blogging and social media. Dan’s company gets it: the most recent blog post is featured on the home page. Festivals make your marketing dollars go farther. Yet many of our Hawaii web sites are still web 1.0, Virtually none.

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Pixlee

MAY 24, 2021

Travel and tourism took a major hit in 2020. A report published in May 2020 even estimated the loss of over 100 million jobs in the travel industry (as per the World Travel and Tourism Council). The post How the Travel Industry is Recovering in 2021 with Influencers appeared first on The Pixlee Blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog. LinkWithin.

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Unmetric

APRIL 2, 2019

And this fan-based marketing has paid off quite well for the band and the team, for their loyal fans also serve as brand advocates—their fans have gone as far as to sponsor billboards in Times Square for BTS. Reposted with correction. RT TO SPREAD! BTS @BTS_twt. • [link] pic.twitter.com/LzcgRHwemH. more engagement than its 2018 average.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. This is hugely helpful, because each theme is different and, as a result, the way a post looks when published on one blog, might look completely different on another. I just get kicks out of mobile blogging w/ multimedia.

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Pixlee

APRIL 3, 2020

Breckenridge Tourism Office . While travel and hospitality companies have been hit disproportionately hard lately, this local tourism bureau has begun sharing stories of local businesses giving back. The post Nine Brands We Can Learn from in Uncertain Times appeared first on The Pixlee Blog. Knockaround .

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JUNE 3, 2021

Led by Emily Allen Lucht , the Director of Communications for the State of Maryland, this panel answered some of the most common questions we hear from social media marketers in government. For example, although Vacchi Hill’s agency doesn’t deal with tourism, following tourism agencies online provides a great source of inspiration.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. She lives in Takoma Park, Md.,

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. Compendium is a uniquely powerful blogging platform because it creates separate, “compended&# blogs for each keyword. That’s it.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Before the advent of social media, one of the most common marketing campaigns a company could take part in was with celebrity endorsements. While celebrity endorsement is still a popular marketing tactic, attaching a human face to a product or service has changed. Influencer marketing is not just limited to celebrities.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Let me unpack this a bit.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

What this does is let you select a certain number of blogs from your blogroll, and only that number of blogs will be displayed. I love how, when you click on an image, it starts the slideshow right on your blog! Don’t forget I started out this post with my initial list of five ways for you to spice up your blogging.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog. And they wouldn’t bother to poke around on the blog to find it.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 9, 2009

The campaign, a road tour, dubbed the “Spirit of Aloha” includes Hawaiian travel and tourism executives, 3 dancers & 2 musicians on loan from the Polynesian Cultural Center as well as Maui’s Camile Velasco of American Idol fame. Along the way, Spirit of Aloha gathered such interest, they started a blog , to keep everyone up to date.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2008

Home About What We Do PayPal Speaker Contact Subscribe Press / PR Bare Feet Network Internet Literacy for Business: Blogging, Podcasting, Online Video & Social Media Howto, Consulting, Training & Public Speaking Home > Social Media , Strategy > Free Idea: Podcaster-in-Residence Saves Hawaii Tourism?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. Many online marketing analysts predict that representation on sites like Facebook is quickly becoming just as important as a website for one simple reason. Tourism/Travel/Hospitality.

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Socialmedia.biz

JUNE 24, 2019

When you share your travel adventures on social media, you can offer your followers the chance to go to your blog. Always have a link to your travel blog and other social media platforms in your posts. Your posts can also offer links to tourism and travel websites where your followers can learn more.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Establishing your voice A blog post with pointers isn’t only meant to teach, it is also meant to connect with readers. Umair Haque , blogging for the Harvard Business Review , places the Gap logo debacle into this context of creativity. When it comes to blogging, anyone can compile data and churn out a post.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The only difference from the rural vista is that a cluster of people in a city suddenly stopping to snap a photo tends to turn more heads and generate attention quickly – much like the ripple effect marketers try to achieve when generating social media content, or launching a new campaign. About the Jessica Gioglio: Follow @savvybostonian.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 30, 2009

Prediction: tomorrow’s event, event marketing and sponsorship opportunity is with “Tweet-ups” where like-minded Twitter-peeps meet up to meet each other in person. Here’s the great thing: by their very nature, Twitter-peeps share something in common, making it a very powerful marketing tool. Everyone is doing it. Ah, events.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

In addition to smart use of visuals (see our “ Social Media Image of the Week ” blog series for inspiration), businesses often turn to social media contests and promotions to stir passion and activity within their online audience. But it’s not as easy as just tweeting “who wants to win an ipad!?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. However, even within the business (non cat) blogging arena, there are a wide variety of potential measures to gauge your momentum. Is anyone out there? What’s the Point?

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 24, 2024

By blending collaborative consumption with experiential tourism and replacing impersonal hotel stays with a sense of community. But how did they hit the marketing bullseye with their social handles? Such marketing leverages the audience’s desire for out-of-the-box experiences and becoming a part of something bigger.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Although social media is a great platform to tell your brand story (which is the best way to market your brand, as humans love stories and can relate strongly with them), many brands have really not figured out how. Here are a few tips to keep you ahead of the social media marketing curve. highlight to tweet). Get Your People Involved.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

In addition to smart use of visuals (see our “ Social Media Image of the Week ” blog series for inspiration), businesses often turn to social media contests and promotions to stir passion and activity within their online audience. But it’s not as easy as just tweeting “who wants to win an ipad!? What did I miss?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR: The BrandBuilder Edition November 3rd, 2010 Tweet If you work in the PR/marketing world(s) (are they one now? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. shouldn’t they always have been?

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Pixlee

JULY 3, 2019

Top brands are leading the way by utilizing the latest technology to market their content. This makes Under Armour more relevant to their customers and encourages more UGC that the company can then use later to market their products. In today’s market, customers want to be heard. Breckenridge.

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Pixlee

JUNE 23, 2020

Social media is a powerhouse for marketers, with 50% of the world’s population using at least one platform. The Breckenridge tourism bureau wanted to share user-generated content from their guests to encourage other people to visit. The post The Social Hub Guide for Brands appeared first on The Pixlee Blog.

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Freelance Social Media

JUNE 15, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe This Is Canada’s QR Codes by Justin on June 15, 2010 An article in the Sunday paper spoke about bar and QR codes and the creative uses being seen today. About the author Justin Langford wrote 11 articles on this blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2010

So, for this week’s weekly roundup, I thought it would be interesting to share some of the most thought-provoking posts I’ve come across over time (they’re not all new) on how non-profit organizations and cause marketing have been rethinking color. The cause marketing genius of the pink ribbon , from Cause Marketing.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

Social Media Complainers – your new BFF’s Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach I recommend. I’ve always advised my clients that its better to have people complain in an open forum where it can be addressed. What’s your social currency?

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Social Media Complainers – your new BFF’s Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach I recommend. What’s your social currency? All Rights Reserved.

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Socially Sorted

MAY 21, 2017

Without turning this into a travel blog, I can safely say that the “ Last Chance Saloon ” might well have been one of my favourite travel experiences. Now, I’m a social media strategist so I like to check into places I love – especially in the tourism industry. Free marketing, right? if not, you do now!

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Kikolani

JUNE 18, 2016

As you may have noticed, there are lots of certification opportunities popping up in the online marketing landscape. So when Simplilearn reached out to me about their Digital Marketing Certified Associate (DMCA) Training Program , I wondered where they fit in. Would digital marketers be able to learn something from them?

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