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#LoveCapeTown Campaign Shakes Up “Fam” Trip With Crowdsourced Tips for Travel Bloggers

The Realtime Report

Cape Town Tourism’s most recent marketing initiative used a clever combination of travel blogging, crowdsourcing and social media to draw attention to the city, ranked 23rd among the top 25 travel destinations worldwide in TripAdvisor’s 2012 list of Traveler’s Choice Destinations. million soccer fans back in 2010.

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Traveling to Improve Your Social Media Presence

Socialmedia.biz

Here’s how traveling can make you more visible on social media: New connections. As soon as you travel to a new destination, you can start networking straight away. Spend time talking to locals and fellow travelers. Not everyone gets to travel as much as they’d like to, if at all. Travel purchases. Travel purchases.

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227: 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Tips

ProBlogger

3 Travel Bloggers Share Their Tips and Stories. I started this series towards the end of last year with episode 221: From 0 to 500,000 Page Views a Month – A DIY Blogger Shares Her Story. Today I’ve got three blogger stories for you. Links and Resources for 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Tips.

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Tourism Tweetup: Connecting Locals & Visitors

Bare Feet Studios

Ask any traveler: would you rather stay in a tourist compound (aka tourist ghetto) or get out and meet the locals? Overwhelmingly, travelers want to meet the locals! This week the Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau is hosting a group of travel bloggers for a new media press trip. s top bloggers. Top Maui Bloggers.

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Airbnb Social Media Strategy: Sharing Stories, Building Community

Keyhole.co

By blending collaborative consumption with experiential tourism and replacing impersonal hotel stays with a sense of community. Analysis of Airbnb social media accounts Airbnb’s target market includes regular travelers with a budget crunch, families looking for unique experiences, and business travelers. Let’s find out.

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Four Tips for Bloggers Who Want to Work with the Travel Industry

ProBlogger

People are attracted to travel blogging for a lot of reasons. Still others are attracted to the niche travel blogoshpere for the sheer love of travel, and any partnerships with the travel industry are a bonus. Before seeking out opportunities though, bloggers should keep in mind the following key points.

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For Travel Destinations: Working Well with Bloggers

Bare Feet Studios

Today I want to share with you some tips I have put together for the destination partners, which apply to any type of social marketing with bloggers. The LVB has invited seven well regarded new media “bloggers” to visit as New Media Artists-in-Residence. You can leave comments on the bloggers’ web site. * Program Overview.

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