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A Decade of Thanksgivings

Waxing UnLyrical

At the time, I was working for an organization headquartered in New York, so I traveled there frequently; as a result, I had a ton of reward points on Amtrak and various hotels. Ever budget-conscious, I booked what I thought was a great hotel, using my points… right in the heart of Times Square. It was terrible. He didn’t skip a beat.

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The bus to Hawaii: Marriott boosts Hawaii Bookings 40% with event.

Akamai Marketing

The cost of the campaign was approximately $350,000 with Marriott covering hotel expenses and partner Hawaiian airlines covering flights. The group got lots of together time as they moved along middle America on a 45-foot bus.

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Let Luck Be a Lady: Attending blogworld 2008

Social Media Strategery

Development So, I’m sitting in my absolutely stunning hotel room here at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, getting ready to attend BlogWorld 2008 from tomorrow through this Sunday. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email!

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The Wells Fargo Debacle.how to get around it

Akamai Marketing

Furthermore, work with the tradeshow (who undoubtably has already negotiated favorable rates at area hotels) to obtain a really nice block of rooms for your VIPS. Hosting clients and company leaders together has innate benefits, and throw in a little education, some inter-industry networking and you have a recipe for business success.

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Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh'My

Koka Sexton

As I travel around, I check into airports, hotels and where ever else I go and I earn little badges and become the virtual “Mayor&# of locations. For the most part the East Bay was untouched territory, most of the locations available in Foursquare here in and around San Francisco which has a higher concentration of people.

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Koka Sexton

As I travel around, I check into airports, hotels and where ever else I go and I earn little badges and become the virtual “Mayor&# of locations. For the most part the East Bay was untouched territory, most of the locations available in Foursquare here in and around San Francisco which has a higher concentration of people.

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Try Looking Outside to Solve the Problems Inside

Social Media Strategery

Although it’s not quite the same analogy it reminds me of how Booz Allen hires an outside strategic communications firm (even though they have an excellent SC team)to craft comms strategies for things like the split between govt/commerical and initiatives like hoteling. web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email!

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