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Does QR stand for Quasi-Ridiculous? (an analysis)

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In fact, the QR code itself is substantially larger than the logo of the company (Crowne Plaza Hotels). If you want to run an expensive national print ad campaign to make sure people think your hotel is all post-modern and zeitgeisty , then I guess this qualifies as killer graphic design.

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The Best Business Apps For Your Smartphone

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If you ever need to tweet from your smartphone (which, should be happening more than on a desktop), the bitly app makes is stupid easy to create a URL shortener. I stay in a lot of hotels. The LodgeNet app allows me to turn my iPhone into the hotel room's TV remote control (if they are using LodgeNet as their TV service provider).

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Top 10 Apps for Windows Phones

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Already included as standard on LG’s Windows phones, this is an augmented reality app that displays directions to nearby restaurants, hotels, banks and the like on your phone screen as you hold up your camera. BBC Sport Mobile. BBC Sport Mobile gives you the latest sport news from the BBC on the go. Download Handyscan.

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The 11 Best Free Email Marketing Tools

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With Scope, not only can you review and share desktop and mobile previews of your own emails, but you can also take an email you’ve received and use the Code Inspector tool to look behind the scenes and see how they pulled it off. Raven URL Builder for Google Analytics. That’s why they take the next three spots on our list.

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A First-Class Guide to Social Media for Travel

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Whether you’re a hotel, airline, destination or car rental service, word-of-mouth marketing is crucial to the success of your business. 33% switched hotels. One of the first things you should do when creating a profile on a social network is add your website or blog URL to your bio or about section. Hotels: 23%.

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Diigo: A PR Tool for Social Media Releases

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Put in 3 or 4 links and notate each one with commentary like “this supports the quote on hotel growth.”. Once you have them all tagged correctly simply click the RSS icon and copy and paste the feed URL to your Social media news release. You can also promote the feed URL to your custom list of bloggers and journalists.

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The Public Speaker's Master Toolkit

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I don't trust hotel and conference center Internet connections (wired or wireless), and when I do need to present something online, I much prefer to be doing so with my own access point. Mobile Internet is great to have in case you are relying on their connectivity and it goes down (which it does). Rocket stick. Did I miss anything?

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