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Hotels and Social Media Travel Tourism

Laurel Papworth

Engage your customers directly via social media and mobile initiatives, and Web 2.0 Situation: Internet users now spend 17% of their surfing time on social network and blogging sites, nearly triple the percentage of time spent on such sites a year ago, according to Nielsen. in reality a very 70's look and feel.

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Foursquare!

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Social Media Workshop Here in Honolulu

Bare Feet Studios

People who want to use the internet more effectively to communicate, who want to be leaders in their industries, who want to learn more about how web 2.0 or the social web works, who want to effectively use the mostly free tools available today.

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techzulu Interview with Rox and Shane

Bare Feet Studios

TechZulu “provide(s) interviews from CEO’s for startup companies, Tech Stars of Web 2.0 at the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset May 28-30: Social Media Skills for Musicians: Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, & Podcasting at the N? to spotting Under the Radar companies.

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GoHawaii's A Thousand Reasons to Smile Makes Me Frown, Not Smile.

Bare Feet Studios

I would have liked to point this campaign to my San Francisco friends, who also happen to be active web users, who themselves have a large “following&# via blogs, social networks, Twitter, et al. Hawaii tourism officials would do well to read the book. GoHawaii/HVCB will get attention in any case!

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Hawaii Business: How the Social Media Workshop Can Help You

Bare Feet Studios

It encompasses other buzzwords and concepts you may have heard, from social networks like FaceBook , LinkedIn , and MySpace , to conversational marketing, web 2.0, We’ll have four Featured speakers, and additional experts in the audience to share the basics about what is social media and how it works.

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Why Are Advertisers Embarrassed by Advertising?

Bare Feet Studios

But our tourism and ad industries have been resting on their laurels and hiding behind fakey fake advertising strategies for decades. The dawn of “web 2.0&# aka “the social web&# is a literal boom time for business that remains largely untapped. Speaking of long-lasting brands.