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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Did you know that there are other hotels beyond the Hyatts, the Hiltons, the Omnis, the Sheratons, and the Marriotts of the world in NYC? When you go to a conference in Manhattan, you probably seek out hotels that you’ve also heard of. How does one small hotel possibly compete with these hotel franchises?

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Hotels and Social Media Travel Tourism

Laurel Papworth

Just had a rather crappy experience with Discover Australia – they advertised “Free Internet -Exclusive&# for the hotel we wanted to stay in, then after we booked (we sent a confirmation email with a question on the internet) said “Oh it’s just a FREE 1/2 HOUR&#. features and functionality on the hotel website.

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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content

Waxing UnLyrical

via Flickr, CC 2.0. It’s a landslide: Community creates results. The Harlem Shake depended on community. User-generated content is far better at creating that community. It’s been a heck of a ride! Image: mayeesherr. (in in West Bengal!) So which one garnered more interest according to Google trends?

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Thank You, Fairy GoogleMother

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: garlandcannon via Flickr, CC 2.0. Join the Grymm & Epic community for creative entrepreneurs, or read her heavy metal blog on Steff Metal. And then I would say, “Don’t worry boys, you can crash on my couch.&# Yours sincerely, Steff. What would you wish for from Fairy GoogleMother?

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media makes the word of mouth marketing that restaurants and hotels already profit from and makes it more efficient. 3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following.

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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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Has Social Media Killed Off Privacy?

Laurel Papworth

What with Tom Tom selling our GPS data to the police that then book us for speeding, and facial recognition connecting our faces to our social networks and the privacy implications that entails, are we thinking enough about the big issues in our rush to upload, tag and share content in online communities?

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