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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Stuart Caie via Flickr, CC 2.0 He dreams of traveling the globe, experiencing a wide array of cultures, and making worldwide connections. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email.

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JUNE 7, 2009

As I understand it, this blogger trip is not the first time Hawaii tourism has paid for blogger fam trips – though it is the first official blogger tour and significant campaign of which I am aware. and #2 on Flickr (in the world!). You have a gorgeous blog and are definitely doing your part for tourism.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Remember the advertorial ?

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MAY 19, 2010

Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. You can follow and connect with Shane on Twitter , LinkedIn , Flickr , The Reef , Viddler , Facebook , Upcoming , and at his neglected blog. Aloha, Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading!

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Hundreds of tweets were created every minute covering every imaginable aspect of the traveling tsunami from the Chile. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. In any case, the PTWC deserves a big mahalo hug from all of us!

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

Travelers know this angst well – will I be scammed by unscrupulous merchants and fall into a tourist trap? Bruce Fisher of Hawaii-Aloha.com runs a highly personalized travel service here in Hawaii and competes very successfully with the mega online travel agencies like Orbitz and Travelocity.

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JULY 8, 2009

It’s also known as Pay-Per-Post , and traditional “fam trips&# for travel bloggers also fall into this category. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. Hat tip to Dave in the comments for this one.) Splogs – aka Spam Blogs.

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MAY 21, 2010

Photo Credit: Ed Yourdon, on Flickr; she looks to me like a very self-reliant, autonomous woman! Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. It is practical and outcome-oriented. What about you? Aloha, Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading!

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. So of course I checked it out.

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MAY 27, 2009

Some travel bloggers, like some travel writers for mainstream press, now receive paid fam trips. How would they feel if they knew it was an all expenses paid trip, courtesy of the tourism industry? Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Image: taruntej via Flickr , CC 2.0 If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Mark as read Approve comment Jagan, Im so sorry for the late reply, Ive been traveling. Why, they went to war , of course. And they still haven’t figured it out. These fine folk did: Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

To add to the carnival-like atmosphere, JetBlue is helping its “Jetters” get organized, with a Facebook page where travelers can make plans to meet up, ask advice, post their personal dos and don’ts, or list their favorites spots. I mean it really was 30 days of a very carnival-like atmosphere at JetBlue.&# i… 3.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. You can follow and connect with Shane on Twitter , LinkedIn , Flickr , The Reef , Viddler , Facebook , Upcoming , and at his neglected blog. The US Navy’s Social Media Policy Watch the original video.

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MARCH 1, 2009

Hawaii tourism officials would do well to read the book. Compare this to the Queensland Department of Tourism, who created the World’s Greatest Job contest. Why is there not a Flickr group collecting photos of the musicians teaching folks how to shaka at all of these locations, getting cross-posted to Facebook, Twitpic, etc?

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

I edited the ID3 tags in iTunes and added a graphic to travel with the iPod version. Viddler.com – great for building communities and groups, embedded comments travel with the episodes; developing B2B features and services You can also do web cam recording right in to the browser at Viddler too. Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading!

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

This was a Tweetup Treat, as Larry and I do not normally travel in the same circles. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. Last night at a tweetup here in Honolulu, I met Larry Heim , CEO of HonBlue. Later back at home I could Google him.

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DECEMBER 3, 2007

From gigaom here are some of the particiapting sites that I also plan to boycott: The 44 sites that have partnered with Facebook include everyone from Kongregate, LiveJournal, NYTimes (NYT), Sony Online, Blockbuster (BBI), Bluefly.com, STA Travel, The Knot, TripAdvisor, Travel Ticker, TypePad, viagogo, Vox, Yelp, WeddingChannel.com and Zappos.com.

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JULY 8, 2008

Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. You can follow and connect with Shane on Twitter , LinkedIn , Flickr , The Reef , Viddler , Facebook , Upcoming , and at his neglected blog. Whose responsibility is it to improve the situation?

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JULY 2, 2008

The Case of the Cancelled Flight Shane and I were booked to travel from DTW to ORD to LAX to HNL on Sunday, June 29th. Consider direct costs as well as labor costs for all the face-to-face interactions that were required to handle each of the interrupted travelers. Providing water or a few chairs? That’s basic humanity.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. I’ll buy music and books and travel and all sorts of things… (Buy once – enjoy forever) However… The only things where I pay any kind of “reoccurring fee” is for web hosting and domain names. (If

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved just as the environments, mediums, consumers and needs of our clients have evolved over time.

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APRIL 6, 2009

If you are in the travel industry, what a great time to bundle deals like this! Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. It would be a great way to get more people listening to Hawaiian music.

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AUGUST 14, 2008

Delays due to poor availability of wifi – a chronic problem when traveling and at tech conferences especially! Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. Here’s the video we hot that morning, edited in the session, and then uploaded.

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