27 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

When it comes to parties, it pays to go to right ones

Let’s face it, when it comes to getting attention, you’re better off going to one A-List party then going to 100 block parties.  You only have so much time on your hands and social media has a very real time cost associated with it.  Unless you have a team of social media people working for [...]

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24 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Social Tools for Demonstrating your Expertise

There are many tools available for demonstrating your involvement in social media and your comfort with customer engagement.  Many of these tools you are probably already using without even thinking about it.  Let’s take a look at a few of the the tools/sites that you can use to demonstrate your expertise: Facebook – Focus on [...]

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14 November 2009 ~ 8 Comments

5 Steps to Getting Started with Social Media in Travel

5 Steps to Getting Started with Social Media in Travel

I had a really great conversation with Barbara Vega, founder of I Heart BackPackers, a tour operator who specializes in backpacking tours all over the World.  During our talk, Barbara wanted to know if I had any suggestions on how to get started with social media and how to improve what she was already doing.  [...]

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09 October 2009 ~ 16 Comments

#followfriday – Part III – Travel People on Twitter

This list is sourced from the Uptake Twitter list which can be found at http://www.uptake.com/blog/blogging/the-t-list-does-twitter-join-the-travel-twitterati-beta_239.html.  I wanted to separate it out so that I could generate a TweepML list that would make it easy for you to follow them. UPDATE: To prevent having to maintain two lists, one static and one on the TweepML site, [...]

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09 October 2009 ~ 2 Comments

#followfriday Part II – Travel Providers & MetaSearch On Twitter

This list consists of a mix of OTAs and metasearch sites that provide a service to consumers on-line.  Granted there are some sites that probably fit in here that are communities as well, but I am going for just the sites where people would generally book their own travel. You can follow this list with [...]

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09 October 2009 ~ 2 Comments

#followfriday Part I – Airlines on Twitter

For research purposes I have been trying to gather together lists of travel related companies that are using Twitter.  I am slowly but surely putting together some for my own, but hopefully also your, use.  Here is my first list of companies starting with airlines.  If you know of any ideas, please add them to [...]

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