Shortly after I posted my Twitter for Restaurants Guide, I received an email from Mike Fitzharris in Holland, Michigan. Mike owns 3 restaurants and had just gotten on board with Twitter. Busy trying to run his restaurants, he signed up for Twitter in a hurry and quickly slapped in a couple of logos and followees. [...]
Tourists want more than just a map
The ubiquitous visitor maps found at any rest stop, visitor center and attractions kiosk is always the go-to quick guide for people to get a general idea of what’s around them as they find their way around your city. Traditionally a paper brochure-type fold out, they can range anywhere from the beautiful with eye candy, [...]
Twitter for Restaurants
This guide is for restaurants just starting out on Twitter. After getting a few of my own client’s restaurants set up with Twitter, I discovered they really didn’t know what it was all about and how to use it to increase patronage – let alone what on earth to tweet about. After all, they had [...]
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Les Otten, a Republican candidate for governor of Maine is (ironically) using an extremely similar website layout created by the Obama creative team for the 2008 election and beyond. Otten’s website starts with a logo that looks like it was ripped from the Obama campaign style guide. From there the site continues to expand on [...]
Twitter, Facebook meet Destination Concierge Extraordinaire
Interview with @SeattleMaven @SeattleMaven is none other than Ann Peavey, the visitor info and concierge extraordinaire for Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau. A self-described “Seattle Know-It-All, Concierge, Information Guru, Food & Wine Enthusiast, History Buff & Aficionado of Good Hygiene”, Ann knows what’s shaking in and around Seattle and gets the word out through Twitter, [...]
