Deep Dish Creative

Fresh take on social places

Ever wonder how you can possibly keep up with one destination’s social places without cruising all over the web or clicking out via plain old button and menu links? Check out how VisitMilwaukee (@VisitMilwaukee) has parked all of their social media feeds right into their website.

There is a link in the navigation menu on VisitMilwaukee.org, although it took me a few seconds to find it. Perhaps a big juicy call-to-action button is in the works – a great way to garner more “fannage”. Once you’re there, the opportunity to connect with fans (local and visitors) unfolds beautifully.

More than just badges

I love that they’ve gone beyond the usual feed badges commonly seen in the sidebar. Not only does the site visitor never have to leave the website, the social media ‘section’ gathers all the places people might be looking for them into one home base.

They’ve included all the big guns: Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare (with live Google Map), Flickr, YouTube, Yelp (yes, Yelp) and a landing page for all four of their blogs.

There is a restaurant in Burlington, VT that has done the same with there Location page. Talk about locations – much more than a mailing address in today’s social web.

Now that’s making it easy to fan-up, “Like”, subscribe and follow.