Social Branding for Tourism

A slide deck created for “speed marketing” consultations at the Vermont Travel Industry Conference held in Killington, VT on April 12-13, 2012. Highlighting cool and interesting ways tourism-related businesses can stick out in the social media sea using the places you probably already are present, like Facebook and Twitter. And also how you can be [...]

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Pinterest

4 cool things you can do with Pinterest

Can you stand another article about Pinterest? Yes, its shiny and new and another time diversion to ogle pretty pictures of neat stuff on any given topic. Similar to how I used to spend eons glued to Twitter and Facebook (I’ve learned to limit myself in those arenas) (okay, now I’m lying,) I can easily [...]

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VisitPhilly's 29 Nights of Dates Facebook Promo

Philly Tourism’s lovely Facebook Promotion

When I discovered VisitPhilly‘s 29 Nights of Dates Facebook promotion, my first thought was WOW! Who wouldn’t want to enter this contest every day – even if one doesn’t live in Philadelphia? I entered immediately, and have done so every day. Because I want that most excellent grand prize – a red Vespa with logo’d [...]

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Foodspotting VisitPhilly Hoagie

VisitPhilly goes all Foodspotting…again

Back in July 2011, I wrote about how VisitPhilly (Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation) had really taken advantage of Foodspotting Guides for their online and mobile audience. Now VisitPhilly (VisitPhilly.com) has created seven more of these handy Guides to further promote what’s good for visitors and locals alike. Newly crafted Foodspotting Guides include The Hoagie: [...]

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Analytics geeks convene

Are you interested in web analytics…on a hyper-local scale? So am I. In fact I’m on queue for releasing all the geeky data culminated from the recent Burlington Social Media Day extravaganza. Thankfully this edition of Web Analytics Wednesday in Burlington is interactive. Meaning the geeks in attendance will have their way with the numbers, [...]

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