Philadelphia’s tourism website, VisitPhilly.com doesn’t just dabble with social media, they seem to take it by the horns and ride off into the sunset. Take their use of the photo sharing app for foodies, FoodSpotting. Foodspotting allows users to take photos of restaurant and bar fare that they love. Users can also tag, rate and [...]
Why your website needs to be mobile
Is your lodging, attraction or restaurant website mobile? Do you even know? Here’s one way to find out: get out your smart phone and Google your business or type in your website. You’ll know immediately whether your site is mobile-friendly or not. If your site is Flash, it won’t be mobile. If your Flash website [...]
Tourist in my own backyard
It was going to be blockbuster Vermont winter night. A massive storm was moving across New England and people were already battening down the hatches, closing up shop and heading home early to beat the 12-18″ of snow that was about to be dumped on our doorsteps. My friend Suzanne Podhaizer, who had just opened [...]
Foursquare Day + Facebook
April 16, 20120 presented an opportunity for Foursquare enthusiasts to join their counterparts across the U.S. in celebrating National Foursquare Day. Locally, big cities and even smaller communities (like here in Burlington, VT) were able to organize resident Foursquare players and businesses to get involved. This last minute promotion involved a branding Facebook Fan page [...]
