Entries from June 2010

Top Tips for Marketing Your Hotel on Facebook

June 11th, 2010

Facebook is fast becomming an integral part to a digital marketing campaign, and with over 400 million active users, it’s easy to see why. Here are some tips for making the most out of the world’s biggest social media network.

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Tags: Facebook · Internet Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter #Top30IEHotels

June 11th, 2010

It’s time for this week’s Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter. We have 0 new entries and 3 hotels pushing their way up the table.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Twitter · Twitter

Google Search to Become 50% “Fresher”

June 10th, 2010

Google have finished building their new indexing system that they call “Caffeine”. This new service is promising 50% “fresher results”, meaning search results should be much more up to date than they were previously.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Search Engine Optimisation

Social Networks Now More Popular than Search Engines in the UK

June 9th, 2010

Social networks now receive more UK Internet visits than search engines. During May, social networks accounted for 11.88% of UK Internet visits and search engines accounted for 11.33%. May was the first ever month that social networks have been more popular than search engines in the UK.

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Tags: Internet Marketing · Online Advertising · Search Engine Optimisation

Top 30 UK Hotels on Twitter #Top30UKHotels

June 8th, 2010

This week, our Top UK Hotels on Twitter has no new entries and 3 hotels have moved up the table!

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Twitter · Twitter

Facebook to Upgrade Their Analytics System

June 8th, 2010

Facebook are beginning to roll out an update to their tracking service – Insights. For a while now the Insights service has served its purpose but has been lacking a few major functions. This update should make more valuable information available that could demonstrate to businesses active on facebook that their presence is indeed worthwhile.

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Tags: Facebook · Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

Top 30 Irish Hotel Pages on Facebook #Top30IEHotels

June 8th, 2010

Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 5 hotels move up the table and 3 news entries.

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Tags: Facebook · Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Facebook

Hotel Website Expectations at an All Time High

June 4th, 2010

It’s no longer good enough to merely have some kind of presence for your hotel on the web. As technology improves, the consumer expects your website to improve as well.
In a recent report it has been shown that consumers do most of their online spending during peak times. The research also shows that if your site is outdated and slow during these periods due to the added strain, the consumer is likely to lose patience quickly and look elsewhere.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing

Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter #Top30IEHotels

June 4th, 2010

It’s time for this week’s Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter. We have 1 new entry and 12 hotels pushing their way up the table.

Has your hotel made the list?

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Twitter · Twitter