Entries from February 2011

Mobile Growing Faster Than “All Our Predictions”

February 28th, 2011

Dr Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board CEO at Google talks about the growth of Mobile and describes how it is growing more than they had ever predicted. Some interesting fugures were released including the fact that also said that 78% of smart phone owners use their phones while they shop.

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Tags: Mobile / Location Based Marketing

Top 30 Irish Hotel Pages on Facebook #Top30IEHotels

February 28th, 2011

Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 1 hotel move up the table and 1 new entry.

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

Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter #Top30IEHotels

February 25th, 2011

It’s time for this week’s Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter. There were 1 new entry this week and 6 hotels have moved up the table .

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

Social Media Measurement Tools – For Free!

February 24th, 2011

Measuring social media is one of the areas of online marketing that is still frequently discussed. Although there is no definite answer there are a number of tools available to measure your social media for FREE.

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

How Hotels Can Create a Valuable Asset on Twitter

February 23rd, 2011

NYC based Seventh Art Media has examined 135 hotel Twitter accounts and more than 120,000 tweets from November 1, 2010 to January 31, 2011 to identify the best opportunities for hotels to utilize this channel and assign an actual dollar-value to this marketing asset.
The online space has erased virtually all hurdles [...]

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Tags: Social Media · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Twitter

Hotel booking-engine within your Facebook pages

February 22nd, 2011

Facebook offically announced that businesses can now use iFrames to build custom tabs for Facebook pages instead of Facebook Markup Language. Using iFrames, you can now load your hotel booking-engine within your hotel’s Facebook Pages and drive more bookings directly through Facebook.

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

Top 30 UK Hotels on Twitter #Top30UKHotels

February 22nd, 2011

This week, our Top UK Hotels on Twitter has seen 0 new entries and 3 hotels have moved up the table!

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

What you need to know about the New Facebook Page

February 21st, 2011

On Thursday, February 10 Facebook announced the updated layout of Facebook pages. They made the change to bring them more in line with the recently redesigned personal profiles and to provide a more consistent user experience. This article will explore the important changes for your Facebook Pages and what it means for your business.

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

Top 30 Irish Hotel Pages on Facebook #Top30IEHotels

February 21st, 2011

Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 2 hotels move up the table and 1 new entry.

Has your hotel made the list?

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