Why Loosing Fans on Facebook Can Really Hurt

May 5th, 2011

We are all in competition to build up our fan base (Likes) on Facebook but some forget the importance of keeping the fans once they like your page. According to Exact Target’s research more than half (55%) of Facebook users have liked a company and later decided they no longer want to see the company’s posts.

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

Hotel Brands & Facebook – Building A Relationship

January 28th, 2011

This study by NYC’s 7th Art Media has studied the performance of 75 hotel brands on Facebook. The study highlights social media which strategies that do and don’t deliver on brand impressions.

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

Mobile App Sales to Escalate During 2011

January 27th, 2011

Mobile applications have taken off in the past several years. Thanks in large part to the rise of the iPhone, millions upon millions of consumers treat their mobiles like computing devices. It’s a trend that nobody expects to slow anytime soon.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Mobile / Location Based Marketing

What’s The Impact of Smartphones & Social Media On our Lives?

January 19th, 2011

This article explains why we should not ignore the impact that smartphones and social media are having on our lives. With 650 million people globally using smartphones more and more frequently for day to day tasks such as email & social networking.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Mobile / Location Based Marketing · Social Media

Enhance Your LinkedIn Experience

January 17th, 2011

LinkedIn has an astonishing 85+ million users. Its is often regarded as the premier social networking site for business professionals & many companies see LinkedIn as a valuable place to promote their products and services. The tips in this article are in reference to both personal and company perspectives.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · linkedin

3 Social Trends To Consider For Your 2011 Plan

January 11th, 2011

1. Facebook as a meaningful marketing tool.
An Experian study found that nearly one in five consumers search their social networks for information before making a purchase, up 17% from a year ago. Expect that number to grow in 2011. Marketers obviously recognize the need to reach potential customers on social networks like [...]

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

Optimising Social Media is NOT an option

January 7th, 2011

If there’s one message that needs to be clearly understood in 2011 , it’s that Google is no longer the only game in town! Social Search and Mobile Web are carving up the online landscape and opening up alternative routes to drive visitor traffic and convert niche customer engagement.

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Tags: Search Engine Optimisation · Social Media

2011 Internet Marketing Budget Planning: A Hotelier’s Guide

October 15th, 2010

With a rising increase of hotel bookings being made online this year, the effectiveness of your hotel website and Internet marketing campaigns in generating bookings will play a big part in determining the overall success of your hotel in 2011.

Overall, last year, we noticed that hoteliers shifted their budgets from offline to online and focused most of their budgets on proven, ROI-generating Internet marketing initiatives such as website design, paid search marketing, and SEO.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Mobile / Location Based Marketing · Online Advertising

Important Attributes In Creating A Successful Hotel Website

September 27th, 2010

This interesting article from Vancouver’s design agency Wallop highlights some of the key features of a successful hotel website. These sets of attributes which are for ever evolving include Call to action, Usability Measurement and response….

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Mobile / Location Based Marketing