The Travel category online is an example of how the Internet has made our lives both easier and more complicated. It very clearly exemplifies “the paradox of choice.” Indeed, there are hundreds of travel sites that provide booking services and travel content of one sort or another. You’re “empowered” with information but also potentially overwhelmed [...]

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Last week, Google Analytics announced AdWords TV Ads. The service allows to upload a TV ad as a video file to an AdWords account and, with a few clicks, start a campaign by choosing from more than 90 nationwide TV stations to air the ad.
Google announced that it has added a TV Ads report for [...]

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Hitwise published the IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List, which ranks by popularity the top 50 UK e-retailers selling goods and services within the IMRG Index Classification. The list include Amazon UK, Apple Computer, Play.com, Tesco.com, Argos, and Amazon.com.
Hitwise published last week the new Special 2nd Edition of the IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List, which ranks by popularity, [...]

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Microsoft has launched today the latest version of the Search and Give program which allows you to select a charity to receive some cash every time you use Microsoft Live Search to search the web.
The program has been around for over a year and has raised more than $250,000 for 20,000 local schools and non-profit [...]

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Social Media is all about conversation with customers. Online success of any business may rely more than ever on having a voice that people can trust, rely upon and consider it as credible source for information about a company or a product.
Marketers have ratcheted up their use of social media sites, which continue to garner [...]

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Robin Goad, a Research Director with Hitwise UK, presents most recent trends on travel industry in the UK. The slowdown in the economy, a raising cost of living, the slowdown in the housing market impact Bristish spending behaviour. Many British consumers are looking for ways to cut their expenditure and one area that British customers [...]

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Participation in social media can be time consuming. If you want to participate in online communities, monitor what your customers write about you and react quickly. get a list of helpful tools to short cut the process wherever possible.
On the social media your goal as a marketer is to influence and engage users who are [...]

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Expedia®, the world’s leading online travel company, unveiled its annual Expedia Insiders’ Select™ list of the world’s best hotels. Marking the second annual ranking, the list is comprised of the top hotels from among a selection of nearly 80,000 properties worldwide available on Expedia.
“The Expedia Insiders’ Select list makes it easier for travelers to sort [...]

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Many marketers are concerned with potentially negative results in social media channels. Search Engine Land has a great article with valuable lessons for any search marketer thinking about using social media as a lever for reputation management.
Expect to make mistakes. First, any active social marketer can expect to make mistakes which cost sleep, cause angst, [...]

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