November 19, 2019

Pretty Websites Don’t Cut It.  Most tourism business owners want a visually stunning website. They know great photography, video and slick design are important for their audience. Drone footage of majestic landscapes, detail shots of exquisite cuisine and video of adventure sports and smiling guests having beers in the hot tub are all part of

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November 4, 2019

You’ve got a great adventure travel product. Your newest tour is proving to be a huge hit with your customers. You’ve put in the effort and now you deserve some great press. So how do you go about getting the attention of journalists and editors? It might be time for a tourism PR program. Know

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October 18, 2019

Is Tourism SEO Still Worth Doing? Getting traffic to your website is a top goal for any tourism business owner. But SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, seems so old, like it’s been around a hundred years. Nowadays it’s all about Instagram, Youtube, Facebook ads and influencer marketing. But guess what, tourism SEO is still number

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October 7, 2019

Why You Need to Optimize Your GBP Page Right Now (updated) Would you like an easy way to get page one real estate on Google? Promote your latest tour? Get reviews that build trust with your guests? Your Google Business Profile page should be a key part of your tourism marketing strategy. You may have

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April 27, 2018

Many claim it, few do it. I spent this past weekend in Concord, North Carolina, for a ‘Strategy-First Bootcamp’ led by Duct Tape Marketing President, John Jantsch. Concord is located about 45kms northeast of Charlotte, the largest city in the region. The long-haul flights and three-hour time change was rough for an early start on

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October 31, 2017

Last week I attended a tourism marketing seminar for the Vancouver, Coast and Mountains region organized by Destination British Columbia (DBC). Not surprisingly, digital marketing was the big focus. Here are a few highlights; Collaboration is Key The first speaker, DBC’s CEO, Marsha Walden, shared some high-level views of the global tourism industry: By 2030

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