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Social Networks for Ski Resorts – Flickr

June 2nd, 2010 No Comments

This is the next in a series of posts in which I am reviewing “Social Networks for Ski Resorts.”  There are a huge number of ways to share photos online, but Flickr is one of the largest and most established and has some unique features/benefits that make it hard to bypass if you have a [...]

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Social Networks for Ski Resorts – Ning

April 19th, 2010 No Comments

There are a plethora of quality choices that allow a brand or resort to create their own social network and until this past weekend, I’ve considered Ning to be one of the best of these. In particular, I’ve been impressed by the community that Steamboat Resort has built there that they call My Steamboat (or [...]

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Ski Resorts Online – Websites, Blogs, Social Networks and More

February 17th, 2010 8 Comments

My Ski Resorts on Twitter post has been up for a bit over a year now and it’s become apparent to me that the list is already falling behind the times (even with regular updates). It’s not just Twitter now, but Facebook, YouTube, blogs and any number of other networks that resorts are using to [...]

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Social Networks for Ski Resorts – Yelp

January 27th, 2010 1 Comment

I recently read the story “You’ve Been Yelped” in February’s issue of Inc. magazine and it prompted me to get back to writing my Social Networks for Ski Resorts series that I’ve been neglecting.The article does point out some of the short comings of a user review site like Yelp, but it also nails the [...]

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Social Networks for Ski Resorts – Facebook

October 16th, 2009 3 Comments

Continuing my series on “Social Networks for Ski Resorts,” let’s talk about another marquee player. Facebook is one more “no brainer” social network that ski resorts should be using. As with many of the social networks, the question is not if, but rather how? In my mind, Facebook is one of the best social networks [...]

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New FTC Guides and Ski Resorts

October 12th, 2009 3 Comments

There was much anticipation in the social media world last week as the FTC came out with their newly updated Guide covering endorsements and testimonials in advertising (PDF) – it was time, they were last updated in 1980! The implications of this update are covered very nicely in this Slidehare version of a webinar from [...]

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Social Networks for Ski Resorts – Youtube

September 27th, 2009 2 Comments

I’ve been noticing lately how many ski resorts now have a Twitter account and perhaps a Facebook fan page, but most aren’t leveraging many of the other great social networks that are there just waiting to be used. To that end, I’m going to start a series that I’m calling “Social Networks for Ski Resorts”, [...]

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