I’ve been a loyal reader of the Travel2dot0 blog for about the past two years – definitely subscribe to it if you haven’t already. Recently, I’ve been interested to see that Troy Thompson, one of the two main contributors, has recently started his own consultancy business. While I’ve never had the opportunity to meet Troy [...]
Entries Tagged as 'social networks'
Travel2dot0 Social Cheat Sheet for Tourism Marketers
August 2nd, 2010 No Comments
Tags: social networks · travel2dot0
Fascinating Research and Analysis of Social Networks
July 21st, 2010 2 Comments
I recently read this presentation by Paul Adams of Google on John Battelle’s Searchblog, and wanted to share it myself as I was quite taken by a number of the things that are put forth. First, I’m amazed at how quick of a read it is at 216 slides with notes! Second, as John notes, [...]
Tags: design · facebook · google · social networks
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 [...]
Tags: flickr · ski resorts · social networks · social networks for ski resorts
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 [...]
Tags: ning · ski resorts · social networks · social networks for ski resorts
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 [...]
Tags: ski resorts · social networks · social networks for ski resorts · yelp
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 [...]
Tags: facebook · ski resorts · social networks · social networks for ski resorts
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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