by Sheila Scarborough | Mar 9, 2016 | Mobile, Photos and Images, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Video, Web Communications
My Spidey sense tells me that it is time for DMOs (Destination Marketing Organizations) to take Snapchat seriously as a way to connect with visitors. It’s been more than two years since I wrote a post on here titled, Why Snapchat? Because they’ll open it,...
by Sheila Scarborough | Jan 28, 2016 | Better Online Content series, Instagram, Photos and Images, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Twitter, Web Communications
(Part of my “Better Online Content” series of posts: quick tips on creating more effective content that takes advantage of the social web’s unique publishing environment.) If you’re a marketing communications person who wants to connect with new customers,...
by Sheila Scarborough | Sep 28, 2015 | Blogs, Meetings and Conferences, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Web Communications
I’ve been doing more workshops lately about how tourism organization sales staffs can connect with meeting and event planners on social media, and this includes some discussion about content marketing through a meetings-focused, B2B blog in addition to their...
by Sheila Scarborough | Mar 4, 2014 | Hospitality and Hotels, LinkedIn, Meetings and Conferences, Web Communications
It is your organization’s public storefront on the oldest and biggest social network for business, with over 277 million people in 200+ countries. It’s a LinkedIn Company Page, and too many of them are sad, pathetic, ignored bits of online real estate.... by Sheila Scarborough | Aug 13, 2013 | Twitter, Web Communications
Too many folks WAY over-complicate social media. As my Tourism Currents business partner Leslie McLellan says, “It’s NOT rocket science; it’s social.” The screenshot above is an enjoyable exchange on Twitter between me (who likes to visit OKC...