by Sheila Scarborough | Jan 23, 2011 | Blogs, Facebook, Web Communications
For me, content is either preplanned or is triggered by something that bothers me and I simply HAVE to blast out a post. I often ask myself, “What is driving me nuts right now, or what makes me happy just thinking about it?” and that becomes fresh content....
by Sheila Scarborough | Dec 22, 2010 | Web Communications
Many tourism organizations that are not member-based have told me they’re reluctant to mention specific businesses or events in their towns for fear of offending someone. They say things like…. ** “If I RT (retweet) something on Twitter from that...
by Sheila Scarborough | Dec 15, 2010 | Blogs, Carnival of Cities blog carnival, Web Communications
Welcome to the December 15, 2010 edition of the Carnival of Cities, where we tour the world in a single blog post via submissions from a variety of different blogs, all about any aspect of one city (or fair-sized town.) I hosted the previous edition on BootsnAll...
by Sheila Scarborough | Oct 21, 2010 | Blogs, Life-hacking and Tips for Better Living, LinkedIn, Meetings and Conferences, Photos and Images, Tourism Currents, Travel and Travel Media, Twitter, Video, Web Communications
Although our Tourism Currents online learning community is a pretty new startup, we decided this month to sponsor an event for the first time. Now we’re in the “big leagues,” right? 🙂 It’s the Get Smart professional development conference run...
by Sheila Scarborough | Oct 14, 2010 | Economic Development, Facebook, Twitter, Web Communications
Connect the offline and the online, and you have yourself a more effective means of communicating with your customers. Many of this sandwich/coffee shop’s clients sit in front of these napkin holders with either a laptop or a smartphone, or both. Why not show...