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How History Works for Your Marketing

justasmalltowngirl — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:49:27 +0000

How does history work for your marketing success? Why would someone care about your history? Inquiring minds want to know, that’s the bottom line. Whether you’re a small business, a tourist...

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Social Media Do Over

justasmalltowngirl — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:17:08 +0000

How many of us wish we could have a social media do over? Remember when we first started out, oh so long ago? At the time, it seemed like we were artists, painting each piece of the social media...

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eTourism Summit – Small and Mighty Tourism Conference Rules

justasmalltowngirl — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:00:10 +0000

Right off the bat I have to say, “eTourism Summit is one tourism conference you really should attend!” While we all attend a variety of tourism conferences and educational events throughout the...

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Tourism Events, Social Media, and an Outstanding FITA 2012

justasmalltowngirl — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:15:30 +0000

In tourism, we all want the same thing – more visitors. And to do that we provide a variety of tourism events and great personal experiences. Nowhere was I more aware of that than at FITA 2012 in...

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Social Media Listening – Toby Keith Rocks!

justasmalltowngirl — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:05:23 +0000

One of the best parts of social media is listening. BUT, there are plenty of social media participants who aren’t listening. I had a super experience a couple of weeks ago when someone...

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Social Media Training for Tourism and Hospitality

justasmalltowngirl — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:05:04 +0000

Have you heard of Tourism Currents, where tourism and hospitality professionals learn to market using social media? If you’re involved with a destination marketing organization (DMO), convention...

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Are You Social Media Snappish?

justasmalltowngirl — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:45:18 +0000

What draws you to social media? Is it the conversation, the links to articles, is it that most people enjoy each other and are generally happy to be posting? A goal most of us have with social...

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How to Create a Community within a Community

justasmalltowngirl — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:06:48 +0000

When you have very little money to spend on marketing, you’re constantly trying to think up ways to stretch your reach. We had great help getting our Social Media program off the ground initially by...

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BlogWorld – The Ultimate Social Media Melting Pot

justasmalltowngirl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:48:46 +0000

With social media as the common thread, all walks of social media life came together as thousands of individuals from small towns and big cities met in Los Angeles for 3 days at...

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Master Word of Mouth Marketing for Small Towns and Small Business

justasmalltowngirl — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:11:47 +0000

I remember leaving my high school campus during lunch and driving to the local A&W for their awesome corn dogs. I also remember very vividly the day the manager changed and the corn dogs became...

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