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Technology News ( July 23, 2010)

 1) QR Codes: Making interpretive signs come to life - TLucier
2) Presenting with a live twitter feed at PNWER - WBakker
3) TripAdvisor: Now #1 Travel site on the Web - TLucier
4) 2010 Travel Bloggers Survey Results- Travel Blog Exchange
5) Chicago Tourism Heating up the Cold Economy - Interview with Kim Mance
6) Webinar: Radian6 Presents Charlene Li, Friday, July 30, 9am PDT/12pm EDT
7) Free Sustainability Tools at ETHOS BC released! - Tourism Cafe
8) Yahoo Now Including Bing Results – Tips For Optimising , WNW
9) 7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Popular Blog - Copyblogger
10) WordPress Theme Thesis Maker Backs Down, Adopts GPL - Mashable
11) The next big thing for marketers: Social magazines
12) 8 tools for social media campaign management
13) How to use Google to improve your SEO
14) 3 quick and easy tips to improve your Facebook marketing


 Technology News - June 19 & 21, 2010

 1) Social Media for Tourism - Tourism Current  30pgs 3.7 meg pdf
2) Insights and Interpretations: Determining Depth of Analysis for Reporting - L.Vargus
3) Myth: There’s no ROI in Social Media
4) 4 Facebook Marketing Myths and how to overcome them
5) 5 Objectives for Social Media Measurement
6) Free Webinar with Radian6 Community Team, June 28
7) Passion Will Win (Thank Goodness) W. Baker
8) My Charity Connects June 2010 Conference Presentations
9) Engage was written to help you find answers in Social Media - B. Solis
10) 36 Awesome Social Media Blogs Everyone Should Read
11) Four Steps to Finding Your Ideal Writing Voice
12) 15 Helpful Social Media Monitoring Tools
13) Forrst: Microblogging for Designers and Developers
14) 75% of U.S. households use social networking
15) Hitwise: US travel website ranks, May 2010


 Technology News - June 5, 2010
1) How to Make Twitter more Useful for you business
2) Doing things right Offline: 8 Tips to boost your online presence away from the computer T.Lucier
3) Twitter Tips for Tourism Destinations: The Do’s and Don’t Do’s - AWhalen
4) 6 ways to Constantly Produce Quality Blog Content
5) Facebook Ad Essentials for Travel & Tourism Businesses - P.Caines
6) The Life of Online Travel Business Startup - T4
7) 7 Social Media Truths you can Ignore and still be Successful
8) 6 Truths of Building a Successful Online Community
9) Free Report on Using Social Media to Grow Your Business
10) Web 3.0 – a story about the Semantic Web - JBuhler
11) How to Build a Successful Business With a Small Audience - J. Mead
12) Analyzing the Value of a Blog Post - A. Naslund
13) 19 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed - M. Silverman
14) UntangleMyWeb.com to deliver online marketing training to over 700 QLD operators in 6 months!
15) Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] - M. Silverman


 Technology News - May 16, 2010

 1) Cape  Breton Social Media Conference Presentations
2) 30% of cell phone users browse the Web: Are you catering to Web-enabled cell phone users needs?
3) Tips for running online competitions
4) 87% of Hotels, Inns and B&B’s say “NO” to TripAdvisor
5) Social Media Starter Kit by Graham Robertson
6) H&R Block Preps for Company-Wide Social Media Outreach - Radian6
7) Video: The secret of Apple’s success – and not only theirs! - Buhlerworks
8) May on the Radian6 Blog: Customer Service In The Age of Social Media
9) Social Media Revolution – 2 (refresh) - Buhlkerworks
10) Free SEO Copywriting Report - Brian Clark, Copyblogger
11) Making Time For Evolution-ANaslund
12) 6 Steps That Get Big Shots to Answer Your Email
13) The Business of B2B Social Media - BSolis
14) Who's Ready For Office 2010? -SMacLeish
15) 7 Scientific Ways to Promote Sharing on Facebook - BSolis






 Technology News - March 29, 2010

1) A Brand Evolution: A Couple of Chicks gets a Facelift -AWhalen
2) 29% of ProBlogger Readers Outsource Part of Their Blogging
3) Three Reasons Measurement is Useless Without Goals - T Basich
4) Measuring Community Impact - Katie Morse
5) 10 Key Content Performance Metrics to Track - TBasich
6) Participation, Expectations, and Responsibility - ANaslund
7) Word of Mouth and Social Media: A Tale of Two Burger Joints - Augie Ray
8) Platform Support for m-Commerce Continues To Build Momentum - Brian Walker
9) Tips from TripAdvisor on managing online hotel reviews - Hotel marketing
10) How to optimize your site for Google in 2010 - Hotel marketing
11) Nine common SEO campaign mistakes - Hotel marketing
12) Google testing hotel price comparison features on Google Maps

 


 Technology Tourism News - March 20
1) 10 Travel Innovations Trends for 2010 - Hotel marketing & PhoCusWright
2) Storytelling and its role of marketing online - AWhalen
3) How important is media to tourism DMO? We’re thinking VERY! - TLucier
4) Facebook visits surpass Google, but what does it really mean? Hotel Marketing
5) Must see presentations #4: Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Bing’s augmented-reality maps - W. Bakker
6) 5 Tools to Improve Your Email Marketing - The Digital marker, Silvertop
7) Engage! is an excellent read. JebWorks
8) Facebook Will Rule the Web During the Next Decade - Steve Reibal, Advertising Age
9) Why You Should Always Write Your Headline Last - CopyBlogger


 Technology News - March 7, 2010
1) Bloggers discover Unexpected Manitoba
2) Social media for hotel brands – the why not just the how
3) Maps – a key in helping guests find your Web site - T. Lucier
4) Summary to tourism operators about link building - Online Marketing for Tourism
5) Great example of fan engagement- W.Bakker
6) The Social Contract eBook from The Social Customer -Radian6
7) Radian6 to Launch Engagement Console Desktop Application in April
8) Getting Real About Creating Change -ANaslund
9) Adapting to Cloud: The Channel Models They Are a-Changin’
10) March ebook: Social Media Measurement & Analysis
11) The Secret Of Successful Social Communities: 4 Social Needs
12) The Pitch That Worked
13) Bing advancing slightly in search rankings
14) Google Maps adds biking directions

 


 Technology news - March 7, 2010
1) The first Digital Olympic Winter Games – thanks Tweeters, Bloggers and Facebook users for the inside look
2) Technology isn’t going away – Pay Attention - T. Lucier
3) Small DMO’s, Facebook is more important than your website - W. Bakker
4) Six Elements of Effective Social Media Benchmarking -CHemann
5) Avoiding the Social Media Pigeonhole - ANaslund
6) B2B Interactive Marketing Spending To Hit $4.8 Billion by 2014 - MGreene,Forrester
7) Adobe On Its Way To Being A Role Model For Interactive Marketers -SVanBoskirk, Forrester
8) Gowalla Launches for Android -Ben Parr, Mashable
9) 10 Proven Steps to Snag a Guest Post on an A-List Blog -Copyblogger

 




 Technology News - March 1, 2010

1) Chicks…and Butterflies? P. Ellis
2) How to Invest in Video: Posting and Sharing Video (part 3 of 3) - T.Lucier
3) Tourism BC 2010 Online Olympics activities: #10 – Content is King
4) Tourism BC 2010 Online Olympics activities: #9 – inspiring people new to BC
5) Tourism BC 2010 Online Olympics activities: #8 – grow our consumer database
6) Tourism BC 2010 Online Olympics activities #7: online advertising
7) Breaking Down the Details of Community Building with eROI-TBasich
8) Earning Your Stripes for a Social Media Job -ANaslund

9) My First Forrester Report: Tapping The Entire Online Peer Influence Pyramid - Forrster
10) Social Media Analysis: The 2010 Winter Olympics -TBasich
11) Single ID: What Consumers Think and Why It May Not Matter
12) ROI: How to measure Return on Investment with Social Media- B. Solis

 

 



 Technology News -February 20, 2010


1) Why Tourism needs to start partnering with Media - T.Lucier
2) Tourism BC 2010 Online Olympics activities: #6 – SEO & SEM, WBakker
3) How Effective is Facebook Marketing? dining study says “Very” - T. Lucier
4) Tourism BC 2010 Online Olympics activities: #5 – referral traffic, W.Bakker
5) Online Community Guru: A Day in the Life
6) 14 Lessons Learned from One of the World’s Highest-Paid Copywriters (Lessons 6-10)
7) 6 Principles of Selling In Your Project - A.Naslund
8) Using Social Media to Attract Customers

 

 




 Technology News - February 12, 2010

1) Google walks into the Social Café and threatens to eat everyone else’s lunch - TLucier
2) Tourism BC 2010 Olympics online activities: #1 Strategy - W.Bakker
3) Tourism BC 2010 Olympics online activities: #2 Torch Relay Field Reporter videos
4) Tourism BC 2010 Olympics activities: #3 – exposure on 3rd party websites
5) 10 Ways to Show Your Community Love - D. Alston
6) How the iPad Will Change the Advertising Business and trip planning at the same time - J Buhler
7) The Albert Einstein Guide to Social Media -ANaslund
8) Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media? -Beth Kanter
9) Google, Gmail, Relevance Filtering & the Future of Social Media - Forrester
10) 10 Online Tools For Tracking Social Media Marketing -CreativeMagz

 



 Technology News -February 6, 2010
1) Why most digital ads still fail to work
2) Tomorrow may be a different story - Social Media not much influence in Travel Planning - e-Turbo news
3) Marketers look to learn from loyalty
4) Email campaigns bloom with social media - Hotel Marketing
5) Tourism Online Marketing series - SJoyce, Rezgo
a) Making Photos Part of Your Tourism Business
b) 10 Tips for Taking Great Tour Photos
c) Best On-line Photo Editors for Your Tourism Business
d) Hosting and Sharing Your Tour Photos On-line
e) Using Your Tour Photos to Generate Conversions
f) Making Video Part of Your Tourism Business
g) Taking Better Tour & Activity Videos
h) Online Video & Podcasting Secrets for Destinations
6) Gartner’s five social media predictions for 2010
7) Australian Gov't gives $227,000 funding towards online marketing initiatives for Queensland Tourism Operators
8) The Twitter train has left the station
9) Overcoming strategic and organizational challenges associated with social media - EyeforTravel
10) Email campaigns bloom with social media
11) 4 elements of a successful business website



Technology News - January 11, 2010
1) Seven marketing trends for a matured online marketplace - Hotel marketing
2) 10 Ways to Supercharge your Blog in 2010 - T.Lucier
3) Consumers take to shopping by smartphone - Hotel marketing
4) Are You Web Content Ready? - SJoyce
5) What’s working for social media marketers? - Hotel marketing
6) Basics > Designing Your Site for Success - S Joyce
7) Is your organization culturally ready to implement social media? - Hotel marketing
8) Choosing the Right Content Management System - S. Joyce
9) Where digital marketing is heading in 2010 - Hotel marketing
10) Using Google Apps for Your Tourism Business - S. Joyce
11) Top 10 moments in social media in 2009 - Hotel marketing
12) Online & tech trends I’m watching in 2010 - W. Bakker
13) Webinar: 9 Time Management Strategies for Social Media - Radian6
14) Social Media is the New Super Bowl: Pepsi Refresh and What It Means to Marketers - Forrester

 



 Technology News  - January 2, 2010

1) 2009 Reflections – isn’t there an APP for that? - AWhalen
2) Youtube: Share actions with Facebook and Twitter - T.Lucier
3) Thought Provoking Quotes to Reflect on at Year End - Tourism Cafe
4) How to hide Facebook Profile from Indexing on Search Engines like Google - Internet Techies
5) Tourism On-line Marketing Series – Day 1 – Getting Started - SJoyce
6) Must see presentations #3: Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media -W.Bakker
7) Measure this and make money- Highland Business
8) Establish a Relevant Vision - Radian 6
9) Some Pundits Social Media Predictions for 2010 - JBuhler
10) The Best of Copyblogger 2009 - CopyBlogger
11) The Patience Principle -Amber
12) Online Activism: The Movie - Ten Tactics for Info Activism, -BKanter
13) 2010: The Year Marketing Dies... Forrester Blog
14) The Biggest Twitter Trends Of 2009 – What Was The Top Topic?
15) Workshifting Tips While on Vacation
16) Tourism On-line Marketing Series – Day 2 – Choosing a Domain

 



 Technology News - December 4, 2009

1) Google Friend Connect opens door to Twitter & Yahoo users! - T. Lucier
2) TripAdvisor’s new LocalPicks app: Restaurant Marketing is Social and Mobile - T. Lucier
3) Must see lectures #1: Bran Ferren – Leadership - W. Bakker
4) One on One Interview with Rob Torres, Head of Google Travel - T. Hughes
5) Social Media: A Passing Fad or Bigger than TV? - M. LeBrun, Radian6
6) Jingle Bell Rockin’ December Content - Lauren, Radian6
7) Making the Case for Social Media -R.Liebling, Radian6
8) 6 Characteristics of Social Entrepreneurs - N.Arseneault




 Technology News - November 26, 2009

1) 60 Key Ideas on the Social, Media Rich, Here and Now Web: a Beginners Guide - T.Lucier
2) Is a Twitter follower or Facebook fan better than an email address in a consumer database? - W. Baker
3) Join Us in December - Radian6
4) Social Media ROI Examples and Video - BuhlerWorks
5) Bing/News Corp: Not a Game Changer - Forrester Blog
6) Hiring For Social Media: What I’d Look For - ANaslund
7) Google launches new search ad formats
8) Creating link bait: 7 tips for social media
9) Small businesses look to e-mail and social media
10) Eight ways to ruin your social-media strategy
11) Foursquare, next year’s Twitter?
12) Eight tips for effective e-mail preheaders
13) Web 2.0 Summit 2009  Presentations and Videos


Technology News - November 15, 2009
1) Catchy Video needs to appeal to your Ideal Client - T. Lucier
2) Getting Started in Social Media? Stop Creating, and Start Joining and Listening - radian 6
 3) Hiring For Social Media: Good Moves - ANaslund
 4) The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010 – Conversation Starter, JBuhler
5) I am the media and the message: Remarkable experiences in Riga - WBakker
6) 5 Steps to Getting Started with Social Media in Travel - SJoyce
7) The DMO site as a social platform; moving closer - WBakker
8) Do You Want to Get a Foothold in Social Media? -Radian6
9) Loic Le Meur Blog: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter -JBuhler
10) The 7 Harsh Realities of Social Media Marketing -Copyblogger
11) Travel industry tweet-rate rising - Hotel marketing
12) Why are marketers so bad at measuring social media? - Hotel marketing
13) The three most popular social networks for business - Hotel marketing
14) Easy website navigation: A marketer’s map - Hotel marketing

 

 


 Technology News -October 26, 2009
1) The end of the DMO/CVB website? Europe says yes. W.Bakker
2) Twitter for Tourism - AWhalen
3) Microsoft and Google search results to feature Twitter Tweets - T. Lucier
4) WebInTravel: WIT presentation 2009 - Recommendations, Long Tail and EveryYou - THughes
5) You must be a web developers worst nightmare - F
6) Some Takeaways from the Ontario Tourism Summit Conference
7) Foundations of Listening and Enagement Webinar, 29 October - Radian6
8) Edge of the Wedge 19 - Tourism cafe
9) What makes a successful DMO? - Tourism cafe
10) Twitter, Google and Bing – The Perfect Storm of travel search | Tnooz - Joe Buhler
11) Social Media and the Performing Arts: Engagement First, Ticket Sales Second - Beth's Blog
12) Social Media Time Management-ANaslund




 Technology news - Sept. 1, 2009


1) Best practices Travel Websites & Mobile - T. Lucier
2) Take Control of Your Website
3) Eavesdrop on Twitter by following your keywords
4) Social technology growth marches on in 2009, led by social network sites
5) Educate about social media or deny access?
6) Confessions of a Long Tail Visionary by Jeff Gates
7) Well, doggonit, ain’t it a story bout listenin’ & engagin’ - Radian 6
8) Keep Your Eye on The Ball - ANaslund
9) TomTom $99 GPS app heads to iPhone - JBuhler
10) The Bridge Between “Evolve” or “Die” - ANaslund
11) It's cool to be uncool on Facebook

 




 Technology News - August 7

1) Reflections on the Mobile Web and Travel - T. Lucier
2) Travel Has Much to Learn from E-Commerce – Pricing & Distributed Risk - S.Joyce
3) William Bakker comments on the above post by S. Joyce 
4) Welcome Radian’s New Community Manager: Lauren Vargas
5) The wheels on the bus go round and round
6) Five Ways to Make Your Email Marketing Work Better
7) Teens and Twitter: A Mini Focus Group with Teens - Beth's Blog
8) The Power in Potential - ANaslund
9) Who Uses Social Networks? - eMarketer


 Technology news - July 31, 2009
1) Forrester Research predicts Online Marketing Spending to Increase by 17% over 5 years - AWhalen
2) What is the Value of Video Like This to a DMO? T.Lucier
3) Before Distribution Comes Standardization - SJoyce
4) Sentiment Tagging: Some Guidelines - Radian6
5) Remember This is All Opt-In - ANaslund



 Technology News July 21, 2009

1) It shouldn't be this difficult
2) The Engaged Brand Podcast: Mom Central - Radian 6
3) Seven tips for increasing landing page conversions
4) Do You Have These 11 Traits of Highly Creative People? - CopyBlogger
5) Hyatt extends its Concierge Service to Twitter

 Technology News - July 10, 2009
1) An in-depth look inside the Twitter world
2) Frommer’s Travel Intention Survey: Some Highlights
3) Facebook Fan Boxes bring Social Networking to your Site
4) Three essential market-research methods in an online community
5) Give credit or risk harm to your brand
6) What creates a “wow” shopping experience?
7) Since When Are Blogs Not Social Media?


 Technology News - July 7, 2009
1) Island Caretaker Blog ( Queensland, Australia)
 2) South East Brisbane Chamber of Commerce - Online Marketing Workshop - FRabbiosi
3)Why Google City Tours is Important to Tourism - S. Joyce
4) Forbes Best 10 Travel Campaigns - J. Horwitz
5) Cirque du Soleil: Embracing Brand Ambassadors - Radian6
6) Experiential tourism, a Culinary Institute and Cape Breton - Tourism Cafe
7) Old-School Marketing No Longer Working? Blame Canada
8) So What? Tourism Café Podcast for June 27, 2009 - Tourism Cafe
9) Twitter comes to the Rescue - NYTimes
10) a travel revolution - six ways to leverage social media for a better vacation -C Elliott


 Technology News - June 26th, 2009
1)DMO’s can learn from Google Labs City Tour - T.Lucier
2) 5 Tools for Building On-line Trust in Travel - S. Joyce
3) Will Twitter reach Mainstream? Nope. T. Lucier
4) Molson: Meeting New Customer Expectations - Radian6
5) New Bloggers: Need Traffic? CopyBlogger
6) Information key feature for tourism social networking
7) Googles image recognition technology spots landmarks
8) Let’s make the web faster




 Technology News - June 20, 2009
1)Twitter Search: Current Conversations & Travel - T. Lucier
2) 50 Tips To A User Friendly Website
3) Open Travel Alliance and the Future of Travel Distribution
4) Getting smarter with your online marketing
5) The Rockstars of Social CRM
6) 9 Proven Headline Formulas That Sell Like Crazy
7) Semantics Incorporated: Tying Web 3.0, the Semantic Web and Linked Data Together ---
 Part 1/3: Web 3.0 Will Not Solve Information Overload
8) AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand Marketing Better Than any Best Job in The World Campaign
9) A Useful Guide to Social Marketing
10) Travel websites: A click-on showdown
11) Internet giants look for edge in real-time search
12) Social marketing’s likely end game: Customer service


 Technology News - June 13, 2009
1) Microsoft officially unveils Bing Travel
2) Making Twitter a useful business tool - A. Whalen
3) Hitwise: US travel website ranks, May 2009
4) What Travelers Seek in this Recession - T. Lucier
5) Surfing the wave of new travel websites
6) Think Like a Traveller - N. Arsenault
7) 10 signs you don’t understand web analytics
8) Tourism is Experience Industry, So deliver Experiences - S. Joyce
9) Top ten SEO tips for online PR
10) Twitter remains the preserve of a few, Harvard study reveals



 Technology News - June 6, 2009
 1) Google Wave - New Tool for Communication and Collaboration
2) Amazing Blogs: The 1-2-3 Plan - Every Blogger Should Know
3) 13 essential social media ‘listening tools’
4) Tourism Week - Technology Tip #5 - Sell Globally Deliver Locally - S.Joyce
5) Search marketers will need new skills
6) Tourism Week - Technology Tip #4 - Social Media Must Dos - S.Joyce
7) The online world is more multilingual than ever


 Technology News - May 31, 2009
1) How to Engage with your Fans
2) Viral e-Marketing Tips Resources
3) Will you be ready for 2012?
4) Is the travel sector stuck in Web 1.0?
5) Back to Basics - Meet (or exceed) your customers expectations
6) How Engagement Sets Expectations
7) Fun Food vs. Growing Food - The Wooden Monkey part II - Tourism Cafe
8) Cool new travel site and blog widget
9) The Top 12 Social Media Stories This Week
10) Warning: Do You Recognize These 21 Blogging Mistakes?
11) 11 Ways to Shorten and Lengthen a Tweet
12) 10 Twitter Reputation Measurement Tools


 Technology News - May 22, 2009
1) Travelled Ad Network: Drive more Qualified Travellers to your website
2) Your Blog vs. The World: 7 Steps To Winning The War for Attention
3) 13 Essential Social-Media 'Listening Tools'
4) Marissa Mayer's 9 Principles of Innovation
5) The 10 Types of Social Media Sites You Need to be on and Why
6) Why Social Media Marketing ?
7) Twitter Guide for Small Business
8) 10 Tips for Social Media Marketers
9) How many twitter accounts should you have ?
10) Responding but not clicking
11) Five must ask Twitter questions

 


 Technology News - May 12, 2009
1) 50 Resources for Getting the Most Out of Google Analytics
2) Goodreads vs Twitter: The Benefits of Asymmetric Follow - T O'Reilly
3) Twitter for Business - Pistachio
4) VCC Radio Interview: Rob Hughes, Brewster Inc, & Vacations TV Canada
5) Software to get the SEO Party Started - Website Magazine
6) CEO's Who use Twitter: Tweets from Chiefs-Business Week
7) 19 Reasons You Should Blog and not Just Tweet -The Future Buzz
8) Are your ready for the Here and Now Web?
9) Google was NOT invited to the Twitter Party
10) Does your organization need two dedicated Social Media teams?
11) Master the 4 Types of Social Web Communications
12) Essential press release optimization tips
13) Travel industry experiences decline in paid search
14) Recession forces new focus in e-commerce marketing

 

 



 Technology News - May 4, 2009
1) The future of the social web, according to Forrester Research
2) Every Traveler has an Audience - T. Lucier
3) European online marketing tactics
4) Travel Bloggers - a different breed of media - T. Lucier
5) Google maps surpasses Mapquest in visits
6) One Year Later & Free is for the Birds - S.Joyce
7) The Engaged Brand Podcast: Comcast’s Frank Eliason


 Technology News - April 25, 2009
1) Canadians Watch Most Online Video - MC Marketing Charts
2) Don’t bother me … I am CMSing! New Article discussing new media marketing management - AWhalen
3) Travel Bloggers - a different breed of media - T.Lucier
4) The World we Live In Video - Online Revealed
5) 2009 Canadian e-Tourism Awards
6) Top ten travel technology trends for 2009
7) Online Revealed Canada or Canada e-Connect ?
8) Google Profiles now shown in search results T.Lucier
9) Europe’s baby boomers use social media too -    Hotel Marketing
10) Live Streaming from #Gmist - T.Lucier
11) Hitwise: US travel website ranks, March 2009 -Hotel Marketing

 Technology News - April 4, 2009
1) When is a visitor not a visitor? - Hotel marketing
2) World Travelers Podcast: Sustainability - Tourism Cafe
3) How Travelocity blew my mind - Highland Business Research
4) 10 ways to boost the value of your corporate blog - Hotel Marketing
5) Photoshop Elements + Photoshop.com + Shozu + iPhone = Awesome Travel Photo Package - SJoyce
6) What social media means for search - Hotel marketing
7) CTC"s Go Media - A Key event for Destinations and Media - JHorwitz
8) 9 steps to a successful site redesign - Hotel marketing
9) An Interview with CBC Radio 3: Grant Lawrence - T. Lucier
10) Is Facebook growing up too fast? - Hotel marketing
11) G20 Voice - T. Lucier
12) Twitter - the consciousness of the planet, or this year’s Facebook? - Hotel Marketing

 Technology News - March 28th, 2009
1) Twitter session added to Online Revealed
 2) Times Online’s top 100 travel websites - Hotel marketing
3) Reinventing the workplace with generation “F” - A.Whalen
4) Social media: Don’t place ads - build brands - Hotel Marketing
5) Missed Opportunities for Travel and Tourism in Social Media - T. Lucier
6) It’s time to embrace the new media - Hotel marketing
7) Protecting your Brand - Copyright issues at SXSW Panel - T. Lucier
8) A control freak’s guide to social media influence - Hotel Marketing
9) Twitchhiker, Twitter & Travel Industry - a chat with Travel Writers at SXSW - T. Lucier
10) It’s not about me, it’s about you. - Highland Business Research
11) Build a social media plan that never sleeps - Hotel marketing



 Technology news - March 20, 2009
1) All a Twitter About New Zealand - Tourism New Zealand
2) 11 email design best practices - Hotel Marketing
4) Fans: Best practices from Seesmic - T. Lucier
5) How to measure engagement on Twitter - Hotel Marketing
6) Why Businesses should use Twitter by Japdog
7) The Social Media Trends in Travel Tourism in 2009 and beyond - Jens
8) Put Video Libraries on your website free- T. Lucier
9) a testament to Testing -ITB Day 2 - Highland Business Research
10) TripAdvisor Travel Stats - Tourism Cafe
11) Savvy travel marketers embrace social networking - Hotel marketing
12) Tourism Starting to Gain Federal Awareness in Canada and USA - Tourism Cafe

 Technology News - March 8th

1) All Twittered out? - A. Whalen
2) Template for Designing a Great Web page or Blog page. T.Lucier
3) Interview with Stan Cook, new chair of TIAC - Tourism cafe
4) Quick Facts About OpenSocial - Tourism Tide
5) Power of the Pod - Tourism Cafe
6) Equathon Horse Riding and Tours on Sunsine Coast - F.Rabbioski
7) Seeing Canada One Day at a Time - JHorwitz
8) TRAVDEX Travel Technology Tradeshow goes Social - S. Joyce


 Technology news - February 28, 2009
 1) On the Web, the shelf life on ads is infinite - Hotel marketing
2) Canada e-Connect e-Tourism Conference 2010 in Montreal
3) Wouldn’t it be great if…?
4) How to attract and influence people on Twitter - Hotel marketing
5) Video for your tourism website - F. Rabbiosi
6) Lastminute.com and its change of direction- Travolution
7) 7 Ways to Keep Fresh Content Flowing On Your Blog - ProBlogger


 Technology News - February 23, 2009
1) Why big brands struggle with social media - Hotel marketing
2) Users are doing it for themselves - How consumer generated content is changing the face of tourism
marketing -Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre, Australia - 1.35 meg pdf
3) Debunking six social media myths - Hotel marketing
4) Add audio to Wordpress.com for Free - T. Lucier
5) Travel emails inspire loyalty, favorable opinion
6) Fabulous Venue for 4th Annual Online Revealed Conference
7) Facebook backtracks on use terms - Hotel marketing
8) The End Of Ad Based Revenue? - P. Caines
9) Arrival of the 100% online DMO marketing budget - Highland Business Research
10) Mobile Web 2009 = Desktop Web 1998 - Hotel marketing
11) The 15 Billion Dollar Question: Who Owns Customer Data? - S. Joyce
12) Tourisme Montréal hiring brand ambassadors -Marketing magazine
13) Internet Marketing Newfoundland - Morning Keynote December 19, 2009  - T. Lucier
14) How search engines are getting smarter - Hotel marketing





 Technology news - February 7, 2009
1) What will online travel look like in 2013? -Hotel Marketing
2) My take on twitter so far… and getting back to the basics of your online presence! -A.Whalen
3) User-generated content draws fans - Hotel marketing
4) Some Travel Companies Just get it - uptake.com - S. Joyce
5) 2009 is a year of change for travel search marketing - Hotel marketing
6) Google Maps goes social with Google Latitude - A. Whalen
7) Email’s new role in digital marketing - Hotel marketing
8) 10 Lessons learned at Enter 2009 (amsterdam) - S. Joyce
9) CRM - Communications & Relationships Management is a stream not a lake - T. Lucier
10) Travel firms respond to events, share news via Twitter - Hotel marketing
11) Is Twitter Spamming your Blog?
12) Easiest Way to get to the first page of Google Search Results -T. Lucier
13) Social media bumping up against its own ceiling - Hotel Marketing


 Technology News -January 29, 2009
1) Local Search Engine Optimisation Australia - FRabbiosi
2) Social media bumping up against its own ceiling - Hotel marketing
3) Building successful online communities - beyond Facebook,  AWhalen
4) Social network user demographics - Hotel Marketing
5) Tourism PEI continues to lead in development of experiential tourism - C. Davar
6) Hotel internet marketing experts share best practices - Hotel marketing
7) What is Web 3.0 Definition? T. Lucier
8) Social media marketing case studies from Carnival and Southwest - Hotel marketing
9) A 3 Person Video Chat: How Musicians can benefit from Web 3.0 - T. Lucier
10) The easiest way to a first-page ranking on Google - Hotel marketing
11) 2009 year of Transparency - Highland Business research
12) Marriott on Twitter - Hotel marketing


Technology News - January 16, 2009
1) Travel retailers discuss economic challenges - Hotel Marketing
2) Social media marketing in action - Lululemon hits Facebook! - AWhalen
3) Using a Wiki to organise an event -F. Rabbiosi
4) Online booking methods depend on travelers’ needs
5) Top 10 for online marketing success in 2009
6) Travel industry puts question marks on social media strategies
7) Hitwise: US travel website ranks, December 2008
8) ebookers completes migration to common technology
9) Seven top online marketing trends for 2009
10) Golden rules for advertising in the digital age
11) How to take Great Photos to Enhance your Tourism Website or Blogsite
12) CVB’s, Tourism Associations, Regional Marketing folk - Who’s your Ideal Client? - T. Lucier
13) Does your Web site still look like it did December 31, 2008? - T. Lucier
14) Diane Clarkson, expert e-Travel analyst at Junipter/Forrester to speak at Canada e-Connect
15) Travel & Tourism Technology Trends for 2009 - S. Joyce
16) Twitter for Travel and Tourism: Wrapping my head around it - W. Bakker
17) Analytics outlook report shows its not all doom and gloom

 Technology news - January 5, 2009
1) Ditch your Website and focus on blogging in 2009 -T. Lucier
2) The Boot is back for 2009 with 5 predictions for the Online Travel Industry
3) Facebook & Wordpress: Two great Internet marketing platforms that go great together - T. Lucier
4) Travel and tourism research highlights - What have we learned in 2008? - Tracking Tourism
5) How to Hire with Web 2.0 smarts - T. Lucier
6) Predictions for 2009 - Travolution
7) Internet Marketing: The Year in Review, Highlights of 2008 - T. Lucier



 Technology News - Dec. 18,2008
1) Digital Advertising – the new Conversation Economy - A.Whalen
2) Internet Marketing: The Year in Review, Highlights of 2008 - T. Lucier
3) Ask Santa for a pen and pad of paper - T. Lucier
4) Why phone when you don't have to? - W. Bakker
5) Social Media For SME Tourism Businesses - P. Caines
6) Death of the long tail? - Tracking Tourism - Tourism Research Blog
7) Seven digital marketing strategies for surviving the downturn
8) Putting your website design in context
9) What behavioral marketing is not
10) Google AdWords goes mobile
11) How to increase your search efficiency
12) Social networkers aren’t there for ads
13) Chicks win Hotelier Magazine Supplier of the Year
14) How to Boost Revenue 20% & climb to #1 on TripAdvisor
14) Audio Podcasts: How audio travel stories influence travelers
15) Travel and Web 3.0 - what does this mean?



 Technology News - December 5, 2008
 1) Tour operator fishes on Facebook - Hotel marketing
2) What airlines are doing right in email - Hotel marketing
3) When the going gets tough, the tough don’t skimp on their ad budgets - Hotel marketing
4) Six economic survival steps, sans discounts - Hotel marketing
5) Generation X marks a sweet spot - Hotel marketing
6) The current state of online travel search - Hotel marketing
7) US online travel in decline first time since 10 years - Hotel Marketing
8) Highflying days over for online travel sites - Hotel marketing
9) European online bookings to jump 19% this year - Hotel marketing
10) Clean up your Web 2.0 brand today! -T. Lucier
11) Travel Blogging Podcast: a conversation with bloggers about their craft - T. Lucier
12) The T-List in 2009 and Beyond - S. Joyce
13) Google Friend Connect + Travel Websites = :-) - S. Joyce



 Technology News - Updated November 28, 2008
1) Effective online marketing in a recession - Hotel marketing
2) Facebook, MySpace aren’t making the marketing cut - Hotel marketing
3) Marketing in a multiscreen world - Hotel marketing
4) Google makes search personal - Hotel marketing
5) In the Know with your Team? Consider a virtual office - T. Lucier
6) Why blogging matters to Tourism? podcast with Chris Brogan - T. Lucier
7) Are we capturing information about guest experiences in our surveys? - Tourism Cafe
8) Audio Podcast #2: The Customer Experience - Tourism Cafe
9) Vote Now and Vote Often for Open Web Awards Travel Category - S. Joyce
10) Featuritis at the Phocuswright Innovation Summit - W. BaKker
11) Online Revealed Survey - W. Bakker


 Technology News - November 23, 2008

1) PhoCusWright Bloggers Summit re-cap - A. Whalen
2) TripJane.com using social media as the distribution channel - A. Whalen
3) Why Painting CrossWalks is a lot like building Websites - T. Lucier
4) Are you a Bridge Person? - an audio podcast - T. Lucier
5) Introducing the Tourism Café Podcast - T. Lucier
6) 15 tools for Monitoring a Website's Popularity -
7) A critical look at PhocusWright's Travel Innovators - W. Bakker
8) The disturbing inaccuracy behind Google Analytics
7)Facebook launches Verified Apps Program
8) Amazon launches cloud-driven content delivery service


 Technology News - Nov. 15, 2008
1) Social Media: A window into the connected class  - Hotel marketing
2) Is YouTube the right pipeline for you? - Hotel Marketing
3) Edmonton Specialist Receptive Tour Operator Announces New Online Booking Engine! -CTC
4) First Tourism Café Podcast - Introductions Please - Tourism Cafe
5) Social Media Jungle Survival Tips #smj08 - T. Lucier
6) PhoCusWright Travel Innovator: TripIt - S. Joyce


 Technology News - Nov. 7, 2008

1)Joe the Blogger has a voice
2) Highlights of the first two days at Web 2.0 Summit in SF
3) Links 07.11.08 & WTM
4) PhoCusWright Travel Innovator: ekit
5) Best travel blogs in the world! Oh please.....
6) Using Google tools for tourism and travel research: Google Trends
7) 6 strategies for making your small advertising budget seem huge
8) Social Commerce: In friends we trust
9)

Technology news - Nov. 1, 2008
1) Click Quick - 12 seconds to convert a prospect - T. Lucier
2) How can a blogger work with a tourism business or region? -T. Lucier
3) Consumers looking for your social media - T. Lucier
4) Go ahead and blog - Seth Godin says you should! (Good Video) - S Joyce
5) More about Tourism BC's Online Video Strategy: Field Reporters (Videos) - W. Bakker
6) All Hail Our Google Overlords - P. Caines
7) Never underestimate the influence of bloggers
8) New map toy alert - Seety.co.uk
9) Lights, camera, sell a holiday! Google’s research into online travel buying
10) A data epiphany for Destination DC
11) TripIt and LinkedIn launch new social travel service

 Technology news - Oct 21, 2008

1) Australia Tourism e-kit -  F. Rabbiosi
2) 2 free e-books: host a wordpress blog on your own site T. Lucier & Natalie Lucier
3) Aussie & Canuck talk tourism e-marketing (audio podcast part II of III) - T. Lucier
4) Six free tools for online reputation management - Hotel Marketing
5) Email: Get back to basics - Hotel marketing
6) What do shoppers research on the Web? - Hotel marketing
7) Manage your business, Web 2.0 style - Hotel marketing

 Technology news - October 16th

 1)Travel Marketing Podcast: from Canada to Australia (part I of III)- T. Lucier
 2) 6 twitter strategies for building your brand - T. Lucier
3) Climb the CRM Ladder - T. Lucier
4) Get a Free Mobile Web site designed for your Tourism Biz - T. Lucier
5) Links 15.10.08 - Dottourism.com
6) When you just can’t get no satisfaction - T4 Blog
7) My interview for Online Revealed Caribbean - W. Bakker
8) Travolution new website
Technology News October 9, 2008

1) Google Rallies Embattled Travel Marketers - Mediapost
2) the strong will survive - web strategy more important than ever - A. Whalen
3) Bridging the Digital Divide - T. Lucier
4) New browser functions make keywords critical in web page title tags - T. Lucier
5) Are Developing DMOs Adopting New Technology Faster? S. Joyce
6) PhoCusWright Identifies Seven Emerging Themes for Travel Industry - S. Joyce
7) Tourism BC's blog widget - W. Bakker
 8) Lonely Planet and IPhone - Talk Like a Local
9) What the Blog? - P. Caines
10) Yahoo to get up close and personal - Travolution
Technology news - Sept. 26th

 1) Post Online Caribbean take-aways: Authenticity in the message, Participate in the Dialogue and
 join the online communities - Alicia Whalen
 2) Grow tourism in your community in 5 minutes today! - T. Lucier
 3) Dance with Google - T. Lucier
 4) Got Friends in the Restaurant Biz? Get ‘em a free Web site

5) Power to the People - T. Lucier
 6) Links 25.09.08 - Dottourism
7) Our approach to international market websites - W . Bakker
8) 6 Online Travel Myths Revealed - Tourism Tide
9) Sneak peak: New Travolution site

 

Technology News - Sept. 7th, 2008

1) Number of travelers booking online is down. What's up? - Tourism Exchange
2) How to Cope With a Scarcity of eMarketing Talent - Tourism Exchange & Ad Age
3) TripAdvisor thriving at home - Hotel Marketing
4) Travelzoo Europe doubles subscriber base - Hotel marketing
5) Inside Chrome: The secret project to crush IE and remake the Web -Hotel marketing
6) 5 ways to shake the dust from your email program - Hotel Marketing
7) Excerpts from PhoCusWright’s “Next generation of Travellers” Survey - Idea Hatching
8) Online Revealed Caribbean only Two Weeks away! - Idea Hatching
9) CCK08: Learn Connectivism by Connecting Online - T. Lucier
10) Want the world to see your Webcam? - T. Lucier
11) Three online reputation monitoring services + hotel brand management - dottourism
12) Travel Agents Adding Value with Zicasso.com - T4 Blog
13) Combining Planning & Booking a Nice Combo with Travelmob.com - T4 Blog

 

 

Technology News - August 29th

 

 

1) The Hammock Podcast with iPhone - T. Lucier
2) Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - the basics - Web Workshop
3) How does Google collect and rank results? - Google Librarian Central
4) New Open Review Website [TripReviews.com] in Private Beta -T-4 Blog
5) Congratulations VisitSweden
6) 50 Tips For Marketing with Social Media -Tourism Tide
7) BOOT Recommends: Podcasts I listen to - travel and non-travel
8) TRAVELtech: Travelzoo announce 1 million subscribers in Asia Pacific, 100,000 in Australia
9) TRAVELtech: Global Review proves what we all knew - Consumers are almost impossible to predict
10) Create text-to-speech podcast from RSS Feed with Odiogo

 

 

 

Technology News - August 22 week

1) Chicks make it to the Olympics! Thanks Coka-Cola! - A Couple of Chicks
2) Boomer travellers looking to connect online - T. Lucier
3) Get your Biz some Buzz - T. Lucier
4) Google Page Ranked Explained and How to make the Most of It 
5) A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing Brings Proven Online Marketing Solutions to Caribbean Travel Professionals
6) Introducing CountryBrands.org
7) Travel Agents Finding Relevance Amidst Web 2.0
8) 71% of NextGen Travelers Search On-line
9) The Debate Around Duplicate Content
10) This is the time to get stuff done
11) Tripadvisor launches officially in India, quietly in Japan - Travolution
12) TripAdvisor into Vacation rental through purchase of FlipKey


Technology News - August 17 week

1) Caribbean Internet Marketing Conference Online Revealed Announces Agenda
2) The Importance of Measuring Results - T. Lucier
3) 3 ways Youtube Annotations can make your phone ring - T. Lucier
4) 5 Critical Questions to Ask before you hire a Web designer
5) Looking for Video 'Field Reporters' - W. Bakker

 

 

Last Week - August 10 -  Technology News

1) Give location specific travel advice to visitors via cellphone
2) Translate your RSS feed/blog into 24 languages
3) Links - 04.08.08 Family Fun campaign, weather2flights.com, Google translator centre
4) Yield Management VS. Price Transparency
5) Travelocity’s ExperienceFinder expands to more cities
6) Canada Internet: Users and Usage
7) The Evolution of Online Media - Strategy + Business
8) Facebook redesign to give users more control
9) Bright marketing ideas for 2008
10) Six email marketing myths debunked
11) Travel sites match needs with expertise
12) Basics of Great Web Page Design
13) Blogging with iPhone
14) 11 Power Tips To Get The Maximum Out Of Your RSS Feed Reader
 

 


1) Travel sites receive 50% of visits from travel media & referral sites - Hotel Marketing
2) New travel Web sites do more than book trip - Hotel Marketing
3) Examples of corporate social media in action
4) Personalization 2.0
5) Businesses hope to capitalize on Twitter’s success
6) LinkedIn secrets to marketing success
7) Analytics basics: Campaign tracking
8) Online travel: Price beats brands when times are tight
9) Nike Plus - A Brilliant Case Study in Interactive Marketing
10) Internet Marketing is like a Playground
11) Prove your Worth: Share your Assets
12) 3 Ways to Get Video of your Guests NOW!
14) How to create a great 404 page not found error page
15) Introducing Knol
16) Links 24.07.08 iPhone travel apps, online marketing survey for hoteliers, reviews of travel.co.uk
17) Forecast for November - A Perfect Storm
18) Thomas Cook digital mag-brochure - better than many
19) Online Content and Advertising: Are the Eyeballs drying up?

Recent News

 

1)Fighting back against hotel internet access fees
2) The offline connection to online marketing
3) 50 ways marketers can use social media
4) Google to launch Web-based virtual world
5) Travelocity’s second look at consumer travel behavior
6) How social media and word of mouth create sales
7) Two new reasons to monitor your online reputation
8) Where can I find free music to use in my videos?
9) 2) Make the first link on your page count - SEO
10) Online Revealed Caribbean Introduces Co-Chairs and Advisory Board for the September 2008
Internet Travel Marketing Conference
11) Fresh identity for Visit London
12) Beans Beans the Magical Fruit, the More you Eat, the More you…
13) Lonely Planet to open an offline store at Sydney Airport with help from Lagardère
14) The inofficial stats on TripAdvisor
 15) Online vs. offline word of mouth
16) Find out who’s talking about your tourism biz! - T. Lucier
17) Adding video to your site is a great idea - N. Lucier
18) Web sites beyond Borders - T. Lucier
19) Plans for Puerto Rico are Heating up! - P. Brusha
20) Links 02.07.08 - Thomas Cook redesign, Tripwolf updates, Links - Dot Tourism
21) Britain - the thorn in the side of Google - Travolution
22) The BOOT discussing content, Travel 2.0, online marketing and more
23) The 3 Ingredients For The Perfect Travel Storm - Tourism Tide
24) Boomers say no to social networks
25) Today’s five key online retailing challenges

 

 

 

 




 
 
 
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