April 2013
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Bastrop Texas USA: Create Content Once, Then Use... →
bastroptxedc:
The following is a guest post by Sheila Scarborough, a guest speaker at the Governor’s Small Business Forum in Bastrop, Texas on April 18, 2013.
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Who the heck has time to deal with social media? YOU do, if you play your content-creation cards right.
The secret to success is to…
Looking forward to speaking at this event; here’s a step-by-step example taking...
Bastrop Texas USA: Seeing is Believing: Using... →
bastroptxedc:
The following is a guest post by Sarah T Page, a guest speaker at Governor’s Small Business Forum in Bastrop Texas on April 18, 2013.
Seeing is Believing: Using Visual Content in Social Media Marketing
You might have heard the phrase, “content is king”. This is just as true today…
One of my fellow speakers at the Small Business Forum April 18 in Bastrop, Texas.
March 2013
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Babblings: The Austin Blood Drive Tweetup →
michellegreer:
“What’s wrong with them, Michelle?” she sobbed over the phone. “I was there all day and not one person signed up”. There was nothing I could say to ease my sister’s pain. After spending her Sunday outside a church with a sign and a story, she couldn’t convince one person to donate blood…
My husband and I were proud to be a part of this blood drive organized through...
February 2013
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January 2013
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13 Things Destinations Need To Be Ready For In... →
gathandborden:
Right on time to kick-off 2013, I made a list of 13 things that I think destinations need to be prepared for. DISCLAIMER: These are not sure-fire predictions. Think of these more as tiny morsels of information to keep in your brain.
1. The evolving role of communications/marketing staff. Press releases, story pitches and travel writers are no longer the main focus of marketing...
December 2012
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Gathan D. Borden: 5 REASONS WHY YOUR DESTINATION... →
gathandborden:
The best way to encourage and persuade travelers to come visit your destination is through advertising. Nothing tugs at the heartstrings more of potential buyers than to be able to see the product that they are about to purchase, and in this case, nothing is more important than for the traveler…
What Gathan said!
July 2012
4 posts
Wages for Work
Most of my “regular job” paychecks I certainly earned, some I did not, but every invoice I send as an entrepreneur is definitely earned.
“What happened to that child? We don’t know; neither the university nor the...”
– Amy Davidson on The Freeh Report and Penn State’s Shame: http://nyr.kr/NukuLc (via newyorker)
March 2012
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November 2011
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parislemon: ANNOYING: The Article As A Slideshow →
parislemon:
Matt Rosoff’s thoughts on Google becoming more like Microsoft should have been a provocative and effective article. Instead it’s a slideshow. Why? I have no clue.
Well okay, pageviews, clearly. But it’s still weird to see this type of story formatted this way.
Business Insider has…
June 2011
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#SoMeT Symposium: Tunica, Mississippi will host... →
somet:
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we would like to announce the host of 2011 Social Media Tourism Symposium. Congratulations Tunica, MS!
All three finalists, which included Savannah, GA and Knoxville, TN – presented excellent proposals and each of the cities were more…
February 2011
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June 2010
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#SoMeT Tourism Symposium: The #SoMeT Top Three →
The Social Media on Tourism Symposium votes have been counted. We officially had 1,593 individual votes cast, with a total of 4,779 votes for individual destinations – as each voter had the option to pick 3 destinations [for where to hold this November 2010 conference.]
So, here are the top three - in order of votes received….
August 2009
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