Cool brand new app for the tourism industry – TourWrist
This brand new shiny object got our attention. It’s called TourWrist and we see a lot of marketing and social media potential for travel and tourism brands, ski resorts, real estate, hotels, photographers and any other company in need of a 360 virtual tour to showcase their product or service.
What are some of the reviews this app is getting:
• Featured by Apple! Winner of the 2011 Communication...
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The power of TripAdvisor for companies in the travel&tourism industry
We all know that consumer reviews and word of mouth are super powerful for the travel&tourism industry. As consumers, we ask our friends for recommendations as to where to eat, where to stay, where to go.
As a contributor to TripAdvisor, I’ve written a few reviews myself, telling other people what I thought of a certain place. I wanted to “give back” to the community of people...
Problems with Facebook custom domain name? Check your settings.
I recently discovered a Facebook bug that may not be allowing your Facebook page to display properly. If you have registered your custom domain name on Facebook, i.e Facebook.com/companyname you should be able to type it in and go directly to your page when you are logged out of Facebook. However, some Facebook pages will direct you automatically to Facebook.com. How to fix this issue?
Check your page...
Google+ Launches Pages
Ever since the launch of Google+ businesses have been expecting this moment – the launch of branded pages. Today, Google finally released this option for companies. So, should you jump right in and get your Google+ branded page today?
To see what Mashable has to say about this, click here.
I did some research to find out what are the main differences between a Google+ profile and a page. Check...
Should I hire an intern to run my social media?
Marketing people wear many hats today and recently they have a new one – the social media hat. With added responsibilities and the same amount of time in the day (not to talk about compensation) some marketing folks are turning to interns to help out in the social space. They are after all more internet savvy and have hundreds of Facebook friends so they should be able to run the social media...
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