Lessons from SMG Technology and Marketing workshop
I had the pleasure to present to the Strategic Marketing Group in South Lake Tahoe yesterday. Here’s a short recap of the sessions I attended and a copy of my presentation.
I enjoyed David LaPlante’s presentation.His passion for technology, social sharing, video, content and skiing is addictive and make a big impact on everyone who’s ever seen him speak. On the forefront of technology,...
Web trends 2010
I had the pleasure of speaking to a very diverse group of University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) consisting of undergraduate and graduate students and business owners and professionals from Reno and Lake Tahoe. Thank you Dr. Bret for putting it together. The event was mainly Q&A format but the very first question Dr. Bret asked every one on the panel was: How is 2010 going to be better or different for...
Economy, social media and ski resorts advertising
Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz tells us in this 9 min video how they changed their advertising strategies this last year to adapt to the economy’s demands, consumer changes and the continuously evolving social media marketing environment.
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In summary:
Decide faster. People are making decisions a lot faster than they used to. Instead of booking their vacations 6-8 months...
Is your ski resort ready for the season? What keeps you up at night?
Photo credit: Jeff Engerbretson
I’m speaking tomorrow at the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Club. I’m looking forward to hearing the key note speaker, Bob Roberts from the California Ski Industry Association as well as seeing my colleagues in the industry. I hope everyone is as excited as I am about the start of a new season. In my presentation I’d like to make three...
Is your business on Facebook?
Back in March I wrote a blog post discussing social media stats for social networks including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Delicious, YouTube and Flickr. If you are interested in knowing who visits these social media sites and how much traffic they are getting, please, go back and read the original post first. I pulled the data from Quantcast.com and it’s one of the most read blog posts so far.
Today,...
5 reasons a business needs a blog?
Social media is changing they way businesses do business and people are demanding this change. Companies no longer have complete control over their brand. Some very savvy companies and CEOs are turning to blogs as a way to create online communities, communicate with their customers and employees and bring transparency to their business. Below are 5 reasons why a blog is a good idea:
Listening tool:...
Using Web Video Marketing
Videos are extremely powerful marketing tool and can be used very well in business. People like to watch not read and videos can sometimes showcase your product much better than any press release or print ad will. With social media gaining more and more momentum and people spending countless hours consuming user-generated content, videos will become a part of your overall marketing mix. Did you...
Out&About Marketing Goes Live
Hello and welcome to my website and blog!
I’m very excited to announce that Out&About Marketing is now live. I created this website and blog to help people in the travel and tourism industry learn about successful marketing strategies and tactics, social media and Web 2.0. New media emerged and changed marketing forever. Customers expect companies to communicate with them on a whole new...
6 Best Practices for Engagement
Social Media does work. If you need proof, take a look at this very useful tool, Engagementdb for measuring companies’ engagement. It’s not always about “eyeballs”, “fans” and “friends”. Social Media is Social – which means it’s about people and not about technology. Now, there is a tool that can measure how engaged your company is with your...
Free E-kit to help you understand Web Marketing for Tourism
Leave it to my Australian friends to create a useful and practical free resource for tourism web marketing. Funded by the Australian State and Territory Tourism offices and created by the National Online Strategy Committee in Australia this comprehensive online marketing ekit is for the tourism industry and covers off a variety of basic and advanced topics. The free web marketing for tourism eKit...
Milena Regos, Marketing Director for IVGID & Diamond Peak Ski Resort, is an experienced and innovative marketing and Internet professional and social media practitioner who builds award winning marketing campaigns with proven return on investment. Milena Regos specializes in creating digital marketing campaigns enabling travel&tourism brands communicate effectively with customers. More on the About page. This is her personal blog and the thoughts and opinions expressed here are hers alone and do not necessarily represent the views of her employer or anyone else. 
