Is the Travelocity contest on Facebook good or bad?
Travelocity announced a new contest on Facebook: The roaming Gnome asked you to vote for the next ski trip destination: Lake Tahoe or Utah.
The Good
This is a brilliant idea to get everyone associated with the travel & hospitality industries involved and engaged. It’s working. It’s a friendly competition and visitors bureaus, hotels, ski resorts and local businesses are showing their...
Lake Tahoe Snow and Social Media
Cross country skiing Lake Tahoe
Winter is definitely here and it looks like it will be a nice White Christmas for everyone in Lake Tahoe. Let’s see what Lake Tahoe ski resorts are reporting for snow accumulations on their websites:
On the North Shore:
1. Alpine Meadows reports 54″ of new snow.
2. Squaw Valley reports 42″ of snow storm total.
3. Sugar Bowl which usually tends to...
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...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all! I hope you have a wonderful holiday and get to spend it with your family and friends.
Take some time to reflect on all things we could be grateful for this past year. I’m thankful to have all of you in my life, my loving family and friends, my health, a roof over my head, and a big turkey to cook. Yummy!
This holiday, take some time off from being online, turn off...
7 Things Every Business Can Learn from Burning Man
Burning Man is an amazing phenomenon. It’s the kind of event that you have to witness to understand. It’s Disneyland for adults. A mix of Moulin Rouge and Mad Max. It’s incredible and inspiring. It’s crazy. It’s a wild dream. And in the chaos of it all, there is clarity. And there’s sense. Organization. Amazing logistics to make it all happen. In this post, I’ll...
Aloha Skin Spa in Incline Village – a Hawaiian escape in Lake Tahoe
Photo credit: Creative Commons
I just returned from a very needed escape to the spa. I picked Aloha Skin Spa in Incline Village, Lake Tahoe to get a deep tissue massage in a refreshing oasis. We are so fortunate to have this spa in the mountains. If you can’t afford to fly to the islands, this place will awaken your senses and refresh you in just minutes.
My first visit to the spa was in 2006...
Tahoe Ticker Interviews Out&About Marketing Founder
I had the privilege to speak with the Tahoe Ticker crew about marketing, Diamond Peak Ski Resort and Lake Tahoe in general and the future of the area. We talked about the reasons behind the success that Diamond Peak Ski Resort has had in the past in such a competitive area. We also discussed the reasoning behind the start up of Out&About Marketing and the direction it is heading in. We touched...
Drunken Neighbors Band Live from Lake Tahoe
We first saw this band live at our wedding party on Aug 2, 2003. We invited them to play at our party and they were fun and got everyone in a great mood. A bottle of Jack Daniels helped them get through the long hours in the rain.
They didn’t have a CD back then. They do now. It’s called “Smoken Earl”. I think they are still putting their website together. Once it’s live...
How to measure your marketing and social media marketing efforts
Milena Regos Mountain Biking
What do business, marketing and social media marketing have in common with mountain biking in Lake Tahoe?
A lot as I found out yesterday. I went for an amazing bike ride yesterday at Sawtooth Trail near Truckee, CA with my husband. He’s an excellent rider. We started off and within minutes I wasn’t able to see him anymore amongst the pine trees. When he stopped...
A practical resource guide on how to listen on the social web?
People are talking about you, your company, your brand. Do you know what they are saying?
Here’s a practical resource guide on how to find out what people are saying about your brand. Listening to what people are saying seems to be a hot topic right now but most people don’t know where to start. There are some very good software companies that will help you achieve your goals but they...
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. 
