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Marketers: Are You Missing out on the Fear of Missing Out?

We’ve all heard it before. It doesn’t matter whether it is coming from the teenage girl squealing into her cell phone about the party she is missing in order to attend her little brother’s baseball game, or if it is typed in a text that was sent from your best…

Restaurants on Instagram: When Food Going Viral is a Good Thing

It’s easy to blame the smartphone for any number of annoying things we may experience in our daily lives: pedestrians walking in front of moving vehicles, selfies in public bathrooms, or having to listen to Rammstein on public transit because the guy next to you forgot his headphones. However, one…

The Makings of a Hospitable Hotel Website

What’s it going to take to consistently light up the "No Vacancy" sign? Hotels face an ever-rising tide of competition. For one, the sharing economy is a highly tech-savvy trend attempting to lure travelers purely through online innovation. Hotels need to fight back. But how? Your website is a great…

How to Generate Brand Interest Through Social Media Contests

While a customer's need for certain products will certainly get them in the door, it's the contests and giveaways that create major buzz for your business. But make sure that buzz is positive and worth the energy when planning your next social media contest. Here are some tips and tricks,…

The Flavor Tourism Experience

“Pei Wei is a place just outside of your usual routine where you can experience the vibrant flavors of dishes inspired from five Asian cultures.” Indeed, outside of the usual routine they are. In an interview with Pei Wei’s VP of Marketing…

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Social Media in Plain English

I recently attended Splash Media’s Social Media Bootcamp. It provided a great case for social media implementation for business and most memorably, a lot of statistics and relevant comparisons.

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Active Social Outreach Online and Off

This week, I checked into the Westin Kierland hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona and was pleasantly surprised to find a flyer on the desk in my guestroom. It reads “Get Social” along the top and then outlines the ways guests can read or relay feedback on their experience at the hotel through social media.

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The Food Truck Phenomenon

In the past year, the mobile food industry has soared to amazing heights. Almost every type of food imaginable can now be found in truck form. The food truck culture has been especially potent in Southern California.

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Disneyland-area Hotel Sets the Social Media Bar High

Ramada Maingate at the Park has been able to put itself on the map, both in terms of its accessibility to/from Disneyland and amongst the Ramada brand, via social media. The unique way Andrew communicates makes the pages stand out amongst other hotels. He didn’t create a persona; he simply uses his own. This has been hugely valuable in humanizing the brand and thereby creating personal connections with potential customers.

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