One of the best ways to use Instagram for marketing your business is to host a contest on the network, helping to build buzz for your brand and drive traffic to your site.
Greg Creed, CEO of Taco Bell, shares how his brand has transformed itself in several essential ways without losing the loyalty of its core customer.
By sharing your best ‘fishy face’ on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+, you can receive two seafood burritos for the price of one at Rubio’s.
With detailed reports on audience growth, audience geography, engagement and the ability to identify tags that are relevant to their products and services and influencing contributors posting on them, brands now have a unique platform to professionally fine-tune their content and engagement strategy on Instagram.
HOTELS Magazine announced its second annual Social Hotel Awards. The hospitality magazine just launched the 2013 program during a webinar entitled, “The ROI of Social Media.”
The team at Fanpage Karma recently analyzed over 60,000 active Facebook pages in a period of three months to see how and why growth rates differ. Differences can be found in terms of the type of page, the engagement rate and how large the fan page already is.
Albert Qian was invited to help market Crescent Village, a new apartment community in San Jose, through social media.
Four Seasons has done an exceptional job integrating social media into their website and general marketing, and constantly continues to expand its social media presence.
Hotels and other businesses in the hospitality industry are uniquely positioned to use Instagram to market themselves.
To add an element of culture and art to the debut of their new beverage, Starbucks took to San Diego to share this exciting new dessert drink with customers.
Now the website has over 11 million users and is still growing, with some of the most popular pin boards including holiday destinations, interiors inspiration and recipes – perfect for those in the hospitality industry.
Here is an interview Kaila Anderson, the Social Media Marketing Manager of the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa. She talks about how the Hawaii hotel uses social media to engage with guests.
Rather than use today to just push their product, Office jumped on the opportunity to reach out to their consumers and create personal, memorable connections.
Cupcake Vineyards asked fans to suggest a dessert and a label name to serve as his next muse in creating a new wine blend, encouraging fans to participate in the Cupcake Vineyards Share Deliciously Contest.
The Santa Barbara Conference & Visitor Bureau just completed a “Pin It to Win It” contest over the holidays.
Three Key Trends for Social Media in the Hospitality Industry in 2013.
Twitter is one of the most widely used social media platforms on the web today and a great portal for catching up on news, sharing information and promoting your personal or business profile. It’s also a great opportunity for link building – if you know where to go.
Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 100 million spectators in more than 300 cities in over forty countries on six continents. Cirque du Soleil has 21 different shows playing around the world in 2012.
In addition to the restaurants’ distinct and innovative style, Stonefire combines the finest ingredients and family recipes with an exceptional standard of service to create a warm, friendly environment and prices that define value.

Gogobot Teams Up With Travel + Leisure To Bring Expert Reviews, Curated Travel Guides To Social Trip Planning
Gogobot is announcing that it will be teaming up with Travel + Leisure to bring its 2.5 million registered users a streaming feed of the publication’s best photos, reviews and destinations.