WTM 2013 - Is social media the reason behind the rapid growth of cruising?

Social media is an area of marketing and communication that is being used by a large number of travel companies as part of their strategy to engage new customers. Indeed recent research suggests that social media provides a 3:1 return on investment. One sector of the travel industry that has seen tremendous success and that greatly relies upon engaging new customers for continued growth is cruising.

Using a number of experts from within the cruise industry and from social media this session...

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From: World Travel Market London

Related topics : travel industry using social media / travel industry social media marketing / social media marketing strategy example / social media marketing companies / social media engagement

How can social media help my business?

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There are many benefits of social media and they include:

Improved social signals (which are a factor in the search ranking algorithm).

Company branding

Improved brand awareness

Word-of-mouth advertising

Increased customer loyalty and trust

Improved audience reach and influence

73% of online adults use social networking sites.

Facebook gets 1.2 billion monthly active users

Twitter gets 130 million monthly active users

So as you can tell there is lot of potential for new...

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From: SEO Wizard

Related topics : benefits of using social media for business / social media networking sites business / social media branding for business / online social media websites / social media help

Christ Church Social Media Evangelism Promo

Promo video for Evangelism seminar that also covered the benefits of social media.

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From: Mark Bowen

Related topics : social media seminar

Social media tools: Editorial Calendar

If you are going to do social media marketing you need an editorial calendar or a social media calendar as I like to call it. It is one of the must have social media tools. It will help you stay organized, come up with postings ahead of time among many other benefits.

In this video I walk you through my favorite social media management tools and a couple of tips on how to use it.

You can use my social media calendar template, download it here http://bit.ly/1ThuY41

And, don't forget to...

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From: Grow Your Business

Related topics : social media marketing tools / social media management tools / marketing through social media / social media tips / social media help

Banking on Social Media

Opportunities to leverage social media are fast-growing and although highly regulated, the financial services industry is increasingly playing a role in the social space. At the Credit Suisse Research Institute 2012 meeting, experts discussed the benefits of social media over traditional communication tools, as well as the constraints -- the most significant of which regards the current regulatory environment.

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From: Credit Suisse

Related topics : social media opportunity / social media expert / research social media / social media services / social media media

Benefits of advertising on social media

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From: alpham designs

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T1_EN Social Media, Simulation and Urban Politics

Learn about the benefits of social media, simulation and the use of FUPOL components in urban politics. What does it mean for citizens, politicians and the city administration ?

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From: FUPOLTV

Related topics : political social media

"Social Media Marketing" vs PPC for "Targeted Website Traffic"

http:/kathudson.com Which works best and what are the benefits? In my opinion, they both have their place. I think you need to be using both as Social Media has staying power and can get you to the front of search engines quicker than any other method I know of.

Social media marketing is a term that describes the act of using social networks, online communities, blogs, wikis or any other collaborative Internet form.

Social media has been touted as presenting a fresh direction for...

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From: Kat Hudson

Related topics : social media marketing websites / search engine marketing social media / social media network marketing / social media marketing companies / social media networking websites

Social Media & Mobile in the Travel Industry: Digital Visitor & Eye For Travel

This video looks at how both social media and mobile technology has impacted the travel industry specifically.

Digital Visitor offers a range of social media applications to bring all the benefits of social media directly to our clients websites. Our applications plug seamlessly into any website to enable organisations of all sizes to gather reviews, ratings, photos, videos and enable discussions about their specific products and services.

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From: DigitalVisitor

Related topics : travel industry social media / social media services

Benefits of social Media

Benefits of social Media

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From: mukhtar

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