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Posted on Dec 4th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
If you want to dominate search results, you need to make sure your main social profiles and pages, as well as your website itself, rank highly. One of the best ways to help these pages climb the rankings is through building links, both from external websi...
Posted on Nov 27th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Christmas is just around the corner, and as people begin to decorate their homes for the season, it's time to think about how you can change up your resort's Facebook strategy to promote engagement and spread some festive spirit. Here are four simple idea...
Posted on Nov 27th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
TripAdvisor recently announced that content from its vast portfolio of hotel reviews will now appear in the Bing search results pages. Bing will reportedly now serve up property reviews, ratings and photos, as well as TripAdvisor's price comparison tool i...
Posted on Nov 26th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Once upon a time, travel enthusiasts planned their adventures by sticking pins in a wall map. Now, thanks to image-based social media platform Pinterest, they have a convenient, visually appealing 'virtual pinboard' to share their holiday plans and dreams...
Posted on Nov 21st 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Want to know what the online travel marketing industry has in store for 2014? Here are three key trends we think you should look out for Mobile Travel At the end of last year, Google Travel estimated that around a quarter of all search engine queries rela...
Posted on Nov 20th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Great SEO isn't just about ranking highly for those carefully chosen keywords and phrases anymore. It's about making sure you have the right content and technical strategies in place to get taken seriously by Google and get in front of as many of your gue...
Posted on Nov 19th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
It has only been ten months since Twitter introduced its video sharing service Vine, and in this short time the app has gathered more than 13 million users worldwide. Vine allows users to get creative with the video cameras on their Smartphones to create...
Posted on Nov 13th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
If you've ever daydreamt about sitting back and letting someone else do all your marketing for you, implementing a marketing automation system could be the answer. Well, almost. Marketing automation software doesn't actually make the work of your resort's...
Posted on Nov 13th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Google's 'Hummingbird' switch up has made it more important than ever to continually create high quality content to get noticed in search results and drive traffic to your resort's website. Great content is an extremely effective tool for driving traffic...
Posted on Nov 12th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Twitter has come a long way since the days when simply posting a few lines of text and a link to an image or blog post was the limit of its marketing capabilities. Perhaps in response to the soaring popularity of image-based social media, the site has rec...
Posted on Nov 7th 2013 by Lee Tester
Nothing beats hitting 'publish' on a new blog post, but even when the new content is finished and up on your site, there's work to be done to maximise its reach. This simple post-publication action plan will help you get more out of each blog you publish....
Posted on Nov 5th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Social media has become an essential component of every business's digital marketing toolbox. Used effectively, it's one of the best tools at your disposal for generating buzz around your resort, promoting guest engagement and driving bookings. If your so...
Posted on Nov 5th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Mobile web usage is at an all-time high and most businesses know that a mobile strategy is an essential component of a successful online presence. Building a mobile-friendly version of your resort's website is the first step, but what happens next? This c...
Posted on Nov 1st 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Search engines see the number of links directing to your website as a strong indication that your content is worth linking to, and therefore worth ranking highly on the search results page. However, increasingly, it's not just the sheer volume of links to...
Posted on Oct 30th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Your guests have a constantly expanding library of opinions about your property right at their fingertips in the form of TripAdvisor, Google's Hotel Finder, Yelp and a host of other review sites. As we discussed in a recent blog post, it's virtually impos...
Posted on Oct 28th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Thanks to TripAdvisor's Travel Affiliate Program, content from the world's number one travel site now gets in front of more than 300 million people worldwide, making guest reviews of your resort more readily available than ever. This easy access to a weal...
Posted on Oct 24th 2013 by Lee Tester
YouTube has stepped up their analytics reporting over the last few months and now offers a more useful range of reports to help you assess your channel's performance. The insights contained in these reports can be used to hone your video marketing strateg...
Posted on Oct 24th 2013 by Lee Tester
Social media remains the most effective way to connect with droves of potential guests around the world while strengthening engagement with repeat guests and showing off the more human side of your resort. If you feel that your current campaign isn't work...
Posted on Oct 22nd 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Last month, Google created waves in the marketing world with "Hummingbird," its most significant algorithm change for over a decade. With the new algorithm, Google has shifted the focus away from a search system based almost entirely on keyword matching t...
Posted on Oct 17th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
The transactional or 'Thank You' email is an automated message triggered when your guests make an online booking or complete a specific action such as signing up to your mailing list. These are one of the most effective kinds of marketing emails for impro...
Posted on Oct 16th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
One of the most significant changes of Google's recent Hummingbird update is that data scraped from websites is now being displayed on the results page alongside traditional search results content. Now, each time a user makes a search enquiry, Google will...
Posted on Oct 16th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Just before its 15th birthday, Google unveiled one of its biggest and most significant algorithm overhauls yet. The update, nicknamed Hummingbird, is the search company's latest move designed to deliver a higher quality service to its users. How the updat...
Posted on Oct 9th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Getting specific when it comes to SEO can be a very profitable strategy. By ranking highly for keywords related to your resort's particular niche, your website will attract higher quality traffic and generate more bookings than ever before. Decide on Your...
Posted on Oct 9th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
What do Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr and even Facebook have in common? They're all predominately visual sites, which use photos and video as their key source of content. Crucially, this content isn't supplied by the brands, but by the users' thems...
Posted on Oct 8th 2013 by Lee Tester
When Google developed Google+, it created a SEO powerhouse designed to dominate search results above Facebook, Twitter and all other social media platforms. Want to take advantage of this domination and get your resort noticed in search results? Here's a...
Posted on Oct 4th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Fake online hotel reviews have been around as long as the web itself, fuelled by unscrupulous marketers seeking to drive bookings, or perhaps simply trying to stay afloat in the fiercely competitive digital world. But a recent crackdown by US authorities...
Posted on Oct 3rd 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Visual bookmarking site Pinterest is rolling out a new type of pin aimed directly at content publishers. The new, enhanced "article pin" is designed to make it easier for users to save and collect interesting written content they find around the web for f...
Posted on Oct 2nd 2013 by Bryan Marsh
At the end of last week, Google announced a major update that has changed the face of search engine marketing for good. As part of an ongoing move to create a more secure web experience, the search giant has just made all search enquiries encrypted using...
Posted on Oct 1st 2013 by Lee Tester
You've had your resort's website professionally designed to showcase your property's best features. You're driving traffic there through a carefully thought-out marketing campaign that includes a social media strategy, email, blogging and possibly pay-per...
Posted on Sep 30th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
We've all seen them the endless, envy-inducing sun-lounger and beach photos that pop up all over our social media feeds whenever a friend goes on holiday. Now, taking the world's photo-sharing obsession as its inspiration, a new Instagram themed hotel is...
Posted on Sep 30th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
There's no denying the power of the online review. Travellers are actively seeking the opinions of former guests when making a booking decision, which means you need to get proactive with your resort's reputation management if you want to shine online. Ma...
Posted on Sep 19th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Suffering from email marketing writer's block? Your email content is just another great platform to showcase all that makes your property unique. Here are 10 simple email-blast ideas to get your creative juices flowing and your guests clicking and booking...
Posted on Sep 18th 2013 by Lee Tester
If you're already juggling marketing campaigns across several social media sites, you need to be sure that any extras you add to the mix are going to be worth the time. By now, you've probably heard of Pinterest and Instagram two still relatively new phot...
Posted on Sep 16th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
If you want to maximise bookings this festive season, you've got to start now.With Christmas and New Year's fast approaching, here are some tips for making the most of the busiest booking period of the year. Get Ready Planning and preparation is the first...
Posted on Sep 12th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Uploading promotional videos to YouTube boosts your online marketing campaign by bringing your property's best features to life, capturing the attention and imagination of guests and getting them ready to make a booking. With a little time and effort, the...
Posted on Sep 10th 2013 by Louise McWalters
At eTourism we're always trying to come up with new ways to enhance our systems. The latest update to the eTourism Online booking engine now allows you to upload multiple images to each of your eTourism Online packages....
Posted on Sep 10th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Over the last three years, Google has made several important changes to the way it indexes the search results page. Determined to serve up only the best, most useful results for every online query, the company has introduced a series of algorithm updates...
Posted on Sep 9th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
With 359 million users logging in every month, Google+ is hot on Facebook's heels as the second largest social media site in the world. And now that Google is prioritising content from the platform on the search results page, it's quickly becoming one of...
Posted on Sep 6th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Your resort's blog is the ideal platform to showcase your property, draw attention to interesting local events and demonstrate the more human, less corporate face of your business. By inviting comments from readers, a blog also opens up the lines of commu...
Posted on Sep 5th 2013 by Ashlee Hume
No doubt you've heard the expression 'Less is More' numerous times in your life. When it comes to email marketing, it is surprising to see that a number of business and property owners think people are reading through their entire emails....
Posted on Sep 5th 2013 by Lee Tester
Whether it's a rogue tweet from an employee or guest negativity on Facebook, it doesn't take much to spark a social media crisis that can leave your resort's carefully honed marketing campaign in tatters " if you're not prepared that is. Protecting yourse...
Posted on Sep 4th 2013 by Ashlee Hume
Understandably, for some newcomers of the hotel, motel and resort game, using CMS's (Content Management Systems) can be a little daunting. Uploading, downloading, importing, exporting, it all takes a little patience and learning. This tutorial will show y...
Posted on Sep 3rd 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Google has introduced a string of algorithm updates in the last few years in an attempt to banish spam and prioritise quality, freshness and social content on the search results page. All this has stirred up a lot of debate about the value and future of S...
Posted on Aug 28th 2013 by Lee Tester
Google+ is still barely over two years old, but it has already claimed a total of 359 million active monthly users, ranking it behind Facebook as the second largest social media network. Despite this rapid rise to success, it seems many businesses and bra...
Posted on Aug 26th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Is your resort visible in Local Search? If not, you better stake your claim fast. Every month, approximately 3 billion search queries are made using local terms according to data from comScore. Luckily, there's plenty you can do to improve your chances of...
Posted on Aug 23rd 2013 by Bryan Marsh
If you want to remain ahead of your competitors you need to be constantly creating, monitoring and managing your marketing content across multiple online platforms. So how can you be sure you're focusing your efforts wisely? Here are five current marketin...
Posted on Aug 22nd 2013 by Bryan Marsh
There are now over 1.15 billion Facebook users worldwide, and the typical user creates an average of 90 pieces of content a month, according to recent data from the company. With such a mass of content piling up every day, getting your resort's message se...
Posted on Aug 21st 2013 by Ashlee Hume
Back in July, Facebook rolled out their new and improved insights panel for business pages. Sure, managing your own Facebook business page is simple right? Well, yes, as long as you understand the information you're looking at . If you've never actually h...
Posted on Aug 20th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
The public's trust takes years to win, but in the age of TripAdvisor, a single bad review can shatter even the most glowing reputation in an instant. Where the review comes from is irrelevant. It might represent the genuine gripes of a dissatisfied guest,...
Posted on Aug 19th 2013 by Bryan Marsh
Ever since Facebook and Twitter became an integral component of every company's online marketing campaign, debate has raged about how far social media will overtake traditional SEO when it comes to ranking highly in search....