Insights
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Optimized Pay Per Click - Advanced Tactics
With more and more DMO marketing budgets shifting to accommodate the demands of digital, making time to periodically review search network settings and test or make changes to boost performance is increasingly worth it. Continue reading for more specific, advanced PPC optimization tactics. Read time: 3 minutes
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Effective Website Planning Steps
Developing your website requires comprehensive, strategic planning. Read about our website planning process and which questions need to be answered as you work through each step of creating a website. Read time: under 4 minutes
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What Defines a DMO’s Brand?
Your destination’s brand is NOT an ad campaign and it DOESN’T happen overnight. The brand is an expression of the essence of your community. Read about what defines a brand and discover how your DMO can harness it to appeal to visitors. Read time: 6 minutes
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DMO Brand and Website Evaluation
When it comes to destination marketing, first impressions are everything. As a result, a periodic DMO brand and communications evaluation can help ensure your website and marketing materials are fresh and relevant. Read time: 8 minutes
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The SMERF Market—Give Me an R!
The SMERF market encompasses a range of group travelers that your destination can target marketing towards to ensure a more stable occupancy rate year-round. The religious group covers a variety of faiths and denominations as well as all age and subset groups within. Read time: 6 minutes
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Marketing Convention Districts–Big Business for Smaller DMOs
As meeting groups look beyond big convention cities for meeting and convention options, smaller destinations have the opportunity to elevate their destination’s meeting brand through convention districts that package meeting and entertainment offerings in convenient proximity to each other. Read time: 7 minutes
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Your Printed Visitor Guide Can Be a Destination Marketing Machine
Potential visitors still use a printed visitor guide as a planning tool. With smart design and digital printing technology, your destination’s guide can become an effective, forward-thinking marketing tool. Read time: 4 minutes
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Effective Pay Per Click Strategies to Drive Tourism
Pay Per Click is the primary way to “get noticed” online using sponsored link ads. Get a basic understanding of this Search Engine Marketing Strategy, and put PPC to work for your DMO. Read time: 6 minutes
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Secrets to Creating a Successful Content Marketing Strategy
The secret recipe for a successful content marketing strategy can be summarized in four steps—Attract, Convert, Close, and Delight. Read on as we discuss how each step can help determine the best custom-tailored plan for your DMO. Read time: 5 minutes
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Mobile-First Strategy - Starting on the Small Screen
With 1.2 billion mobile web users worldwide, a “mobile-first strategy” for your destination website ensures the most optimal user experience for visitors on mobile devices. Read time: 4 minutes