Promoting Maine Tourism
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~Promoting Maine Tourism~ Maine Day Trip’s Blog and Social Media
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Norm Forgey from Maine Day Trip shared with SMBME how he uses social media and his blog to promote his services and the state of Maine.
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~Promoting Maine Tourism~ Maine Day Trip’s
Blog and Social Media
Background
Maine Day Trip incorporated 2007
Joined Convention & Visitor Bureau
Joined Chamber of Commerce
Joined Maine Tourism Association
Advertisements – Newspaper, Magazine
Maine Visitors Channel – 2 minute video
Launched web site MaineDayTrip.com
2008
Maine Office of Tourism– Tourism Questionnaire
• 67% used the internet to plan their trip to Maine
• 82% used the internet to determine what to do
2009
Value of Internet Marketing– Visitmaine.com
Target Market
Cruise Ship Passengers– Travel Agents, Web Site, Visitor’s Bureau
Tourist and Corporate Visitors– Air– Amtrak– Bus
Hotel, Inns, B&B Guests
Expanded Mkt
StartupNation.com– Winner Nov 2007
DayTripNation.com
Blog – 3/2008
Blog
Inform
Blog
Photos
Blog
Video
Blog
Personal
Social Media
LinkedIn – Norman Forgey
Facebook– Norm Forgey– Maine Day Trip
MaineDayTrip– Bio: Private sightseeing tours with Norm
Forgey's Maine Day Trip
DayTripNation– Bio: Add your state's favorite sightseeing
destinations!
Next?
Value added tourist information
Customized tour pdf documents– Templates assembled based on requests– Blog like– Twitter like
Norm Forgey
Maine Day Trip
110 Marginal Way #139
Portland, Maine 04101
207.838.5275
www.MaineDayTrip.com
