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Socializing Your Content Southwest Tourism Summit Pagosa Springs, CO April 14, 2016 R. A. Burrell, President Internet Honey [email protected]

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Socializing Your ContentSouthwest Tourism Summit

Pagosa Springs, CO

April 14, 2016

R. A. Burrell, President

Internet Honey

[email protected]

Source Of Our Findings

ExperienceOur work on campaigns, testing and optimizing

ResearchStudy done for Colorado Tourism Office compared State Tourism Offices in selected

markets.

FacebookAdditionally, we combined Facebook Insights from many Destinations and Attractions

with Facebook.com/VisitColorado

Tourism EngineOur CRM that combines data from multiple channels

Why?

Your Take Away

Your Take Away

How Travelers Travel

Schizophrenic

Traditional

funnel is

relevant as a

topic but not

how Travelers

travel.

Marketers silo

content.

Socialized Content Is Working

Travelers use

multiple Websites

and Channels

fluidly. The content

is those channels

must be optimized

for that experience

with your brand.

Take what works in

Social and use it

across all Channels.

The Social Media Channel Is Balanced

Email Content

● Trip Ideas

● Visitor Guides

● Events

Over all those Sessions, Social is both

Awareness and Engagement

Source Of Our Findings

Research

CTO Project

Research

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Email Content

● Trip Ideas

● Visitor Guides

● Events

Source Of Our Findings

Experience

How We Do It

1. Create A Story

2. Cross Pollinate

3. Amplify

The Model

A Story

● A Person

● Doing Something

● In A Place

● For A Reason

● With Others

Website Content

● Hotels

○ Hotel Detail

● Activities

○ Activity Detail

● Places To Eat

● Trip Ideas

● Visitor Guides

● Events

● Ads

Print

● Hotels

○ Hotel Detail

● Activities

○ Activity Detail

● Places To Eat

● Trip Ideas

● Visitor Guides *

● Events

● Ads

Email

● Trip Ideas

● Visitor Guides

● Events

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Source Of Our Findings

Experience

Thanks Dave

No Really, Thanks Dave

Step 1

Create A Story You

Know Will Work

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Extreme Skiers OR Kids & Lessons.

A Story With Video, Then A Person Doing A Thing ...

Then They Finished The Story

At This Point We Knew We Had Something

The People (Characters)

Added $$: Numbers Were Crazy Good

Step 2

Tell The Story In

Other Channels

Step 2

EmailConsider telling a Story in your Email. Remember

that your audience is crossing Channels and needs

to see repetition. Critical if you are trying to

cannibalize your Email list.

Email

Email

Email

There Are No New Stories

Step 2

WebMore important than Email arguably. Let me tell you

a story …

Website Content

● Hotels

○ Hotel Detail

● Activities

○ Activity Detail

● Places To Eat

● Trip Ideas

● Visitor Guides

● Events

● Ads

Let’s Talk You Figure It Out

Great Example Of Cross Channel

An Itinerary Is A Story - An Outline

A Conversation On The Web

Step 3

Amplify

Step 3

Amplify

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Amplify

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Amplify

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Amplify

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Amplify

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Amplify

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Instagram

Compare This To Oregon Layout

People Doing A Thing

Ads To Instagram

Step 3

Audiences

Audience Sources

● Web (Facebook Pixel)● Reservations● Email● Phone● Custom

Step 3

Step 3

Your Take Away