Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Le Citizen Hotel Paris

Sophie, the owner, uses ALL online tools available.  YouTube Channel.



Smart use of iPad for Services and in room directory - great use of available tools.


Update 14/12 Class - Mobile Steals by Orbitz

Orbitz combines Groupon types savings + last moment bookings with Mobile Steals.  What other travel providers are re-shaping customer booking behavior with mobile apps?


EasyJet Facebook app - optimized for mobile.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Update 07/12 In Class Exercise

Exercise - Create SEO Differentiation Strategy

1. Choose a hotel
2. Conduct severals searches using brand + location, then brand + qualifiers
3. From your searches, determine what terms are an opportunity in the marketplace
4. Create an SEO strategy grid (sample shown in class) - use at least 5 combinations of qualifiers
5. Post the grid in your blog


Update 07/12 - SEO Geek Joke


Sunday, December 4, 2011

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Reputation Management Seminar - Video Assigments

The Reputation Management Sessions are coming up - to prepare there are 2 viewing + reading assignments You will find them linked from the syllabus linked here.

The total time for the prep assignments is 30 mins - there will be a short online quiz on the materials.

The online meeting space - Reputation Management

Questions - problems - let me know in advance.

Update for Class 12/07

The Evolution of Google's Rankings
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