Insights
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Downloadable Destination Marketing Graphics, Volume 2
The right imagery can communicate your position or engage your audience. Our second set of destination marketing graphics, supporting “Harnessing Stakeholder Partnerships,” is available to you to download for use in any of your DMO’s communication and presentation materials. Read time: under three minutes
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How Attractions Drive Group Travel
To effectively drive group travel to a destination, DMOs must collaborate with area attractions. Marketers must be familiar with their attractions’ latest offerings and leverage new ways to promote those partners. Read time:under 3 minutes
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Featuring Stakeholders in Facebook Carousel Ads
Promote your stakeholders with Facebook carousel ads. Not only will you strengthen your partnerships, but you will continue to tell the story of your destination in an interactive and memorable way. Read time: under 6 minutes
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Attracting Motorcoach Groups to Your Destination
Attracting motorcoach tours to your destination is a valuable component of your group travel marketing. To effectively manage this effort, you need group travel capability, communication and most importantly, a sound strategy. Read time: under 6 minutes
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Bicentennial Promotional Toolkit & Awareness Campaign
Community involvement is a fundamental component of your destination’s marketing efforts. DMOs can ensure a consistent message by leading collaboration efforts and defining guidelines to maintain brand focus. Read time: under 4 minutes
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Your DMO and Tripadvisor
Does your marketing plan factor in trip planning tools like Tripadvisor? Take advantage of the impact these sites have on your destination’s online reputation by including them in your DMO’s online marketing strategy. Read time: under 3 minutes
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How Stakeholders Can Help: Encourage the Conversation, Part 1
Effectively marketing and managing a destination means that DMOs are now responsible for fostering positive online perceptions. This is done by directly engaging with visitors using what Stamp Destinations calls the “right pocket/left pocket” technique. Read time: under 4 minutes
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Wayfinding 102: Creating and Confirming the Guest Experience
In Wayfinding 102, we offer DMOs a look at how wayfinding tools can turn the journey from one attraction to another into an educational and enjoyable visitor experience. Read time: under 5 minutes
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Edible Experiences—Harnessing the Power of Niche Marketing Part 2
In the second installment of our Niche Marketing series, we take a look at how Food Tourism is gaining in popularity across the U.S. and offer insight into how destinations can take advantage of this niche market. Read time: under 4 minutes
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Leveraging Events to Generate Overnight Stays
By collaborating with your local stakeholders to leverage their events to help generate overnight stays, your efforts will boost economic development for your destination and encourage repeat visits. Read time: under 3 minutes