Insights
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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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Six Strategies to Promote Your DMO’s Trade Show Presence
A well-rounded marketing plan begins before, continues during and follows up after an event. Using these six strategies will help increase awareness for your destination, develop a more impactful presence and make the best use of your destination’s trade show investment. Read time: 4 minutes
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The SMERF Market—Give Me an E!
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 education group covers local, regional and national organizations of all sizes who periodically convene to share and discuss all topics related to education. Read time: five minutes.
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The SMERF Market—Give Me an M!
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 military group travel market encompasses events such as military reunions, meetings, and conferences and we have even included a bit on military related leisure travelers. Read time: 5 minutes
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The SMERF Market—Give Me an S!
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 social market includes groups for weddings, civic and professional organizations, charity events, holiday celebrations, and interest groups. Read time: 4 minutes
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How to Use Meeting Attendees to Generate Awareness for Your Market
People attending meetings in your city may become some of the best ambassadors on your behalf. Engage them in the right way and they will generate positive awareness about your city. Read time: 4 minutes
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Creating Added Value for Meeting Planners with Custom Landing Pages
Stand out from your competition by offering an added-value, custom landing or event page for planners. Read time: under 5 minutes
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5 Advanced LinkedIn Tactics for CVB Sales Professionals
Want to take your LinkedIn presence to the next level? As a follow-up to The Value of LinkedIn for Sales Professionals, you’ll find five advanced tactics to take you beyond the basics of LinkedIn. Read time: under 5 minutes
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Fam Tour Fast Forward with VR
Giving meeting planners a visual experience during the decision-making phase of the venue search process is vital. Research tells us that videos are found to be 58% more trustworthy than still imagery or words alone. The advent of Virtual Reality (VR) in the hands of your DMO opens the door to the most immersive video to date and a chance to take your Familiarization Tour experience to the next level. Read time: 5 minutes
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The Value of LinkedIn for CVB Sales Professionals
LinkedIn is more than your online résumé. It is a professional social network geared toward finding leads, opportunities, connecting professionals, and sharing valuable industry research and news. Find out how you can make your LinkedIn profile stand out and work for you with some simple tips and tricks. Read time: 4 minutes