Should You Go Phygital?
Advertainment. Freemium. Hyperlocal. Marketers just love mashing words together, and “phygital” is the latest installment. Love or hate the grammatical decision, it encapsulates a pretty cool, and growing, advertising trend. So what does it mean to “go phygital”? And what does it look like in action in the travel and
August 18, 2021
Can You Go Video for FIVE Days? An Incentivized Learning Challenge with A Chance to Win Big
If you’ve heard anything about social media lately, it’s that video is here to stay. And while this unfortunately means that your steady roll of crowd-sourced images does far less for your brand than it did in 2017, we have good news! With practice, video posts are not as time consuming
August 16, 2021
How To Make An Instagram Reel In 5 Easy Steps
Who’s ready to “reel” in the views and widen your audience reach on Instagram? No? We understand that you could be anxious, or overwhelmed with the sheer number of possibilities. But don’t worry… #TeamVonMack is to the rescue! We’ve compiled 5 easy steps that will teach even the most novice
May 25, 2021
How Tour Companies & Tourist Attractions Can Hack Instagram With Reels
The average engagement for Instagram posts is less than 3%. But did you know that there’s a hack? If you post your content as a “reel” it will bring it directly to the app’s “Explore” page. We tried this at Von Mack, and were met with huge results. So did
May 17, 2021
A New Von Mack Series? We’ve Got The Tea
Say hello to The Tourism Tea – a limited series Social Cast! Each week, we’ll release a sip-sized animated convo of what’s hottest in the NOW. This is our way of weeding through the burdensome details of ALL of the webinars, ALL of the podcasts, and ALL of the news
March 17, 2021
The Comeback Story of 2020: QR Codes
We’ve all spent at least half a year in partial isolation: meeting up with friends over Zoom instead of a coffee shop, sitting at arm’s length from relatives who normally give the best hugs, and pushing back the family reunion another year. It’s left us all craving experiences that are
September 2, 2020
Missed The Webinar? We Got You, Boo!
https://youtu.be/m9J2b0v23bA Welcome to new territory. Global pandemic? Check. Tourism lock down? Virtually everywhere. Feelings of hopelessness and despair? Sometimes. Oh! And now there’s all of those things you need to learn. We get it. We’ve been bombarded too. It’s that anxious, nagging sense of “running in place.” That’s why we
July 29, 2020
UX Design for Tourism Sales
UX (or user experience) design has become a hot topic in every industry, and travel is no exception. As consumers are booking more and more features of their trip on the go – from the hotel room to the paddle boat tour, and transportation in between – a hassle-free and
March 10, 2020
11 Tips to Make Customers Fall for Your Travel Brand
People are pretty picky about their brand allegiance these days – and that’s especially true in travel and tourism. If you want a person’s long-term referral business, expect to do some wooing. So in honor of everyone’s favorite commercialized, stress-inducing and sometimes-nauseating holiday, (cough, Valentine’s Day, cough), we’re showing our
February 5, 2020
A Look Back at the Biggest Tourism Trends of the 2010’s
With 2020 just a few days away, we’re feeling a little nostalgic. Just 10 years ago, many of us were still using flip phones with slide-out keyboards and printing photos at CVS instead of posting them on Snapchat. Clearly, tech changes fast. And tourism marketing trends change just as quickly.
December 29, 2019