Missed The Webinar? We Got You, Boo!
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 decided to break things down and create a guide for navigating …
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Marketing Agency Strengthens Commitment To Tourism Recovery With New Hire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Von Mack Agency, Inc. – As we hit the midst of summer, New Orleans-based tourism marketing firm Von Mack continues to develop resources to aid the industry towards recovery. In this most recent move, travel and hospitality industry veteran Nancy Landry has been added to the mix as a new hire. Landry comes with seven years …
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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 even enjoyable website could make or break your business. First …
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Von Mack Agency Expands, Welcomes Ethan Rodrigue As Accounts Manager
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Von Mack Agency, Inc. – New Orleans’ leading boutique tourism marketing firm – continues to grow by leaps and bounds into the new year. The agency has hired Ethan Rodrigue, communications industry veteran and Louisiana Tourism Leadership Academy graduate, to facilitate this growing footprint as their newly appointed Accounts Manager. Rodrigue brings over six years …
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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 love with a new list of ways to make consumers …
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Don’t Spook New Customers! Avoid these common digital marketing mistakes.
This time of year brings out all the usual Halloween themes: hairy spiders, gory zombies and flocks of bats that adorn front lawns. But in the digital world, nightmares tend to involve low click through rates and 404 errors. In the spirit of the season, we’re offering up a list of the most common digital marketing mistakes that scare away …
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Content Is King: How to Plan, Post and Share Your Way to a Brand Voice
By: Abby Sanders Regardless of the product or service you’re offering, you’re one of literally millions of other sites competing for every person who taps Search. But after that first victorious click to your page, what makes your brand memorable? Producing consistent, quality content, whether it’s an original 2,000 word blog post or sharing somebody else’s genius with a …
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Oh Hey, Holidays! 6 Genius Ways to Amp Up Your Marketing This Season
By: Marica Mackenroth Brewster It’s that time of year. Everything’s suddenly pumpkin flavored. We’re hearing Christmas carols while we do our grocery shopping. The colors of leaves on trees may or may not be changing. People everywhere are looking for ways to feel festive – and even better if it’s something they’ve never encountered before. Tourism and hospitality companies take …
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Here’s To The Restless Tourism Marketer: Easy Offbeat Tactics To Quench Your Thirst For More
By: Marica Mackenroth Brewster We get it. Tourism marketing sometimes feels like a million things rolled into one. On some days, you’re asked to focus on sales. Other times, the company website should just. do. more. (And yes, it always can.) There’s even periods when reporting and analyzing become your primary focus. Beyond the many hats a tourism marketer wears, …
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3 Tips for Marketing an Experience
By: Abby Sanders Marketing for experiences. Imagine it’s one of those nights when you just can’t decide what you want for dinner. To make up your mind, do you picture a list of menu items? Or imagine yourself eating a medium rare cheeseburger with some crispy romaine lettuce, next to a vision of plucking up a piece of sushi dipped …
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