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There are multiple facets to tourism marketing and the purpose of marketingtourguide.com is to focus on Social Media marketing as a function of your overall marketing strategy. In this way we try to bring all the components together so you can decide what will be the best approach for your hotel, activity or attraction.

As part of these efforts it is our intention to make sure we provide you with the most up to date information and the best resources available at any time. With this in mind we have invited companies, independent businesses or Associations, who we feel will add value to your own marketing efforts, to showcase themselves here and we list our highly recommended books that we feel are worth reading.


The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Blogging to Drive Business: Create and Maintain Valuable Customer Connections
Twitter Power 2.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time
Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day
Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking, Revised Edition
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition
Marketing for Hospitality & Tourism (5th Edition)
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NOTE: We recognize that there are many companies available to you who offer similar services to those listed below. Therefore we encourage you to do your research and to compare companies so that you can make wise, informed decisions on who is right for you.

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BLLA - Bringing Global Attention To Boutique & Lifestyle Lodgings
BLLA - Bringing Global Attention To Boutique & Lifestyle Lodgings The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA) was established to collectively and individually address the needs of the niche boutique & lifestyle accommodation sector worldwide. Their mission is to celebrate and advance this thriving and exciting category within the hospitality industry . . . keep reading
Aweber - Email Marketing Services: Used By Marketing Tour Guide
Aweber - Email Marketing Services: Used By Marketing Tour Guide I use Aweber for all my email programs. Aweber is an email service provider, which means that they provide all the tools and templates for you to create and send your email campaigns. Using an email service makes it much easier for you to . . . keep reading
TripTelevision - Innovation In Viral Video Marketing
TripTelevision - Innovation In Viral Video Marketing TripTelevision steps ahead of traditional video presentation to provide tourism businesses with access to reasonably priced, professional video production services with a current and relevant approach to monetizing and distributing your video content on the internet. . . . keep reading
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