Tourism Marketing TV Success Series Videos
I’ve got some good news and bad news… but then some great news!
Last week I asked you to share you top tourism website marketing questions and suggestion. There was lots of great questions and suggestions from global tour operators, travel agents, destinations, lodge and spa owners, guides and more.
That’s the goods news…
The bad news is too many of you are struggling, confused or down right frustrated about your tourism website and online marketing.
I know for fact (watch this video interview and see yourself ) that you can have a successful tourism business or career;
- even in a down economy
- even if you don’t understand technology
- even if you hate marketing
- even if you are new to the tourism industry
- even if you have been struggling
- even if you don’t have a lot of time
- even if you don’t have a lot of money
- even if you are in a 2nd or 3rd world country
- even if (you fill in your problem here )
How many of these tourism business and marketing question can you relate to that were posted by subscribers?
- how to can connect with more customers online?
- how to can connect with more tour operators online?
- If you are new in business, how to work with travel agents?
- How to increase sales in a down economy?
- Referrals are OK, but how to get more customers by our website?
- What’s the best way for a tour operator’s website from a small company in a small country in the third world to transmit in a credible manner that it is safe to buy a tour from us?
- Which are good companies or resources to find pay per lead contacts for an inbound tour operator?
- How to find professional travel web designer who can a company increase sales, profits & arrivals online.
- Fill in your question here…
So Here’s the Great News
Some of the best suggestions on how to increase your website sales and business success have come from watching what other successful tourism professional are doing.
That’s why I’ve decided one of the best way I can help you with your question or challenges is to interview successful tourism professionals on what works. Ask them your questions and get them to share their best tips and advice ( OK I throw some tips in too).
I am calling it the Tourism Marketing TV Success Series videos. The goal is to answer your questions, educate, inspire and support your success.
What Does Laura Think?
Meet Laura Howard who runs a family-owned small tour company to Belize who went from start up struggles to a successful business that combines her education, passion for travel and giving back. Laura gets over 90% of her new customers from her online marketing and website.
Watch part I of this interview. Laura loves what she does and shares her online tourism marketing advice.
Learning is earning. To your success, Tourism Tim
PS Look for part II and more video interviews over the next few week with a variety of people just like you in the global travel business and see how they have overcome challenges, are now making a great living doing what they love, and how you can too!
PPS 🙂 Please share this video and posting with associates and Facebook Like and Google +1 this. Thanks
I am a travel company based in the centre and the hub of tourism in Africa,Botswana; Maun.We have just introduced our website into the world of traveling ,being so we have not yet received any inquiries..Please can you assit .
Congratulations Thaboon on your new travel website to Botswana. Yes I can guide on how to increase inquiries and sales to your travel website.
The best way to improve your online marketing is to learn from others travel professionals who have been on the same challenging tourism marketing path as you.
So be sure to every watch video interviews coming over the next few weeks were about 6 different tourism professionals share their story’s of how they went from struggle to success and how their website and online marketing has been the major reason why they are getting more inquiries and sales conversions.
To your success, Tourism Tim
Tim from Travel Business Success and I completed the above interview recently, I suggest taking a look at this as it will provide you with some insight for your own tourism industry company.
My company, Beyond Touring operates tours in Belize with a grass-roots focus, and we did not start our business with a lot of capital (as Tim knows first hand). For small (and even large) business’s Tim has some great tips:
Google Adword Help:
https://www.travelbusinesssuccess.com/travel-advertising-success-with-google-adwords-show-1/
11 E-marketing Tips:
https://www.travelbusinesssuccess.com/travel-advertising-success-with-google-adwords-show-1/
Tourism Marketing Success Book:
https://www.travelbusinesssuccess.com/travel-advertising-success-with-google-adwords-show-1/
And there are many others that truly will help you improve your bottom line, I know they did and STILL DO mine….
Laura Howard, Beyond Touring Inc. http://www.beyondtouring.com
Meaningful BELIZE Travel
As a online marketing practitioner in the Belize market, I can attest that working your website focus and strategy with the ideas presented by Tim will get you far. Competing for travel dollars today is about defining your unique travel offering, capturing leads and communicating your resort’s value clearly, and providing an easy way for people to book reservations on your website in a safe, secure and familiar credit card process. Do these things and deliver remarkable guest experiences and you can’t help but grow your business.
Pay attention and get educated, 90% of what you need to do is easy to learn and takes merely effort to do. So do it!
Thanks Dan.
Wise words and universally true all over the world. If you travel website does not convert strangers into friends, and friends into customers over time, your website, and unfortunately your tourism business, will not survive…
Another online marketing webmaster just got my tourism marketing course and was blown away with what he learned.
He is so pumped up now he’s can’t wait to update and improve many site, based on what he learned from my course…
Keep me posted and let me know how I can support your success in Belize.
Best, Tourism Tim
PS You can get a hold of Laura with Beyond Touring Belize best by going direct to her 🙂