Belize Tour Operator Online Travel Marketing Tips Tourism Business Video
Back in the early Laura Howard wanted to combine your passion for archeology, knowledge of cool Maya ruins sites in Belize and a desire to create sustainable economic development with the poor locals she had met in these beautiful places.
She learned where the best Mayan sites were and thought it would be really cool to get paid to bring other people to see the amazing places.
She also wanted to be self-employed and needed to make a decent living. The thought of working for someone else, commuting or having to spend time in an office all day was not appealing.
Check out the founder of Beyond Touring Inc., part II video interview with Laura Howard to understand the highs, lows and breakthrough that helped her create her own business getting paid doing what she loves.
Laura gets over 90% of her new customers from her online marketing and website.
Laura loves what she does and shares her online tourism marketing advice.
Cool thing is Laura started in 2000 and grew her business with little initial business, marketing or sales experience. Oh and by the way, the economy hasn’t helped her. In spite if this, business continues to grow. Watch. Learn. Prosper.
Highlights include:
- Laura’s top suggestions to start & grow your tourism business
- How to overcome frustration and be empowered in your travel website and online marketing
- Philanthropic travel: How doing good, sells more travel
- How to increase repeat business & groups
- Laura’s recommendation on learning about Tourism Internet Marketing
- New Trends in Tourism Social Media Marketing – DO NOT get left behind
- And Much More.
Laura Howard runs her family-owned small tour company that provides ecotours in Belize.
Learning is earning.
Upcoming Episodes Tourism Marketing Success Series Interviews
Look for a upcoming video interview early next week with Nancy Prichard Mertz who was a sea kayak guide, fell in love with fellow guide Terry Prichard and started a sea kayak company. They struggled at first, but made some business and marketing changes. This increased their inquiries and sales, and now they run a great tour company doing what they both love.
The business outlook is so good for Terry and Nancy, that they’ve just expanded into Patagonia. Way to go!
Please share this video and posting with associates and Facebook Like and Google +1 this. Thanks, Tourism Tim
What an articulate and vibrant guest you had in Laura. Great choice! I looked at her site. I noted some key points in my “to do” document. Thanks Tim.
Jack
Thanks Jack! It was a pleasure to meet you via email, we’ll talk in the next few days! Boy was Tim spot on when he said how important it is to network and pull ourselves together. Thanks Tim! Laura
That is so cool Laura you are connecting with Jack a fellow tour operator in Florida..
We have so much to give each other in knowledge, experience, inspiration and actual win/win business.
I really encourage all current – AND FUTURE – tourism professionals to reach out and connect with other, learn and help each other. We are truly all in this amazing life-enhancing tourism world together.
To your success, Tourism Tim
PS Wait till you see some of the upcoming tip-filled interviews with more successful and award-winning tourism pros. Watch. Learn. Prosper.
Iam very happy to be in the programme ,today i would like to introduce my question to you ,is better to have a website which can be holding the pictures which are naturally in colour?i am forwading my question to have more ideas.
Thanks Gerald. Yes I advise great color photos with Happy Customers engaged in the activity, or lodging you provide. This is a subtle “social proof” that re-enforces the desire our prospects have to take their dream vacation, and that others have used your tour before.
Video Sells Travel Even Better
Even better, use video of with happy customer enthusiastically sharing what an incredible time they are having. This really helps convert travel shoppers into solid travel prospects and buyers.
Keep up the good work. Let me know your #1 travel website marketing question which will help me in my new tourism marketing system on I have been working on for over a year.
To your success, Tourism Tim
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