by justasmalltowngirl | Sep 4, 2012 | Social Media
One of the best parts of social media is listening. BUT, there are plenty of social media participants who aren’t listening. I had a super experience a couple of weeks ago when someone listened (along with a whole bunch of other people) and it was such a nice... 
by justasmalltowngirl | May 4, 2012 | Marketing, Social Media
Have you heard of Tourism Currents, where tourism and hospitality professionals learn to market using social media? If you’re involved with a destination marketing organization (DMO), convention and visitor bureau (CVB), chamber of commerce, resort association or... ![Are You Social Media Snappish?]()
by justasmalltowngirl | Feb 21, 2012 | Marketing, Social Media
What draws you to social media? Is it the conversation, the links to articles, is it that most people enjoy each other and are generally happy to be posting? A goal most of us have with social media is to stand out for providing value to our friends and followers.... 
by justasmalltowngirl | Jan 7, 2012 | Small Business, Social Media
When you have very little money to spend on marketing, you’re constantly trying to think up ways to stretch your reach. We had great help getting our Social Media program off the ground initially by asking others (tourists) to help us spread the word about events... 
by justasmalltowngirl | Dec 1, 2011 | Marketing, Social Media, TIPS
With social media as the common thread, all walks of social media life came together as thousands of individuals from small towns and big cities met in Los Angeles for 3 days at BlogWorld/New Media Expo in November. Billed as the largest new media... 
by justasmalltowngirl | Oct 7, 2011 | Marketing, Social Media
I remember leaving my high school campus during lunch and driving to the local A&W for their awesome corn dogs. I also remember very vividly the day the manager changed and the corn dogs became soggy. The high school crowd quickly stopped going there. Growing...