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New tools for tourism businesses

By Becky McCray

Tourism businesses have an array of new tools. Today, I’m talking about those tools at the annual tourism conference of the Red Carpet Country tourism association.

When another speaker canceled at the last minute, Jeanne “OkieJ” Cole asked me to fill in. I put together these ideas to share.

Here are the links from the slides:  

Listings

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  • local.yahoo.com
  • www.tripatlas.com
  • www.tripadvisor.com

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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.
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October 28, 2008 Filed Under: marketing, tools, tourism Tagged With: review

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  1. Monica Tompkins says

    October 30, 2008 at 2:26 am

    I am so glad the other speaker canceled. I, for one, plan to dig-in to the tips and tools you suggested!

  2. Becky McCray says

    October 30, 2008 at 2:37 am

    Thank you, Monica! I’m so glad you were there, and found some value in it.

  3. Monica Tompkins says

    October 30, 2008 at 2:56 am

    I’ve been praising your many virtues today. Let’s see… my husband, the guy at the radio station, Woods County Economic Development, OK Dept of Commerce, the ag guy at Northwest Technology Center…
    Let’s face it – free and effective marketing is something to talk about.

  4. Becky McCray says

    October 30, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    Monica, I can’t thank you enough for such kind words. Thank you.

  5. mark_hayward says

    October 31, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    Hi Becky – thank you for the link!! :) There are so many (too many?) resources out there for small biz folks involved in tourism. The power of marketing our small properties/ventures really is in our hands…with Flickr, YouTube, etc all you need is some time and a willingness to be consistent.

  6. Becky McCray says

    October 31, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    Thanks, Mark. You set a great example with your Culebra blog.

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