The document provides guidance on using Twitter for tourism and LGBT travel marketing. It discusses setting goals and determining your voice and target audience on Twitter. Key recommendations include hosting events, creating dedicated profiles, and engaging with influencers to promote destinations to LGBT travelers. Metrics like followers, engagement, and website traffic are suggested for measuring Twitter marketing success.
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Intro to Twitter for Tourism
Set Your Voice/Content
Set Your Goals
Determine How Your Audience Uses Twitter
Outreach + Stand Out
Measure Success
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What and Why of Twitter
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Saying as much as you can...
140 characters at a time...
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• Sign up with a good name
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• Sign up with a good name
• Setup your profile
Link your website!
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• Sign up with a good name
• Setup your profile
• Start marking updates
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• Sign up with a good name
• Setup your profile
• Start marking updates
• Find people to follow
http://wefollow.com/twitter/lgbt
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• Sign up with a good name
• Setup your profile
• Start marking updates
• Find people to follow
Twitter Lists & Followers
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• Sign up with a good name
• Setup your profile
• Start marking updates
• Find people to follow
• Promote your account
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Anatomy of a Tweet
Click to Reply
How it was
Bookmark Click to Share
posted
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Don’t Get Lost in the Shuffle
The Hashtag #
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Don’t Get Lost in the Shuffle
The Hashtag #
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How Tourism Promoters Use Twitter
Announcements About Upcoming Local Events & News
Social Tweets 10%
Replies to Followers
Deals (Both Travel & Non-Travel)
Re-Tweets from Community Partners 13%
41%
15%
21%
Development Counsellors International (DCI)
http://www.ideahatching.com/2009/10/twitter-for-tourism/
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Networking + Customer Relationships
Answer Questions & Provide Customer Service
Make New Connections
Followers Might Already Have a Connection with You
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Determine Your Goals
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ROI
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“We’ve found that Twitter has been a great way for us to
connect on a more personal level with our employees and
customers. We use it to help build our brand, not drive direct
sales.
It’d be like asking how does providing a telephone number for
customer service translate into new business when they are
mostly non-sales-related calls.
In the long term, Twitter helps drive repeat customers and
word of mouth, but we’re not looking to it as a way of driving
immediate sales.”
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
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“A trusted referral is the
Holy Grail of advertising”
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
New word of mouth
An accessible company is a trustworthy company
Build Relationships
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Queries #1
• Connect with customers and potential customers
• Position yourself as the “go to” resource
• Have knowledgeable staff at the helm
• Create a blog post with FAQ, expand the conversation
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Make a Plan
• Create a schedule (Google Calendar, HootSuite scheduling)
• Have a content theme (#WineWednesday #TravelTuesday)
• Determine your voice, your audience
• Be prepared for engagement
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Start Free Then Invest
• Start with Twitter and other free tools
• Pay for “pro” upgrades once you’re familiar with the platform
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Determine Your Voice
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Determine Your Voice
• Who is updating? Identify team members
• Personality, character, authority?
• Be the expert on your region, community, brand
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Determine Your Voice
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Determine Your Voice
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Post to be Shared
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Post to be Shared
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Post to be Shared
3 big advantages of Twitter from Duct Tape Marketing
founder John Jantsch:
(1) I get great insight when I ask questions,
(2) let’s face it, I get traffic and
(3) people on Twitter spread my thoughts to new places
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Target Specifically
• What is your demographic looking for online?
• Reach out to influencers & their audiences
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Target Specifically
• What is your demographic looking for online?
• Reach out to influencers & their audiences
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Target Specifically
• What is your demographic looking for online?
• Reach out to influencers & their audiences
• Launch a social media campaign
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Target Specifically
• What is your demographic looking for online?
• Reach out to influencers & their audiences
• Launch a social media campaign
• Ask questions
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Stand Out to LGBT Travellers
http://www.radian6.com/blog/2012/06/pride-month-lgbt-travel-love/
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Twitter = Traffic
• @Miss604 Twitter use vs Miss604.com traffic 2008
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Twitter = Traffic
Companies that blog have 55% more traffic to their websites
Avg. Monthly Visits for Companies that Blog
Avg. Monthly Visits for Companies that Don’t Blog
1,480
2,250
http://imbuemarketing.com/2012/small-business-blogs-infographic/
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Stand Out to LGBT Travellers
• Offer a dedicated site and profile
http://www.tourismvancouver.com/vancouver/gay-friendly-vancouver/
http://www.visitseattle.org/Visitors/Discover/LGBT-Travel.aspx
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Stand Out to LGBT Travellers
• Offer a dedicated site and profile
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Stand Out to LGBT Travellers
• Offer a dedicated site and profile
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Stand Out to LGBT Travellers
• Sponsor, attend, or host a pride event
• Share photos and updates to Twitter (& social media accounts)
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Stand Out to LGBT Travellers
• Sponsor, attend, or host a pride event
• Share photos and updates to Twitter (& social media accounts)
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Stand Out to LGBT Travellers
• Learn about where LGBT hotspots are - you might have a property, flight,
vacation package, in or around it. Promote it with #LGBT & #GayTravel
http://www.radian6.com/blog/2012/06/pride-month-lgbt-travel-love/
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Be Relevant & Consistent
• Post year-round, post often
• Use HootSuite, Buffer, or other services to schedule posts
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Create a Guide for
Your City
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Create Your
Own
Twitter Lists
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Host a Contest
with Partner Blogs
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Go Back to Your Goals
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Go Back to Your Goals
• Engagement, conversations, followers, likes, re-tweets
• Track clicks with Short Links
• Track campaigns, keywords
• Google Analytics
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Go Back to Your Goals
• Engagement, conversations, followers, likes, re-tweets
• Track clicks with Short Links
• Track campaigns, keywords
• Google Analytics
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Go Back to Your Goals
• Engagement, conversations, followers, likes, re-tweets
• Track clicks with Short Links
• Track campaigns, keywords
• Google Analytics
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Go Back to Your Goals
• Engagement, conversations, followers, likes, re-tweets
• Track clicks with Short Links
• Track campaigns, keywords
• Google Analytics
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Go Back to Your Goals
• Engagement, conversations, followers, likes, re-tweets
• Track clicks with Short Links
• Track campaigns, keywords
• Google Analytics
Over the span of 12 days
More than 8,600 people visited the Facebook page
More than 18,000 times
Generating 1,600 new Facebook fans & increased fanbase 60%
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Have a Plan
Target Your Audience
Be Consistent
Engage