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Powerful Social Media and it’s failing ad model

Here are some of the links I previously spoke about in regards to social media sites not being profitable.  I note, when people find that these sites are not profitable, I am often met with surprise in

Posted on 23, February 200910, May 2014 By Michael
  • Hospitality Marketing
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More Yelp Biz model ramblings… Summation with industry pro articles and comments

How Yelp works… a totally delusional, mindless, idiotic ramble that I choose to pull from the threads *there* to this site *here* for multiple reasons.  If you need to know the reasons, just make up

Posted on 23, February 200910, May 2014 By Michael
  • Hospitality Marketing

Positioning Web 2.0 – brand building, but save your money.

The Economist this week bolstered the internet ad model revenue stream as growing and potentially immune to downturn in this economy, in lieu of a failing print and standardized ad media. (you may need

Posted on 23, February 200910, May 2014 By Michael
  • Hospitality Marketing

Hotels as Pioneers (not), Technology, and Status Quo for social media

I have already experienced with a few hotels a blase attitude towards peer reviews because it is “simply a place for people to bitch”, or “whiner central”.  Many hotels have a wait and see attitude

Posted on 22, February 200917, January 2018 By Michael
  • Hospitality Marketing

Trip Advisor, validity to reviews, accessibility by ownership… and HALP!!!!

I have been thinking about the odd hypocrisy with some of these review sites… They want your money for advertising, but won’t do much to help you moderate untruthful reviews.  What’s more, I note

Posted on 20, February 200910, May 2014 By Michael

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