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10 Tips to Create Captivating Facebook Travel Ads

eMarketer forecasts that one-third of all display ad dollars will be spent on Facebook this year, so travel marketers can’t afford to sit on the sidelines. New to Facebook? Here […]

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5 free SEO tools to improve your hotel’s search engine performance

Despite Google’s relentless expansion of its advertising platforms, which have pushed organic search results further down the page, organic traffic still makes up most of a hotel’s online traffic and […]

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PPC For Hotels: How To Counter OTAs

If you’re a hotel that works with online travel agents (OTAs), you’ll be familiar with the battle of balancing your relationship with the OTAs and also driving enough sales directly. […]

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The hotelier’s ‘cheat sheet’ for being mobile friendly

In 2017, more people are searching the web on their phones than on a desktop computer, and are five times more likely to leave a website if it isn’t mobile-friendly. […]

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10 Search Marketing Trends Hotels Need to Know in 2017

The top search engine marketers in the world met over 3 days in Seattle to discuss and present current and future trends within the industry, covering everything from how to […]

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Negative SEO: 6 Little Things with a Big Impact on Your Hotel Website

Negative SEO is a term usually used to describe an attack on your website by a competitor to lower your SEO. This can take the shape of spammy links being […]

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What Travel Marketers need to know about Local Search and Mobile

Over the past decade, nothing has impacted travel buying more so than search and consumer access to mobile devices.  Now more than ever before, the customer buying journey has changed […]

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Is Your Hotel Showing Up in Local Search Results When it Matters

The local search marketplace is extremely competitive, making it important to ensure you’re using advanced local SEO tactics to compete for visibility to help drive qualified traffic and transactions. 46% […]

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Why 70% of Hotel Marketing is Out of Control

Flagged properties have surrendered control of their marketing. What happens if results are poor? Key Takeaways: 7 out of 10 hotels in the US are flagged, but the brand’s national […]

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Is Organic Search Dead For Hotels ?

As the movie character Ferris Bueller once famously said: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it“. Now I […]

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