Brace yourself, but having a group on Facebook of 40,000 members is not a social strategy. Either is 3,000 followers on Twitter. You may in fact be doing more damage than good. Do you actually know how your social networking is impacting your bottom line? Well you should. You also need to accept that your brand online is increasingly, only as strong or as weak, as the community it supports. This is something Simon Cowell (pictured) discovered with the X Factor vs. the the 'rage against machine community' in the race for the UK Christmas number-one slot. The community chose the top song in protest, leaving the X Factor/Cowell team red faced. So if this year you are to thrive you must have a comprehensive social media strategy. Full Story.
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TRAVELtech 2010 has just concluded. It was a great day attended by more than 260 Australian online industry leaders and a fantastic program.
Photos will be posted soon. Meanwhile, you can check out the 2010 speakers below.
- Justin Baird, Innovationist, Google Australia
- Shelley Beasley, Managing Director Pacific, Travelport
- Jeremy Bellinghausen, President, HotelClub.com
- Peter Beveridge, Chief Information Officer, Stella Travel Services
- John Bolakis, Director, SEO.com
- Andrew Burnes, CEO, AOT Travel
- Chris Chambers, Director - Digital Marketing, Tourism Queensland
- Ian Cumming, Founder, Travellr.com
- Barney Harford, President and CEO, Orbitz
- Mark Higginson, Director of Analytics, Nielsen Online
- Martin Kelly, Director, Travel Trends
- Kevin Lippy, co-Founder, Brokepacker.com
- Alan Long, Research Director, Experian Hitwise Asia Pacific
- Dan Lynn, Managing Director, Expedia Asia Pacific
- Rohan Lund, CEO, Yahoo!7
- Warren Livingstone, Founder, TheFanatics.com
- Robyn Nixon, GM Global sales and Marketing, Intrepid Travel
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