Posts Tagged ‘marketing’

1. Execution. You have to walk the talk. Every part of the guest experience has to be executed or no amount of external marketing will help your business grow. 2. Effective positioning. Who are you to your guests? Are you offering any differentiated value or are you just another commodity business in your market? 3. [...]

Q: Shouldn’t you use social platforms like TripAdvisor to market your business? A: No. You shouldn’t use a consumer platform (which is what social media sites are) for commercial messaging. Social platforms are not a multi-purpose business tool and any attempt to push messaging to them will be met with negative friction. FUQ: But can’t […]

Too many operators are focused on the media and not the social. The most effective way of communicating with Guests is at the point of experience by informed, engaging and empowered employees who share your values. Everything else is blatant advertising

Thinking in the aggregate about people born roughly 15 years apart is an inane exercise – a marketing construct of the dumbest order.

“…it becomes increasingly necessary for businesses to offer real value in the guest experiences by connecting with guests on a more social level at all touch points possible.”

Suffice it to say that there are many, many options based on the understanding and execution by the operator of what a strategic marketing plan will do for those slow times and the business overall.