You owe it to yourself and your business to check out the assortment of FREE Google Tools.
Trade up from your old NB Tel email with it's limitations and sign up for a free GMAIL email account. Lots of storage, ability to receive and send lots of attachments. Lots of valuable user names left.
Which do you imagine is easier for a consumer to remember "nb.nbnet.com" or "gmail.com", or even "hotmail.com"? Especially if they are coming from outside New Brunswick! And that goes double for "nb.aibn.com" - lots of opportunity for typos with that one.
Embed a GOOGLE CALENDAR into your site. If your operation depends on the tides or a certain departure time, enter that data into a Google Calendar - a benefit of your new Gmail email account - and then publish it to your website. Or have your developer help you embed the code into your website. Google provides the code!
Setup GOOGLE ANALYTICS on your website. The easiest and most informative website statistics package out there - and it's free! Google provides the code and you get your developer to insert it on your website. You can configure it to send you weekly reports to your email account - and since you're now using Gmail you can keep weeks worth of reports.
And that's not all.
There is plenty of freeware out there that can make you more efficient and put more information about your tourism operation into the hands of the online consumer.
Check it out at http://www.google.ca/intl/en/options/
Regards,
Beth
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Paperless Hotel
Given that I work in the technology field I thought this article from a recent travle mole newsletter was very interesting...
Fontainebleau announces first (almost) paperless hotel
When it opens this fall, the famous Fontainebleau Resort’s $1 billion makeover will include what it is calling the first paperless hotel room -- with one exception.
With an Apple iFB system, guests at the famed Miami hotel that has deteriorated in recent years are given a personalized introduction screen with their names and the weather and other information. From there, they can access local information, dining and entertainment options, recreation and relaxation suggestions and, of course, the Internet.
This new in-room computer system allows for Fontainebleau to cut back on half a million newspapers every year, according to the company.
One paper product remains, however. That is what you usually find in the bathrooms.
The new technology will debut later this year at the grand re-opening of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach and in the forthcoming Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a $2.9 billion, 63-story destination resort and entertainment complex set for opening in 2009. Report by David Wilkening
Fontainebleau announces first (almost) paperless hotel
When it opens this fall, the famous Fontainebleau Resort’s $1 billion makeover will include what it is calling the first paperless hotel room -- with one exception.
With an Apple iFB system, guests at the famed Miami hotel that has deteriorated in recent years are given a personalized introduction screen with their names and the weather and other information. From there, they can access local information, dining and entertainment options, recreation and relaxation suggestions and, of course, the Internet.
This new in-room computer system allows for Fontainebleau to cut back on half a million newspapers every year, according to the company.
One paper product remains, however. That is what you usually find in the bathrooms.
The new technology will debut later this year at the grand re-opening of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach and in the forthcoming Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a $2.9 billion, 63-story destination resort and entertainment complex set for opening in 2009. Report by David Wilkening
Monday, June 2, 2008
Bay of Fundy Blog gets national attention
In case you haven't heard the Bay of Fundy blog is a hot one.
Manged by Terri McCulloch, it is written honestly and sincerely and brings national attention to the Bay of Fundy region.
Check out the latest news paper article at http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1059317.html
This proves that any business can establish a successful online presence for free !
Beth
Manged by Terri McCulloch, it is written honestly and sincerely and brings national attention to the Bay of Fundy region.
Check out the latest news paper article at http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1059317.html
This proves that any business can establish a successful online presence for free !
Beth
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Google Maps - get on there!
Greetings,
During the sessions that I conducted in 2007 there were several companies who remarked that when they searched Google Maps for their location, the results were not correct.
The source of Google maps is a company called NAVTEQ
http://www.navteq.com/
On the NAVTEQ website is a feature called Map Reporter, it lets you submit what may be errors in the map (either street names or postal codes etc).
I gather that if we all get together and start submitting errors that will result in review of the entire provincal map, which benefits us all.
On a separate note if you go to the start page for Google Maps, in the bottom left corner is a link to "Add or Edit your business". It only takes a minute to set up a google business account and that will definitely aid in getting better google map results.
I hope that you find this information useful, and please feel free to pass it along to others who may benefit.
Regards,
Beth
During the sessions that I conducted in 2007 there were several companies who remarked that when they searched Google Maps for their location, the results were not correct.
The source of Google maps is a company called NAVTEQ
http://www.navteq.com/
On the NAVTEQ website is a feature called Map Reporter, it lets you submit what may be errors in the map (either street names or postal codes etc).
I gather that if we all get together and start submitting errors that will result in review of the entire provincal map, which benefits us all.
On a separate note if you go to the start page for Google Maps, in the bottom left corner is a link to "Add or Edit your business". It only takes a minute to set up a google business account and that will definitely aid in getting better google map results.
I hope that you find this information useful, and please feel free to pass it along to others who may benefit.
Regards,
Beth
Friday, May 23, 2008
My first post
Greetings,
I've created this blog to show you just how easy it is.
And like my Technicial Resource counterparts in the four other Atlantic provinces, I'll be posting online facts and figures, tips and tricks, and general overall web knowledge.
Like the title says "We specialize in helping tourism operators" understand the need for an internet presence. We demystify the process. We show you what can be done this year, and what you should plan to do next year as well. We fill you in on how to measure the success of your online investment. And hopefully we have a little fun too!
See you out there,
Beth
I've created this blog to show you just how easy it is.
And like my Technicial Resource counterparts in the four other Atlantic provinces, I'll be posting online facts and figures, tips and tricks, and general overall web knowledge.
Like the title says "We specialize in helping tourism operators" understand the need for an internet presence. We demystify the process. We show you what can be done this year, and what you should plan to do next year as well. We fill you in on how to measure the success of your online investment. And hopefully we have a little fun too!
See you out there,
Beth
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