 6.
Past, Present and Future Trends of Marketing Your Tourism Operation Online
Is your web site keeping current with consumers' expectations?
Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert and the author of 5 Internet marketing
books including 101 Ways
to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will review the life cycle of tourism
web sites - the past, present and future. This session is a must for all
tourism industry professionals who want to know how their site measures
up, what they have to do to catch up and what they have to prepare for in
the future.
7. Online Mail List Marketing
- Reaching Potential Customers
Publicly accessible mail lists, private mail lists,
bulk mail lists, direct mail lists, discussion lists·the mail list
world can be very confusing but once you have it figured out and a strategy
in place, mail list marketing will provide you with a steady stream of
targeted traffic to your web site. Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert
and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will provide all the answers. She will
walk you through the many types of mail lists, identify appropriate and
inappropriate mail list marketing opportunities, and provide you with
tips, tools, techniques and resources to capitalize on this amazing opportunity
to reach thousands of your potential customers online, on a regular basis.

8. You've got Mail
According to Cyber Atlas there are 435 million active
e-mail accounts in the world. E-mail is fast becoming the most common
form of communication with existing and prospective customers. However,
it is amazing how many people don't use this communication tool as effectively
as they could. Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert and the author
of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site,
Internet Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will provide you with tips, tools,
techniques and resources to ensure your e-mail makes the connection. Attend
this session and learn about signature files, BCC, e-mail etiquette, junk
e-mail solutions, e-mail format, HTML e-mail issues, permission marketing
and many other issues.

9. Maximizing Media Relations
Online
Developing an online media strategy for your tourism
operation can be extremely effective in building traffic to your site.
Interactive press release distribution can be done easily through building
the right media e-mail list or making use of one of the online press distribution
services available. Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert and the author
of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will show you strategies for successful
online media relations.

10. The Formula for E- business
Success
What is e-Business? Is your business ready for it?
Which e-Business model is right for your business? Susan Sweeney, Internet
marketing expert and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including
101 Ways to Promote
Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will walk you through her highly acclaimed
"formula for e-business success". This session will provide
you with the information you need to choose the right e-business solution,
develop the right web site, and then generate substantial traffic to your
Web site so you can achieve your online marketing goals.

11. Web Site Tune Up
How does your web site measure up? What is working
for you and what isn't? Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert and the
author of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will conduct a one-on-one review of
your web site with you. This personalized 15-20 minute critique of your
site will give you invaluable information and instant feedback from an
expert in the area of Internet marketing. You'll want to sign up early
to reserve your space with Susan.

12. E-Business Myths
& Realties
There are many myths and misconceptions relative to
web development, Internet marketing, e-business, your online presence,
and who's responsible for what online. Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing
expert and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will dispel these myths at the outset
and have a reality checklist for you to implement immediately. She will
discuss the more popular misconceptions and put you on the right course
for online success.

13. Search Engine Secrets
85% of Internet users doing their travel research online
use search engines. Most rarely go beyond the first 10-20 results listed.
To benefit from this tremendous traffic opportunity you have to make sure
your site is designed to be search engine friendly, as each have their
own unique ranking criteria. Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert
and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will discuss the popular search engines
and their ranking criteria and will provide you with tips, tools, techniques
and resources to optimize your search engine placement.

14. Keep 'em Coming Back
Just as you want clients to visit your tourism operation
frequently, you want clients and potential customers to make return visits
to your web site. There are many minor, yet important details that will
spice up your web site to encourage repeat traffic. After all, the more
frequently someone visits your web site the more likely they are to do
business with you. Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert and the author
of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site,
Internet Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will provide you with tips, tools,
techniques and resources to get visitors to return to your site again
and again.

15. Internet Marketing
for Destination Marketing Organizations
The key to online success is in understanding - knowledge
truly is power on the Internet. What web site elements are important for
destination marketers? How can destination marketing organizations reach
their target markets online and leverage their site traffic? How do you
know what's working and what's not? Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing
expert and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will guide you through these questions
and provide you with the powerful knowledge you need to achieve your online
marketing objectives. Learn new idea and strategies while refining your
area of expertise. Don't miss this targeted educational seminar designed
for destination marketing professionals.

16. Developing your Speaker
Web Site
Kick-start your career as a professional speaker by
following Susan's A-Z's - from getting started to putting a customized
web marketing strategy in place. Any speaker, whether advanced or beginning,
will find this cutting edge information invaluable to building and increasing
momentum in their business. Susan Sweeney is an Internet marketing expert
and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, The
e-Business Formula for Success and Going
For Gold. Going For Gold provides online and offline tips, tools,
techniques and resources to grow your speaking business.

17. Internet Marketing for
the Tourism Industry Bootcamp
The Internet Marketing and e-Business educational experience
for the Tourism Industry. Knowledge is power - exponentially increase
yours by attending this comprehensive, intensive two-day bootcamp! Marketing
managers, webmasters, tourism operators, new media professionals, destination
marketers, consultants, and others involved with marketing tourism businesses
online will find this course invaluable in creating a dynamite web site
and developing their Internet marketing strategies. The Bootcamp binder
alone is worth the cost of this course. Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing
expert and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including 101
Ways to Promote Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success will be the lead professional in this
program. Susan and other experts in the industry will provide you with
the necessary education and skills to take advantage of business opportunities
online.

18. Executive Retreats
With the ever-changing face of business as we know
it and the huge implications the Internet has on doing business worldwide,
it is sometimes difficult for those with so much responsibility to keep
on top of new developments in the online world. Susan Sweeney, Internet
marketing expert and the author of 5 Internet marketing books including
101 Ways to Promote
Your Web Site, Internet
Marketing for Your Tourism Business and The
e-Business Formula for Success is available for Executive Retreats.
Let Susan dispel the myths and explain the methodologies behind Internet
marketing and e-business in this informal and easy to understand seminar
targeted toward those in executive positions.


19. Partnering
There is a tremendous opportunity in partnering with non-competing organizations
who have the same target market to achieve a much broader reach and exposure
at a proportion of the usual cost. Susan will walk you through a number
of different examples of fantastic partnering opportunities you can implement
and assist you in identifying opportunities that your organization may
be able to employ to achieve your objectives. 1 + 1 = 5
20. Revenue
Generation and Member Benefits for CVB and DMOs
Everybody is being hit with having to do more with less, declining
budgets and looking for dollars to purchase the necessary tools and resources
to do their online marketing effectively. DMO sites have to balance member
benefits and revenue generation. Hotels and attractions should ensure
they take full advantage of DMO site opportunities given their targeted
traffic. For this session Susan has done comprehensive research on travel
and tourism web sites worldwide and will provide you with ideas and examples
so that you can make your DMO site a great one for revenue generation
but also one that provides great benefits and exposure for your members.
Hotels and attractions will see how to get the most benefit from participating
with DMO sites.
21. Mail List Marketing
Permission based marketing
is critically important for today’s online marketing activity. There are
many ways to build your database through permission based marketing – newsletters, coupons, specials just to name a few. Susan will walk you
through the process of acquiring mail list members through implementation
of permission and viral marketing opportunities, e-CRM and data mining
and will discuss formatting and techniques to improve you conversion ratio.
Call today
to schedule professional speaker Susan Sweeney for
your next keynote, seminar, conference or workshop!
Contact Susan
susan@susansweeney.com
Susan Sweeney.
134 Ridge Avenue
Waverley, Nova Scotia
B2R 1G4, Canada
Tel: 888.274.0537
Tel: 902.468.2578
Fax: 902.860.4468
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