Social Media & Hotels:
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the untapped opportunity
August 2011
Prepared by
VisualAllianceMedia.com 813.943.6053
where their
customers spend time and right now, that’s on
the leading
Brands need to be
social networks 750 million
active users
490 million users
200 million users
120 million members
The average user has 130 friends on Facebook (wow, people are popular!)
People spend over
700 billion minutes per
month on Facebook
(that’s the equivalent of
1.3 million years!)
The average user
spends nearly 6
hours per month on
YouTube
Users send over 200 million tweets per day
There are over 3
million check-ins per
day on foursquare
Some leading brands
are doing this very successfully
Many smaller brands
and independent hotels could be missing an opportunity
A recent study by TravelClick, which surveyed some 600 hoteliers (both chains as well as independents) found that!
25% of those surveyed!are not leveraging social media as part of their overall marketing plan to increase occupancy and revenue. !
the playing field
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Social media is a useful tool for customer acquisition,
retention, and loyalty
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Social media gives you the opportunity to make every guest
feel like they are your
only guest!
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Social media gives you one more way
exclusive social offers to share
last minute specials and
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Social media enhances and differentiates your concierge services
and extends your customer service capabilities
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Social media can help you to
brand identity build
recognition and
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And perhaps most importantly: social media
can help you to reduce distressed inventory
and to increase RevPAR
A well-conceived social media strategy that is integrated with your overall marketing plan and effectively executed will!
impact your bottom line!!Itʼs about “Customers under your ComfortersTM”!
Visual Alliance Media is a leading interactive marketing agency
social media marketing specializing in
hotels | restaurants | sporting events | auto dealerships | colleges & universities
Our standard hotel package includes:!A branded Facebook Page (including a sweepstakes) and Twitter Profile, Foursquare, Ongoing Management, Engagement and !
Online Reputation Monitoring!
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