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@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Social Media
Marketing in
Tourism
Why,
How &
WIIFM
Sheila Scarborough
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
What We'll Talk About

Why social media matters

How to get started & be
successful

WIIFM (What's In It For Me?)
& how does the CVB fit in
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Why?
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Because
your market
is there!
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Americans spend more
time on social media than
volunteering, praying,
talking on the phone,
email or exercising.
Source: Forrester
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Of online adults surveyed:
67% use Facebook
20% use LinkedIn
16% use Twitter
15% use Pinterest
13% use Instagram
6% use Tumblr
Source: Pew Internet Research 2012
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Fastest-growing user demographic?
You're looking at it ....
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Social media users by age:
18 – 29 years: 83% use it
30 – 49 years: 77%
50 – 64 years: 52%
65+: 32%
Source: Pew Internet Research 2012
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Why social media?
Your traveler market uses
mobile devices for it
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Facebook will have
approximately 1.14 billion
monthly active mobile users by
2014.
486 million of those will only
access the network from their
mobile device.
Source: JP Morgan & BizReport.com
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
38% of leisure travelers use
mobile to access travel info
(up from 11% in 2010)
57% of business travelers use
mobile to access travel info
(up from 40% in 2010)
Source: Google Think Insights 2012
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
By 2016, 72m Americans will
research travel & 36m will book
travel on smartphones
Top OTA brand research shows
that between 60-70% of mobile
bookings are same-day
Source: Google Think Insights 2012
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Why social media?
SEO
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
How?
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
"If you know how to work
with customers
in person,
you know how to work
with customers online."
Becky McCray, Small Biz Survival
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
WIIFM
What's In It
For Me?
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
More word-of-
mouth marketing
More sales
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Free = kittens not beer
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
The marketing team....
CVB
Area attractions,
businesses & destinations
You
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
"The CVB gets visitors
to the destination, but
YOU have to get them
through your door."
Leslie McLellan, Just a Small Town Girl and the City of
San Jacinto, CA
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
To Do List
● Make sure the CVB knows about your
social media profiles
● Help them help you
● Support each other & give shout-outs!
● Tag on Facebook, link to them, use
their @name on Twitter
● Tell your customers where to find you on
social media, & talk to people there!
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Photo Credits
● Tiny frog (courtesy Anna Tesar at Flickr CC)
● Mobile travelers with tablet (courtesy
BJMcCray on Flickr CC)
● Visit Baton Rouge screenshot (courtesy Sarah
T. Page Consulting slides for Bastrop EDC)
● Free kittens not free beer (courtesy pinguino
at Flickr CC)
● All other screenshots & photos are my own
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents
Thank You!
Sheila Scarborough
Tourism Currents

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