SETTING THE SCENE #TwitterTips4Tourism

SETTING THE SCENE #TwitterTips4Tourism

TWITTER TIPS 4 TOURISM - SETTING THE SCENE A Podcast About How To Use Twitter To Market Your Tourism Brand.   In this episode Keith Keller (@KeithKeller) & Tracey Gayner (@AskGadgetGirl) start by “SETTING THE SCENE” for their upcoming podcast series “TWITTER TIPS 4 TOURISM”       Keith Keller: Hey guys, it’s Keith Keller here in Melbourne, Australia and we’re starting a brand new podcast today Twitter Tips 4 Tourism - it’s a new 10 part series, there may be more, but at this stage it’s going to be ten part.  We’re talking about the idea of using Twitter to build your tourism brand, whether you live in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Cuba, the Philippines, wherever you are in the world. Twitter is thumping it at the moment, 310 million people on Twitter using it regularly.  I’m here with my very, very, very good friend Ask Gadget Girl in Auckland, New Zealand.  How you doing Tracey? Tracey Gayner: Kia ora Keith, how are you? Keith: Very good, I’m look I’m really excited about this, I’m really excited about the fact that we’re doing some videos down the track, we’ve got an ebook coming out.  I’m doing gigs in New Zealand next week, we got all these new adventures coming around the world and a lot of people have been asking me this question:   How do I use Twitter to promote my tourism brand?   I’m going to talk a little bit about this today.  Do you want to tell me what you’re doing with your Twitter account and how you’re using it? and then we’ll throw it...
SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWCASE (NZ)

SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWCASE (NZ)

SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWCASE Some Highlights By Guest Blogger Courtney Crawford     www.QueenstownToKaikoura.com PERCEPTIONS BEFORE THE CONFERENCE   Growing up in the 21st Century, I never really gave much thought to the sudden adaptation to new technology as it went from brick phone used solely for ringing landlines and any other “mobile” phones… at best, texting and the snake game became available. To the modern day technology like the go-pro, the Samsung S7, the I-phone 5S and software apps that can be used on computers and mobile phones. Technology constantly seems to change from a monthly to a yearly basis on a variety forms of hardware and software. The onslaught of what is available can almost seem to be overwhelming. And because of this, it has become the social norm to take each change in stride as it occurs and adopt it to how we use the technology without giving much thought in how we can strategically use social media for the sake of innovation and reaching out to other communities or organisations. There seems to be a broad general understanding of the purpose behind Facebook, Instagram, twitter, YouTube, and snapchat as we have been left to figure out how the technology and social media operates on our own. Even with the curiosity of learning how to use all of the new technology and social media platforms; they have been designed to allow users to embrace it to meet the user’s needs and interests. As a result of this, users such as myself, have ended up using Facebook, twitter and Instagram as a form of personal gallery to share our...