Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Links from Feb 2 class

Marginize


Just for fun....Wordle

Top Guest Video for Feb 9

Social Monitoring Follow up survey

Please take a look at the tools you HAVE NOT used...and decide which one you would buy. Click here to take survey

Groupon Social Shopping Business Model

Groupon vs. Google Offers

Groupon is widely known + widely used....but is it good for YOUR business?

Google tried to buy Groupon for 6 Billion dollars, but was refused. So they create Google Offers...an example here. News article here.

The question - should hotels use Google Offers?
  • Yes, why
  • No, why not

Class Exercise February 2 = Measuring Social Influence




Influence Marketing is a hot topic...but how can hotel marketers effectively use social influence?

The linked article lists 5 tools to measure social influence. Each team will examine 1 tool and 'influence' the class to buy their specific tool for use in a hotel.

Be sure to use in your pitch
  • How the tool can be used to increase brand awareness
  • How the hotel can be used to create service differentiation - for influencers
  • How the tool can be used to impact revenue
  • Why this tool is better than others, mentioned in the article
You have 30 minutes to prepare - the class will select which tool to 'buy' based on your pitch.

Put you pitch out in your blogs.

Social Influence Marketing