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Podcast Number 275 BUSINESS SEGMENT Grace Murray Hopper said, “A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” Setting goals is like setting a course to take your business out of its safe harbor and taking it to a new level – after all, that’s what business is for! Learn … Continue reading 275 – Taking Your Business to a New Level in 2011
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Podcast Number 273 Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button and use promo code: Podcast. BUSINESS SEGMENT Create a web page that helps your potential clients to know, like and trust you. Put lessons learned in a survey conducted by Tealeaf to use on your website. CO HOSTED SEGMENT Micco Godinez from Kayak … Continue reading 273 – Hawaii Kayak Adventures and Web Pages That Grab Clients
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Podcast Number 272 Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button and use promo code: Podcast. BUSINESS SEGMENT Keeping track of things to do is a challenge for the busy person. Barry has tried several online task management programs and found many lacking in one way or another. There is one task management program … Continue reading 272 – Giving, Getting Things Done and a New Travel Market
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Podcast Number 269 Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free. Marketing on Twitter and Facebook is all the buzz today. In fact, we’ve been a part of that buzz here on the Home Based Travel Agent Show. However, there is an old, tried and true marketing method that shouldn’t be … Continue reading 269 – Boost Your Business With Direct Marketing – Here’s How!
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Podcast Number 264 Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free. The North Coast Mac Users’ Group is holding their annual Mac Computer Expo on October 2, 2010. Lorene is the event manager for the Expo and Barry is heading to California to attend the event. In this show Barry and … Continue reading 264 – Free Learning Opportunities at the Mac Computer Expo
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Podcast Number 263 Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free. This show is full of tips and ideas about how to market your travel business. Barry is in Chicago for a long weekend and Lorene is off on an adventure therefore the co-hosted segment is a repeat of the show … Continue reading 263 – Marketing Your Travel Business, “The Idea Machine!”
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Podcast Number 260 Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free. Stephanie Lee and Martin Bell join Lorene and Barry to talk about free educational opportunities for travel agents. Stephanie’s host agency company, Travel Quest is sponsoring several free webinars about how travel agents can use social media to improve their … Continue reading 260 – Free Webinars for Travel Agents to Learn All About Social Media
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Podcast Number 257 Join the fun with Lorene Romero, Gary Ebels and Barry Kantz as they discuss social media resources for the travel agent. Barry describes Over The Top TV and how that is a resource for travel agents. Gary gives us a peek at Twitter and software such as Tweet Deck to search and … Continue reading 257 – Travel Agent Social Media Resources
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Podcast Number 256 Happy Birthday United States Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free. Gary Ebels joins Lorene and Barry for a round table discussion about using technology in the travel business. We talk about how to share information with your clients using Evernote. We also discuss Frommer’s travel … Continue reading 256 – Travel Technology Round Table With Gary Ebels, Lorene and Barry
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Podcast Number 255 Lorene recently worked with a client who was nervous about booking travel with someone she never met. With the help of the client’s son, Lorene was able to build the client’s trust with the aid of technology. Listen in and learn how Lorene connected with this client. Sponsor: Hold your meetings online … Continue reading 255 – Is Technology Really Helping You Connect With Clients?