284 – Don’t Overlook Your Special Needs Clients Whether at Sea or on Land!

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Podcast Number 284 BUSINESS SEGMENT Increase you sales by finding opportunities to partner with other businesses in your area. CO HOSTED SEGMENT The Special Needs Group, also know as Special Needs At Sea, offers you the opportunity to expand your business to those who are challenged with a disability. Andrew Garnett explains how his company … Continue reading 284 – Don’t Overlook Your Special Needs Clients Whether at Sea or on Land! →

283 – NACTA The Travel Agent’s Water Cooler, Where You Go For Support and Education

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Podcast Number 283 BUSINESS SEGMENT Learn how to become a well known travel expert in your hometown. CO HOSTED SEGMENT Bob Duglin, the Director of Industry Relations for the National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA), joins Lorene and Barry in this week’s co-hosted segment. Bob talks about the many services NACTA offers the independent … Continue reading 283 – NACTA The Travel Agent’s Water Cooler, Where You Go For Support and Education →

282 – Explore the Vallarta Botanical Gardens With Lorene in Puerto Vallarta

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Podcast Number 282 BUSINESS SEGMENT What makes a great travel agent? It’s more than talking and convincing. It’s how you make your clients feel! CO HOSTED SEGMENT When Lorene traveled to Puerto Vallarta she took the opportunity to record a segment of the show on location. This week’s cohosted segment is focused on a destination … Continue reading 282 – Explore the Vallarta Botanical Gardens With Lorene in Puerto Vallarta →

281 – A Great Destination Resource and QR Codes for Your Business

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Podcast Number 281 BUSINESS SEGMENT What are QR codes and what do they mean for your business? These codes are popping up everywhere. You will find them on business cards, on stickers placed about anywhere, on products or anything else you can imagine. The big deal is when the QR code is scanned with a … Continue reading 281 – A Great Destination Resource and QR Codes for Your Business →

280 – Avoya Travel Leads to Increasing Your Business

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Podcast Number 280 BUSINESS SEGMENT Accept credit cards anywhere and at anytime with these new smart phone apps. Intuit, the company that owns Quickbooks is offering a free app and reader device for your smart phone to allow you to accept credit cards. Imagine closing your sale for a cruise and taking the deposit by … Continue reading 280 – Avoya Travel Leads to Increasing Your Business →

279 – Putting Together a Theme Cruise and Helping Your Clients Rave About You

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Podcast Number 279 BUSINESS SEGMENT Testimonials are great sales tools everyone should employ to drive business.  Don’t leave your client scratching their head about what to write when you ask them for a testimonial.  Bust through a client’s writer’s block by giving them a template to prompt them to write a winning testimonial for you. … Continue reading 279 – Putting Together a Theme Cruise and Helping Your Clients Rave About You →

278 – Reflections of a Travel Agent and What’s in a Name

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Podcast Number 278 BUSINESS SEGMENT Barry talks about how to organize and name the files on your computer.  The key is to organize and name your files so you can quickly locate them in the future.  Here are examples of the naming conventions Barry talks about in the show. Here is how I store Sara … Continue reading 278 – Reflections of a Travel Agent and What’s in a Name →

277 – The Chocolate Farm and Travel Agent Licensing

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Podcast Number 277 BUSINESS SEGMENT Do you need a license in your state to sell travel?  Barry tells you how to find out if you must obtain a license or register as a seller of travel. CO HOSTED SEGMENT Who wouldn’t want to visit a chocolate farm?  Will Lydgate from Steelgrass Farms joins Barry on … Continue reading 277 – The Chocolate Farm and Travel Agent Licensing →

276 – Branding Your Business and Viking Riverboat Cruises

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Podcast Number 276 BUSINESS SEGMENT Creating a brand for your business will help you gain business. Barry defines what a brand is and how you can create a brand for your travel business. CO HOSTED SEGMENT Mike Weldon from Viking Riverboat Cruise lines joins Lorene and Barry in the co-hosted segment of the show. Mike … Continue reading 276 – Branding Your Business and Viking Riverboat Cruises →

275 – Taking Your Business to a New Level in 2011

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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 →