226 – Tips, Tricks and Advice for the Traveler or for Your Clients

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Podcast Number 226 Lorene and Barry discuss advice and tips to give to your clients before they travel. The advice and tips may seem minor but could save your clients hundreds of dollars and hours of time. Lorene’s packing checklist which you can use or share with your clients. TRAVEL NEWS The world’s largest cruise ship … Continue reading 226 – Tips, Tricks and Advice for the Traveler or for Your Clients →

225 – A Las Vegas Adventure

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Podcast Number 225 The tables are turned in this show. Lorene interviews Barry about his recent trip to Las Vegas to attend the Blogworld and New Media Conference. The highlight of the trip was a helicopter trip into the Grand Canyon and a return trip that included a night flight above the Las Vegas Strip. … Continue reading 225 – A Las Vegas Adventure →

224 – How To Easily Power Up Your Sales Presentations With Video

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Podcast Number 224 Jon Jones from Lunar Parcel Media joins Barry and Lorene to talk about using video to convey the emotions that sell travel.  Jon provides tips and a general overview on how to make your own videos and turn them into powerful sales tools. Jon is developing a new website where you can … Continue reading 224 – How To Easily Power Up Your Sales Presentations With Video →

223 – Back to Basics, Starting a Home Based Travel Business

Business Practices, Fam Trips, Marketing, Training

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Podcast Number 223 This is a “Back to Basics” show where Barry gives a broad overview of what it takes to become a travel agent. Barry talks about setting up your business, host agencies, state licensing and insurance. Kelly Monaghan’s home study course to become a travel agent. Tom Ogg’s travel agent resource center TRAVEL … Continue reading 223 – Back to Basics, Starting a Home Based Travel Business →

222 – Employ an External Brain for Your Business and Personal Life

Business Practices, Business Tools

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Podcast Number 222 Have you ever longed for a way to store and easily retrieve all those minor and major details of life and business. On today’s show we talk about a free product that can become your external brain. Evernote can store handwritten notes, audio files, PDF documents, web pages, email, spreadsheets, word processing … Continue reading 222 – Employ an External Brain for Your Business and Personal Life →

221 – More Details About A Free Revolutionary Telephone System For Your Business

Alaska, Business Tools, Cruises, Disney

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Some commentators say Google Voice is set to revolutionize the way our business and personal telephones operate. Barry and Lorene go into some detail about the features of Google Voice and give you details how you can try the service. Travel News The Oasis of the Seas makes it debut this December Disney and Vancouver … Continue reading 221 – More Details About A Free Revolutionary Telephone System For Your Business →

220 – Social Networking for Your Travel Business

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Barry and Lorene talk about how Twitter and Facebook are used as tools to develop your business or use Twitter and Facebook to receive information from suppliers and destinations.  Lorene recommends the book, “The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web,” by Tamar Weinberg.  You can find the book at http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596156817/. Travel News The risk … Continue reading 220 – Social Networking for Your Travel Business →

219 – Bicycling, Vinyards and Mussaleta Sandwiches

Destinations, Tours

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Lorene and Barry continue to explore California’s wine country.  Sonoma County is where Lorene lives and she talks about some of the charming but little known places to visit in wine country.  This is a great area for clients who may have interests in bicycling, wine tasting, photography and the beautiful fall colors of the … Continue reading 219 – Bicycling, Vinyards and Mussaleta Sandwiches →

218 – The Yukon, Learn About the Adventures in the Great North

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Erin Deacon, marketing officer for the Americas joins the show to talk about the Yukon.  Erin’s enthusiasm for the Yukon comes through as she describes beauty and great adventures available in the Yukon.  Listen in and learn about a great place you can send clients for an adventure in the Great North. For additional information … Continue reading 218 – The Yukon, Learn About the Adventures in the Great North →

217 – Learn How You Can Make Sonoma County Wine Country A Client Destination

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Tim Zahner of the Sonoma, California Convention and Visitor’s Bureau join Barry and Lorene to talk about the many activities and sights for clients in Sonoma County.  Tim describes the hiking trails, water sports, redwood forests and wine country.  Tim and his team at the Sonoma County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau are ready to help … Continue reading 217 – Learn How You Can Make Sonoma County Wine Country A Client Destination →