social media & tourism: market your main street

Becky McCraytourismcurrents.com/issapa

Social Media & Tourism:

Market YOUR Main Street

Main Street Photo

Walk down Main Street

Photo by Robert KeelingVia Illinois Tourism

How Leslie did it in Lake Arrowhead

Lake Arrowhead photos courtesy of Leslie McLellan

She asked her friends

She asked the audience

She asked the businesses

Was it enough?

Sell the destination first

An extra army of people

Generate ripples

Looking for champions

Locals

Business owners

Former locals

Frequent visitors

Family/land connections

Start with your list

Email list

Partners

Ask!

Website

Facebook Page

Newsletter

Newspaper columns

Where you find them

Be findable

Who ‘Likes’ you?

Search by geography

Facebook search

Twtrland

Statigram search

Know your story

Photo (CC) by Anne Hornyak on Flickr

Write it outSummer 2009 suggested tweets from Leslie McLellan in Lake Arrowhead:

• Lake Arrowhead Wednesday Weekend Update is posted! http://bit.ly/10SOW0 VENICE plays Center Stage this Sat. night - Great weekend ahead!

• Come up and enjoy our "wild life" at Lake Arrowhead this wkend - http://ht.ly/24PbB

• Center Stage Concerts at Lake Arrowhead this weekend: Neil Diamond tribute-Friday, Common Sense (a So. Cal. favorite) reggae band on Sat.

• Oh my ~ See our gorgeous Lake Arrowhead weather at http://ht.ly/28n6S

• Lake Arrowhead Wkend update with concert schedule found here http://tinyurl.com/nw6wzz Takes a couple of minutes to load.....Sorry!

• For Lake Arrowhead lodging information visit http://ht.ly/2bQLX Come on up and cool off!

Publicize it

Teach others

Bonus: Finding Time for Social Media

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