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Oct. 19, 2012 Vol. 4, Issue 6

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EVENTS

MEMBER INFO

MEMBER BLOG

MOBILE APP!

Learn more about VisitNH's

Fan Benefit program and howyour business can be featuredon VisitNH's Facebook and

Twitter!

Tax-Free shopping is

News from the [email protected]

What a nice sight to see! Drive by the complex with North Country Dental, Stan and Dan Sports, Red JerseyCyclery and the MWV Children's Museum and enjoy their

festive decorating for the season!

Does anyone else have Fall Foliage pictures they would liketo share with us? Post them to our Facebook page or email

them to [email protected]!

NH DTTD is seekinginformation on "BlackFriday/cyber Monday" this fall for considerationto pitch to target outlets.We are looking for hotels offering travel packages, events,and activities highlighting Black Friday (the day afterThanksgiving, November 23rd) and Cyber Monday (on-linesales on Monday, November 26th).

Information Needed:Property/EventSpecials/Packages promoting "Black Friday/Cyber Monday"Property/Organization Phone Number/Website

MWVCC NEWS file:///C:/Users/webface/Desktop/MWVCC NEWS.html

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November's theme! Email TaiFreligh with packages andspecials your business isoffering and it could be

featured!

"Generation Y"To keep up with the youth in

our community, readfeatured on the third Wed. of

the month in The Conway Daily Sun!

How To Ensure Your News is

in the E-TravelerSend all PR, coupons, photos or

requests for inclusion in theE-Traveler prior to the 20th of the

month to be included!

Send all info [email protected]

[email protected]

Post your vacation specials and

events onwww.mtwashingtonvalley.org

and always keep your listingup-to-date. The E-Traveler alwayslinks back to your business' listing,

so it's important to keep it freshand accurate!

Images, if availableDeadline: Friday, October 19th, 2012 at 3pm. Email:Tai Frelighwith the "Hot Tips" in the subject line.

This is going to be an amazing Winter - we can just feel it!

Prepare early and be one of the first in line for theValley Ski Pass! With 5 punches to our beloved 7 Alpine SkiAreas and 6 Cross-Country Ski Centers, with added benefits

too, you will know you're a local with this pass!

Leadership MWV... is gearing up for its 6th and best year yet! If you have anemployee you think would make a great candidate for the

2013 program nominate them, or apply yourself !

Stop by the Chamber office and marvel at Angela Acone's,owner of, Creative Paint Inspirations mural of the

Mt. Washington Valley!

Member [email protected]


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Please welcome the following new members: Leila Rose, LLC, North Conway, NHMyDiscover.org, Peter Stone, North Conway, NHInspirational Ice, Josh Nylin, North Conway, NHTheMichael Mills Agency, Mike Corthell, Fryeburg, MEJudith Preston, Edu-Tours & Translation,Judith Stone-Preston, Ph.D., North Conway, NH NOW TAKE OUR MEMBER SCRAMBLE! You willbe entered to win a gift certificate for shopping in MtWashington Valley! FREE Benefits for Members AND their Employees:Member to Member Discounts Valley Ski & Golf Passes Mt Washington Valley RX Discount Card

The-ETraveler.com 149x114 pixel ad; $75 each or $600 /12 issues. Deadline 10/25 for 11/1Chamber Connections 200x200 pixel ad; $50 each - also one sponsorship left 600x100 pixel ad andhighlight at After Hours - $100 each. Deadline 10/12 for 10/18

Membership Orientations are back! Review your Chamber benefits and marketing opportunitiesand meet other members at an upcoming session from 10-noon, Nov. 8 or Jan. 10 at Granite StateCollege. Reserve your space today! Thanks to our sponsor, TD Bank.

Lodging [email protected]

The Lodging Summit November 7th

at theRed Jacket Mountain View Resort and Water Park.

Lodging properties are invited to


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send one participant free of charge. Tickets are $25 and $50 for exhibitors and includes lunch.

Reserve your spot by calling 603-355701 ext. 301This event is a "THINK TANK," where everybody in attendancehas the opportunity to join in the conversation, discuss issues, attend seminars and solve problems

facing us as a vacation destination and tourism-based economy. Click here to register

The next lodging committee meeting will take place on December 5th at 12pm. The host will beNordic Village Resort. If you would like to attend as a guest please email me. To review theminutes from our September 5th meeting click here.

Business [email protected]

MWV Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Dinner

Red Jacket Mountain View Resort & Water ParkTuesday, October 30, 2012

Very Limited Seating! Reserve your space now with Mary Seavey

603-356-5701 ext. 305 [email protected]

Schedule of Events

4:30 pm - Annual Meeting5:00 - 6:00 pm - Social Hour & Silent Auction

6:00 pm - Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Thank You Sponsors

DO SOME HOLIDAY SHOPPING NOW! Whether you're coming to dinner or not, EVERYONE is invited to the Chamber's Annual Meeting


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& Social Hour & Silent Auction at 4:30 p.m. at Red Jacket Mountain View Resort & Water Park. List of Silent Auction Prizes E-mail an early bid to [email protected]; please put Silent Auction Bid in the subjectline. Early Bids must be at least 30% of Value. If you're the high bidder at the conclusion of theauction, we'll contact you! For questions or to learn more about the event sponsorship opportunitiescontact [email protected]

SEO/SOCIAL MEDIA/PUBLIC RELATIONS

[email protected] [email protected]

Here are some Year-over-Year stats for 2012 vs. 2011

Pageviews (# of actual pages visited) was up by nearly 60,000 inSeptember to 383,796!# of pages viewed every day was up by almost 2,000 in Septemberto 12,793 pages/day.# of pages viewed per visitor was also up 2 to 7 pages per visit inSeptember.

This means they are finding more of what they like!

In September alone:Search Engines Displayed the Chamber's Website 60,000times for "Fryeburg Fair"

170 people clicked through to our site.Search Engines Displayed the Chamber's Website 18,000 times for "North Conway"

250 people clicked through to our site.Other notable Search Engine success stories:

Monkey Trunks: 3,500 impressionsFlower shop: 3,500 impressionsMt Washington: 5,500 impressionsConway Scenic Railroad: 2,500 impressions

Keep up the great work with sending us your stories, press releases and company events by emailing


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[email protected] Tech Teaching Moment: Content is Still King Much like spy vs. spy in MAD magazine, there are two schools of thought when it comes to Search EngineOptimization, "White Hat" and "Black Hat". The Black Hat mentality is aimed at trying to trick the searchengines into ranking them higher with subversive and typically misleading tactics. They are the reason you arriveat a website wholly different than what you expected when you click on a given link. White Hat SEO is focusedon building a website that serves the intended purpose and provides the visitor with the content they weresearching for in the first place.While there are certainly techniques that can and should be used to optimize your pages "behind the scenes",such as meta tags, inbound links and even cross-links, the content on the page itself carries a ton of weight.Making sure your website is filled with on-topic, keyword specific, compelling, quality and original contentshould be the primary objective on your SEO to-do list. Your visitors will appreciate it and the search engineswill reward you for it.

Thank you to all the lodging properties who have offered rooms andmeals for journalists visiting in November. The number of responses wehad from lodging far exceeded the number of media coming, but we nowhave a great list to call upon when additional media visit the Valley. I willbe contacting all lodging properties where media will be staying. If you donot hear that your property is hosting a journalist, please don't hold aroom. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Marti Mayne [email protected]. We hope you will keep your photos coming. Photos depicting snow andfoliage are used to update meteorologists on the changing weather in MtWashington Valley and help to promote the beauty of the Valley.Additionally, all photos sent to the chamber are posted on the MWVCC

Flickr page so potential visitors and media can discover the Valley well into the future. Photos are listed underCreative Commons licenses for unlimited commercial and personal use. We do this to help publicize the scenicbeauty and businesses in Mt Washington Valley. If, however, you or your business would like a more stringentuse license (limiting usage of the photo) we will simply assign a more stringent license to the photo(s). Pleasesimply let us know when photos are sent that you would prefer tighter usage of the photos. Click here to learnmore about the different attribution licenses on Flickr.

Media Coverage of Mt Washington Valley:Mark Butterfield's October 8th photos of snow atop Bretton Woods with foliage updates in Mt WashingtonValley were seen on Portland's WGME and WBZ plus NECN in Boston. A story about driving the Kanc was posted on BucketTripper.com by true supporters of MW Valley, Barbaraand Stillman Rogers. Driving on the Kanc is mentioned in this story about great fall foliage destinations on Huffington Post. Conway Scenic Railroad's photo highlighted a story about bargains during fall on SmarterTravel.com. EasternSlopes.com featured a number of college season pass deals from the Valley. Two Boston TV stations (WBZ and WHDH) included a photo of plowable snow on the Mt Washington AutoRoad on weather forecasts and then posted to Facebook and Twitter.


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