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~Promoting Maine Tourism~ Maine Day Trip’s Blog and Social Media

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Norm Forgey from Maine Day Trip shared with SMBME how he uses social media and his blog to promote his services and the state of Maine.

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Page 1: Promoting Maine Tourism

~Promoting Maine Tourism~ Maine Day Trip’s

Blog and Social Media

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Background

Maine Day Trip incorporated 2007

Joined Convention & Visitor Bureau

Joined Chamber of Commerce

Joined Maine Tourism Association

Advertisements – Newspaper, Magazine

Maine Visitors Channel – 2 minute video

Launched web site MaineDayTrip.com

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2008

Maine Office of Tourism– Tourism Questionnaire

• 67% used the internet to plan their trip to Maine

• 82% used the internet to determine what to do

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2009

Value of Internet Marketing– Visitmaine.com

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Target Market

Cruise Ship Passengers– Travel Agents, Web Site, Visitor’s Bureau

Tourist and Corporate Visitors– Air– Amtrak– Bus

Hotel, Inns, B&B Guests

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Expanded Mkt

StartupNation.com– Winner Nov 2007

DayTripNation.com

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Blog – 3/2008

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Blog

Inform

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Blog

Photos

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Blog

Video

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Blog

Personal

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Social Media

LinkedIn – Norman Forgey

Facebook– Norm Forgey– Maine Day Trip

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Twitter

MaineDayTrip– Bio: Private sightseeing tours with Norm

Forgey's Maine Day Trip

DayTripNation– Bio: Add your state's favorite sightseeing

destinations!

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Next?

Value added tourist information

Customized tour pdf documents– Templates assembled based on requests– Blog like– Twitter like

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Norm Forgey

Maine Day Trip

110 Marginal Way #139

Portland, Maine 04101

207.838.5275

www.MaineDayTrip.com

[email protected]