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At IMEG, we have been working with local government and other organizations to provide services, data and insights to help solve some of the problems problems with housing, communication, PR and marketing. We wanted to share this data with you to help our local businesses and community receive insights on the market. Read More »
Did the 2016 Presidential Campaigns Prove the Importance of Digital vs. Traditional Marketing?
Digital Marketing Investments Through October Both candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton invested millions of dollars into their marketing campaigns throughout the 2016 presidential race. How much of that budget was invested in digital marketing? According to reports by Bloomberg, Trump’s campaign invested 59 million dollars into digital and Clinton’s campaign invested 17 million. Bringing the difference in Read More »
OTAs can grow your business by generating bookings with your brand by driving traffic to their sites like Expedia.com, Orbitz.com, Hotels.com and Booking.com. In return for their booking production, they charge you 15% – 25%. Good or bad deal? Read More »
Since February 2000, TripAdvisor has grown at an astonishing rate. Now, the world’s largest travel site brings in over 170 million reviews related to hotels, vacation rentals, attractions and restaurants. Averaging nearly 280 million unique visitors each month, it’s safe to say a brand’s presence on the site is comparable to the importance of the Read More »
Data is everywhere, and, most likely, the data that businesses have stored about you have led to your transactions with them. This is not a bad thing, it just means businesses know more about us as consumers and what we value. This leaves less friction B2C and higher conversion rates, growing revenue at an optimal Read More »
The History Of Loyalty Programs Large flag hotels like Holiday Inn and Marriott have been implementing their loyalty programs since the early 1980s, not long after American Airlines launched AAdvantage in 1981. Since the creation of these strategies, these companies have continued to evaluate and refine their approach to produce the best return on investment. Read More »
In late August 2016, Google announced they will lower the ranking of websites using intrusive pop-ups and interstitials starting on January 10, 2017. We have compiled some helpful information for our clients running our SASS Capture. We want to make sure you understand the details and how to handle this. Read More »
Hashtags are widely used on many social platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and more. In the research I have done at IMEG, we have found that hashtags on Facebook are not a good idea. Hashtags, at the core use, is for discoverability. On channels like Instagram, it’s the only way to really discover anything, so Read More »
Reputation is one of the most vital variables to success in the travel and tourism industry. Hotel brands that understand the importance of what their guests are saying about them have shifted to using custom-built tools to handle the volume of reviews that are written across the internet on sites like Expedia, TripAdvisor, Google, Booking.com, Read More »
Expedia’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, was interviewed by Bloomberg’s Alex Steel and Scarlet Fu on May 11, 2016 (click here to see full interview). He spoke about the incredible growth his company has seen this quarter at 37% in room nights booked. He went on to talk about how important execution and innovation has been in Read More »