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Every Bus and Tour Operator knows the value of getting your website listed highly on the search engines and this has driven the demand for companies to use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services.

So when developing the latest version of Tours for TravelManager we wanted to insure that your tours would get indexed quickly by the likes of Google and Bing. To do this we create static HTML pages dynamically, which basically means that rather than having the pages created via a database when the customer makes a request, the tour pages are performed. (This is a big deal for search engines in helping them read the pages and for creating nice search engine friendly URL’s).

For example:

1) Traditional Solutions usually create a URL like this:

www.mytourcompany.com/search?&232-REF0013a.php (No SEO value)

2) while Travelmanager creates URL’s like this:

www.mytourcompany.com/tours/city-sightseeing-tour-of-copenhagen.html (Clearly shows it’s a City Sightseeing tour in Copenhagen)

**This also helps search engines categorize your web pages and along with some other proven techniques for tags and image labels we’re seeing our customers website shoot up the search engines.

TravelManager-Tours-Automated-SEO

TravelManager Tours Automated Search Engine Optimization

Blog Post Update:

Here’s something nice that I thought I should update to this blog post regarding the channels used by Travel buyers…

Travel Buyer Channels

Travel Buyer Channels

Source  - “Consumer Response to Travel Site Performance” – PhoCusWright, Market Research

If you’re looking to drive more business in 2010, then Email and Search Marketing is what you should be looking at. In 2009 these two media we’re the top performing adverting channels and this trend is liable to increase with marketers increasing their investments in digital marketing channels.

Strongest performing advertising channels

Strongest performing advertising channels

Source: MarketingProfs

*If you’re operating a Bus or Motorcoach company, your website should be a top priority for 2010 to drive brand awareness and revenue.

Regards,

Eamonn

eamonn Trying to Market your Business? Email and Search Performed Best in 2009

Royal Coach Tours launched their new website today designed by uTrackWeb and powered by TravelManager. The website is search engine friendly, has a content management system, a live chat client and reinforces the quality of Royal Coach Tours with high quality photographs.

Royal Coach Tours - New Website

Royal Coach Tours - New Website

**The website uses the customizable TravelManager quotation widget to insure Royal Coach Tours customers get the highest level of customer service.

Just when you thought that you’d figured out search engines and pay-per-click advertisement the market is starting to change. Yep, you’ve heard it here 1st, all things that worked well in the past are not going to provide the same ROI into the future.

Like the smart companies that starting using Google Adwords ahead of their competition it’s time to another step forward by using social media to get in on the conversation with you potential customers.

Social Media Conversations

Social Media Conversations

**It’s no coincidence that Facebook has hit 300m+ users and a profit.

Regards,
Eamonn

**Here’s a great article that while applies to the Hotel industry is quite applicable with the Motor coach and tours industry: Future Trends

When presenting at industry conventions I have great conversations with Sales & Marketing managers looking to use services like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube to promote their businesses.

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They’re seeing a decreasing ROI on their traditional marketing media such as mailing Catalogues, Print Media and Television, which inevitably leads to questions like:

1)   How can we market ourselves more effectively with these new tools (Social Networks, Micro blogs etc)?

2)   How can we generate more sales?

The reality is they should be asking:

1)   How can we get our customers and prospective customers to talk and tell others about us?

2)   How can we be more responsive to our customers needs into the future?

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Over the coming months I’ve decided the best way forward is to create a real-time case study with weekly updates posted on the TravelManager Blog. The company we’ve decided to use is Irish Coaches, watch out for my post next week.

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Regards,

Eamonn