Comments on: How to use Twitter for tourism: fall foliage reports http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports Understanding tourism, travel and the social Web Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Perceptive Travel Blog » Blog Archive » Five places to see US fall foliage outside of New England http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Perceptive Travel Blog » Blog Archive » Five places to see US fall foliage outside of New England Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:34:58 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-355 [...] doing some research for my tourism blog about how to use photos from Twitter to update fall foliage reports, I found that there are a lot of places to be a happy leaf-peeper besides the US New England region [...] [...] doing some research for my tourism blog about how to use photos from Twitter to update fall foliage reports, I found that there are a lot of places to be a happy leaf-peeper besides the US New England region [...]

]]> By: Market to 3 Niche Groups Who Are Already Visiting Your Tourism Town this Fall. | ruraltourismmarketing.com http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Market to 3 Niche Groups Who Are Already Visiting Your Tourism Town this Fall. | ruraltourismmarketing.com Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:34:27 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-306 [...] on locations for peak color throughout the fall. Other areas use their Twitter sites. Check out Sheila’s Guide to Good Stuff to learn how areas are using Twitter to keep “leaf-peepers” updated on peak [...] [...] on locations for peak color throughout the fall. Other areas use their Twitter sites. Check out Sheila’s Guide to Good Stuff to learn how areas are using Twitter to keep “leaf-peepers” updated on peak [...]

]]> By: Maria Wygnal http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Maria Wygnal Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:42:37 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-304 Great article and I've enjoyed reading the comments!! This year, Michigan is getting fall color help from its fans, followers and others. We've found that people are already talking online so we are tuning into the fall conversations. Pure Michigan is playing a game of MI Spy this fall on its social media channels to enhance Fall Color Watch reports posted weekly to michigan.org: http://www.puremichiganblog.org/mispy/lets-play-a-game/ Glad that others are taking notice of this opportunity as well. Thanks for sharing!! Great article and I’ve enjoyed reading the comments!! This year, Michigan is getting fall color help from its fans, followers and others. We’ve found that people are already talking online so we are tuning into the fall conversations. Pure Michigan is playing a game of MI Spy this fall on its social media channels to enhance Fall Color Watch reports posted weekly to michigan.org:

http://www.puremichiganblog.org/mispy/lets-play-a-game/

Glad that others are taking notice of this opportunity as well. Thanks for sharing!!

]]> By: Sheila Scarborough http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Sheila Scarborough Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:45:58 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-303 Thanks, Stacey - good idea on the Flickr Group - I'm a big fan of those! And while you're here, thanks again for your Lane County input to the Oregon post in the 50 state series on my family travel blog. :) Thanks, Stacey – good idea on the Flickr Group – I’m a big fan of those!

And while you’re here, thanks again for your Lane County input to the Oregon post in the 50 state series on my family travel blog. :)

]]> By: Stacey Malstrom (@ORFallFoliage) http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Stacey Malstrom (@ORFallFoliage) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:41:56 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-302 Hi Sheila, Thanks for acknowledging our new fall foliage strategy in your post. We are getting our statewide contacts rallied for the upcoming season, so you should see much more great info from us in the weeks to come. We are also starting a group on Flickr for Oregon Fall Foliage and hope to embed a viewer on the blog once people start sharing their photos with us. Check it out: http://www.flickr.com/groups/oregonfallfoliage. In turning to these social media channels, we hope to build an enthusiastic and engaged leaf peeper community around Oregon Fall Foliage. Although we will maintain our current contacts throughout the state, we want to turn every traveler into an on-the-spot reporter. When in Oregon, feel free to share your adventures in the comments on the blog and by replying to @ORFallFoliage on Twitter. Thanks again, Stacey Malstrom, Tourism Public Relations Manager Travel Lane County Eugene, Cascades & Coast http://TravelLaneCounty.org http://OregonFallFoliage.com Hi Sheila,

Thanks for acknowledging our new fall foliage strategy in your post. We are getting our statewide contacts rallied for the upcoming season, so you should see much more great info from us in the weeks to come.

We are also starting a group on Flickr for Oregon Fall Foliage and hope to embed a viewer on the blog once people start sharing their photos with us. Check it out: http://www.flickr.com/groups/oregonfallfoliage.

In turning to these social media channels, we hope to build an enthusiastic and engaged leaf peeper community around Oregon Fall Foliage. Although we will maintain our current contacts throughout the state, we want to turn every traveler into an on-the-spot reporter. When in Oregon, feel free to share your adventures in the comments on the blog and by replying to @ORFallFoliage on Twitter.

Thanks again,
Stacey Malstrom, Tourism Public Relations Manager
Travel Lane County
Eugene, Cascades & Coast
http://TravelLaneCounty.org
http://OregonFallFoliage.com

]]> By: Sheila Scarborough http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Sheila Scarborough Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:39:08 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-300 Hi Jeff, You're doing great, putting the word out through multiple channels (forums, radio, Facebook, etc.) Keep an eye on the auto-posts; they can get annoying to those who follow you in two places and keep seeing the same stuff. IMHO better to personalize each, if you can. Are you on Flickr? I know that can be tricky for a pro photographer, but you may want to consider putting a few items up under a fairly loose Creative Commons license (or get "Yankee" to start a Group Pool for the magazine, if they don't already have one. Could be foliage-specific, or not.) Thanks so much for stopping by! Hi Jeff,

You’re doing great, putting the word out through multiple channels (forums, radio, Facebook, etc.) Keep an eye on the auto-posts; they can get annoying to those who follow you in two places and keep seeing the same stuff. IMHO better to personalize each, if you can.

Are you on Flickr? I know that can be tricky for a pro photographer, but you may want to consider putting a few items up under a fairly loose Creative Commons license (or get “Yankee” to start a Group Pool for the magazine, if they don’t already have one. Could be foliage-specific, or not.)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

]]> By: Jeff Foliage http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Jeff Foliage Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:49:37 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-299 Hi Sheila, I just found your blog citing my blog on Yankee Magazine's website. I use twitter already (http://twitter.com/Vistaphotos and http://twitter.com/Foliage_Reports) and as much as I can I transmit my current location and a photo via twitpic so folks can see what and where and when I'm seeing it. I also will post GPS coordinates and the page number from the Delorme Gazetteer. Yankee is also up on Facebook where folks can post questions and their own pics. http://www.facebook.com/YankeeFoliage Do you think I'm hitting it yet? or is there something else I could be doing? Jeff "Foliage" Folger Hi Sheila, I just found your blog citing my blog on Yankee Magazine’s website. I use twitter already (http://twitter.com/Vistaphotos and http://twitter.com/Foliage_Reports) and as much as I can I transmit my current location and a photo via twitpic so folks can see what and where and when I’m seeing it. I also will post GPS coordinates and the page number from the Delorme Gazetteer.

Yankee is also up on Facebook where folks can post questions and their own pics.
http://www.facebook.com/YankeeFoliage

Do you think I’m hitting it yet? or is there something else I could be doing?

Jeff “Foliage” Folger

]]> By: Sheila Scarborough http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Sheila Scarborough Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:12:05 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-298 Why, Andy, you magician, we plan to cover exactly that in an upcoming @TourismCurrents lesson. :) Why, Andy, you magician, we plan to cover exactly that in an upcoming @TourismCurrents lesson. :)

]]> By: Andy Hayes http://www.sheilasguide.com/2009/09/12/how-to-use-twitter-for-tourism-fall-foliage-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Andy Hayes Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:32:42 +0000 http://www.sheilasguide.com/?p=541#comment-297 Great idea - and it works for lots of things. Is there another seasonal event that requires timely info in your area - say, snow reports or waves for the surfers (for our antipodean readers)? Even if you're small, think big. Great idea – and it works for lots of things. Is there another seasonal event that requires timely info in your area – say, snow reports or waves for the surfers (for our antipodean readers)?

Even if you’re small, think big.

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