Comments on: Hotels, Meet Your New Sales Person: Consumer Generated Content http://blog.milestoneinternet.com/web-2/hotels-meet-your-new-sales-person-consumer-generated-content/ Milestone is a full-service internet marketing company for the hospitality and hotel industry, providing cutting-edge strategies for successful online promotions, marketing and website design. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: rcnick4 http://blog.milestoneinternet.com/web-2/hotels-meet-your-new-sales-person-consumer-generated-content/comment-page-1/#comment-16 rcnick4 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:39:13 +0000 http://www.hotelstohtmls.com/wordpress/?p=64#comment-16 Here is a suggestion or a challenge if you will. But before I go on, let me me first disclose that I work for <a href=<a href="http://www.tripconnect.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tripconnect.com</a>">TripConnect:</a><br /> <br /> Why not, as a hotelier, put to good online use your vast travel and local knowledge? One hears so much about hoteliers trying to influence reviews on popular travel sites by posing as guests. Instead, claim your online identity in a positive way. In invite you to do so on TripConnect by doing the following and following these rules:<br /> <br /> 1) Create your profile, and in your profile use your real name and clearly state your affiliation with your hotel<br /> 2) Do NOT write a review of your own hotel, but rather write reviews about your local area and attractions.<br /> 3) Respond to questions asked about your local area WITHOUT pushing your own hotel, but in the process do state your affiliation with your hotel<br /> 4) DO write about your personal travel experiences.<br /> 5) DO invite friends and guests to network with you online to exchange travel advice.<br /> <br /> By sharing your knowledge in an open and honest way and building community around your highly valuable knowledge, you will gain trust of travelers and business for your hotel! Here is a suggestion or a challenge if you will. But before I go on, let me me first disclose that I work for <a href=http://www.tripconnect.com">TripConnect:</a>

Why not, as a hotelier, put to good online use your vast travel and local knowledge? One hears so much about hoteliers trying to influence reviews on popular travel sites by posing as guests. Instead, claim your online identity in a positive way. In invite you to do so on TripConnect by doing the following and following these rules:

1) Create your profile, and in your profile use your real name and clearly state your affiliation with your hotel
2) Do NOT write a review of your own hotel, but rather write reviews about your local area and attractions.
3) Respond to questions asked about your local area WITHOUT pushing your own hotel, but in the process do state your affiliation with your hotel
4) DO write about your personal travel experiences.
5) DO invite friends and guests to network with you online to exchange travel advice.

By sharing your knowledge in an open and honest way and building community around your highly valuable knowledge, you will gain trust of travelers and business for your hotel!

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