Interview: Megève Tourisme’s social media marketing
Our recent look at the Top 10 French Ski Resorts on Facebook showed Megève a long way in the lead with over 33,000 fans. We recently caught up with Jean Marc Seigneur, vice-president at Megève Tourisme to find out more about their approach to social media marketing. Is social media a key marketing tool for...
Why do chalet girls bake a cake every day?
Okay, not strictly anything to do with marketing, but just for fun… So why do chalet girls bake a cake every day? As far as I know chalets have always left out a cake for their guests to tuck into for ‘afternoon tea’. After a long day on the slopes, most skiers and snowboarders feel...
Free Helly Hansen stickers on Facebook
I liked this offer from Helly Hansen that I came across this week. Just ‘like’ the page to get some free stickers. It might not appeal to everyone, but something for nothing usually works, and will be winning them Facebook fans (they’re nearing 10,000). Like the page and it takes you through to a data...
Living Social’s brilliant London taxi campaign
I have to share this superb campaign by GroupOn competitor, Living Social. We’ve all seen the branded London black cabs, but the campaign normally stops with the outside of the vehicle. In this case, unsuspecting passengers were invited to make a choice — carry on to their original destination, or ‘roll the dice’ and go...
BUSC 2000
BUSC 2000 was the first of the modern BUSCs. Organised by Manchester Metropolitan University (or was it still a polytechnic back then?), the committee took a business-like approach to sponsors and students alike. Companies were starting to wake up to the value of the student pound, and BUSC 2000 was the first to attempt to...
Marathon du Mont Blanc (Chamonix) article in ‘Tribe’ magazine
In June 2011, Iain Martin from Skipedia went out to Chamonix to take part in the Marathon du Mont Blanc – his report on the race was published in ‘Tribe’ magazine: