How do skiers want to see brands promote themselves?
I found this research from SIA (Snowsports Industries America) fascinating. 1. Don’t hassle me on social media 2. Put on a great event for me 3. Let me find your brand when I’m already thinking about snowsports 4. Definitely don’t try and reach me via TikTok You can find out more about SIA in my...
Who are the top skiing and snowboarding influencers in the UK?
I doubt there’s anyone reading this blog who doesn’t spend time on social media every day. Depending on your age, you probably spend hours scrolling through TikTok, Instagram or Facebook. You might even be one of the remainers on Twitter, desperately hoping that Elon Musk doesn’t go completely bat-crazy. Maybe ‘the kids today’ spend too...
6 Takeaways from We Like Travel’s Annual ‘Mountains Resort Social Media’ Report
Every autumn, French digital marketing agency We Like Travel publishes the results of their annual social media survey of French mountain resorts and regions. The 2021 survey looked at responses from 233 destinations, including 181 ski resorts, 19 ski areas and 33 regions. Here are six of the key points we took from this year’s...
Inside Val Thorens’ Social Media Strategy
We previously interviewed Thibaut Loubère, digital marketing manager for Val Thorens back in 2015. This month he spoke to Agorapulse about the resort’s social media strategy: Could you introduce yourself and tell us more about your missions as marketing manager for Val Thorens? I am Thibaut Loubère, marketing manager for Val Thorens. My mission as marketing...
Interview with Thibaut Loubere, Community Manager, Val Thorens
With 230,000 fans on Facebook, 20000 followers on Instagram and 15000 on Twitter Val Thorens is one of the most engaged ski resorts in the world. So during our recent visit to Val Thorens, Skipedia took the opportunity to catch up with Thibaut Loubere, Community Manager for the resort. Q: This is your first...
38 Soundbites from the LISTEX 2014 Ski Forum
Skipedia attended this week’s London International Ski Trade Exchange forum, moderating and presenting at several sessions. There was such a huge amount covered over the two days, it’s impossible to do justice to it all, but here’s a taster of what was under discussion: Ski 2 The Moon There were 90,000 downloads of Skitracks last...