Why automation doesn’t work on Facebook…
If only Facebook didn’t take up so much time… Phew. All this status updating and relationship building on Facebook takes time, doesn’t it? If only there was some quick way of automatically exporting my updates from other networks. Oh, there is you say? Great! Social Media Marketing is not free… Wrong! Facebook is ‘free’, but...
An epic social media fail…by Sunshine Village
An Epic Social Media Fail This story hit the news earlier this year, and is worth revisiting as it is an example of an epic social media fail within snowsports. The Story In December 2010, four senior staff at Sunshine Village were dismissed after an incident, allegedly involving the owner’s son, who was found skiing...
The Top 5 Scottish Ski Resorts on Facebook
Following on from our look at the top resorts on Facebook in Austria and France, it’s now Scotland’s turn. With only five resorts, this didn’t take so long to research as the others, but please do let us know if we’ve any omissions or errors. In the meantime, here’s the Facebook chart for Scotland: The...
Interview: How Saalbach found 20,000 fans…
If you read our recent post about the Top 10 Austrian ski resorts on Facebook, you will have seen that Saalbach Hinterglemm tops that list with over 22,000 fans. We asked Saalbach resident, Rachel Dunscombe, owner of Alpine consultancy Off to the Mountains, to find out more. She recently spoke to Paul Kubalek who heads...
Search goes Social – Google, Twitter, Bing, Facebook +1
It’s a fast moving reality that search is becoming more social. And companies need to wise up before they get left behind. Let’s look at where we are in terms of the big two that matter: Twitter and Facebook. Google + Twitter The supra-dominant Google has been drawing information from fan pages since 2009. Facebook...
The Top 10 Austrian Ski Resorts on Facebook
Following on from my previous look at the Top 10 French Ski Resorts on Facebook, this week I’ve been looking at Austrian resorts. Being mindful that that social media marketing is much more about quality than quantity, here’s the top ten: The Top 10 Austrian Ski Resorts on Facebook 1. Saalbach Hinterglemm (22184 fans) 2....