todd lucier

"Darren, I’ve been saying forever that free WiFi is the biggest missed Marketing opportunity for tourism businesses. Making it easy for your guests to share stories with their family, friends and followers should be a primary objective. Word of MOUSE rules! My stay in London last year left me upset and angry about the high cost of WiFi. Something like €30/day. Outrageous. Intstead of sharing great stories about my accommodations, the food, the staff, I was left stewing about being ripped off. Hoteliers need to understand the power of social media and move their costs for providing internet access to their marketing expense budget and give it away. Put up signs that say – “Have you twittered your stay with us today? Have you sent photos to your Facebook Fans?” Nuff said, now don’t get me going. Report comment" - todd lucier

"Hi Jeanne, thanks for stopping by. I did catch the blog post you mentioned, didn't feel it added anything to the story I wrote." - todd lucier

"Imagine a social media session that is part of every cruise. “Hey folks, I'm your social media director Todd, today we're going to talk about how to get photos from your phone to family and friends. OK, how many people here have an iPhone – you go over there and Jamie will help you get it together. Mac Laptops – go see Sarah, PC – Jonah, other handheld media, you'll stay here with me.” 40 Minutes later, they'll have a swat team of media sharing ninjas helping create and share the content they need to build their brand." - todd lucier

"Wow, Hey Ben, thanks for sharing your study results. Have to say, when I first saw Googles new FriendConnect Widget it caused me to stop and think about my profile and how it drives my relationship with Google. It's not a reach to think perhaps some day someone's data could be subpoenaed from Google in a court case." - todd lucier

"I think people who ask the question so who do you work for are boorish. I think we just haven’t learned how to be social. Before the traditional holiday season comes around I think we can all arm ourselves with some really good questions and as often as possible lets try to kickstart the conversation in a tone that is more social, less hierarchical. How about these: “What do you love about your what you do?”, “What’s going on in your community?” “What do you love to do in your spare time?” “What are your favourite places to travel?” “Been anywhere lately?” As for feeling a little low about your role, consider working on a compelling vision / mission statement that gets you excited. The truth of the matter is most people will be jealous of your self-governance structure. A true answer spoken with pride will elicit a much more influential air. First be really proud, excited about what you do. Then respond truthfully, “Ain’t nobody telling me what to do, ain’t reporting to anyone. I..." - todd lucier

"I’ve heard that before Sam… but it’s simply untrue. Here’s why I know Google is following and evaluating these links. Google’s Marissa Mayer tipped her hand about Google crawling Twitter links when she mentioned Google is working with Twitter on creating a real time search engine. Where would these links come from other than crawled status updates? Listen to Marissa’s startling cut off and subject change talking about working with Twitter on Real Time Search at Web 2.0 last month. http://bit.ly/44E67V Could Google really instantly crawl all blogs and news sites looking for and indexing updates? How would it rank these results without links? I’ve written before about how important real time indexing of the Web matters and how Twitter is core to real time search. This post describes how Twitter is crawling the links and looking to use reputation in grading the quality. http://bit.ly/2jAaG3 If Google didn’t follow and index these links, competitors would. My advice stands. Create content..." - todd lucier

"Thanks John, fixed the link to travel and tourism list. Renamed the list after publishing. cheers, t." - todd lucier

"I’ll keep saying it until everyone gets it. I hear it all the time. “How can I get more followers, how can I get more visitors, How can I get a higher ranking?” The cream always rises to the top." - todd lucier

"Celes, Now you are thinking like a handheld toting traveler. Nice to hear your dreams. They are not that far from reality. Imagine if the content in Wikipedia were accessible as you stood looking at a building or monument and what if this content was geolocated to a Google Map with streetview. It’s closer than we think. Say Hello to Saint John, New Brunswick for me." - todd lucier

"Thanks Trevor, Not sure we need experts, I think we need experience with handheld devices and applications! Then we need to put on our traveler hat and think like our ideal guest. Of course we need experts to help us out… once we understand our clients needs and match that with our content stream. I think most people think mobile is tremendously difficult and that it is something that is way out there in the future. Its simply not true. I think of the loyalty edge that organizations will have with their mobile customers and can’t help but throw myself into designing something new right now! Calling all coders, I’ve got a hot project that I think will inspire others small tourism operators to do something in mobile… heck, it might even be a template for others to follow. Stay tuned." - todd lucier

"Lower standard of living for going carbon friendly? What a bunch of hogwash. I agree gov't needs to mandate the changes required, but to suggest a lower quality of life for making sustainable lifestyle choices is simply wrongheaded. Most people don't change because its more convenient to keep doing what they have always been doing, not because it's a lower quality of life. I look to the simple act of Toronto gov't implementing a 5 cent charge for plastic bags to lower the cost of waste management.... the result, business all got involved and delivered reusable bags and implemented a similar fee. The lifestyle change was difficult, but it certainly hasn't been a lower quality of life that has resulted. In most cases like this it is business that need the stick to be shown the most sustainable way to do business, that's because most never consider bottom lines other than the dollar. Even the most sensible lifestyle choices start with an economic incentive. Government can do more to help..." - todd lucier

"Quality matters above all else…. and it’s the quality your ideal followers are looking for that matters most. Know your audience. btw, this new site could be interesting for those looking for lists of travel tweeters. http://listorious.com/search..." - todd lucier