Category Archives: Website Tips
An Effective Website Starts At The Mall
The mall? Yep. Itβs true. Think about your website for a second. You have products, deals and timely information about your expertise. This is very similar to what a traditional βbrick and mortarβ retailer offers to their clients. Macyβs would be a good example of a retailer who aligns with this idea. Macyβs gives consumers [...]
Content. King.
You may be aware that we recently launched what we believe will be great enhancement to our VacationPort and NexCite website programs for agencies. Itβs called ResortPort, and it allows individual properties to add their rich media content to thousands of agency websites powered by VacationPort or NexCite. ResortPort is a big win for everyone [...]
Travel Website Ideas (Part Two)
Last week, Scott Klososky had a great presentation on designing travel websites at the Travel Weekly virtual tradeshow (you can see a summary of his top-10 ideas). I want to mention something that Scott did not touch on. Iβve heard a lot of debate over the last few years regarding consumer online booking of βcomplexβ [...]
Don’t Forget Content for Your Website
There are several ways to enhance your website with tools available to you today. And the simplest one I suggest, use content provided by our suppliers to get pricing and product detail in front of your shopping customer.
Travel Website Ideas (Part One)
I listened to Scott Klososkyβs session on website design at the recent Travel Weekly virtual tradeshow, and would like to give you a couple of my own thoughts on this topic. Iβve had the pleasure of participating in several Travel Weekly Leadership Forums over the last year or so, and have heard Scott speak multiple [...]
Agency Locators: Are You Listed?
Many suppliers offer a βFind an agentβ area on their site for consumers.Β While being listed in these agency locators isnβt a guarantee that customers will find their way to you from that suppliers site, NOT being listed IS a guarantee that customers will not find their way to you from the suppliers site. Isnβt [...]
Is Your Website Yelling “Me Too!”?
Does your web site tell your customers what makes you special? No? Why Not? Your customers are remaining loyal to you because they feel some type of connection to you. Maybe itβs the great service you provide for them, maybe itβs the fabulous deal you found them on that 14 night cruise 3 years ago, [...]
What Can I Do With 20MB?
20MB is a pretty fair amount of space for storing things you will actually use on your site, however it isnβt infinite. Here are some comparisons on what you can do with 20MB: 20 photos downloaded directly from your camera (Iβm assuming that each photo is only 1MB, which is a low estimate, so you [...]
Turning A Negative Into A Positive
I just got off the phone with an agent who wanted to talk more about NexCite. She said βDonβt you know times are bad and business is slow? No one is calling me.β After listening to her genuine concern we did a bit of brainstorming together.Β I mentioned how we could help her make her [...]
9 Tips To Improve Your Website
Make it yours. Your customers shouldnβt have to think about which site they are looking at, they should KNOW they are on your site, no matter which page they are on at the moment. Need some ideas on how to do this? Make sure your logo is on the top of every single page. Personalize [...]