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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just found this great example of how social media functions as world wide wording mouth network. It&#8217;s another example of how being a good manager and doing the right thing can be a great marketing tool. Check out Word &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=45">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seth Godin, Linchpin and the Hospitality Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading a book by Seth Godin called Linchpin. Godin is a superhero in the world internet marketing and new business in general. While his new book, Linchpin, is not directly related to the hospitality industry, it taps &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=42">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret to Social Media Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me start off by apologizing for the title of this blog post &#8211; the things that I am about to write are painfully obvious and simply require a shift in your thought process. My first job in the hospitality &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=36">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK hospitality managers, I think it&#8217;s important that anyone doing any business on the internet understand affiliate marketing and how it affects your hotel or restaurant (or any other business for that matter).  The web contains all sorts of information &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=28">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two location-based social media apps that could change hotels and restaurants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like everywhere you turn someone is talking about location-based social media.  Maybe you&#8217;ve bumped into it by a different name, or maybe you haven&#8217;t really thought about what it means for your hotel or restaurant, but it could &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=23">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The corporate brand is dead. Long live the individual brand.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post I wrote about how hotel and restaurant brands don&#8217;t mean what they used to.  To summarize, hotels, restaurants and consumers used to rely on corporate brand identity to predict the quality their visit.  In a world &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=17">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to TheHospitalityGeek!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an internet-marketer-turned-hotel-manager, I&#8217;m witnessing so many things that need to be changed.&#160; Too many hospitality companies are missing out on great internet advertising and marketing opportunities.&#160; Many other hospitality companies are being taken advantage of by a few internet &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=20">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Social Media Matters for Hotels and Restaurants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I&#8217;ll admit it.  I&#8217;ve been a little bit slow to jump on the social media bandwagon.  After all Twitter, one of the most successful social media sites of all time, seems like a total waste of time at first &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=12">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Advertising 101 for the Hospitality Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet Advertising Overview Internet advertising is a straight forward idea that becomes more complicated because of the many ways the advertising is delivered and monetized.  Simply stated, internet advertising is paying for placement on an online destination.  Just as a &#8230; <a href="http://www.thehospitalitygeek.com/?p=7">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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