Digital Marketing Directions
Three Trends Shaping Hospitality
Internet Marketing and E-commerce
in 2014
A Rapidly Changing Landscape
Internet Everywhere
More People Own Mobile Phones Than Own
Toothbrushes
2013: 45% of Searches on Mobile

Source: Google
Have We Reached “Peak Search”?

Source: Google
Overall Mobile Use

Source: eMarketer – Digital Travel Outlook – June 2012
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Overall Mobile Use

Source: eMarketer – Digital Travel Outlook – June 2012
Actual Smartphone Use

Source: Google 2013 Traveler Study
Cross-Channel/Cross-Device
Embrace
Responsive Design
Improve Mobile Booking
Content Streams… Rivers… Floods
Every Minute on the Internet

30 hours of video uploaded
100,000 tweets

204,000,000 emails

Source: Intel
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Mike Moran

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Where Guests Learn About You
Content Strategy – Guest Focused
• Who are you talking
to?
• What messages
resonate with that
guest?

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Content Strategy – Message First
• Choose formats that
support story,
message and guest
• Tailor the medium
to the message

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Content Strategy – Make it Shareable
• What makes it
memorable?
• Why would guests
want to tell their
friends?
• Is it easy for guests to
share?
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Content Strategy – Validation
• What are your
success metrics?
• Review
performance
relative to
objectives
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Content Strategy – Test and Learn
• Test multiple
messages to find
what captures
customer interest
and action
• “Fish where the
fishing’s good”
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Rise of Intermediaries
Costs of Customer Acquisition
• Watch expenses you
don’t write checks for
• Not all “good deals”
benefit your hotel
Conclusion
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Think mobile-first

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Tailor experience to guest context (i.e., mobile, tablet, desktop)

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Invest in content to answer guest needs

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Test and learn / “fish where the fishing’s good”

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Manage costs across channels
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Digital Marketing Directions: Three Trends Shaping 2014 Hospitality Internet Marketing