Category Archives: Business Opportunity

283 – NACTA The Travel Agent’s Water Cooler, Where You Go For Support and Education

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Podcast Number 283 BUSINESS SEGMENT Learn how to become a well known travel expert in your hometown. CO HOSTED SEGMENT Bob Duglin, the Director of Industry Relations for the National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA), joins Lorene and Barry in this week’s co-hosted segment. Bob talks about the many services NACTA offers the independent … Continue reading 283 – NACTA The Travel Agent’s Water Cooler, Where You Go For Support and Education →

280 – Avoya Travel Leads to Increasing Your Business

Business Opportunity, Host Agencies,

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Podcast Number 280 BUSINESS SEGMENT Accept credit cards anywhere and at anytime with these new smart phone apps. Intuit, the company that owns Quickbooks is offering a free app and reader device for your smart phone to allow you to accept credit cards. Imagine closing your sale for a cruise and taking the deposit by … Continue reading 280 – Avoya Travel Leads to Increasing Your Business →

279 – Putting Together a Theme Cruise and Helping Your Clients Rave About You

Business Opportunity, Business Practices, Business Tools, Cruises, Marketing,

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Podcast Number 279 BUSINESS SEGMENT Testimonials are great sales tools everyone should employ to drive business.  Don’t leave your client scratching their head about what to write when you ask them for a testimonial.  Bust through a client’s writer’s block by giving them a template to prompt them to write a winning testimonial for you. … Continue reading 279 – Putting Together a Theme Cruise and Helping Your Clients Rave About You →

250 – The Holy Land, Morocco and More for Travel Agents

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Podcast Number 250 Do you know people who want to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land at least once in their lifetime?  Howie Perlin from Ya’lla Tours joins the show to talk about how Ya’lla Tours can work with you to create custom tours.  Howie describes the exotic and Holy Lands that are specialties … Continue reading 250 – The Holy Land, Morocco and More for Travel Agents →

234 – Something New in 2010 to Boost Your Commissions – Monogram

Business Opportunity, Cruises, Tours

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Podcast Number 234 GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. Kathleen Kavanaugh joins Barry and Lorene in the co-hosted segment. Kathleen is the home based travel agent channel manager for the Globus Family of Brands. Kathleen describes a new product call Monogram. Monogram offers simplified booking for pre … Continue reading 234 – Something New in 2010 to Boost Your Commissions – Monogram →

230 – The State of the Nation of River Boat Cruises

Business Opportunity, Cruises

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Podcast Number 230 River boat cruising has a lot to offer in a vacation for your clients. Mike Davies of www.riverdiscounts.com joins Barry and Lorene to discuss the state of river boat cruising today. Mike explains why selling river cruises can offer more for the travel agent than selling traditional cruises. Barry describes his recent … Continue reading 230 – The State of the Nation of River Boat Cruises →

209 – Tom Ogg Talks About Growing Your Travel Business

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Tom Ogg joins Barry and Lorene to talk about how travel agents can grow their business. Tom offers a valuable resources for the travel agent at his travel agent community website www.hbtacommunity.com. Tom compares the HbtaCommunity to the proverbial water cooler where travel agents can hang out and share ideas, problems and successes. The community … Continue reading 209 – Tom Ogg Talks About Growing Your Travel Business →

190 – Put a Tour Guide in Your Pocket

Business Opportunity

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Show Number 190 Would you like a tour guide in your pocket? One that you can use whenever you like and wherever your are. HearPlanet offers such a service. Listen to the podcast and learn how you can have a tour guide for over 250,000 locations on the planet. Learn, enjoy, produce and prosper! Keep … Continue reading 190 – Put a Tour Guide in Your Pocket →

184 – Jazz Singer Lucianne Evans Joins Us To Talk About Turning Your Passion Into Your Business Specialty

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Podcast Number One-hundred-eighty-four This show reveals how your business can blossom if you have a passion and apply that passion to develop a specialization. Lucianne Evans joins Lorene and Barry in the co-hosted segment of the show. Lucianne is a talented jazz singer who has a passion for travel. Lucianne is exploring turning that passion … Continue reading 184 – Jazz Singer Lucianne Evans Joins Us To Talk About Turning Your Passion Into Your Business Specialty →

182 – Local Travel, A Trend You Can Profit From

Business Opportunity, Tours,

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Podcast Number One-hundred-eighty-two Your local area is ripe for setting up tours and package vacations. Justin Francis at the Future of Tourism organization predicts travel will become more local. People will be looking for local travel opportunities as airfares and fuel costs rise. Justin predicts travel will follow the trend which food is approaching and … Continue reading 182 – Local Travel, A Trend You Can Profit From →