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439 – Put On Your Business Owner’s Hat and Know Your Numbers

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Show Notes One of the most important aspects of your business, right along with making sales and servicing your clients, is to know your numbers. In fact, if you don’t know your numbers, there is a 90% chance that you will go out of business. Knowing your numbers is all about tracking your income, expenses, … Continue reading 439 – Put On Your Business Owner’s Hat and Know Your Numbers →

436 – An Old Form of Transportation Transformed Into Luxury Travel

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Show Notes: The unkempt drifter crushes his cigarette into the pavement and slowly walks to the road that borders the bush station. He sticks his thumb in the air to flag down the next kind person who drives by in hopes of getting a ride. How many times have you watched a scene like this … Continue reading 436 – An Old Form of Transportation Transformed Into Luxury Travel →

428 – Why is SEO Important for the Travel Advisor?

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  SHOW NOTES As a travel advisor, your own website or blog is essential. This is where you will put your customer testimonials, post photos of trips that you and your clients have taken. And, importantly, it is a place to show your expertise and where potential customers can go to get to know you. … Continue reading 428 – Why is SEO Important for the Travel Advisor? →

Show #421 – The Best of Travel Business Marketing and Sales Ideas

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Podcast Number 421 SHOW NOTES As we move forward into a new year, we can do so with some hope that the pandemic will end in 2021 and the travel business will make a strong return because of the pent-up demand. In considering the topics for December, I wanted to focus on a topic that … Continue reading Show #421 – The Best of Travel Business Marketing and Sales Ideas →

Find Your Alaska With Salmonberry Tours – 2

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Podcast Number 407 SHOW NOTES This is the continuation of our interview with Mandy Garcia the co-owner of Salmonberry Tours. In this episode, Mandy gives us some tips about touring in the Homer, Alaska area. Lorene joins Mandy in the discussion giving her expertise as someone who is an Alaska expert, spent a great amount … Continue reading Find Your Alaska With Salmonberry Tours – 2 →

Hawaii – An Insider’s Perspective

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Podcast Number 404 SHOW NOTES When your client travels to Hawaii they see the tourist areas and experience a small portion of what Hawaii is all about — although still a beautiful experience. When I travel I like to get to know the “locals.” I like to ask them what kind of coffee they drink, … Continue reading Hawaii – An Insider’s Perspective →

Sell Yourself First

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Podcast Number 399 SHOW NOTES “Sell yourself first,” explains our guest for this show who is Nolan Burris from Future Proof Travel. Nolan goes on to explain that travel websites are all about selling the product first and that is not your best selling strategy. As a travel advisor you have the experience and knowledge … Continue reading Sell Yourself First →

Let’s Go On a Safari Adventure in Botswana

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Podcast Number 398 SHOW NOTES Go on a safari with us during this month’s show. We will travel to Botswana, a small country of 2 million people just north of South Africa, and learn about mobile safaris and lodge safaris. Both offer luxury accommodations for you or your clients. Chris Christensen, the award-winning podcaster and host of the … Continue reading Let’s Go On a Safari Adventure in Botswana →

Paradise Helicopters and the Kilauea Volcano

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Podcast Number 393 SHOW NOTES Simply by watching the news, you would think that the Big Island of Hawaii is engulfed in a volcanic eruption. Well, that is simply not the case. The Big Island consists of 4,028 square miles and Kilauea is only affecting 1% of the Island. Waynette Kwon from Paradise Helicopters joins … Continue reading Paradise Helicopters and the Kilauea Volcano →

322 – Learn About a Cruise Experience That Will Make Your Client Come Back For More

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Podcast Number 322 Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY. COHOSTED SEGMENT In today’s show we talk with Lisa Presley. Lisa is the home based channel director for the Globus Family of Brands. Lisa describes many of the advantages for a travel agent to become a part of the Globus Family. … Continue reading 322 – Learn About a Cruise Experience That Will Make Your Client Come Back For More →