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For the travel agent, tour operator, or travel information site owner, the key to retaining clientele is constant fresh content. When you have a deal on airfare or hotels available for a limited time, it’s important to get that information out as soon as possible so people can take advantage of sales. In this economy, with people watching every dollar and reconsidering vacations and business travel due to cost, you want to be certain you utilize the social media to convince people who might otherwise stay home that it’s still affordable to travel. Social networks like Twitter, as they increase in readership, are becoming essential tools for online travel marketing.

An acquaintance remarked recently of his distaste for Twitter. What is the point of the social network when the Internet is already proliferated with weblogs, Web sites, and more involved networks like Facebook for communication? Why do we need to Tweet?

Seems everybody is on Twitter these days. It’s not uncommon to visit a Web site and find a familiar blue…

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An author friend once noted this advice on promotion via social networks from a book marketing professional: follow and you…

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While waiting to speak at a regional science fiction and fantasy convention this past weekend, I sat in on the…