by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Sep 20, 2019 | 5 Minute Reads, Advertising & Marketing, Business Events, Content Marketing, Regional news, Retail, Small Business Owners, Social Media, Tours, Training, Wineries and Breweries
How to make use of Google Analytics For some, the mention of Google Analytics conjures up thoughts of numbers, statistics and graphs that are complicated and make no sense. In this video, Nathan from Pxld provided us with some guidance on the critical pieces of...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Dec 6, 2016 | Accommodation, Advertising & Marketing, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Before you know it, the visitors will be flooding in, it will be all hands on deck and the silly season will be well and truly in force. So much needs to happen over this time of year operationally that it’s easy to let your social media slide to the bottom of the do...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Dec 6, 2016 | Retail
Christmas. It’s a bumper time of year for retailers: but are you making the most of your opportunity to support and nurture the stressed out, last minute shoppers? You should be challenging yourself to beat last years sales, to increase the amount of people through...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Dec 6, 2016 | Accommodation, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Content Marketing, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Are you still siding with the sceptics when it comes to TripAdvisor, or is it that you just need to understand the ins and outs a little more? Go on, take a peek and open the mind to some of the misconceptions. Here’s the real story behind the...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Dec 6, 2016 | Accommodation, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
We are all in the same business of bringing more customers through the door. We value new and returning visitors. But do you value your own product and service enough? It’s a competitive market when it comes to keeping up with social media followers, online reviews...
by Big4 Beacon Team | Dec 4, 2016 | Accommodation, Advertising & Marketing, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Retail, Small Business Owners, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Author: Big4 Beacon Resort Queenscliff Team. Creating packages for your business is an excellent way to build a competitive edge, rewarding previous clients or guests, gaining higher yield, fill unoccupied room nights and building relationships with other businesses....
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Nov 29, 2016 | Advertising & Marketing, Cafes and Restaurants, Content Marketing, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Social Media, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
The team at Tourism eSchool share some great and easy ways to influence our customers to share the love when they visit our region and our experiences. You know what they say about “word of mouth” and in the digital space it’s so much more! We love the examples they...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Nov 29, 2016 | Business Events, Cafes and Restaurants, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Wineries and Breweries
Author: Nicole Newman, Director, The Food Purveyor Someone asked me the other day why I was a Tourism Member as I wasn’t strictly a Tourism business and I wondered why they had asked such a strange question. You see when I first started The Food Purveyor 4 years ago...
by Marnie Roderick Shepherd | Nov 28, 2016 | 5 Minute Reads, Accommodation, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Legal for business, Retail, Small Business Owners, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Author: Marnie Roderick-Shepherd. General Manager. Roderick Insurance Brokers Insurance for Tourism Businesses. As a busy tourism operator you can be so involved in the day to day running of your business that insurance can sometimes seem like a necessary evil. ...