Social media can help your
hotel in myriad ways, including
boosting community
awareness of your hotel and
increasing occupancy
Evaluate your current
online footprint.
If your property is well-reviewed, that can become your
best asset online. You can use social media to reach
potential customers and point them to
something nice an objective guest said about your hotel.
Establish objectives
and a strategy to
reach those
objectives
Increase awareness in the local community.
• Increase overall ranking on
review sites
Engage with
guests before and
after their stay.
Providing additional value to
customers by creating a relationship.
Measure staff time versus returns
The socialmedia ROI equation is less about
dollars and more about effort
Learn by listening
use it as a research tool. Hotels can use social
media to learn more about their competition and
what their customers are doing.
Establish a social-media manager.
Different types of people are
better suited for different
types of interactions, and it
takes a certain personality to
convey the right messages
online
Explore the social sites in order of importance
All the other review sites (Yelp, Expedia, Orbitz, etc.)—either set up
e-mail alerts or check these sites every morning.
Twitter before Facebook—Twitter lets you
engage in specific dialogue with specific people.
From a guest perspective, it feels like a little
less investment to follow a hotel rather than
being a fan of a hotel’s page
Facebook fan page—the biggest mistake
hoteliers make is setting up their Facebook
pages as “Profiles.” Set your page up as a fan
page, where you can create one-way dialogue,
and you’re not required to view your
fans’ status updates.
Location-based applications opportunities to introduce offers that
entice guests to “check in” at your property.