Comments on: Guestsourcing: The Art of Turning Your Guests Into Content Producers http://www.hotelmarketingstrategies.com/guestsourcing/ Internet Marketing Ideas for Your Hotel Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: @Hhotelconsult http://www.hotelmarketingstrategies.com/guestsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-628 @Hhotelconsult Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:55 +0000 http://www.hotelmarketingstrategies.com/?p=1374#comment-628 it seems to be more genuine and effective when it isn't forced. Beyond the effort involved, when you court users who are not familiar with social media and not quite sure how to review... it can look and feel awkward... from bad reviews, to "shill" looking reviews. It is great to embrace social media, and celebrate it.... but it is incredibly difficult and possibly counter productive to the ethical premise of "real reviews" that our truthful and honest. There are a lot of ethical slippery slopes with social media... and this is simply one of them. It is a great idea, and HEY NO FAIR... I want to make up words too! =) But I think many have tried... one of my clients actually put "yelp" business cards that said, "review us" on the desk for a short period of time (which is sort of gaudy)... it really didn't work at all. Great word tho, and I hope to see the occurrence on the rise as more guests are savvy with social media. it seems to be more genuine and effective when it isn’t forced. Beyond the effort involved, when you court users who are not familiar with social media and not quite sure how to review… it can look and feel awkward… from bad reviews, to “shill” looking reviews.

It is great to embrace social media, and celebrate it…. but it is incredibly difficult and possibly counter productive to the ethical premise of “real reviews” that our truthful and honest. There are a lot of ethical slippery slopes with social media… and this is simply one of them.

It is a great idea, and HEY NO FAIR… I want to make up words too! =)

But I think many have tried… one of my clients actually put “yelp” business cards that said, “review us” on the desk for a short period of time (which is sort of gaudy)… it really didn’t work at all.

Great word tho, and I hope to see the occurrence on the rise as more guests are savvy with social media.

]]> By: Duncan Robertson http://www.hotelmarketingstrategies.com/guestsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Duncan Robertson Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:42:02 +0000 http://www.hotelmarketingstrategies.com/?p=1374#comment-586 I would be interested to hear if anyone has had any success with this. We've tried repeatedly for a few years now, and the amount of effort required to convince guests to invest their time to contribute media is really high. I would be interested to hear if anyone has had any success with this. We’ve tried repeatedly for a few years now, and the amount of effort required to convince guests to invest their time to contribute media is really high.

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