Marketing versus Sales - Do You Know the Difference?

Podcast Number Eighty

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Lorene talks about her experience at the Home Based Travel Agent Expo held in San Jose, California. Lorene talks about her networking experience and she also shares a couple of marketing tips that she will be using with her upcoming group cruise.

Barry discusses the differences between sales and marketing. It is important to understand the difference between sales and marketing so that you can focus your training and your efforts to bring the customers to your business.

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A Fam Trip Takes Lorene to the Beautiful Canadian Rockies

Podcast Number Seventy-nine

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Lorene had the wonderful opportunity to go on a Familiarization Trip (Fam Trip) with Brennan Vacations. This was a four day tour in Alberta, Canada exploring places like Calgary, Lake Louise and the Jasper National Park. Lorene talks about her experiences and about the hotels where they were able to spend some time. The hotels Lorene talks about are: In Calgary the Fairmont, while at Lake Louise the Sawridge Inn and Conference Center and while in Banff at the Fairmont.


Lorene sent along a couple of pictures she wanted to share with you. The first photo was taken at Jasper National Park. The second photo is of Lake Louise. The beauty of this area is breath taking. You should seriously consider adding Brennan Vacations and their Majestic Canadian Rockies tour to your list of places to go and places to sell.


The Brennan Majestic Canadian Rocky Tour begins in Calgary. During the next 12 days you are treated to luxury accommodations in some of the great hotels of the Canadian Rockies. You will experience breath taking scenery as you motor coach your way to places like the Jasper National Park, Lake Louise and the Athabasca Glacier. The tour includes a jet boat ride on the Blue River and a scenic journey by train on the Whistler Mountaineer.

You might be wondering, "is this a paid advertisement?" No, it isn't. We are excited about this beautiful spot in the world. We're also excited about Brennan Vacations because they make it a point to work with travel agents to sell their tours.

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Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast. You can email me at barry@hometravelagent.net or email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com

Creating a More Aprroachable You to Help Your Travel Sales

Podcast Number Seventy-eight

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Lorene discusses her new website provided by Passport Online, Inc. Passport Online makes it easy for a travel agent to set up a website and have content that displays the latest travel specials.

Barry talks about the closing session at the Jurni Conference. Scott Ginsberg provides insights into how you can become more approachable. Scott is the, "Name Tag Guy." Listen to the podcast to learn more about Scott Ginsberg and what the "Name Tag Guy" is all about. You too will become more approachable after listening to this podcast.

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Please check out my personal blog, my MySpace and drop over to the Frapper Map and let us know where you're at by placing a pin in the virtual map.

Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast. You can email me at barry@hometravelagent.net or email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com

A Marketing Tip to Help Your Sales Hit Home Runs Plus Great Info on the Jurni Conference

Podcast Number Seventy-seven

Barry talks about a great marketing tip that he picked up at the Jurni Conference. This tip will help your business hit some sales home runs. Lorene and I talk about our meet up at Las Vegas and we go on to discuss the Jurni Conference and some of the great tools and motivation that we picked up at the conference.


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Please check out my personal blog, my MySpace and drop over to the Frapper Map and let us know where you're at by placing a pin in the virtual map.

Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast. You can email me at barry@hometravelagent.net or email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com