How to Get Your Clients Selling for You!

Podcast Number One-hundred-thirty-one

Tim Warren of TravelBusinessSuccess.com joins the show filling in for Lorene. We discuss an email from a listener about host agencies who provide a specialty in the adventure travel market segment. Tim tells us how to get our clients selling for us. Word of mouth advertising is one of the most effective ways to gain business. Tim tells us how to leverage word of mouth marketing to generate sales. Travel links we talk about in the show are:

AdventureCollection.com

AdventureEngine.com

AdventureCouncil.com

AudioAcrobatNow.com

TravelBusinessSuccess.com

AdventureBizSuccess.com

AlaskaRafters.com

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

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Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

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Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra
"Stardust" (mp3)
from "Heart & Soul - The Music of Hoagy Carmichael"
(Owl Studios)

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Clients Going on a Mediterranean Cruise? - Do Them A Favor and Listen to this Show

Podcast Number One-hundred-thirty

Special Thanksgiving Edition. At the time this podcast is published, Lorene is meeting with Gaston Magrinet. and taking advantage of his tour services of Barcelona Spain. Gaston and his business is the focus of this special edition of the Home Based Travel Agent Show. If you have clients who are going on a Mediterrean cruise you should pay special attention

to this show. Gaston conducts pre and post cruise tours of Barcelona. His tours can be walking tours, bicycle tours or bus tours. Whatever it is Gaston focuses on personal service. He will meet you at the airport at the beginning of your cruise, or at the ship at the end of the cruise. From there you will experience a tour of Barcelona that is specially designed for you. If you are creating a Mediterrean cruise experience for you clients you will want to contact Gaston at www.barcelonaexperience.com/. Your clients will love you for it!

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

Check out Blubrry. It's a great place to be a listener. You can comment on podcasts you listen to and you can sign up to be friends with the podcasters on the Blubrry Network. Go over to Blubrry, sign up and become my friend. I would like to get to know all of you!

Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

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Ruben Romero
"Amor Y Passion (Love and Passion)" (mp3)
from "Love & Passion"
(Talking Taco Music)

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Around the World Pub Crawl - The Thirsty Swagman Joins the Show to Tell us What it is and How it's Done

Podcast Number One-hundred-twenty-nine

The first Around the World Pub Crawl is coming up in March of 2008. Kenneth Hart of the Thirsty Swagman tours joins Barry on the show and talks about previous pub crawls and the first of its kind, upcoming, Around the World Pub Crawl. Kenneth gives us a glimpse into what it's like to set up a major tour. You should listen in if you're interested in setting up a tour group through your travel business.

President Bush opened up airspace on the eastern corridor of the U.S. to help alleviate airline delays during this busy traveling season. This is a short term fix. Barry talks about promising long term fixes that are slowly coming over the horizon. Aircraft will be networked together in the sky and networked with ground stations. The aircraft positions will be broadcast on the network every second.
This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

Check out Blubrry. It's a great place to be a listener. You can comment on podcasts you listen to and you can sign up to be friends with the podcasters on the Blubrry Network. Go over to Blubrry, sign up and become my friend. I would like to get to know all of you!

Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

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Soul Ballet
"Smooth Vegas" (mp3)
from "LAViSH"
(ARTizen Media Group)

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What is Adventure Travel? Tim Warren Explains

Podcast Number One-hundred-twenty-eight

Tim Warren of TravelBusinessSucess.com joins the show and talks about adventure travel. Tim shares his story of how he got into the adventure travel business. We also learn about the different aspects of adventure travel. This may be a specialty you may want to consider for your travel business.

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

Check out Blubrry. It's a great place to be a listener. You can comment on podcasts you listen to and you can sign up to be friends with the podcasters on the Blubrry Network. Go over to Blubrry, sign up and become my friend. I would like to get to know all of you!

Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

Bobby Sanabria
"57th St. Mambo" (mp3)
from "Big Band Urban Folktales"
(Jazzheads Records)

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Getting the Most from Attending Conferences and Expos

Podcast Number One-hundred-twenty-seven

Are you attending a travel expo or conference? Listen and learn what you can do to get the most out of your conference experience. Also, networking on the personal level. Are you building relationships or merely trading business cards. Find out what it takes to build relationships.

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

Check out Blubrry. It's a great place to be a listener. You can comment on podcasts you listen to and you can sign up to be friends with the podcasters on the Blubrry Network. Go over to Blubrry, sign up and become my friend. I would like to get to know all of you!

Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship
"Bluebari Jam" (mp3)
from "Bluebari Jam"
(Summit Records)

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