Friday, August 20, 2010

263 - Marketing Your Travel Business, "The Idea Machine!"

Podcast Number 263

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This show is full of tips and ideas about how to market your travel business. Barry is in Chicago for a long weekend and Lorene is off on an adventure therefore the co-hosted segment is a repeat of the show recorded on September 23, 2007. Just because the show is a repeat doesn't mean it isn't valuable. Dave Stockert, a vice president for Holland America Cruise Lines joins Barry and Lorene to talk about the many ways you can market your travel business. Dave wrote the books, "The Idea Machine" and "The Idea Machine II" to give travel agents ideas on how to market their business. You can find the book at http://www.theideamachine.biz.  Join us and hear all about how Dave developed his ideas and listen in as he passes along some of those ideas to you.



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Visit us on Facebook – Barry at http://www.facebook.com/barry.kantz,  Lorene at http://www.facebook.com/lorenerand Gary at http://www.facebook.com/gary.ebels.  Join the Home Based Travel Agent Show Facebook Group.

Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb and Gary is gary222 on Twitter.

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

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 and Gary at wdwgary@gmail.com.





Music in the show is provided Ariel Publicity.  The song is, "Jinki" by the Sokoband. Sokoband's website is at http://www.sokoband.com.  Sokoband's music is available on Itunes.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

262 - We Share Our Travel Agent University Experience With You

Podcast Number 262

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Gary Ebels, Lorene Romero and Barry share their experience with Travel Agent University.  We each took a course at Travel Agent University and came to this show to report our experience.  We talk about the process, the content and the perks you receive by taking training at the Travel Agent University.  Listen and learn what this training has to offer you!



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Visit us on Facebook – Barry at http://www.facebook.com/barry.kantz,  Lorene at http://www.facebook.com/lorenerand Gary at http://www.facebook.com/gary.ebels.  Join the Home Based Travel Agent Show Facebook Group.

Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb and Gary is gary222 on Twitter.

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

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 and Gary at wdwgary@gmail.com.





Music in the show is provided Ariel Publicity.  The song is, "Teach Me Tonight," by Connie Lansberg.  Connie's website is at http://www.connielansberg.com.  Her music is available on Itunes.

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Sunday, August 08, 2010

261 - A Truly Great Client Experience, The Alaskan Wildlife Conservation Center

Podcast Number 261

The Alaskan Wildlife Conservation Center is an excellent place to have your clients visit during a pre or post cruise.  The Center is dedicated to preserving Alaskan wildlife through public education.  Your clients will observe a variety of wildlife that the Center has rescued.  Ethan Tyler, the Center's Director for Business Development, joins Lorene and Barry on the show to talk about the Center and some of the animal's stories.

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Visit us on Facebook – Barry at http://www.facebook.com/barry.kantz,  Lorene at http://www.facebook.com/lorenerand Gary at http://www.facebook.com/gary.ebels.  Join the Home Based Travel Agent Show Facebook Group.

Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb and Gary is gary222 on Twitter.

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

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 and Gary at wdwgary@gmail.com.


FameWilliam Goldstein
"Dance Class Boogie" (mp3)
from "Fame"
(New Gold Music Ltd)

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Sunday, August 01, 2010

260 - Free Webinars for Travel Agents to Learn All About Social Media

Podcast Number 260

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Stephanie Lee and Martin Bell join Lorene and Barry to talk about free educational opportunities for travel agents.  Stephanie's host agency company, Travel Quest is sponsoring several free webinars about how travel agents can use social media to improve their business.  The three webinars are the first in a planned series and will be available as recorded webinars you can view at any time.

Travel Quest is holding the first series of seminars on August 11, August 19 and August 25, 2010.  The live webinars begin at 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time.  The first webinar is about search engine optimization.  The August 19th webinar is on Twitter and the August 25th webinar is about marketing your travel business on Facebook.

To learn more listen to the show and go to www.tqagents.com to sign up.



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Visit us on Facebook – Barry at http://www.facebook.com/barry.kantz,  Lorene at http://www.facebook.com/lorenerand Gary at http://www.facebook.com/gary.ebels.  Join the Home Based Travel Agent Show Facebook Group.

Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb and Gary is gary222 on Twitter.

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

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 and Gary at wdwgary@gmail.com.



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"Shame" (mp3)
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