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319 - Pack Your Bags For This Alaskan Dream Cruise Podcast Number 319 Special Edition Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY.COHOSTED SEGMENTEvery once and a while a great opportunity comes up that Lorene and I want to pass along to you. This show is a special edition to let you know about a FAM trip that you can take advantage of to expand your product line and bring a very unique product to your clients.Alaskan Dream Cruises along with NACTA is offering a FAM trip to familiarize you with a sma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
318 - What's New And Exciting At DisneyPodcast Number 318 Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY.COHOSTED SEGMENTGary Ebels joins the show and gives us an update on many new and exciting things happening at Disney properties. Gary fills us in on a brand new value resort that will bring the family together in family suites. The Magic Kingdom is undergoing some renovation and Gary and fills us in on the new Fantasy Land. Plus there are many opportunities for the travel professional to take ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
317 - Catherine Heeg Explains How to Find Content to Put Into Your Travel Agent BlogPodcast Number 317Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY.COHOSTED SEGMENTCatherine Heeg is an expert on using social media to increase the travel consultant's exposure to potential and existing clients. Catherine is full of ideas about how you can find interesting content that will attract readers to your blog. If you haven't created a blog for your travel business and not knowing what to write about is one of the challenges that is stopping you, then thi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Podcast Number 316Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY.COHOSTED SEGMENTAnn VanLeeuwen joins Lorene and Barry on today's show to discuss the National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA). Ann is the Vice President of NACTA and she describes some of the many benefits NACTA offers travel agents. Members of NACTA receive the Agent Life magazine and the opportunity to participate in the NACTA Agent Digest. The Digest is where agents help other agents ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
315 - Key Elements and Best Practices to Build Your Travel BusinessPodcast Number 315Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY.COHOSTED SEGMENTCris DeSouza from Celebrity Cruise Lines joins the show to talk about best practices and key elements to build your travel business. This show is full of gems you can use and put into practice that will take your business to the next level. The information you hear in this show will build your business whether you specialize in land based travel or cruises. Grab a pencil and a pad of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
314 – Learn About Anchorage And Win A Fam TripPodcast Number 314 Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY.COHOSTED SEGMENTJoin the fun and become an Anchorage Wild Expert (AWE) and possibly win a familiarization trip to Anchorage. Jody Overstreet and David Kasser join us in the co hosted segment where we talk about the great destination of Anchorage, Alaska. Jody and David are from the Anchorage Convention and Visitors' Bureau. Jody and David explain the AWE certification program that, when comple ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
313 - Are You Using Social Media as Part of Your Marketing Strategy?Podcast Number 313 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTAre you using social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter to develop presence and credibility for your travel business? If not, you should be. Catherine Heeg of Customized Management Solutions joins Barry and Lorene to discuss the potential of social media in getting your message out to potential clients. Don't miss this show, the last of 2011, to learn about the potential of connecting with people who may ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
312 - How You Can Become Your Own Custom Tour CompanyPodcast Number 312 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTHave you ever considered tapping into the affinity groups with customized tours for such groups as the Red Hat Ladies, your local church groups or the local garden club? Or, how about creating a special tour for your honeymoon clients? Chris Babb joins the show today to talk about his company, The Group Tour Company. Chris' company can help you create those special tours with your own branding using a wish book of site ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
311 - What Are 10 Things You Need To Become A Successful Travel Agent?Podcast Number 311 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTHere are ten things an independent travel consultant should know to build a successful business. Kelly Bergin, the Vice President for Business Development at Oasis Agents, details the ten things on today's show. Kelly is a long time travel professional and Oasis Agents has been in business twenty-five years.Also on today's show, Kelly announced an new program at Oasis Agents for people who want to start a career as a t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
310 - Australia is Just a Click Away With AATKingsPodcast Number 310 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTAustralia and New Zeeland are great destinations to add to your line up of products you offer to clients. Jeff Adam from AAT Kings tours join Barry and Lorene on today's show. Jeff talks about the many products for touring Australia and New Zeeland offered by AAT Kings. Many of the tours come in modules so you can build your client a uniquely tailored tour experience that fits their desires and budget.AAT Kings&nb ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
309 - NACTA Annual ConferencePodcast Number 309 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTFamiliarization (fam) trips expand your knowledge of destinations. Many fam trips offer classes to go along with the destination experience. Lorene recently attended NACTA's Annual Conference at Sea. MSC Cruise Lines hosted the event taking travel agents on a fall color tour of the Northeastern seaboard. Along the way Lorene attended courses and presentations offered by travel suppliers and vendors. One exciting sessio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
308 - Travel Agents Learn How to Become Full Service by Selling Airline TicketsPodcast Number 308 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTBobbi Hamida joins us for part two of his interview. Bobbi is the Strategic Air Director for the host agency Nexion. In this segment we discuss how travel agents can become full service agents without purchasing and learning a Global Distribution System (GDS). Why book a cruise for your clients and then send them to the internet to find flights to their embarkation point. That's a recipe for giving away business. Nexion has ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
307 - The Travel Business Where Change is Constant and Education is ImperativePodcast Number 307 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTThe travel business is in a constant state of change and that is why travel agent training is so important. Bobbi Hamadi from the host agency Nexion joins our show to talk about travel agent training. Nexion University is launching next week and is a remarkable product that will bring your training to one central location. We also delve into the process of becoming a travel agent and how Nexion's "Power Up" progr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
306 - the Royal Kona Resort, A Great Value for Your ClientsPodcast Number 306Nominate the Home Based Travel Agent Show for the best travel podcast at www.pocastawards.com. Thank you for supporting the show! Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days! For more features and information, please visit the official website of the Home Based Travel Agent Show at www.hometravelagent.net!COHOSTED SEGMENTJay Rubenstein of the Royal Kona Resort joins the show and tells us about the great amenities of the resort and the fantastic value offered to your client ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
305 - Learn About Exciting Disney Products for Your Travel BusinessPodcast Number 305 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTGary Ebels produces a Disney segment for today's show. Gary describes Disney's new and improved travel agent website. Gary talks about the workflow of the Disney Travel Agent site and talks about the many products you can access there. A little known product is Disney Adventures which is a tour product with tours in Asia, Europe, South America, the Pacific and the United States. Another product is the new Disney resort ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
304 - Travel Agent Support From OSSNPodcast Number 304
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In today's show we talk about the Outside Sales Support Network (OSSN). Gary Fee the president of OSSN joins Lorene and Barry to discuss the many benefits OSSN offers travel agent. The goal of OSSN is to ensure the success of your travel business. OSSN offers education related programs, familiarization trips, online networking and 80 chapters throughout the country where you will have face-to-face contact with your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
303 - Are You Starting or Growing Your Travel Business? This Show is for You!Podcast Number 303
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On today's show our guest is Anita Pagliasso. Anita is the author of two books, "From Home Based to Power House," and her recent book, "How I Made a Small Fortune as a Home Based Travel Agent." Anita has a companion CD full of documents to help you grow your business, prevent mistakes and help clients. During our show Anita describes her books and shares her knowledge of the travel business. You will learn a couple ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
302 - A Down to Earth Tour of HawaiiPodcast Number 302
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In today's show we talk about very untypical tours of Hawaii. Earth Bound Tourswill give your clients a glimpse of the Hawaiian agricultural and culinary community. The tours are a learning experience that take
clients to interesting places like a sustainable mushroom farm, lavender farms, abalone farms and much more. Your clients engage in true learning experiences from the people who run the farms. The tours e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
301 - Travel Agent Training, Certification, Continuing Ed, Speakers All in One Spot!Podcast Number 301
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In today's show we are pleased to have Jim Cloonan and Anita Pagliasso from the Travel Show Marketing Group. Anita and Jim talk about two must attend travel shows. The first show is coming up October 17 - 19 in Boston. The second show is coming up in Las Vegas during May 14 -16 at the Venetian Resort and Casino.
Both shows feature industry leaders speaking or in panel discussions where you can learn the trave ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
300 - Show Three Hundred Has a Real Surprise InsidePodcast Number 300 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days!COHOSTED SEGMENTThis show is a celebration of 300 shows of the Home Based Travel Agent Show. This is a milestone and anyone who has ever produced a podcast understands the amount of work involved in producing a show. Lorene, Gary and I thank all of our listeners. We consider you family. We share a common passion that is travel. We particularly thank those early listeners who have been with us from the beginning. You are very special! Now, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
299 - NACTA Travel Agent Benefits and Fam TripsPodcast Number 299COHOSTED SEGMENTThe National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA) has a lot to offer travel agents. Mary Clegg, Vice President of NACTA talks about the many benefits available to travel agents. NACTA's goal is to help travel agents grow their careers in the travel business. This goal is accomplished in several ways including popular familiarization trips (Fam trips) that have strong educational components. Mary describes the Master Mind program, the Digest and the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
298 - On to KauaiPodcast Number 298COHOSTED SEGMENTThis week we move to Kauai with Maile Horner. Maile is the sales and marketing director of the Kauai Visitor's Bureau. Maile explains that Kauai is the garden isle because only 10% of the island is developed. If you're looking for beach, Kauai has more beach per coastline than any other Hawaiian Island. Travel agents have the opportunity to become Kauai Master Specialist. Master Specialist candidates spend five days on the island with Maile learning about t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
297 - Learning About MauiPodcast Number 297COHOSTED SEGMENTChris Kai' aokamalie from the Maui Visitors' Bureau talks with Lorene and Barry about the benefits of selling Maui. Chris views travel agents as Maui's extended sales force team. Chris talks about how the Maui Visitors' Bureau is available to you to help you design special itineraries for your clients traveling to Maui. We discuss the Maui Master Specialist Program where travel agents are invited to Maui to learn the culture, events, accommodations and spec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
296 - All About Fam Trips for the Travel AgentPodcast Number 296COHOSTED SEGMENTThis week's co hosted segment focuses on familiarization trips (fam trips). Travel agents have opportunities to visit hotels, resorts and cruise ships. Most fam trips are paid for, or subsidized by the resort, hotel or cruise line. The goal of the familiarization trip is to have the travel agent learn about the property and become more effective at selling the property. Gary Ebels, Lorene Romero and Barry talk about their experiences with familiarization tr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
295 - Adventures in AlaskaPodcast Number 295COHOSTED SEGMENTMico Godinez returns to the show to talk about his adventures in Alaska. Mico has spent five years in Alaska exploring the waterways, mountains and wilderness. Mico joins us to talk about his adventures and fascination with the beauty of Alaska. Join us to learn more about this great state.TRAVEL NEWSA new Starwood Hotel is opening in China every other weekPrincess stories on FacebookIATA describes the future in airline passenger security screeningVisit us ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
294 - The Big IslandPodcast Number 293Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysCOHOSTED SEGMENTThere are many destinations that have beautiful beaches and gorgeous scenery but Waynette Kwon, of the Big Island Visitors' Bureau explains that Hawaii has a unique culture. The unique culture adds a remarkable component to the beautiful beaches and gorgeous scenery of Hawaii. Travel agents selling the Hawaiian destination should immerse themselves in the culture because it is a major selling point. In this show Waynet ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
293 - Celebrity Goes All Out for Travel AgentsPodcast Number 293Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysCOHOSTED SEGMENTThe fact that Celebrity Cruise Lines goes all out for travel agent is supported by the fact that 90% of their business is booked through their travel agent channel. Cris DeSouza from Celebrity joins Barry and Lorene to talk about exciting developments at Celebrity including two new ships coming on line in 2011 and 2012. The Silhouette (2011) and the Reflection (2012) described as floating works of art will add many entic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
292 - Azamara Club Cruises Offers Destination ImmersionPodcast Number 292Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysCOHOSTED SEGMENTEdie Bornstein, Azamara's Vice President of Sales and Marketing is on board to talk about the great opportunities Azamara Club Cruises offer travel agents. Learn about the value proposition this luxury cruise line offers your clients.You can contact Edie at ebornstein@azamaraclubcruises.com.TRAVEL NEWSSabre simplifies the booking process for travel agents.A new South American Cruise is offered by AzamaraDelta is revamping ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
292 - Azamara Club Cruises Offers Destination ImmersionPodcast Number 292Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysCOHOSTED SEGMENTEdie Bornstein, Azamara's Vice President of Sales and Marketing is on board to talk about the great opportunities Azamara Club Cruises offer travel agents. Learn about the value proposition this luxury cruise line offers your clients.You can contact Edie at ebornstein@azamaraclubcruises.com.TRAVEL NEWSSabre simplifies the booking process for travel agents.A new South American Cruise is offered by AzamaraDelta is revamping ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
291 - Starwood Hotels and Starwood Pro for the Travel AgentsPodcast Number 291Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysCOHOSTED SEGMENTChris Austin from Starwood Hotels joins today's show. Chris is Starwoods Vice President for Global Retail Leisure and Luxury Sales. Starwood Hotels is one of the largest hotel companies in the world and they value their relationship with travel professionals. Chris explains the Starwood Pro program for travel agent training. Starwood's nine brands of hotels offer the travel professional many opportunities to provide a tai ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
290 - NACTA's Technology Training and Tools for the Travel AgentPodcast Number 290Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysCOHOSTED SEGMENTPenney Rudicil, the National Association of Career Travel Agents technology guru, joins Lorene and Barry in the co-hosted segment. Penney talks about the upcoming Tech Fest hosted by NACTA in Deerfield, Illinois. NACTA is planning other Tech Fests for travel agents on the west coast. There will be other opportunities if you miss the Tech Fest in Illinois.Penney also talks about features of the NACTA website including the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
289 - Travel Agent Friendly Fort LauderdalePodcast Number 289Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysBUSINESS SEGMENTCO HOSTED SEGMENTFort Lauderdale has always been travel agent friendly says Josh Winston, Associate Director of Sales for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors' Bureau. Josh joins the show to talk about what Fort Lauderdale has to offer your clients. Fort Lauderdale has many attractions for pre or post cruise stays. For more information listen to the show or check out the website at www.sunny.org/travel-trad ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
287 - Disney Cruises and Disney Education for the Travel AgentPodcast Number 287Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysBUSINESS SEGMENTDon't fight the internet as competition, use it in your favor. Do your research and learn your strengths in your market niche.CO HOSTED SEGMENTGary Ebels talks about Disney Cruises and their expansion to the west coast. Gary also talks about Disney's excellent travel agent training. Join Gary, Lorene and Barry in the co-hosted segment to learn more about these exciting Disney products.Travel Agent information for the Disn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
288 - A Long Time Participant in the Travel Industry Shares Her Wisdom and ExperiencesPodcast Number 288Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty DaysBUSINESS SEGMENTWe put the business segment on hold for this week. The co-hosted segment is full of business tips and advice for the travel agent.CO HOSTED SEGMENTKathleen Kavanagh of the Globus Family of Brands talks about her many experiences as a travel professional. Kathleen shares her wisdom and advice as she prepares for her retirement. This is a show you don't want to miss.Kathleen will be at the Home Based Travel Agent Forum in L ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
286 - The World of Coffee and What SEO Means for Your Travel BusinessPodcast Number 286BUSINESS SEGMENTSearch engine optimization (SEO) and what it means for your travel agent business. Check out this article in PC World if you want some quick tips in writing on how to optimize your website. The article is titled, "Five Tips to Improve Ranking and Increase Traffic."CO HOSTED SEGMENTToday's topic takes us off the beaten path into the world of coffee. Mike Crimmins the author of the blog, "Daily Shot of Coffee" joins the show to talk about the world's most pop ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
285 - Promote Yourself as a Destination Expert on HearplanetPodcast Number 285CO HOSTED SEGMENTSteven Echtman joins the show to talk about Hearplanet. Hearplanet is a personal tour guide in your pocket. Actually it's a sophisticated app for your iPhone or Android powered smart phone. Geolocation along with powerful search features will lead you on a discovery of what's around you, or what's interesting at a destination your traveling to. There are currently over 500,000 audio files for locations around the world.The benefit for the travel agent is t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
284 - Don't Overlook Your Special Needs Clients Whether at Sea or on Land!Podcast Number 284BUSINESS SEGMENTIncrease you sales by finding opportunities to partner with other businesses in your area.CO HOSTED SEGMENTThe Special Needs Group, also know as Special Needs At Sea, offers you the opportunity to expand your business to those who are challenged with a disability. Andrew Garnett explains how his company can have a wheel chair, a scooter, an oxygen tank or other special needs device ready and waiting for your client on the cruise ship or at their destinatio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
283 - NACTA The Travel Agent's Water Cooler, Where You Go For Support and EducationPodcast Number 283BUSINESS SEGMENTLearn how to become a well known travel expert in your hometown.CO HOSTED SEGMENTBob Duglin, the Director of Industry Relations for the National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA), joins Lorene and Barry in this week's co-hosted segment. Bob talks about the many services NACTA offers the independent travel agent. NACTA offers many educational opportunities for travel agents including fam trips and seminars at sea. If you are not a member of NACTA y ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
282 - Explore the Vallarta Botanical Gardens With Lorene in Puerto VallartaPodcast Number 282BUSINESS SEGMENTWhat makes a great travel agent? It's more than talking and convincing. It's how you make your clients feel!CO HOSTED SEGMENTWhen Lorene traveled to Puerto Vallarta she took the opportunity to record a segment of the show on location. This week's cohosted segment is focused on a destination within a destination. Twelve miles south of Puerto Vallarta is the magical paradise of Vallarta Botanical Gardens. Lorene interviews Bob Price, the founder of the Garden ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
281 - A Great Destination Resource and QR Codes for Your BusinessPodcast Number 281BUSINESS SEGMENTWhat are QR codes and what do they mean for your business? These codes are popping up everywhere. You will find them on business cards, on stickers placed about anywhere, on products or anything else you can imagine. The big deal is when the QR code is scanned with a smart phone, your contact information, or your event information or your website appears in your smart phone browser. My QR code with contact information is in the image above. Scan this code w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
280 - Avoya Travel Leads to Increasing Your BusinessPodcast Number 280BUSINESS SEGMENTAccept credit cards anywhere and at anytime with these new smart phone apps. Intuit, the company that owns Quickbooks is offering a free app and reader device for your smart phone to allow you to accept credit cards. Imagine closing your sale for a cruise and taking the deposit by credit card before you leave the table.Intuit's credit card app is found at gopayment.com. A similar product is offered by Square at squareup.com.CO HOSTED SEGMENTScott Koepf, Vic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
279 - Putting Together a Theme Cruise and Helping Your Clients Rave About YouPodcast Number 279BUSINESS SEGMENTTestimonials are great sales tools everyone should employ to drive business. Don't leave your client scratching their head about what to write when you ask them for a testimonial. Bust through a client's writer's block by giving them a template to prompt them to write a winning testimonial for you. Barry describes this template approach in the business segment of the show.CO HOSTED SEGMENTLorene describes her experience with setting up a theme cruise. L ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
278 - Reflections of a Travel Agent and What's in a NamePodcast Number 278BUSINESS SEGMENTBarry talks about how to organize and name the files on your computer. The key is to organize and name your files so you can quickly locate them in the future. Here are examples of the naming conventions Barry talks about in the show.Here is how I store Sara Smith's itinerary developed on January 30, 2011, "smith_sara-2011-01-30-itinerary". I store this document in the My Documents folder, in the sub folder "clients," in a sub folder named, "201 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
277 - The Chocolate Farm and Travel Agent LicensingPodcast Number 277BUSINESS SEGMENTDo you need a license in your state to sell travel? Barry tells you how to find out if you must obtain a license or register as a seller of travel.CO HOSTED SEGMENTWho wouldn't want to visit a chocolate farm? Will Lydgate from Steelgrass Farms joins Barry on the co-hosted segment to talk about tours offered at his family's farm. A tour of Steelgrass Farms is an educational experience you will want to tell your clients about if they are visiting Hawaii ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
276 - Branding Your Business and Viking Riverboat CruisesPodcast Number 276BUSINESS SEGMENTCreating a brand for your business will help you gain business. Barry defines what a brand is and how you can create a brand for your travel business.CO HOSTED SEGMENTMike Weldon from Viking Riverboat Cruise lines joins Lorene and Barry in the co-hosted segment of the show. Mike describes some of the fantastic cruises and the opportunities available to travel agents at Viking.TRAVEL NEWSNCL's Epic caters to solo cruisersA shift in the earth's magnetic poles ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
275 - Taking Your Business to a New Level in 2011Podcast Number 275BUSINESS SEGMENTGrace Murray Hopper said, "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." Setting goals is like setting a course to take your business out of its safe harbor and taking it to a new level - after all, that's what business is for! Learn more in the business segment about setting effective goals for your travel business in 2011.CO HOSTED SEGMENTWe look back on 2010 and discuss events that had a impact on the travel business. We look fo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
274 - Lawful Endorsements and Creations from Koa WoodPodcast Number 274BUSINESS SEGMENTClient endorsements in your sales literature and on your website can work wonders to bring you sales. But, the Federal Trade Commission has some rules you need to know about when it comes to those endorsements. Barry highlights the rules so you can use endorsements with confidence and not run afoul with the law.CO HOSTED SEGMENTCandice Cummings from the Koa Store joins Lorene and Barry in the co-hosted segment of the show. Candice describes the beauti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
273 - Hawaii Kayak Adventures and Web Pages That Grab ClientsPodcast Number 273Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button and use promo code: Podcast.BUSINESS SEGMENTCreate a web page that helps your potential clients to know, like and trust you. Put lessons learned in a survey conducted by Tealeaf to use on your website.CO HOSTED SEGMENTMicco Godinez from Kayak Kauai talks about the beauties of Kauai your clients can experience on one of his kayak tours. The tours include varied activities such as kayaking, walking and snorkeli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
272 - Giving, Getting Things Done and a New Travel MarketPodcast Number 272Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button and use promo code: Podcast.BUSINESS SEGMENTKeeping track of things to do is a challenge for the busy person. Barry has tried several online task management programs and found many lacking in one way or another. There is one task management program with a clunky name that stands out from the rest. Remember the Milk is Barry's favorite. Listen in and learn why.CO HOSTED SEGMENTBarry and Lorene deviate from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |