Inspired by your presentation at SYTA in Whistler, my interest in blogging came to a head when I heard Bill Marriott would be blogging. Once I put myself out there, I was able to connect with many other hoteliers, and am able to stay connected with hotel guests and clients through the blog and MySpace, FaceBook, Linked In, (etc.). The time dedicated to these activities is fairly minimal (it’s like checking e-mail), and writing is something I truly enjoy. Since launching “Get A Room!” I have been asked by ABA to guest blog on their website as well.

It is about getting yourself out there. The hard part is marketing the blog and gaining readership once it’s up. But I’m sure you already knew that!

Thanks again for a great seminar in Whistler. I was all kinds of pumped up over Internet possibilities when I returned to Virginia Beach!

Blogging is an impressive marketing channel where the outcome is always questionable. It has been a phenomenal experience where people take what bloggers have to say on destination, hotels and restaurants and will follow suit. This is what I would call a new kind of ‘peer pressure’.

Bloggers can create a conversation without even meeting anyone in person and they can create first hand visual marketing awareness where ending up as word of mouth at most time.

I truly believe in blog marketing while the rest I leave it to what readers decides to interpret.

Great post. Blogging is one of the questionable marketing activities right now, but I do think that Marriott got it right with this one. Check out my site where I linked back to this article.

Have a great day.

Shane