Hello everyone and welcome to Hospitality Digital Marketing the podcast, I am your host Loren gray and this is episode #116,  we are airing Friday, August 12th, 2016 where every week we spend around 20 minutes sharing the most interesting tools, news, and techniques being used in digital marketing for the hospitality industry. We also do a quick recap of our weekly Live Video show “This Week in Hospitality Digital Marketing” which also airs every Friday only at 10:30 am Central US Time. SO let’s get started;

Tool of the Week —

Dooley — a great affordable sketch drawing tool for the creation of presentations and ads. www.doodly.com sign up with them so when they come back you can get the software for around $67

News —

How the hotel industry is cutting out the mid-tier — http://ehotelier.com/insights/2016/08/11/hotel-industry-cutting-mid-tier/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=d484c14fd7-Daily_Newsletter_20160811&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e17a7bf7c4-d484c14fd7-326631061&ct=t(Daily_Newsletter_20160811)&mc_cid=d484c14fd7&mc_eid=db9c52c420

next year revenue question article — Reservation Pace Declines as Headwinds Strengthen for Hotels – http://lodgingmagazine.com/reservation-pace-declines-as-headwinds-strengthen-for-hotels/

Technique–

Restaurants use live video as a social media engagement tool —

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