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Bargain Airfare to Adirondack Airport

January 10th, 2007 · Destination Marketing, News

Update: This airfare is no more.

Without going into the boring specifics, heh heh, there’s a move afoot to aid the Adirondack Regional Airport with some marketing help. Specifically this means helping Commutair – a Plattsburgh-based operator for Continental Connection – with promoting their bargain fare between Saranac Lake and Albany, NY.

Continental Flight Deal - Albany - Saranac Lake

$78 Round-trip !! Irregardless of who, or what, or why, that is a great deal. These are one-way flights of 40 minutes.

I’ve found this rate available through the end of March. A quick way to get up here for a weekend? Rental cars are available for as little as $38/day. Some hotels or resorts should jump on this with some packaging which included transportation… Anyway, things are so slow, I’ll bet most hoteliers would send out a ride for free.

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Update:

1/17/07 – My buddy found a round-trip to Melbourne, Australia – leaving from Saranac Lake! It actually was the cheapest option we could find – $1682 total.

Compare to Adirondack Trailways, Albany – Lake Placid $60.50 Round-trip, 4 hours each way.

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Business Blogging in 2007

December 28th, 2006 · Destination Marketing

Ignore the naysayers, Social Media will be the hot topic in 2007. The rush into Web 2.0 will be ugly and fraught with danger for many who are jumping onto the bandwagon without a clear knowledge of what and why they are doing it. But there is hope.

Likely this will be a major theme for Adirondack Base Camp in 2007. Here are some cool links to whet your appetite:

Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers

The Social Customer ManifestoVRM is the future.

All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World

BankwatchSocial Banking?!!

Business BloggingBusiness Blogging Field Guide (PDF)

Brand as Mythology

The Corporate Weblog Manifesto

Consumer generated media, a threat or an opportunity?

The Window Seat

5 Rules of Social Media Optimization (SMO)

Travel and Web 2.0

Fasten Your Seatbelts (German)

Thinking in Web 2.0 : 16 Ways

Seven rules for corporate blogging

Blogs Will Change Your Business

Top 7 Marketing Trends for 2007

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The Power to the People

December 28th, 2006 · Miscellania

Every couple years I visit the Left Coast for a parental visit. These visits have evolved over time into a somewhat predictable pattern.

  • Home Cooking
  • Favorite Restaurants – Tito’s Tacos, The Burnt Tortilla, Mei Lung Village (Shanghai Cuisine), Dim Sum, Sushi, various breakfast places
  • Shopping – REI, Costco (the Marina del Rey store has to be seen to be believed), Fry’s Electronics, The Shiseido store (wife likes nail polish)
  • Attractions – Disneyland, Long Beach Aquarium, Beach, the Russian Submarine
  • Computer Repair and Maintenance – 3 computers – clean (in and out), update, spyware and viruses, new games, etc.
  • Troubleshooting – a variety of home repair items, customer service issues

Customer service? Let me expand on that.

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