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Top 7 Best Practices for Economic Development Online

Best Practice #3: Put Social Media to Work for Economic Development (August 31, 2010)
Best Practice #2: The Competitive Economic Development Website (August 17, 2010)
Best Practice #1: The Economic Development Web Strategy (August 5, 2010)

New Ideas for Tourism Promotion

Help Prospective Visitors Find Out About Your Tourism Attractions (July 20, 2010)
Can You Help Tourism Operators Self-Promote? (July 6, 2010)
Promoting Tourism to the Local "Stay-cation" Audience (June 22, 2010)
Attracting Tourists to Smaller Communities (June 8, 2010)

Marketing to Attract the Creative Class

Social Media as a Cornerstone of a Creative Economy Campaign (May 18, 2010)
Developing a Creative Economy Investment Attraction Strategy (May 4, 2010)
Defining a Creative Economy Target Audience (April 13, 2010)
Creative Economy Marketing (March 24, 2010)

Municipal Tourism Websites
Culinary Tourism Websites (March 9, 2010)
Niche Tourism Websites (February 23, 2010)
Events Calandars for Tourism Websites (February 9, 2010)
Directories and Itineraries for Tourism Websites (January 19, 2010)
New Trends in Municipal Tourism Websites (January 5, 2010)

Planning an Effective Economic Development Website
Budgeting For Website Promotion (December 22, 2009)
Your Economic Development Website Budget (December 8, 2009)
Economic Development Website ROI (November 24, 2009)

New Best Practices for Communicating with Your Audiences
Hitting Your Targets (November 10, 2009)
Defining Website Goals (October 27, 2009) 
Communications Loops (October 13, 2009) 
Making Data Interesting (September 29, 2009) 
The Navigation Challenge (September 15, 2009) 
It's All About Now (September 1, 2009) 
Three Tips for Effective Web Communication (August 18, 2009) 
Interactivity Means Business (August 4, 2009)

Target Marketing in a Networked World
Target Marketing on the Internet (July 28, 2009) 
Cultural Mapping (July 21, 2009) 
Marketing to New Immigrants (July 14, 2009)

Target Marketing in a Networked World 
How Can Your Website Stand Out? (July 7, 2009)
Targeting the Creative Class (June 30, 2009)

Social Software and Economic Development
Social Media Optimization (June 23, 2009)
The Importance of Social Media Bookmarking (June 16, 2009)
The Social Dimension (June 02, 2009)

The New Face of Tourism Promotion
Using Twitter for Tourism (May 26, 2009) 
How Strong is Your Tourism Brand? (May 20, 2009) 
New Ideas for Tourism Niches (May 12, 2009) 
How Competitive Is Your Tourism Website? (May 05, 2009)

Communications Tools and Techniques
Keep the Content Flowing (April 28, 2009)
New Rules for Press Releases (April 21, 2009)

Economic Development Websites
Economic Development 2.0 (April 14, 2009)
Making Search Engines Work for You (April 7, 2009)
Economic Development Website Best Practices (March 31, 2009)

Economic Development Marketing in Tough Times
Tips and Tactics for Measuring Results (March 24, 2009)
New Ways to Get the Word Out (March 17, 2009)
Business Retention Means People Retention (March 10, 2009)
Investment Attraction Marketing in a Changed Environment (March 3, 2009)


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