Hotel Digital Paid Media Planning
Updated: October 2023 2024 Budget season is here! Do you feel stuck in your paid media campaigns for your hotels? Founder, Stephanie Smith, in her 2022 presentation talks about different strategies and budgets for paid media for your hotel that you can apply when...
Cogwheel Analytics Debuts at HITEC e20X Start Up Pitch Competition
In June 2022, Founder, Stephanie Smith, of Cogwheel Marketing debuted Cogwheel Analytics at the HFTP HITEC e20X Entrepreneur Startup Pitch Competition. In a rigorously timed 4 minute speech, Stephanie shared with the hospitality industry the vision of her digital...
Stephanie Presents at HSMAI: ROAS is Dying, A Love Story
During Commercial Strategy week at HSMAI 2022 in Orlando, owner Stephanie Smith gets on the main stage to discuss a somewhat controversial topic. The presentation is done in a style called Pecha Kucha, so 20 slides and only 20 second per slide. The entire presentation...
Where is this Image Coming From?!?!
Do you ever feel like you are playing a game of whack-a-mole with your images when you go through a hotel renovation? The Hotel Renovation Scenario Your hotel just went through a beautiful renovation. You hired the best brand-approved hotel photographer in the...
Map Advertisements: Should You Be Using Them?
Capturing last-minute demand aka walk-ins is still relevant. In fact, it may be more relevant now than it was pre-pandemic. I know we all love and adore our highway signage from the local department of transportation and advertising billboards, but for a hotel that is struggling to ramp back up post-covid, why not put a little funding into something that is “with the times?” I am talking about Map Ads.
Podcast: Branded Hotel Marketing Demystified: What Is It and What Hoteliers Should Know
What is demystified hotel marketing? Cogwheel Marketing’s Stephanie Smith and Cory Falter from the InnSync Show discuss the importance of maximizing your brand’s marketing efforts.