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...
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...
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...
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...
Gas prices are rising at an alarming amount. And, our industry is noticing the booking window getting shorter and shorter due to travelers’ last-minute decision to get in the car and travel. Capturing last-minute demand aka walk-ins is still relevant. In fact,...
Cogwheel Marketing’s Stephanie Smith and Cory Falter from the InnSync Show, a part of Lure Agency, discuss the importance of maximizing your brand’s marketing efforts. In this podcast, we attempt to demystify hotel brand marketing so hoteliers know where...
Revenue Management + Marketing = The Perfect Match. ❤️ Cogwheel Marketing’s Stephanie Smith and Topline Revenue’s Connor Vanderholm sit down with Revenue Hub’s Trevor Grant to discuss how marketing and revenue management beautifully collaborate,...
Defining and executing a social media plan is not for the faint of heart. Currently, hoteliers are short staffed in every department and sometimes social media is a last priority. But, if we have learned anything through the pandemic, it is not to forget or...
Stephanie Smith joins Susan Barry of Top Floor Podcast to talk all things metasearch, OTA effectiveness, and more. Podcast Highlights Stephanie Smith combined her love of hotels, her coder brain, and her knowledge of what was missing in the marketplace to create an...
Each brand has slightly different channels and opportunities within Koddi, but most are fairly similar. But, you need to understand WHEN and HOW to use each channel based on your hotel needs. You don’t have an unlimited budget, so choose wisely. Direct Media...
