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...
Stephanie Smith of Cogwheel Marketing and Connor Vanderholm of Topline Revenue joined Trevor Grant of Revenue Hub in December 2021 to discuss leveraging Marriott systems and all the fun acronyms that go along with each system. Specifically, they look at it from a...
For as long as we can remember, IHG, which has brands like Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and many others handled their SEO marketing efforts in-house. The title and meta descriptions were written by their team as they did not allow input from the hotel directly or...
