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Marketing a Campground
You have to be light on your feet to stay ahead of the curve these days, especially when you're promoting a campground. We have the information you need to create a nimble, yet effective marketing strategy for your business.
Still looking for a way to effectively market your campground? It's hard to get your messages heard through the industry's noise.
Common sense and practical decision making are part of the marketing equation. But to rise to the top of the industry, you'll need to gain a deeper understanding of the marketing tactics competitive campgrounds have used to achieve success.
Staffing Expertise
Right out of the gate, you are going to have to make an informed decision about who will be responsible for marketing your product offerings and your brand. A dedicated, in-house marketing division is a possibility, but in small businesses, it's more likely that owners or managers will pick up marketing as a secondary job responsibility. That can be problematic because marketing can't afford to be pushed to the backburner. As a way to improve performance and time management, owners of campgrounds it makes sense to hire a firm to handle the creation and execution of your marketing strategy. A high quality marketing firm can deliver a much better ROI than internal stakeholders who aren't primarily focused on marketing functions.
Email Campaigns
Today's consumers are extremely tech-savvy. They rely on social media and email to both receive and transmit brand messages. What does that mean for your company? It means the odds are in favor of email campaigns actually connecting with customers. In many campgrounds, the real challenge is compiling a substantive quantity of qualified email addresses. Premium mailing list providers can mitigate the cost and hassle of in-house list generation. More importantly, providers typically give business owner an assurance that their lists are accurate and up-to-date.
Geolocational Marketing
Smartphones have added a new wrinkle to small business marketing. Equipped with GPS components, today's smartphones give consumers the ability to perform navigation and other geolocational tasks. Since you're a campground owner, geolocational features can be a powerful weapon in your marketing arsenal. Talk to a professional marketing firm about how you can tap into geolocational resources as a way to draw mobile consumers to your products. There are many ways to influence consumers through mobile GPS. However, in its simplest form, geolocational marketing enables consumers to identify a campground when they are in the vicinity.
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