IC TRAVEL AGENT February 2014 | Page 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS – IC FEBRUARY 2014 2 JUST ARRIVED! Selling Flexible Independent Travel Arrangements 4 NEXION: True Support For True Professionals 5 MESSAGE FROM MIKE FOSTER, President, Nexion Canada Advertorial 6 EDITORIAL: Marketing in 2014 will be different… 7 MARKETING 2014 12 HOSTING EVENTS IN 2014 13 USING THE WORD FREE 14 BE AN EXHIBITIONIST Guest article by Steve Gillick 16 TRAVEL PROVENANCE 18 THE ENGAGEMENT’S OVER – START SELLING! 20 FACEBOOK TIMELINE COVER 23 WEBSITE DESIGN IDEAS 24 VIDEO MARKETING DATA 25 SELLING THE LOVE 26 CARTOUCHE GRAPHICS 27 NEW TOOLS: SPAMfighter 28 NEW TOOLS: 99Covers 29 MORE NEW TOOLS: Sprout Video, FIXME Stick, Panono 30 THE TRAVEL TRAINING INSTITUTE Advertorial 31 SELLING WITH STEVE 32 WHAT’S IN STORE? The Travel Agent’s Store 33 MARKET YOUR GROUPS: Big Bark Graphics Advertorial Advertising in IC Travel Agent reaches the serious business-minded travel agent. Promote your products and services via video, audio or generic text and images. IC Travel Agent is marketed direct to over 4,000 travel agents plus thousands more via social media channels such as Facebook, LinkedIn, SlideShare, trade contacts, partners and educational institutions. Your ad includes a BONUS How-to-Sell article. Full page rates range from $300 to $425 based on number of insertions. If it’s not yet 5pm where you live, you still have time to make one more call, close one more sale or e-mail one more promotion! Selling travel from home does not have to be a puzzle when you read IC! Find the host agency that best suits your needs. Share your money making ideas in IC and help your IC colleagues. CONTACT Steve Crowhurst [email protected] 250-738-0064 www.ic-travelagent.com Publisher: SMP Training Co. www.smptraining.com Contributors Steve Crowhurst IC TRAVEL AGENT is owned and published by Steve Crowhurst, SMP Training Co. All Rights Reserved. Protected by International Copyright Law. IC TRAVEL AGENT can be shared, forwarded, cut and pasted but not sold, resold or in anyway monetized. Using any images or content from IC TRAVEL AGENT must be sourced as follows: “Copyright SMP Training Co. www.smptraining.com” SMP Training Co. 568 Country Club Drive, Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada, V9K-1G1 Note: Steve Crowhurst is not responsible for outcomes based on how you interpret or use the ideas in IC TRAVEL AGENT. T: 250-738-0064.