2004

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2003

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Happy Holidays from Cultural Travels
WOW New Features for the New Year!
Speaking of heightened visibility
What does 2005 hold for the travel industry?

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Our recent traveler survey shows an affluent, motivated group of travel buyers
Web Page Ads work
The survey also told us…Yes, travelers will find you on a site like ours, but, they may not always remember
Tracking your ad click-thrus made easy. . . Guaranteed!
Hey, Tour Hosts! Give us a call and get a $100 break
2005 Editorial Calendar – Upcoming issues include

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Our new trip itinerary feature is smokin’ – and there’s more on the way!
This chart might open your eyes wider about e-mail
The Cultured Traveler’s November theme: Indigenous Cultures
Hey, why don’t you tell us where to go (and what to write about)?
How we keep the articles we run from becoming puff pieces
Google’s new search feature could mean more hits for your Web Page Ad
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We’ve supercharged our Web Page Ads with a powerful new feature – Go here* for a quick demo
A one-word definition of our advertising philosophy: Empowerment
You read it here: Keep your eye on the blogosphere
Method No. 32,987 for screwing travelers, Reason. No. 32,987 for using travel agents
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Orbitz comes back to earth and woos travel agents
Better late than never, eh?
We’ll take the compliment
Department of No Surprises: Can-Spam’s a flat-out failure
More bad news on spam: Filters can hurt your business
Some good news on spam: Pointers on how you can avoid it
UK travel agents are blowing off customer service big time, says survey
 

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The Internet – It can be Dodge City all over
1. “You don’t have mail” – Your ISP may be censoring it!
2. Just for being an SBC/PacBell Customer you may already be blacklisted from sending email — while favored spammer-customers of theirs are allowed thru!
Your web tracking software's “Referring Sites” report may no longer be an accurate measure of advertising effectiveness
Is your online advertising performing?
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Out with the old, in with the new: our Trips feature got a facelift  
The latest good news: Travel's enjoying a helluva rebound 
Thank goodness for senior execs. WSJ survey shows how much they love the Internet
Internet commerce reaches the "trust, but verify" stage
Need items for your newsletter? You have our permission to use some of our articles
Scary Movie 3 spoof on pop-ups mirrors real-life frustration
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4 rules of thumb for connecting to business-enhancing links
Why Google’s “search relevance” tack is driving so much traffic to our site
Credit card scam has Orbitz in spin mode as consumer complaints mount
Can-Spam Act forces legit marketers to use e-mail as a retention program
Quantas has never had a fatal accident. Humor may be why:
Our monthly factoids

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Junk your reciprocal links and pay for “popular links” instead. Here’s why:
A reader responds to our warning about Alexa
N.Y. Times’  travel section does a great job of missing the point
Now We Are Four*
1. The role of travel agents in the Internet Era
2. Just what makes that little old ant think he can move that rubber tree plant?
3. We said, “It’s not nice to yell at people”
4. The role of data-rich travel sites like ours

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Cultural Travels nearing the 1 million user mark!
Yes, we get testimonials:
Travel Weekly quotes us on playing the pricing game
The effects of great newsletters - a response
Survey shows the Internet is no substitute for the human touch
Get Published - The Cultured Traveler’s upcoming themes
3 rules that will make your online newsletter popular with clients
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The Nanny Corner:

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$60 million in leads generated over the past 6 months!
Alexa.com tyranny for the masses:
Why you can’t trust Alexa to tell you how good a web site really is:
In March, The Cultured Traveler heads South
And in April, we’ll focus on “people-powered adventures”
The Nanny Corner:
Our Monthly Factoids

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Read our analysis of Google’s Big Change
Speaking of Google, watch for us to begin appearing on its news site (and why it will help you)
Study says 1 out of 7 Big Boys muff their web sites. . . Moral: test your site weekly
We go out on a thick limb and make 3 predictions for 2004
Hints on how to make your e-mails work better
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