Internet Marketing Workshop February 12

January 19, 2012 by

We all understand the need to market on the Internet.    But how?  What works?  Why?  DO I need a Blog?  Do I need a Website?? What is the difference between twitter and Facebook?  What works for us?? Why??  How can we market when we don’t understand it all?

Those questions and more will be answered on Sunday, February 12.
Internet Marketing for the Tour Professional – The Workshop . 
You can walk into this workshop not knowing anything about Internet Marketing, and you will walk out knowing exactly how you will be able to earn more money and get a lot more business from the internet.

Hands On Workshop

Bring your laptop, iPad, notepad or scratch paper.  We will be connected to the Internet and using real world examples and demonstrastions.

Topics Covered:

  • The basics of a powerful Website/blog/Journal
  • Understanding the role of Social Media networks (Facebook, twitter, etc..)
  • Choosing the right networks for you
  • Understanding Google
  • The importance and power of Local Search
  • Getting the profiles right
  • Harnessing the power of sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor
  • How to properly leverage it all and automate the marketing
  • Your Questions Answered

This interactive workshop is hosted by Mark Anthony.  Webmaster for the Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild.

Sunday, February 12, 2012
2pm to 5pm

Workshop Location: usr/lib

520 E. Fremont St.
Second Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89101
(702) 518-0098
(Across from El Cortez)

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Cost:This Workshop is Free


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/usr/lib is a community technology library, coworking hangout and meetup venue located in downtown Las Vegas on the second floor of the Emergency Arts building.

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Marta Becket to Retire/Amargosa Opera House

January 18, 2012 by

Marta Becket, Queen of the Desert, will have her final performance on February 12, 2012.  She turned 87 last year and has had serious health issues the last few years.

The Amargosa Opera House and Death Valley Junction will continue to operate as a hotel and tourist center.

Read the Story in the Pahrump Valley Times

amargosa opera house, death valley junction, marta becket

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Krupp Diamond Sold

December 23, 2011 by

What the world knows as the “Elizabeth Taylor Diamond”  – the Tour Professionals of Las Vegas know it by its original name – The Krupp Diamond.  Sold at auction for $8.8 million.  Almost 3 times the appraised value of the ring the late actress wore in almost every appearance.

Diamond History

The diamond ring is part of Las Vegas history.  German socialite Vera Krupp brought the ring over when she immigrated and divorced her industrialist husband who was not allowed in America for his ties to the Nazi war machine. (Krupp – Think coffee makers)

At the time, she owned what is now called Spring Mountain Ranch and raised Brahma bulls there.  Back than, the only road in was from Blue Diamond and it wasn’t paved!!

According ot the FBI story “on April 10, 1959, on her sprawling ranch about twenty-six miles southwest of Las Vegas. She and her foreman were finishing dinner when three men knocked on the door offering to blacktop her long driveway. Within seconds they’d forced their way in, ripped the ring off Krupp’s finger (to the point of drawing blood) and tied the pair blindfolded back-to-back with wire from a lamp.  The robbers had done their homework. They rifled the ranch house like they knew it well—stealing along with the ring about $700,000 in cash, a revolver, and a camera.”

Now, if you have been to the ranch and heard the story, the ending differs a little from the FBI story. ” Six weeks later. An agent in Newark, New Jersey, heard a rumor from a criminal informant that a local grocer was asking around, trying to sell a big diamond. Our agents quickly located this man, and he led us to one of the three thieves, James Reves. Agents searched his hotel room in Elizabeth and found the center diamond in the lining of his coat hanging in the closet.”

As for justice being served?? On November 20, Reves and two others were found guilty. A few weeks later Hagenson and the other suspects were convicted as well. Hagenson—the alleged mastermind—later beat the rap on appeal.

The Diamond Becomes Famous

Vera Krupp sold the ranch in 1967 to billionaire Howard Hughes . After her death in 1968, the diamond was part of her estate when actor Richard Burton it for $305,000 as a gift for Elizabeth Taylor, a two-time Academy Award winner who many called the most beautiful woman in the world.

 

 

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16th Annual Open House a the Hammargren Home of Nevada History

October 23, 2011 by

If you have never been to Lonnie’s home, get there This Year!!

There is more Vegas history here than any museum and you just never know when he will stop this great opportunity to share what he has with the world.

 

 

“Hammargren Home of Nevada History”

Sandy & Lonnie Hammargren

In conjunction with

OUR FRIENDS OF HISTORY

Invite you to OUR

16th Annual Open House

to celebrate

NEVADA DAY

SUNDAY; October 30, 2011

Noon to 5:00 PM

DONATION ♥ $10.00 ♥ per person

 

 

We are honoring the HISTORY CHANNEL Team of

“PAWN STARS” and “AMERICAN RESTORATION”; and the

ANIMAL PLANET CHANNEL Family Team from “TANKED”

 

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ♫ TOURS ☻ REFRESHMENTS

Proceeds to Benefit

♥“THE LIVING GRACE HOME”♥

for homeless pregnant teens

www.livinggracehome.com

 

4318 Ridgecrest Drive ♠ Las Vegas, Nevada 89121

♦ Please PARK with Courtesy to our Neighbors ♦

www.nevadaday.org

 

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Come on Out to Good Springs Days

September 22, 2011 by

Just a quick note to let you all know that Good Springs Days is this weekend, September 24, 2011.  At, where else?  good Springs.  you know where it is.  that little town out by Jean.

Ok, maybe you never went out there, but as a good tour professional, you should.  it’s a very historical little spot on the map.  it even has a store that was literally bought out of the Sears and Roebuck Catalog!!

History!

The town is named for Joseph Good, whose cattle frequented a spring nestled in the southeastern foothills of the Spring Mountains, Goodsprings was once the heart of the most productive mining districts in Clark County. Over the years, lead, silver, copper, zinc, gold and silver have all been mined from this area. Before 1900, a small cluster of tent cabins and a mill were erected, a post office was opened, and Lincoln County established Goodsprings Township. In 1904, Salt Lake City mining interests platted the Goodsprings Township. Most early buildings in the town were constructed during the boom spurred by the railroad in 1910-1911.

Goodsprings is currently the home of the Pioneer Saloon, considered to be one of the oldest saloons in Nevada (over 90 years old). The saloon houses a bullet hole on the side of the building and a coroner’s letter describing how it was created. The saloon is said to be “haunted” by the victim’s ghost by many. In addition, the Pioneer Saloon has a small memorial to both Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. Ms. Lombard’s plane TWA Flight 3 crashed into nearby Potosi Mountain on January 16, 1942. The saloon and hotel were the centers of operations for the search. The accident resulted in her death.

About the Celebration

This is a communtiy event, everyone is welcomed. festivities start at 10:00am.

  • Car Show
  • Live Music
  • Walking Tours
  • Historical Exhibits
  • Food and Drink
  • And other festivities….

Where is Good Springs??

Head out I15 towards the Nevada border.  Turn off at the Jean/Good Springs exit and follow the signs.

 


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Route 66/Seligman Fun Run is Coming April 30.

April 6, 2011 by

24th ANNUAL ROUTE 66 FUN RUN, seligman, angel delgadillo

If you are heading up to the South Rim on the morning of Saturday, April 30, I may suggest you bypass Route 66 and especially Seligman.  Angel and the town will be a bit preoccupied with the 24th ANNUAL ROUTE 66 FUN RUN.

It all starts in Selgiman bright and early Saturday morning.  Dawn is the actual starting time to line up and register. Last year there were over 800 cars registered and lined up on the main street of Seligman by 8am!!   Trust me, that leaves virtually no room for tour buses.

However, if you’re a car buff or a camera jockey, this is the fun place to be.  Its curb to curb cars, trucks and customs from every era, almost every manufacturer and many different countries. Last year we met people from all over the world who came to be in the run as well as just to ooogle the cars, the chrome and the heavy metal.

Best friend to the tour guides and one of the World’s most happiest men, Angel Delgadillo, will drop the starting flag at about 10am (give or take).  The last car will exit Seligman probably around noon.  Clearing the way for any late tour groups passing through.

On the first leg of the run, they head for Hackberry and Kingman via Peachsprings.  So the historic highway will be lined with gawkers, fans and friends wanting to cheer them all on.  Not to mention helping a few of the older ones who break down…

Hogs From the South

At the same time as all these cars are heading to Kingman from the north, the annual Laughlin River Run is having a poker run to Kingman from the south.  Meaning Route 66 from the south will be filled with more chrome and rubber to gawk at.

I’m hoping to be there again.  With the camera, not a bus.

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