I am going to keep this short and sweet.  This blog post and video is your ticket to:

• Help you increase sales and profits in 2012, especially online
• Lower your marketing costs
• Get access to my new tourism marketing course at the best price and terms for the whole year.
• And give you a 2 for 1 deal to get laser coaching from me.

There is a condition. You must be willing to learn and take action because my holiday sale expires Dec. 22 and is limited to the first 30 travel pros.

If you think 2012 sales will magically improve, or you are lazy or have all the sales you need, you can stop reading now…

But, if you do take action over the next 2 days, you could increase your sales 50% or more in 2012 and lower your marketing cost at the same time.  Read on, watch this important video from Tourism “Elf” Tim and prosper.

Best Practices in 2011

During 2011 I have gotten business and marketing updates from hundreds of travel professionals worldwide who are subscriber like you. Several things most had in common:

• A majority did not have a great year
• Too many are struggling
• And a small percentage had record sales…

I’ve studied why many struggle and others excel for almost 20 years, starting with my brother’s Mexico tour company. This is what I discovered.

All the tourism businesses that are doing well, have a “website that sells” and good online traffic. You need to understand that your best marketing potential is 95% online because that’s where your travel buyers are shopping.

If your website doesn’t rock (convert prospects into customers over time) your business has a low chance of survival. You have better odds in Las Vegas…

The three top strategies for online tourism marketing success are actually simple

1. Improve your marketing communication.

• 75% of prospects leave travel website right away because most travel sites lack clarity in communicating what you do and where, in 10 seconds or less.

2.  Social Proof: & Credibility Sells Travel.

• All prospects want to know that someone went before them, had a good time and they felt safe and secure. Nothing communicates that better than testimonials, social media reviews and online ratings.

• If you want to work with more travel agents and tour operators, communicating your references and experience is 10x more important!

3.  Stop Wasting Your Money!

• Create a website that sells, before you spend money on online traffic.

• Most online travel marketers that struggle have it ass backwards. They spend a bunch of money on driving traffic and wonder why they didn’t get any email, phone inquiries and sales.

Sound at all familiar?

Why small improvements equal big profits

The best way to grow your business sales and profits is to make incremental improvements in your website marketing over time.

Check out my new Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator and see for yourself. You will be blown away when you see what small increases in inquiries and sales conversion means to your profits.

I know sales increases of 50%, 100% or more are possible because of my discoveries over 20 years, and from the stories, emails and video I’ve been sharing with you from tourism professionals just like you, who have had these sales records.

If you haven’t seen them, watch and read them for yourself on my special course holiday sale page

They all achieved these sales and profit records by studying my tourism marketing training and taking action.

Imagine if you had…

• More streams of website traffic
• More advanced bookings
• More sales and profits
• A shorter off-season
• More regular cash flow
• More staff to do things you don’t like to do
• More time
• More new equipment
• Less stress
• Less debt
• A vacation or doing someone else’s tour!

This is what you can look forward to when you apply the proven strategies in my course and your inquiries, sales and profits improve. Make 2012 a record year too!

2-Day Only Holiday Sale – Save 41% and Get 2 for 1 Coaching

I have been very generous with gifts and donations this year. I love it, and want to do more. That’s why I want to have a holiday sale to help me pay for the holidays, help you with your business and allow me to give even more to charities worldwide.

Holiday sale summary if you take action before Dec. 23^rd.

• Save 41% on very comprehensive coarse.  A $200 savings.
• A new super low payment plan:
• And get 2 for the price of 1 for private one-on-one consulting with me. A $250 savings
• 2-day holiday sales limited to December 21 and 22 only
• Special sale limited to first 30 people because many people wanted my course during the Grand Opening but couldn’t afford the higher price
• Invest in this as a gift for yourself, or a loved one
• Create a tax deduction in 2011, benefit in 2012
• Help me help others

I look forward to helping you have an awesome year in 2012.

To your success, Tourism Tim, Holiday Elf

PS This special sale with my best pricing of the year, plus optional 1 on 1 coaching with me will not be available next year, so do not delay.