Write appealing travel content for both humans and search engines Once you have your content marketing strategy in place, you can start to create content. But how do you write content that is appealing to both humans and search engines? We’re big fans of writing for...
Rik van den Brink
Rik is an experienced online marketeer. He has been running a successful online marketing agency for around 10 years and specialises in subjects like search engine optimisation, search engine advertising, social media- and email marketing.

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Optimise your travel destination pages for Google
Optimise your destination pages for search engines As a tour operator, the most important pages on your website are your destination landing pages. These are the pages that promote a specific destination that your business offers tours to. Most people tend to focus on...
Analysing your website and search data
Why you should be analysing your website and search data As a tour operator you can easily use data to your advantage. Whether you are working on your buyer persona or content marketing, analysing your website and search data is of the utmost importance. Without...
How to turn travel website visitors into customers
Increase sales by generating leads One of the main aspects of content marketing is turning your website visitors into leads. Basically, if you do not have a proper plan for this in order, your content marketing won’t result in any financial gain for your business....
Introduction to online marketing in tourism
What is online marketing? Online marketing is a broad term about all marketing activities people execute online. Although, it is far from easy to become successful online as a tour operator. With the right knowledge and persistence, it will help your business thrive....
How to identify your ideal target group
Buyer personas in your target group The tourism industry is very competitive. Doing marketing as tour operator successfully, can be a challenge. There are hundreds of ways to promote a travel business and it’s easy to be overwhelmed by all available strategies. Which...
How travellers use social media (step-by-step)
Usage of social media in tourism We all know that, in general, people are fairly active on social media. But how do people use social media regarding travel? In this article we'll start of with a few statistics, after which we describe how travellers use social media...
Content marketing for tour operators
Why every tour operator should consider content marketing Content marketing is a marketing strategy in which valuable, relevant and consistent content is distributed to reach your target group. All with the aim of encouraging your target group to take profitable...
10 tips to become a successful tour operator
How to become a (more) successful tour operator? One thing that's certain in business, is that you should always be open to improve. You might think you don’t need to become a more successful tour operator. However, we believe there’s always room for improvement....
Use email marketing to connect with travellers
Why email marketing is important for tour operators Email is one of the most effective ways to reach people who are interested in your tours. Even though a lot of social media platforms have an impressive number of users, they can’t compete with the number of people...