It’s no secret that the holiday season is when lots of couples get engaged. And in 2024, we mean lots. A record number of couples are expected to say “Will you marry me?” and "Yes!” by the end of the year, making it the perfect opportunity to draw in business for your high-end wedding venue. Finding those couples who have a higher budget, though, takes a comprehensive marketing strategy. We put together some ideas for not only finding those couples but enticing them to book your venue. https://lnkd.in/gcbV-XVm
Hawthorn Creative
Advertising Services
Portsmouth, NH 8,512 followers
A full-service marketing agency helping hospitality and luxury lifestyle brands spark connections with their customers.
About us
As a full-service marketing agency for hospitality and luxury lifestyle brands, we help our clients create connections with their customers through forward-thinking design, content, and strategy – purposeful touchpoints that do more than just engage consumers. They leave an impression. They inspire action. We’ve been delivering marketing solutions to our clients since 2001, helping them market smarter and drive more business.
- Website
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External link for Hawthorn Creative
- Industry
- Advertising Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Portsmouth, NH
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2001
- Specialties
- Custom Content Creation, Digital Marketing, Print Marketing, Custom Magazines, Custom Brochures, Website Design, Email Marketing, Brand Development, Custom Event Brochures, Social Media Marketing, and SEO & SEM
Locations
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Primary
33 Jewell Court
Portsmouth, NH 03801, US
Employees at Hawthorn Creative
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Aimee Syverson
Vice President of Creative at Hawthorn Creative
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Elizabeth Hines
Senior Business Development Manager at Hawthorn Creative @HawthornCreate
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Rhonda Walsh
Business Development Executive || Connecting Hospitality and Luxury Clients with Award-Winning Branding, Content, Digital, Website, and Social Media…
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Kristen Heaps
Sales Director at Hawthorn Publications, MBA
Updates
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For much of the country, sweater weather is finally here! The changing leaves and dropping temps of fall are the perfect opportunity for hotels, resorts, and destination marketing organizations (DMOs) to capture the hearts of travelers who can’t wait to don their coziest jackets and boots. If you had to pick one social channel where viewers flock to see photos of changing leaves and warm coffee, one platform stands out above the rest: Instagram. This time of year lends itself perfectly to Insta-worthy moments that can elevate brand engagement — and ultimately drive bookings. Here are some highly Instagrammable fall content ideas to showcase your property as the perfect fall getaway. https://lnkd.in/gsX9_Puy
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Even when two people don’t speak the same language, they often find common ground over good food. For travelers who label themselves as foodies, a destination’s local cuisine and dining experiences can be the No. 1 reason they choose to visit. For hotels and destinations, leveraging their area’s food history, traditions, and expertise can be a game-changer in not only engaging current foodies but even creating new ones. https://lnkd.in/g3zZ62BF
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If you want to compete as a luxury business, marketing is essential to not only promote and highlight your brand story, but also to drive conversions. As we head into budget planning for 2025, we’re taking a look at what percentage of a company’s overall budget should be dedicated to marketing, along with how to create the right mix of tactics to meet your goals. We even included a sample marketing mix — focused on driving conversions — to help get you started below: https://lnkd.in/gjP_gXuq
Here’s How to Spend Your Marketing Budget Wisely
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It wasn’t that long ago that authenticity was a trending buzzword. Today, it’s become the standard, but it can still feel like an out-of-reach concept for some marketers — especially if the traditional notions of slick, polished, and highly produced content have been your go-to. To help you get inspired, we put together some ways to add authenticity to your social media campaigns and connect with your audience on a deeper level. https://lnkd.in/gQg6NqG7
How to Make Your Hotel and Destination Social Media Content Feel Authentic
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It’s been more than four years since COVID-19 kept us all at home, but we’re still feeling the urge to catch up on all that travel and exploration we missed. That sense of carpe diem has led to an increase in impulse getaways, with hotels and resorts seeing more last-minute bookings and shorter stays. Late-arriving, here-and-gone visitors can be great to fill in holes left by cancellations and slow times, but they’re not the bread and butter of the hospitality industry. Here are some ideas for simple yet impactful content that invites travelers to stick around — plus ways to get the message out to your audience effectively: https://lnkd.in/gVF-pfv6
Stay Another Day: How Your Content Can Inspire Guests to Book Early and Stick Around Longer
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As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, it promises a brighter, more efficient future for content marketing and SEO — but how do you use the technology to your best advantage? Many marketers are starting to experiment with AI and SEO, but its full potential has yet to be discovered. Our recent blog post takes a look at how AI can be used (or avoided) to improve your keywords, rankings, and back-end SEO tasks. You have questions, check out our answers here: https://lnkd.in/gP6P35AP
Will AI-Created Content Hurt My SEO? And Other Questions About the Future of Content Marketing
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We are excited to share our annual Woodstock Inn & Resort Magazine! This year's issue includes articles on local shopping, Pride of Woodstock, and the resort's sustainable landscaping initiatives. The main feature, "Wellness 5 Ways" shows different opportunities to relax, rejuvenate, and care for yourself in Woodstock, Vermont. Print copies of the magazine are available in our guest rooms or enjoy the digital version via the link below! 📖 #woodstockinnvt #woodstockvermont #hospitality #wellness5ways Hawthorn Creative
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Building a social media following is tough work. It can take months of consistency, outreach, top-notch content creation, and more to push that snowball up the hill. Once you get to the summit, though, you look out over the horizon and see them: followers. Loyal, engaged followers who like, comment, share, and otherwise hang out in your social spaces. Establishing a digital community is only the first part of the journey, though. Attention spans are short these days, and if you don’t take the time to nurture your loyal followers, they’ll fade away from your page (and fast). In this blog, we’re skipping past the audience building to focus on the next equally important part of the process: maintaining that audience through community management. Here’s a look at some of the questions we get most from our clients about how to best manage, engage, maintain, and show appreciation for their online community: https://lnkd.in/g-nbAcak
Social Media Management for Hotels and DMOs: Here’s How to Keep Your Followers Engaged
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You’re finally starting to see real results from your SEO strategy. It’s solid, your rankings are climbing. You’re on trend to be in the top three results … and then Google changes the entire game. The next plot twist in search engine marketing is here: Google AI Overview. We’ve been learning as much about Google AI Overview as possible, watching it evolve, and becoming experts so that we can help our clients stay ahead of the curve. Here’s How AI Will Affect Your Marketing Strategy: https://lnkd.in/esh5Gycr