Destination Marketing Podcast

In this episode of the Destination Marketing Podcast, join Adam and Jessica Merrill as they talk about the effects of tourism on communities and why destination marketing is often misunderstood by stakeholders. Learn how Jessica got into the industry, as well as how she has been able to transform her destination with the help of Relic over the past year and a half. "You're providing a better quality of life for the residents even though you're talking to tourists. The ultimate goal at the end of the day is to provide more of the economic impact that then transitions into a better quality of life for the community and the residents." -Jessica Merrill Discover Davis County Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

Join Adam on this week's episode of The Destination Marketing Podcast as he chats with AJ Brau, co-founder and CEO of Wander, about some of the intricacies that come with creating maps for destinations. Listen to learn more about Wander and how destinations are using this new innovative platform to help visitors not only navigate their destination but also experience it in new ways. "People say a picture is worth a thousand words but a map is worth a million. I don't think there is a quicker way for someone to understand what a destination has to offer them and imagine themselves there." -AJ Brau Wander Maps Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

This week on the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam talks to Natasha Lye, PR and Content Specialist at Relic and host of the Inner Coastal Podcast, The Hola Laredo Podcast and Find Your Flow in MoCo. Listen to learn the ins and outs of hosting a podcast and hear some of the things Natasha has learned through hosting over the past two years. "I was worried about making the guest uncomfortable because I wouldn't know how to carry the conversation. What am I supposed to say? How do I lead this conversation? How am I supposed to be this expert when I've never done this before?"  - Natasha Lye The Inner Coastal Podcast The Hola Laredo Podcast Find Your Flow in MoCo Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

This week on the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam is joined in the studio by Greg Star and Mark Ligos from Carvertise. Listen to learn more about how Carvertise is making traditional media more accessible to small and medium-size destinations, as well as how destinations can utilize it to help increase the value of the DMO to its stakeholders. "You can't drive a billboard into the parking lot of an Eagles and Giants game and interact with the fans." -Mark Ligos Carvertise Tourism Media Mayhem Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

This week on the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam talks with Relic's Executive Creative Director Justin Flack about the importance of branding in destination marketing. Listen to learn why your destination needs a brand strategy as well as what you can do to get started on building one. "You can create a brand but you can never determine what that brand is in the eyes of your visitors or your consumer. You can only influence what they think and everything after that is built on the experience that they have with you or in your destination." -Justin Flack Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

This week on the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam shares some of his 2022 New Years' resolutions for destination marketers. Learn how you can apply these principles in your destination and how to strengthen your marketing plan in the year to come. "Take a step back and think about what your overarching strategy is. Why do we do what we do?" - Adam Stoker Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

Mo Parikh from Bandwango is back on this week's episode of The Destination Marketing Podcast. Listen to hear some of Mo's tips on using Bandwango effectively in your destination as well as the importance of transforming your destination into an e-commerce platform in order to increase stakeholder engagement and improve the overall visitor experience in your community. "Our mission is to enable our customers to support local businesses through the creation of unique experiences. We're on a mission to send ten million people into the doors of local businesses by 2023." -Mo Parikh Bandwango Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

This week on the Destination Marketing Podcast, join Adam as he talks with Andreas Weissenborn, host of the Architects of Destination Advocacy Podcast, about the importance of advocacy in destinations as well as how podcasts can play a key role in not only telling the destination's story but also cultivating a community of trust between your community and your destination marketing organization. The Architects of Destination Advocacy Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

Adam is back in the studio in this special episode of the Destination Marketing Podcast. He is joined by Benoit Grouchko and Evan Saunders from Near to talk all about data and how DMOs can utilize Near's technology in their destination. "With the amount of data increasingly scaling and all the focus we put on our end, I really like our ability to keep answering more and more use cases for tourism boards and being able to get one level deeper in supporting their strategy." -Benoit Grouchko Near Tourism Media Mayhem Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

In this final episode from the 2021 Sports ETA Symposium, Adam chats with Al Kidd, president and CEO of Sports ETA. Listen to hear how he has seen sports help the industry rebound after COVID, and how some of his recommendations on how DMOs can further utilize sports tourism in their destinations. "Sports is really the catalyst to the relaunch of tourism. We're not leading anything. Sports has its rightful place, but the dynamics of staging a new sporting event are different so there's an advantageous process they go through. That's my message to DMOs. Sports is a major catalyst that's playing its role right now in tourism with the relaunch of event activity post-COVID." -Al Kidd Sports ETA Influencer Marketing for Destinations Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.