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Timesharing's Consolidation Climb Continues Vol 34, No. 6 | Jun 5, 2021 | www.ResortTrades.com Resort Trades Every Resort; Every Month Timesharing's Consolidation Climb Continues THIS MONTH'S LEARNING CENTER PRESENTS: Shari Levitin: "The New Buyer's Journey" Join us at 1:00 p.m. ET on June 1 for the Live Event or view it later on YouTube.com/ ResortTrades. We hope to interview YOU at ARDA’s Timeshare Together spring conference scheduled June 6-10, 2021 at the JW Marriott at Grande Lakes Orlando. If you miss visiting in person, look for our interviews Diamond Resorts, Cabo Azul Resort, with timeshare leaders on our San José del Cabo, B.C.S., Mexico Resort Trades YouTube channel! 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The Most Trusted & Superior Quality For Over 25 Years 2 | June 2021 | 931-484-8819 | www.ResortTrades.com The Resort Professionals’ monthly News Journal since 1987 PUBLISHER’S CORNER How PR fits into the marketing mix by Sharon Scott Wilson, RRP Throughout the online chat, Georgi and I We have been able to host two Showcases tossed around thoughts on how professionals since the launch of this product. The first in the timeshare industry – those who operate of these featured the president of Vacation resorts, as well as those businesses provide Innovations, Bryan Rand. Go to https://www. goods and services – can best include PR in youtube.com/resorttrades/bryanrand and their marketing mix. Georgi reminded viewers search for "The Business of Innovation." We Georgi Bohrod Gordon, Sharon Scott Wilson of the importance of knowing exactly what were greatly impressed with the aggressive RRP Publisher their messaging is and how best to define growth plans Bryan discussed for the their goal. “What do you wish to communicate company. During an online Trades Learning Center and who do you hope to speak to?” One tip Event held in May, Georgi Bohrod Gordon, she shared was for companies to fill their RRP, and I swapped ‘war stories’ and website with information, including an “about” thoughts about how PR fits into the timeshare page to share photos and bios of your staff. industry. We also chatted a little about how This helps encourage resort visitors, media, we’re using it in our businesses – she as and other stakeholders feel you’re authentic. head of an award-winning strategic planning, marketing and public relations company, Georgi asked about Resort Trades’ use GBG & Associates; and me when it comes to of print and broadcasting to reach resort publishing the only monthly print publication professionals. I explained we have a 30- in the timeshare industry, as well as our digital year history of sending a print edition of our Bryan Rand, President, properties. monthly magazine to virtually every resort Vacation Innovations professional in the industry. In both print and Georgi told how she had just started working online, we have a substantial directory listing Another Showcase held in May featured for a PR and advertising agency in Del Mar of business supplying goods and services to Jordan Beckner, president of Fiberbuilt and was very content. The only problem was resorts. Added to all this is our Resort Trades Umbrellas & Cushions. Jordan was able to that the three owners would meet behind Weekly, which is emailed to a substantial share the trends they’re currently seeing. closed doors every Friday to yell and scream subscriber base. Weekly is an e-publication His company is seeing pent-up demand for at each other, after which they’d come out, that shares the latest news releases we’ve shade products. (Search in YouTube.com/ and hand employees their weekly paychecks. received, as well as original feature articles. ResortTrades/JordanBeckner for “What do This went on for about six months. I imagine you cover your customers with?”) everyone got pretty accustomed to the weekly Most recently, we launched a weekly free fight until one Friday. This time when they webinar series in May of last year and invited emerged from the Friday meeting they gave speakers to appear at no charge in free each person a check for two weeks’ pay and “Lunch Bunch” events. Our idea was to offer a said they were closing the firm! ‘brown bag lunch’ 30-minute get-away: “Grab a sandwich and listen to one of your peers.” Poor Georgi! She was helping support a We began our online event initiative at the baby and a husband in law school; she really beginning of COVID. With so many working needed a job! Fortunately, a woman down from home or worse yet, not working at all, we the hall told her that Winner’s Circle Resorts felt it almost a public service to help connect was looking for a marketing “gal.” Georgi us all. Topics for the Trades Lunch Bunch interviewed with Jim Watkins, got the job, and events are meant to be of general interest immediately went home to have a big sobbing to timeshare resort professionals. Even now Jordan Beckner, President of fit for hours. How was she going to get the as we continue to expand and improve the Sales, Fiberbuilt Umbrellas & courage to confess to her parents that she Resort Trades Learning Center, we still feel Cushoins was going to work in the timeshare industry? we are contributing to the improvement and connectivity of our community. PR and marketing – whether using traditional In my case, I had graduated from American print or today’s online tools – as Georgi said, University in Washington, DC. The only In addition, I explained that we recently “It’s all about communication.” And while there industries in DC were – and still are – introduced the ability for vendors to purchase are more tools than ever today, it goes back government and trade associations for the a “Showcase.” For a nominal fee, we provide to ‘old-time’ PR: marketers still need to make most part. I took the association route and them with a platform to specifically discuss sure they create the right messaging for the wound up as Membership Director of ARDA their products and services and describe their right listeners. (or ARRDA at the time). Long story short: companies. We promote the showcases, I first wrote for Resort Trades beginning in both prior to and after the event. Plus, we 1997. At one time, I had tried to negotiate a are available to help them craft an interview, deal to buy the magazine from its founder, slideshow, and rehearsals for what can be Tim Wilson, but he decided against selling used as a virtual brochure that they can then it. Years later, after Tim and I married, I took circulate to prospects and clients and which over as publisher while Tim focused on his will have the third-party credibility of The retirement community development. 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