Latest Tourpreneurs Podcast Episodes
Creating a Commission Free Travel Agent
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - August 01, 2022 14:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsPeter Syme sits down with Charles of Painted Circle to discuss the ideas behind Painted Circle, and how he will make it commission free and how it will benefit operators. Join our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourpreneur Visit our website: https://tourpreneur.com Visit Painte...
Innovation for Tour Operators
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - July 28, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsInnovation for Tour Operators In these challenging times for tour operators innovation is more important than it ever was. Marc and Peter discuss how tour operators can innovate and also some hints and hacks to help them. Join our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourpreneur Visi...
Operator Story: Zakia Moulaoui Guery of Invisible Cities
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - July 25, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsOperator Story: Zakia Moulaoui Guery of Invisible Cities We take a look back at an interview Chris conducted in 2019 that has been previously unavailable on Tourpreneur. Zakia discusses how she came up with the idea of this amazing global social enterprise, by helping homeless people become ...
Chris' Five Quick SEO Dos and Don’ts
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - July 21, 2022 13:40 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsChris offers 5 quick take-aways that you can implement, or not, to make sure your website is optimised correctly for your Google Rankings. We cover: Site Speed Why you should stay clear of link farms Content Optimisation Why you shoud ignore SEO scoring in Yoast Voice Search Mentioned in...
What Makes a Great Storyteller?
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - July 18, 2022 19:21 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMitch Bach is joined by Leigh Jameson and Jazz Dottin in a discussion focused on storytelling. This is the first in a two-part discussion with these guests. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsored by Google 'Things to do' Want more direct bookings and greater exposure on Google? Then go check ...
Women in Travel - How Women Can Be Better Represented in Travel
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - July 06, 2022 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsTourpreneur believes our industry needs more diverse voices so welcome to the first of our Women in Travel series. In this episode, the first 4 four recordings with Amanda Walkins, Zakia Moulaoui Guery, Caroline Conner and Carol El Hawary, they discuss how women can be represented in trave...
The Experience Economy in Tours and Activities with Joe Pine
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - June 16, 2022 16:07 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThe Experience Economy in Tours and Activities with Joe Pine In this episode, Chris Torres, Mitch Bach and Pete Syme talk with author Joe Pine to discuss The Experience Economy and how this can help deliver transformational experiences in tours and activities. We discuss... - What the Expe...
Launch of the New Look for Tourpreneur and Tourpreneur+
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - May 18, 2022 19:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAt Tourpreneur, it is our mission to make sure every tour operator who is a member of our Facebook group or a listener to the podcast achieves one thing, and that is to grow their profit margins. Our aim is to build upon the incredible foundation and values that were created by Shane, while addi...
Launch of the New Look Tourpreneur and Tourpreneur+
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - May 18, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAt Tourpreneur, it is our mission to make sure every tour operator who is a member of our Facebook group or a listener to the podcast achieves one thing, and that is to grow their profit margins. Our aim is to build upon the incredible foundation and values that were created by Shane, while addin...
New Ownership Announced at Tourpreneur
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - May 11, 2022 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings'How lucky i am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.' After three years, Tourpreneur's Shane Whaley announces why he is leaving the show and revealed why he is thrilled to hand over the reins of the podcast and community to three industry veterans. Tourpreneur, the leading ed...
How Shifting Your Focus From ‘Educator’ to ‘Entertainer’ Can Impact the Tour Experience
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - April 27, 2022 17:48 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsToday, Sita Sargeant rejoins us to share some of the major changes that are currently happening at She Shapes History. Sita explains what it’s been like to transition from working as a duo-team tour operation to becoming a ‘team of one.’ We discuss the benefits of stepping back and taking bre...
How TourOpp Helps Gray Line SF Increase Sales and Reviews
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - April 13, 2022 20:09 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this episode, we throw the spotlight on TourOpp in a brand new series where we learn more about tech, tools and apps for tour operators. Tourpreneur is a no sales pitch podcast so we invited a customer of TourOpp to join us and share why they chose TourOpp and how it is increasing their cros...
How to Staff Up Your Tour Business
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - April 06, 2022 16:49 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsToday, we share tips and advice on staffing up your tour business and explain how to identify the right time to add employees to your tour company. Our guests, tour business owners Brian Cain (CRAWL New Orleans) and Jarrod Riddle (Spirit of Arizona Tours) share lessons from the trenches in thi...
The Story Behind Taste of SLO Walking Food Tour
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - March 30, 2022 00:22 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAngee Johnson joins us today to share how she built and grew Taste of SLO Walking Food Tour. She discusses how she researched the San Luis Obispo tourism market before starting her business and outlines how she networked and collaborated with bars and restaurants. She talks about the point in ...
How Liselot Built A Beer and Brewery Tour, the Story Behind BeerSecret
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - March 23, 2022 16:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsLiselot Caura reveals how she took her brewery tour business BeerSecret from a side hustle to a full-time business and outlines some of the challenges she faced. Liselot joins us today to share the story behind BeerSecret. She describes her beginnings in the brewery industry and reveals what le...
Lessons Learned Starting a Tour Business in Paris During A Pandemic
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - March 16, 2022 17:18 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThe Tour Operator Start Up series is back, Simon Burke joins Nikki Padilla Rivera today to discuss starting a tour business, in fact, a sidecar motorcycle tour company during the COVID-19 pandemic. He explains the hoops, logistics, and licenses when starting a tour vehicle business in Paris. He...
How You Can Increase Tour Bookings and Reviews with Photos
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - March 09, 2022 16:15 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsRyan O'Grady, the founder of Fotaflo joins us today to share how we can increase tour bookings and reviews with guest photos, which he calls 'memory marketing.' Ryan explains how tour businesses can leverage photo memories to market and create advocates for their business. He outlines the benef...
What I Learned Running a Tour Business for Over 30 Years
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - March 02, 2022 18:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsToday's guest shares with us some of her lessons from 30 years of running a tour business. We cover a lot of ground including marketing tours, dealing with journalists, websites, hiring and managing tour guides and chatbots! Lauren Hefferon joins us to discuss how she started, developed, and e...
How An Episode of Top Gear Inspired Jamie to Start His Own Tour business
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - February 23, 2022 16:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsJamie Robinson joins us today, he divulges his tactics to effective, authentic marketing on a budget. He describes his journey to being a tourpreneur and explains how an episode of the show, Top Gear, inspired him to start his experiences business based around two iconic cars, a London Cab and a...
Navy Veteran Reveals How She Built a Successful Winery and Brewery Tour Business
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - February 16, 2022 16:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsFrom Navy cryptographer to successful tour business owner. Renee Ventrice of Cork and Keg Tours joins us today to discuss how she built a luxury winery and brewery tours business. She walks us through how she created local partnerships with breweries and wineries and outlines how she designed...
Arival San Diego – 9 Takeaways from 3 Tour Operators
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - February 09, 2022 23:07 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsToday we hear from 3 tour operators who attended the in-person Arival San Diego event, they share what they learned and experienced. I was keen to hear what first-time attendees of Arival thought of the event, so today we are joined by Brian Cain of Crawl New Orleans and Jarrod Riddle of Sprit...
Shane’s Big Hairy Audacious Instagram Reels Experiment
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - January 28, 2022 20:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsWe are receiving more and more questions from tour operators who want to learn Instagram Reels but are unsure where to start. These questions have inspired Shane to dig into Instagram Reels for Tour Operators starting next week where he will try an experiment at Arival San Diego to see if he ca...
11 Tour Operators Reveal the One ‘Game Changer’ Skill They Want to Focus on in 2022 to grow their business.
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - January 11, 2022 21:14 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIt's January, a time for new years resolutions and goal setting. In today's episode, Tourpreneur Host Shane Whaley asked 11 activity and tour operators what one skill or competency they are focusing on to grow their business in 2022. If you are able to help our guests with advice on where they...
How AI Chatbots Helped This Tour Operator Earn $60k in Tour Bookings.
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - December 21, 2021 23:25 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsShould we be using AI Chatbots for our tour business? Listen to an extract of an interview with Evan Tipton of TOMIS who explains how Billy of Arkansas River Tours is taking advantage of AI Chatbots to generate over $60k in bookings. Billy also shares with us how AI Chatbot is helping his tour ...
Tour Operators as Conduits of History & Culture with Michael Idriss
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - December 01, 2021 19:24 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsOur guests discuss how tour operators can facilitate conversations toward understanding diverse history. They also explore how tour operators can discuss historical issues on tours effectively and safely. They consider engaging travelers who discover an unpleasant aspect of their ancestors’ his...
Tour Operators as Conduits of History & Culture with Michael Idriss (165)
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - December 01, 2021 15:24 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsOur guests discuss how tour operators can facilitate conversations toward understanding diverse history. They also explore how tour operators can discuss historical issues on tours effectively and safely. They consider engaging travelers who discover an unpleasant aspect of their ancestors’ hi...
Tour Operator Round Table – What We Learned at Tourism Innovation Summit – TIS Seville
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - November 23, 2021 03:17 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsToday on Tourpreneur we hear from three listeners who attended the TIS Seville. What did they learn? And what are they going to do differently in their businesses as a result of attending? TIS is a new one for me so here is the official blurb. 'Tourism Innovation Summit is aimed to help touris...
Digital Marketing Tips for Tour Operators with TOMIS
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - November 17, 2021 00:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsEvan, Billy, and Amada discuss digital marketing tips for tour operators, SEO best practices, Google Ads, and customer communications. They explore how by integrating AI chatbots, SMS chat, and live chat systems tour operators can enhance the customer communication experience. They share their ...
TP Roundtable: Facebook Marketing and Social Media tips for tour operators with TMA
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - October 27, 2021 00:38 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsSocial media expert, Social Tonic's Shawn Teasley is joined by tourism marketing expert Chris Torres along with tour operators Alan, and Amber to discuss the fine details of Facebook marketing for tour operators. They discuss the top three things tour operators should know before working with ...
Round Table - Facebook Marketing and Social Media tips for tour operators with TMA
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - October 26, 2021 20:38 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsSocial media expert, Social Tonic's Shawn Teasley is joined by tourism marketing expert Chris Torres along with tour operators Alan, and Amber to discuss the fine details of Facebook marketing for tour operators. They discuss the top three things tour operators should know before working wit...
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