Sponsors Sign Up for Explore Tourism Social Media Boot Camp 2011 Confirming the Importance of Social Media Marketing

Playa del Carmen, Mexico, August 31, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Social Media Examiner, a free online American magazine and top industry social media news blog and Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa, one of 24 of the AMResorts properties with a leading resort brand in Mexico, have eagerly signed on as sponsors for the first social media seminar to be held in the Riviera Maya that supports travel and tourism businesses.

“We are pleased to have our first sponsors embrace this new seminar so quickly. Travel and tourism businesses need ongoing educational support as marketing strategies rapidly evolve and grow in this highly competitive business environment. Our role is to take a large amount of information and deliver it to travel and tourism businesses in a format that can be used and implemented as quickly as the changes occur,” stated Kay Walten, speaker and innovator of the social media seminars for travel and tourism businesses.

Social Media Examiner is a free online magazine designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to find leads, increase sales and generate more brand awareness. The blog was ranked one of the world’s Top 100 business blogs and the company has successfully gained more than 95,000 email subscribers.

Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa is not new to social media, with a history of supported social media events and seminars in the Riviera Maya. They have hosted Riviera Maya tweet-ups, press meetings for social media specialists and industry bloggers, and are active on social media to support their individual marketing strategies and goals.

To include more business support of this innovative seminar, the Kay Walten Group has expanded their sponsorship options and included an affiliate program for small businesses that want to monetize their commitment to social media education in the travel and tourism sector. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities or affiliate programs please email sales@kaywalten.com to learn more about how your business can receive exposure during this event.

Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 will be held October 8 and 9, 2011 at the Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa from 9 am to 2 pm each day with a networking lunch included. Discounted enrollment is $1750mn and available online when attendees sign up prior to September 15, 2011. For additional information for review all seminar details at www.kaywalten.com.

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