Growing the Sport: Does Canyons Resort Take the Cake?
I hope you’ll let me share something on a more personal note today. A topic that’s been simmering on my brain for a couple weeks now. I didn’t start skiing until I was 12. At the time, my family was poor and getting five days on the mountain was a big deal. After all, I [...]
Read the Full Post...Colorado Resorts Use First Snow to Build Buzz & Push Passes
As if timed by Ullr himself, the first widespread snowfall graced resort peaks all across Colorado yesterday. For some, this came moments before season pass deadlines pushed prices up and gave marketers an excuse to push one more reminder to their skiers. For others, it was just a chance to get folks stoked on the [...]
Read the Full Post...Google Adwords & Ski Resorts: A Simple Tweak for Awesome ROI
(I sometimes feel I do too much critiquing and too little suggesting. Like, somehow, I’m the 400 pound, mullet-sporting guy on his 4th beer at the baseball game yelling at the 3rd baseman to hustle. So, every once in a while on a Wednesday I’ll try to balance the scales a bit and put my [...]
Read the Full Post...Mt Baldy’s Virtual Season Pass: The Future of Ticketing?
Mt. Baldy, once again, is offering a “Virtual Season Pass” through Liftopia. At a 75% discount ($179, normally $699), the holder never receives a physical pass but the savings may be worth the added effort to ski each day. Not only that, but the price is the same now as it will be the last [...]
Read the Full Post...Would This Make You Buy Your Season Pass Early?
So you want to drive advanced season pass sales, so what do you do? You lower prices early season. High and outside – ball one. Then, you set a date (usually around labor day) where you’ll raise your prices. Right? Low and inside – ball two. However, not fully committed to that price, you raise [...]
Read the Full Post...Pass Sales, Drive Ins, Freebies & BBQ: Gotta Be Passapalooza
If you’re going to throw an event that kicks of the season, builds pre-snow buzz, and sells passes, you might as well make it rock. No half-baked efforts, just a super good time and zero excuses not to attend. Brighton, just a half hour outside of Salt Lake City, is doing just that with Passapalooza. [...]
Read the Full Post...Irony Central or Marketing Genius: Student-Midweek Season Pass
The list of season pass types added to the resort menu each year is ever changing. One that keeps popping up yet leaves me scratching my head is the idea of a student midweek option. Some are no longer offered (like at Whitetail) but plenty are still on the table: Alpine Meadows – TripleThreat Alyeska [...]
Read the Full Post...Ski Utah Gets Their Marketing Groove On with the Yeti Pass
Sure I’ve lived in Utah for nearly 25 years, sure I learned to shred on the slopes of Sundance and Brighton, so what if my license plate proudly says “Greatest Snow on Earth,” I’m positive I can leave any bias baggage at the door when I say that Ski Utah has put together some mighty [...]
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