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UEF // University of Eastern Finland E-business in practice: - Website - E-commerce E-business in tourism course Finnish university network for tourism studies Juho Pesonen, Ph.D., Head of research (e-tourism), Centre for Tourism Studies, University of Eastern Finland [email protected]

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E-business in practice: - Website - E-commerce E-business in tourism –course Finnish university network for tourism studies

Juho Pesonen, Ph.D., Head of research (e-tourism), Centre for Tourism Studies, University of Eastern Finland [email protected]

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E-business in practice •Academic literature differs in many ways from actual

business practices.

– Academia vs industry gap

•Competitiveness of destinations and businesses depend largely on their ability to utilize and manage technologies.

•How can tourism businesses and destinations benefit from these technologies?

– What steps and in which order should be taken?

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Attitude

Tourism online business tools and channels

All competitors are online • expenditure

Home page Basic social media (Facebook)

Digital company • Business depends on technology

Measuring and monitoring effectiveness

Benefits of digital business • Investment

Company strategy • Why do we exist? • For whom do we exist? • What we can offer that no one else can?

Mobile

Segment and market specific channels

TripAdvisor

Real-time customer service

E-commerce and conversion

Youtube Content management strategy

SEO

SEM & SMM

Digital customer experience • Customer point of

view

Mobile application

OTAs

ERP ”Crazy” tests and campaigns

Security

Instagram

Marketing automation and AI

CRM

E-mail

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Website

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Website

•Why websites exist? What kind of purpose and goals websites have?

– Provide information

– Promote services

– Sell stuff

– Entertain

– Inspire

– Connect people (social)

– Educate

– Provide comfort

– Collect data

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How much does website design matter?

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https://archive.org/web/

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Content Management System (CMS)

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E-commerce

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The art of selling your products and services online

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Making buying as easy as possible

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Is buying a tourism product an experience or a problem?

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Where can you buy tourism product and services?

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What are important things when you consider selling products online?

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