Social Media and cruising

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Although it is not an easy task, those of us that participated on today’s cruise chat covered a broad topic: social media. Thanks to all those that participated.

Here are the numbers for #CRUISECHAT via HashTracking.com:

440 tweets generated 1,863,125 impressions, reaching an audience of 165,386 followers within the past 24 hours.

cruisebuzz: 644,259
orlandochris: 373,520
cruiselinefans: 284,886
buycruises: 88,682
cruiseradio: 77,715
richtucker: 57,000
rickgriffin: 50,860
lorimoreno: 48,617
roritravel: 45,304
traveldesigned: 30,372

cruisebuzz: 77
cruiselinefans: 57
orlandochris: 46
cruiseradio: 33
cruiseman3000: 30
buycruises: 29
richtucker: 24
cruisesforless: 22
cruisegle: 21
theflaggagency: 16

lorimoreno: 48,617
rickgriffin: 25,430
princesscruises: 12,100
mcmedia: 9,500
cruisebuzz: 8,367
orlandochris: 8,120
roritravel: 6,472
traveldesigned: 5,062
halcruises: 5,031
cruiselinefans: 4,998

Some tweets from the chat

I have ALWAYS thought @buycruises posts prices in a unique and fun way! #CruiseChat
Lurking on #cruisechat hoping to pick up a pointer, a tip or a trip! lol
Absolutely! RT @cruisegle: @CruiseBuzzHootsuite and Tweetdeck etc makes running accounts easier#CruiseChat
Many thanks for all of the nice comments about our social media efforts! #cruisechat
@CruiseBuzz thx for the invite! just cking it out, interesting info, opinions and new people to know of.#cruisechat
RT @cruisebuzz: I will say that@PrincessCruises and their #followmeatsea was amazing and they are always supportive. #cruisechat <AMEN!
@CruiseBuzz So many airlines are doing SM right @SouthwestAir, @JetBlue and others #cruisechat
Very fun & engaging RT @RichTucker:@CarnivalCruise ~John Healds Blog~It doesn’t get any more engaging + their Funville Forums #CruiseChat
#Cruisechat is in progress –join the conversation!
RT @OrlandoChris A3. gotta give kudos to John Heald and @CarnivalCruise #cruisechat He’s very consistent
@cruiseradio Holland America, RC and Celebrity #cruisechat
@CruiseBuzz #CruiseChat If you set up social networks via the ping.fm dashboard you can then add your site feed to hootsuite and ping feed
@CruiseBuzz A2 @NCLFreestyle @HALCruises and @PrincessCruises are the queens of social media and @NCLAndy is one of best #cruise #cruisechat
Gee Thanks RT @CruiseLineFans @RichTucker You both provide excellent examples of this. Every post considers the audience first. #cruisechat
#cruisechat Would love to #blog everyday, but time just doesn’t permit. Twitter is quick & our FB page does well for the effort put into it
@CruiseBuzz Social media in the #Cruise Biz is using networks 2 better reach consumers. Advertise Promos & Accident updates #CruiseChat
@buycruises @RichTucker You both provide excellent examples of this. Every post considers the audience first.#cruisechat
@roritravel i really think it’s building other brands. More community like. I always check in on ships/ports. At home, no. #cruisechat
It looks like we all have various reasons and programs that we like to round out our social media strategy.#cruisechat