Enero 11, 2010 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Best Travel Blog, Buenos Aires Blog, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
Completed a new edition of Blogger’s Choice Awards. I really thought the competition was abandoned, but was not well. As in 2007 and 2008, involved with this blog in the category Best Travel Blog. In those years consecutively won the category and even caused some controversy. In the 2009 edition we achieved the second place in the voting. I think that was a good and hard work. Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires was there again.
In 2008 I discussed with
Gary Arndt, author of the
blog Everything Everywhere (winner of the 2009 edition) about who should have been the winner and
blah, blah, blah. Indeed, a minor discussion, everyone has clearly defined its objectives and decisions, some are blogging, other businesses, I do two things.
We also got nominations and votes in the category “
Worst Blog of All Time“, coincidentally, all from the city of Mexicali, a city of the author of the
blog that won
third place, who apologized.
Anyway, I guess we’re all winners, we have the possibility that many people know our work. I personally like the result, I’m also in 2009 having achieved the place
#3 in the
2009 Lonely Planet Travel Blogger Awards –
Category Microblogging (
twitter.com/ HostelColonial).
I only have a few questions to answer:
Is this a travel blog? Yes, it is.Is this a hostel blog? Yes it is.But, fundamentally, is a blog from the city of Buenos Aires.1150 posts written since 2005 in this
blog and my
blog running in
#WP, 9500 images posted in my
Tumblelog, I have no doubt,
Hostel Colonial, was pioneer in
Web 2.0, I invite you to read my blogs, but have thought about staying in a five star hotel, will love
Buenos Aires, I know.
Diciembre 22, 2008 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Backpacking, Blogging, Hostel Blog, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
It´s strange to do a balance in these times of crisis and come to the conclusion that despite of everything, 2008 was a great year to the Hostel Colonial.
With no doubts, this was the year of the consolidation of the positioning that I´ve been working in the last days, a strategy that have increased our annual guests percentage, that came to a 60% average per year, in a market like Buenos Aires, where the offers have increased exponentially and the demand tends to retract.
Obviously, the money invested was $0, which potentialize the success of our job. Now, I actually think that the case of the
Hostel Colonial should be studied, analized and considered as a reference in the
Web 2.0 for this type of
accommodation, but, of course, the web is a giant and the
Hostel Colonial is too small.
The work done with the
social networks also was the consolidation of a effort, the wish and the sinergy generated in
Twitter,
Blip.fm (the great revelation),
Orkut (our main access to Brazil),
Facebook and
Plurk.
This
blog was completely redesigned and I really made tiring trips by
Buenos Aires to shot almost 400 published images and more than 1000 that were discarded, all of them with the
IPhone Camera Pro, a very good software for this gadget, essential for a
modern traveler. For the second consecutive year, we won the
Blogger´s Choice Awards, an effort with the guys from the
hostel staff, a
blogging strategy there´s a marketing one that helps to increase the traffic in almost the double (about 3000 unique visitors month) and convert the
Hostel Colonial in a 2.0 trademark.
SEO has to agree with me, see
here.
I´ve opened an account in
MySpace and will begin to work on it very soon, and if we had to be in
Clarín Blogs, the most important journal in
Argentina, there is also a space for the
Hostel Colonial.
We´re still the only hostel in the world on the
T-List and day by day we´re improving our presence in
Tumblr and Twitter, the
microblogging databases that I like the most. To finish and close the cycle of 2008, our new
blog is already online and being adjusted. It was developed in
WordPress and represents a great challenge for 2009, at least in these virtual environments, with no doubts, a great year.
Regards and prosperity. Jorge Ferrari, from the
Hostel Colonial,
Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
South America.
É um tanto estranho fazer um balanço em meio a uma crise sem precedente e chegar à conclusao de que apesar de tudo, 2008 foi um grande ano para o Hostel Colonial. Sem dúvidas, foi o ano da consolidaçao do posicionamento sobre o qual venho trabalhando nos últimos tempos, uma estratégia que tem melhorado nossa porcentagem de ocupaçao anual, chegando a situar-la em índices superiores a 60% em média/ano, em um mercado como Buenos Aires, onde a oferta tem crescido exponencialmente e a demanda tende a retrair-se. Obviamente a inversao foi de $0, o que potencia o sucesso do trabalho empreendido. A essa altura já penso que o Hostel Colonial teria que ser um caso de estudo e um referencial na Web 2.0, especialmente para este tipo de alojamento, mas claro, a web é muito grande e o Hostel Colonial muito pequeno.
O trabalho nas redes sociais também foi a consolidaçao do esforço, a vontade e a sinergia gerada em Twitter, Blip.fm (a grande revelaçao), Orkut (nosso grande acesso ao Brasil), Facebook e Plurk. O design deste blog foi refeito em sua totalidade e realmente empreendí roteiros cansativos por Buenos Aires para produzir as quase 400 imagens publicadas e as outras 1100 que foram descartadas. Todas com o IPhone Camera Pro. Por segundo ano consecutivo ganhamos o Blogger´s Choice Awards, um esforço conjunto com o pessoal do staff do hostel, uma estratégia de blogging e uma estratégia de marketing que em conjunto contribuem para posicionar, aumentar o tráfico em quase o dobro (uns 3000 visitantes unicos / mês, muito para um blog de um albergue) e a converter o Hostel Colonial em uma marca 2.0. SEO me dará a razao, vea esto.
Abri uma conta no MySpace e em breve começarei a trabalhar nela e se teriamos que estar em Clarín Blogs (O jornal mais importante da Argentina), aí também há um espaço para o Hostel Colonial. Continuamos sendo o único hostel no mundo incluído na T-List e cada dia melhora sua presença em Tumblr, que junto ao Twitter sao as duas plataformas de microblogging que eu mais gosto. Para finalizar e fechar o ciclo desse ano de 2008, já está online e em fase de ajustes nosso novo blog desenvolvido em WordPress e que se apresenta como o grande desafío para 2009, ao menos nesses entornos virtuais, sem dúvidas, um grande ano. Saludos e prosperidade. Jorge Ferrari, desde o Hostel Colonial, Buenos Aires, Argentina, América do Sul.
Es raro emprender un balance en medio de una crisis sin precedente y llegar a la conclusión de que a pesar de todo, 2008 fue un gran año para el Hostel Colonial.
Sin dudas fue el año de la consolidación del posicionamiento sobre el que vengo trabajando en los últimos tiempos, una estrategia que ha mejorado nuestro porcentaje de ocupación anual, hasta situarlo en índices superiores al 60% promedio/año, en un mercado como Buenos aires, donde la oferta ha crecido exponencialmente y la demanda tiende a retraerse. Obviamente la inversión ha sido $0, lo cual potencia el éxito del trabajo emprendido. A esta altura ya creo que Hostel Colonial tendría que ser un caso de estudio y un referente en la Web 2.0 para este tipo de alojamientos, pero claro, la web es demasiado grande y Hostel Colonial demasiado pequeño. El trabajo en las redes sociales también fue la consolidación del esfuerzo, las ganas y la sinergia generada en Twitter, Blip.fm (la gran revelación), Orkut (nuestro gran acceso a Brasil), Facebook y Plurk.
Este blog fue rediseñado en su totalidad y realmente emprendí raids agotadores por Buenos Aires para producir las casi 400 imágenes publicadas y las 1100 que fueron descartadas. Todas con el IPhone Camera Pro, un muy buen software para este gadget fundamental para un viajero moderno. Por segundo año consecutivo ganamos en los Blogger´s Choice Awards, un esfuerzo conjunto con los chicos del staff del hostel, una estrategia de blogging y una estrategia de marketing que en conjunción contribuyen a posicionar, a aumentar el tráfico en casi el doble (unos 3000 visitantes únicos / por mes, muchísimo para un blog de nicho) y convertir a Hostel Colonial en una marca 2.0. SEO me dará la razón, mira aquí.
Abrí una cuenta en MySpace y pronto comenzaré a trabajar sobre ella y si había que estar en Clarín Blogs, ahí también tiene Hostel Colonial su espacio. Seguimos siendo el único hostel del mundo incluído en la T-List y cada día mejora la presencia en Tumblr, siendo junto a Twitter las dos plataformas de microblogging que más me gustan. Para finalizar y cerrar el círculo de este año 2008, ya está on line y en etapa de ajustes nuestro nuevo blog desarrollado en WordPress y que se presenta como el gran desafío para el 2009, al menos en estos entornos virtuales, sin dudas, un gran año.
Saludos y prosperidad. Jorge Ferrari, desde Hostel Colonial, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sudamérica.
Octubre 21, 2008 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
I think that the view and review of travelers is crucial to receive an international award.
I will not talk about this blog, which won the Best Travel Blog at Blogger´s Choice Awards 2008, read two posts before for this.
For the second consecutive year, the city of Buenos Aires was chosen the best in the continent by the readers of the prestigious magazine Condé Nast Traveler.
The city earned a rating of 82.2 / 100 points, remains the Argentine capital the first in a list that includes Vancouver (Canadá), San Miguel de Allende (México), Cuzco (Perú) Río de Janeiro (Brazil) and others.The U.S.A. cities competing in another category.
The readers/travelers, analyzed in each case, cultural diversity, gastronomic proposals, the treatment received by tourists, the hotels and commercial offers and the relationship between two variables: price / quality.
Read the complete article here
You’re thinking about living your Buenos Aires XP?
Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires is located in 509 Tucumán St. -1st floor – Nuevo Bajo – Downtown – Buenos Aires – Argentina.
Contact with us:
Hostel phones: (5411) 4312-6417 / 4314-8514
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Octubre 19, 2008 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: aires, argentina, awards, best, blog, buenos, colonial, hostel, Hostel Buenos Aires, travel | # Enlace permanente
Como en 2007, el blog de Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires ha ganado en la categoría Best Travel Blog en los Blogger´s Choice Awards, para nosotros es un premio a la amistad, un premio al trabajo. Mucha gente se involucró en el proyecto y nos votó, fueron casi 500, amigos de la vida, amigos de redes sociales y los viajeros que eligen cada año nuestro hostel. Un blog argentino, un blog de Buenos Aires, por segundo año consecutivo obtiene este galardón, el mundo nos está prestando atención y está muy bueno. Les agradezco que lo difundan, aquí el post completo
Blogger´s Choice Awards
Gracias por elegirnos
| Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Best Travel Blog, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
Today is Sunday, and actually I got up earlier than usual. In Buenos Aires, and some provinces of Argentina we have had to advance the clock 1 hour, to make better use of daylight and save energy. Ok, this added to the excitement of my children by handing gifts to his mom, today´s celebrated here the Mother’s Day and at 6:00 A.M. -Hey Dad, wake up!!!
8:00 A.M., we have breakfast, turn on the computer, Internet and, Voila!! The
Hostel Colonial Blog, this, again as in the 2007 edition has won the category
Best Travel Blog in
Blogger´s Choice Awards.
Joy for the hard work done in conjunction with the hostel staff. An idea that takes hold: “The world needs to know Buenos Aires, Argentina“.
Satisfaction with the good marketing campaign conducted for the blog and for the hostel, whose only investment has been the time spent in carrying it out.
Thanks to all the friends of
social networks like
Twitter,
Orkut and
Plurk who voted especially, to
travel blogs authors like Guido,
Happy Hotelier author, we also have voted.
I can´t forget to the real-world networks, all those backpackers and independent travelers who visit us every year and fly up to 36 hours from Israel or fly up to 12 hours from Madrid or Paris, or fly up to 4 hours from Sao Paulo, Brazil to stay again in Hostel Colonial. Thank you all!!!
I honestly don´t think that this blog is the best, it´s only for a community.
Only is the best blog I can do with the limited and valuable time available. I´m not a full time blogger. My job is to lead this foodservice company, from which the hostel is a business unit.
In conclusion, I believe that the two main objectives of the blog are fulfilled with 100% effectiveness and make it a symbiotic: Buenos Aires+Hostel Colonial= Hostel Buenos Aires.
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s fame, now we are on the prestige, remember, this isn´t just the blog of a hostel, is a real blog of Buenos Aires, my city.
More information in this blogs
Happy Hotelier
Tips from the T-List
Hostel Colonial, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2008.
For contact with us: info@hostelcolonial.com.ar
Octubre 5, 2008 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
You will be the ones to decide the “best of the best” in the blogosphere for 2008, only at the coolest site around.
The top three blogs in each category will have their votes hidden, which means you won’t know who the winners are until they’re revealed after voting closes on October 15th. So VOTE for Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires Blog .
Thanks for taking a few minutes of your time and hopefully as in 2007, we are the best.
For more information link here
Diciembre 30, 2007 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial, Turismo 2.0 | # Enlace permanente
2007. The year in which we consolidate an idea. While this blog was intended as the
Hostel Colonial blog, a corporate blog, ended becoming a powerful tool for communication and interaction.
To explain all this, the best way is to quantify and there we go.
2006-2007 Into the Blog:
– 439 Post published in 3 languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese).
– +200 Photos and Videos published.
– 3 Blogger Templates changes.
– New SEO and other tools.
– 0 to 4 in Google Pagerank in 6 months.
– 0 to 61 E-mail suscriptors in 4 months (Feedburner and Feedblitz).
– 252 to 1831 unique visitors in 5 months.
– 0 to 39 in
Technorati authority.
2007 10 posts
Tango Fast and Furious
Buenos Aires lives…
Florida Street, a cosmopolitan…
Peatonal Florida, Buenos Aires…
Peatonal Lavalle, Buenos Aires…
Buenos Aires – Washington
Buenos Aires – Street Art
Buenos Aires de parques y plazas
Locomotion in Buenos Aires
China, Perú and Bolivia in Buenos Aires
2006 – 2007 Out of the Blog.
– +1000 Contacts in social networks, in which it has achieved a significant level of relevancy.
Twitter
Twitterposter
Pownce Hostel Colonial
Hostel Colonial, Buenos Aires life in Facebook
Jaiku Hostel Colonial
Hostel Colonial en Turismo 2.0
– + 400 Active E-mail Accounts, this regularly receive the Hostel newsletter.
– Google.com Search:
Hostel Buenos Aires: 4º.
Hostel Colonial: 1º, 2º, 3º, 5º, 6º and more.
Hostel Blog: 5º, 7º.
Hostel Argentina 27º.
– Traditional media reports.
– Events in Argentina.
– Exhibitions in Buenos Aires Universities.
This blog was created using local humor, which was used as a platform to create a marketing campaign “0” cost with excellent results and that today has taken its own way, with faithful followers and we could call it Hostel Colonial B-Side.
The challenge for 2008 will work, work and more work, looking interrelate web and blog based on Hostel Colonial as tourist services company whose business purpose is the lodging sale and capitalize on the work done in social networks, to realize a participatory blog . We have a year to achieve. Walk this way, Hostel Colonial Blog is definitely Web 2.0.
Happy New Year.
Diciembre 27, 2007 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
Today we received from Orlando – Florida – United States our award for being winners of the
Blogger´s Choice Awards – Category Best Travel Blog.
In addition to the prized tombstone statuette (must seem a chronicler of shows business and we are talking about the Oscar Awards), the box containing spectacular merchandising elements share with our guests.
Perfect closure of the year for this blog and Hostel Colonial as a company.
Thanks and regards to Ashley K. Edwards – IZEA Internet Marketing Specialist.
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