MARCH 2011 Southeast Compass

SOUTHEAST COMPASS

Southeast South Dakota Tourism Association March 2011

IN THIS ISSUE

LITERATURE SWAP

Media FAM

Email Marketing

2011 Event Submission

Member Spotlight

Web Coop's

SSDTA Board Meetings

Link-Up with SSDTA

East-River

Literature Swap

Thursday, May 12
Corn Palace, Mitchell

10:30 am Set-up
11 am Swapping begins
11:30 am Lunch

Info Center FAM will be touring the Southeast and will attend the Lit Swap to accept your brochures.

Bring your brochures in 2" bundles. Info Center folks will tell you how many bundles they want.

Dress casual and come for networking fun with your tourism friends.

Bring items you want to donate for the prize giveaway.

Everyone goes home with something. Great opportunity to promote your business.

We will give away a prize for best table decor.

Wanna really make your business prominent at the swap? Contact us for sponsorship details.

Cost and registration

click here

Brochures and

Visitor Guides

Need a new brochure or your old brochure need a face lift? Let SSDTA design your new brochure or community magazine.

Design costs just $50 per hour for SSDTA members. Call Cindy at 605-665-2435 or email cindy.sesd@iw.net

SPRING Printing Special:

10,000 rack cards - just $340

for files received by March 15

After March 15 - $355.

Pryntcomm - 800-675-4656

www.pryntcomm.com

Join SSDTA Today!
Southeast South Dakota Tourism Association exists to increase the economic impact of the visitor industry in Southeast South Dakota.

Membership Info

Membership benefits

Southeast Tourism

Board of Directors

Cathy Buchheim President
Sioux Falls CVB
Mark Schilling Vice President
Corn Palace, Mitchell
Hannah Walters Sec/Tres
Mitchell CVB
Steve Howe Exec. Committee
Vermillion Chamber
Chrissy Spoo Exec. Committee
Empire Mall, Sioux Falls
Dawn Glover
City Manager, Elk Point
Jacquelynn Skotvold
Centerville Development Corp
Julie Gross
Madison Chamber
Don South
Strawbale Winery
Jason Bradley
Culvers, Mitchell
Emily McNamara
Wild Water West, Sioux Falls
Ryan Friez
Thunder Road, Sioux Falls
Jeff VanMeeteren
Lewis & Clark Rec Area, Yankton
Terri Schelm
Country Inn & Suites,
Dakota Dunes
Dennis Nelson
City of Freeman

Other Links

Southeast SD Tourism southeastsouthdakota.com

Great Lakes Region

www.sdgreatlakes.org

Glacial Lakes Region

www.sdglaciallakes.com

Black Hills Region

www.blackhillsbadlands.com

South Dakota Tourism
www.sdvisit.com
www.travelsd.com

Oyate Trail
www.oyatetrail.com

Missouri National
Recreational River
www.nps.gov/mnrr

March Madness

Now I know what it means when someone uses the term March Madness and I'm not talking about a sale at the mall. Winter continues to drag on into March but we get short glimpses of spring, just to turn around and get cold and snow. It will all break shortly and all of our plans for spring will come flooding into action. Distribution of guides, Lit Swap, spring Media FAM, and so much more. The "madness" is, that it all happens at once after the long anticipation and preparation for spring.

I'm guessing we will have about three days of spring and then it will get hot and summer will be upon us. With our visitor request numbers up and web visits up we are expecting to see good numbers of visitors this travel season.

We are planning a spring Media Familiarization Tour the first week of May and we need our members help to make it a success. Read the details below.

Make sure you get your events on our events calendar so visitors don't miss it.

VISITOR GUIDE DISTRIBUTION DAY Parker Transfer, Sioux Falls - Wednesday, March 23. We'll be there 8am to 1pm. You may also pick up guides at the Vermillion Chamber, Madison Chamber, Corn Palace in Mitchell and at the SSDTA Office in Yankton. Come and get regional guides and SD Vacation Guide for the upcoming travel season.

Be sure to read the entire newsletter for some interesting news, upcoming meetings and an opportunity to serve your region.

- Jacquie, Executive Director

Southeast Tourism hosting Media FAM - May 1-4

      We will be inviting media representatives from outside of South Dakota to come and tour the region with us, May 1-4, just before "See South Dakota Week." We will also invite local media to come along and See Southeast South Dakota from a visitors perspective.
     The FAM will circle the region and we will need lots of help from our members to make this familiarization tour a success. We need meals and lodging for the group when they come to your town. We want to show them what wonderful things we have to offer in this diverse region.
     The tour will begin with several stops in Sioux Falls, then travel to Garretson, Dell Rapids, Madison, Freeman, Mitchell, Springfield, Yankton, and Vermillion. They will also see and hear about many other sites and attractions along the way.
     Invitations will go out shortly. Let us know if you would like to help with this Media FAM, with rooms, meals, snacks or logo items for bags to each participant.
     The invitation will include a link to a "preview" of the FAM tour with photos and highlights of the southeast region. We will include links to lodging and meal partners on the media page.
     We have asked South Dakota Tourism to partner with us and they have agreed to assist.
     Call or email if you would like to participate. 888-353-7382 or jacquie.sesd@iw.net

Email Marketing to Visitors

Our monthly newsletter to 5000+ visitors is growing. The newsletter includes vacation packages and features member businesses.

If you want your business included in the visitor email newsletter, consider creating a packaged vacation or weekend getaway. Each offering must include a lodging property with an attraction or event. Packages are listed free on our website and we choose from those packages what will be featured and a link to all of the packages. Submit your package here

2011 On-Line Events Submissio

Get your events on SoutheastSouthDakota.com
Submit on-line to our Events Submission Page or by email to jacquie.sesd@iw.net

Member Spotlight

ADAMS HOMESTEAD & NATURE PRESERVE - Spanning 1,500 acres along the Missouri River, this area was donated to the people of South Dakota in 1984 by Mary and Maud Adams, granddaughters of original homesteader Stephen Searl Adams. They envisioned the area as a place where people, particularly youth, could enjoy the land and learn more about the natural world surrounding ADAMS HOMESTEAD them. Mary and Maud wanted to give others a "place for inner renewal."

Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve

272 Westshore Drive

McCook Lake, SD 57049

605.232.0873

Email: AdamsNature@state.sd.us

http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/adams-homestead/

Coop Opportunities

Get Your Brochure On-line

Story Ads on the web

Coop costs and more...

Web packages/specials/coupons - FREE Click here

Southeast Tourism Board Meetings

SSDTA Board Meeting Schedule

April 27 - 10am Madison Chamber

May 12 - Literature Swap - Corn Palace, Mitchell 11am

July 27 - 10am Elk Point

Everyone is welcome to attend board meetings and serve on a

committee. We value your opinion and welcome your input at

meetings. Please feel free to attend and participate.
Please join us for a meeting and lunch. If your business would

like to host an SSDTA board meeting call 888-353-7382

or email: jacquie.sesd@iw.net

Link to www.southeastsouthdakota.com

Here's the link and logo

http://www.southeastsouthdakota.com/

Southeast South Dakota Tourism Association

exists to increase the economic impact of the

visitor industry in southeastern South Dakota.

A non-profit 501c6 membership based organization established in January 1987 by tourism businesses looking to pool resources to market the region. More...

Call 1-888-353-7382 or email: jacquie.sesd@iw.net

Phone 605-665-2435 Fax 605-665-8776
Jacquie Fuks, Executive Director

Southeast South Dakota Tourism Association
www.southeastsouthdakota.com

Coming Events!

MARCH

Mar 1-28 "2011 Youth Art Show" Mitchell, 605-996-2122

Mar 12 "St. Patrick's Day Parade" Downtown Sioux Falls, 605-338-4009 www.downtownsiouxfalls.com

Mar 14 "Middle Border Lecture Series" Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell, 605-996-2122, www.dakotadiscovery.com
Mar 15 "Avenue O" Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls,
605-367-6000, www.washingtonpavilion.org
Mar 18 "Eric Himy Concert" Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, 605-335-7323, www.siouxfallsconcerts.org
Mar 18 "Brown Bag Lunch - Returning and Returned" National Music Museum, Vermillion, 605-677-5306, www.nmmusd.org
Mar 19-20 "Beginning and/or Advanced Watercolor Class" South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, 605-688-5423, www.southdakotaartmuseum.com
Mar 22 "Riverdance" Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls,
605-367-6000, www.washingtonpavilion.org
Mar 24-26 "Beading & Felting Classes" South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, 605-688-5423, www.southdakotaartmuseum.com
Mar 25 "Room Full of Blues Concert" Orpheum, Sioux Falls, 605-335-6101, orpheum.sfarena.com
Mar 25 "Brown Bag Lunch - An Eclectic Musical Journey" National Music Museum, Vermillion, 605-677-5306, www.nmmusd.org
Mar 25-26 "Schmeckfest" Freeman, 605-925-4542 www.schmeckfest.com
Mar 26 "Spring Flea Market and Antique Auction" Geddes, 605-337-2501 www.geddessd.org
Mar 26 "Canton Community Expo" Canton, 866-764-7864, www.cantonsouthdakota.org
Mar 26 "SD High School Basketball Hall of Fame 2011 Induction Ceremony" Dakota Prairie Playhouse, Madison, www.chamberofmadisonsd.com
Mar 26-27 "Swap Meet and Motorcycle Show" W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, Expo Buiding, Sioux Falls, 605-335-2236, www.abatesfsd.org

APRIL

Apr 1 "Brown Bag Lunch Program, Flying Forms" National Music Museum, Vermillion, 605-677-5306, www.nmmusd.org

Apr 1-2 "Schmeckfest" Freeman, 605-925-4542 www.schmeckfest.com

Apr 5-7 "Disney's - Beauty and the Beast" Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, 605-367-6000 www.washingtonpavilion.org

Apr 7 "McCrossan Banquet Auction" McCrossan Boy's Ranch, 605-339-1203 www.mccrossan.org

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