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We only have one trade show left.
ARVC Insites Orlando Fla - November 29-
December 2- Booth number 510. We are a major sponsor
of the show and will have a full complement of
people. ARVC approached us about hosting a user
group meeting. There is a fee for this $75 per
person of which 100% goes to ARVC. We will be coming
in early to run this meeting on Tuesday November
28/06.You must register for the class through ARVC's
website (arvc.org and click on the InSites 2006
logo) or by calling 703-241-8801, ext. 22.
Hope you can make this meeting or at least the trade
show portion of the convention.
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We announced this last month but we have had so much
response to these videos I thought we would go
through them again. We
have started to put together a series of how to
videos that can be accessed online. Scott has put
together an initial series of 16 videos.
They can be used for a variety of things such as:
So try them out. We will have a couple in the front
section of our website and the remaining ones in the
esupport section. Let us know what you think.
Campground
Manager SoftwareŽ How to Videos- Esupport Login
The list currently includes;
Here is an example of one of the videos. Hope you
like it.
Campground
Manager SoftwareŽ reservation video
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Cal Am properties is a new customer headquartered in
Irvine Ca. They specialize in big amenity rich parks
in the Mesa area. Included in their parks are;
? Full Hookups for Big Rigs, Motor Coaches, Travel
Trailers & 5th Wheels
? Indoor & Outdoor Heated Pools
? Whirlpool-Spas
? Computer Centers & Classrooms with High Speed
Internet & e-mail
? State-of-the-Art Exercise Facilities
? FREE Wi-Fi Internet "Hot Spots"
? Wood Shops,Ceramics, Lapidary Silversmithing,
Stained Glass & Jewelry
Making
? Billiard Halls
? Grand Ballrooms, Dinner Dances & Dinner Theatre
? Libraries
? Basketball & Softball
? Lighted Tennis Courts
? 18-hole Chip & Putt & Miniature Golf Courses
? Golf Driving & Batting Cages
? Shuffleboard, Rolle Bolle & Horseshoes
? Hundreds of Organized Special Events & Activities
? Game, Poker & Card Rooms
? On-Site Restaurants, Country Stores & Hair Salons
Their Arizona properties include;
We would like to welcome them to our family of
customers and will have them up and running in the
near future. Should you have any questions for
Cal-am our contact is;
Attn: Joanne Lew
Cal - Am Properties
18200 Von Karman #725
Irvine, CA 92612
Wk: (949) 222-5600 Ext. 108
Fx: (949) 222-5601
e1: joannel@cal-am.com
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On the trade show circuit this fall a lot of
questions have come up about our alliance with
Reserve America. Most of the questions are along the
likes of, "What do we need them for? What will they
do for my park? Who are they?"
Basic stuff like that.
I thought I would give you a strategic insight as
to why we formed an alliance with them. Basically
we started Bookyoursite.com to be a vertically
integrated piece of software that interacts with
Campground Manager SoftwareŽ. Once we perfected that
we heard from our customer base that we also needed
to drive business their way in order to stay
competitive in the marketplace.
That is why we pursued a deal with Reserve America.
They are the world wide leaders in booking outdoor
hospitality reservations over the Internet. If you
take a look at this chart (below) you will see why.
Their
web traffic dwarfs any of their competitors. In
addition this is not the general public hitting
their web page, these are targeted camping consumers who
are looking to BUY. These consumers have their
credit card out and are ready to book a reservation.
(The following charts and numbers are taken from
Alexa.com which is a web traffic website owned by
Amazon and cannot be verified by Mission Management
as to their accuracy. However they are generally
accepted by the online community as a good indicator
of traffic.)
Web
traffic comparison Reserve America vs. Various
competitors Daily Page views
The State park systems for who they book
reservations have far more demand then they can
supply. We hope to take that excess demand and use
it to fill our customers private park excess supply.
It will take some time to get the tech portion of
this deal done but I think the strategy is sound.
So sign up now for Bookyoursite.com and you will
automatically be included in the Reserve America
program when it starts in early 2007. Contact Chris
Rhodes or myself.(1-800-547-9146 or
peterK@campgroundmanager.com or
chrisr@campgroundmanager.com)
Hope we can earn your trust and your business.
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About 6 months ago we launched our Campground
Manager SoftwareŽ user forum. Scott feels this is a
great tool to interact with out campground owners
who use Campground Manager SoftwareŽ and as such he
asked me to feature it again. It is also a great
tool to give us your suggestions for the next upgrade.
So I thought I would mention it again in the hope
that it becomes a focal point for our software
upgrades. We are moving toward a policy of using
this tool to dictate any features and/or benefits we
will add to the system. So if you would like to see
something added or changed please start a discussion
in the user forum.
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That is it for this month. Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends. Hope to see you in Orlando! We are in Booth Number 510. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Peter Kearns
Mission Management
email:
peterkearns@gmail.com
phone:
1-800-547-9147
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