SOUTHEAST COMPASS

  Southeast South Dakota Tourism Association                 January 2013   
IN THIS ISSUE
Omaha Travel Show
Give-Away Baskets
ENews Advertising Opportunity
Website Advertising
Board Meetings
Link-Up with SSDTA
Send a give-away item for our drawing (value $50 or more) and we will distribute your brochures at the travel show free.
Hotel room, attraction
or event tickets 

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  

Brochures and

Visitor Guides

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

    Design costs just $60 per hour for SSDTA members. Call Cindy at 605-665-2435 or email  cindy.sesd@iw.net 

SSDTA BOARD 

Cathy Buchheim President
Sioux Falls CVB  
Mark Schilling Vice President
Corn Palace, Mitchell
Katie Knutson
Mitchell CVB
Maureen Cashin
Vermillion Chamber
Thea Ryan
Outdoor Campus,Sioux Falls 
Jacquelynn Skotvold
Centerville Development Corp
Julie Gross
Lake Area Development Madison
Don South
Strawbale Winery
Emily McNamara
Wild Water West, Sioux Falls
Ryan Friez
Thunder Road, Sioux Falls
Jeff VanMeeteren
Lewis & Clark Rec Area, Yankton
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 

WINTER'S WORK

     No hibernating here! Beginning in October SSDTA staff gathers photos, writes copy and produces the pages of our regional visitor guide "Simply South Dakota", our pages of the South Dakota Vacation Guide and regional map. Our member advertisers submit their ads for these publications and the guides are printed and shipped to us in December and February. The winter work keeps us busy but there's much more.
     In January we will attend the Tourism Conference in Pierre and present our annual report. We will host our Top Of The Stairs party for our tourism friends and legislators on January 16th.
In February we will have a booth at the Omaha Boat Sport's and Travel Show, 
     We place advertising in various publications and contract marketing efforts for the coming peak season. In March we hold our annual distribution of visitor guides around the region. And on May 9, 2013, we kick off a new tourism season at the 15th Annual East-River Literature Swap, held at the Corn Palace in Mitchell.
     You can help with this promotion effort by providing your vacation packages, coupons, and submitting your events all to be placed on the website free. You also have an opportunity to be a partner in the Omaha Boat, Sports & Travel Show with your brochure. See details in this newsletter.

      Submit your package here.   or email to jacquie.sesd@iw.net   It's Free!   

     You just need a lodging property and event or attraction. One phone #, one price. 

 

      Put your event on www.southeastsouthdakota.com FREE by clicking on events calendar.     

 

 

EVENTS LIST AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE TO PRINT & SHARE    

Items Needed for Give-Away Baskets
      Visitor Industry Alliance is again raffling baskets, at the Tourism Conference, filled with regional "goodies."  SSDTA is creating at least two baskets filled with hotel room nights, t-shirts, attraction or event tickets, dinner coupons, logo items, SD wine. We need the items here at our office by January 11th.
     We are also doing a regional basket of items as a give-away at the Omaha Travel Show in February. Donate something for the basket and we will take your member brochure to hand out at the show.  We will have a sign-up to win and gather names/email to use for marketing.
ADVERTISE in our Visitor ENews or Southeast Compass
MEMBERS - You can advertise to our visitors or SSDTA Members in our popular Enewsletters.
Buy the space quarterly or for the entire year.
Visitor ENews - $75 3-months or $250 for the year.
Southeast Compass - 6-months $50  year-$100
Space is limited so call today! 665-2435            (Your ad will link to your website) 
WEBSITE Advertising
Get Your Brochure On-line -  Click Here to see other on-line brochures. Track how many visitors download your brochure.

Advertising on  www.southeastsouthdakota.com is inexpensive and valuable.

Member advertisers get a free link to their website from their ad or listing in our on-line magazines.   

Print Advertisers get a free "Read More" page of info on the website. 

 

 Coop costs and more...  

 

Web packages/specials/coupons - FREE   Click here   

Packages submitted will be used in our Visitor ENewsletter  

SSDTA Board Meetings
Board
   Board of Directors Meetings
     January 16-17 TOURISM CONFERENCE, Pierre
     January 16 SSDTA Top of the Stairs Social Pierre Ramkota
     March 20, 2013 -10am - Annie's, Garretson
     May 9, 2013 - Literature Swap - Corn Palace, Mitchell
     July 17, 2013 - 10am - Lewis & Clark Resort, Yankton
     September 2013 - SSDTA Annual Meeting - Strawbale Winery

     Everyone Welcome! If your member business would like to host a
     board meeting, please call Jacquie at 665-2435.
Please consider putting a link on your website to Southeast South Dakota Tourism.

Your guests may be interested in what else there is to see  

and do in the area as they plan their trip.SSDTA Logo 

 

Here's the link and logo   

http://www.southeastsouthdakota.com/   

 

SSDTA Logo

   

  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. 

 

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!   


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JANUARY 2013
January 4, First Friday, Downtown Sioux Falls 605-338-4009    www.dtsf.com
January 5, Christmas With the Animals, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls 605-367-8313    www.greatzoo.org
January 8 - 10, Dakota Farm Show Dakota Dome, Vermillion 605-624-5571    www.vermillioncvb.com
January 10, Wining Women Strawbale Winery, Renner 605-543-5071    www.strawbalewinery.com
January 11, Rich Blue and More National Music Museum, Vermillion 605-677-5306    www.nmmusd.org
January 12, Race and Hi Performance Swap Meet, W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls 605-339-1051    www.siouxempirefair.org
January 12, South Dakota Symphony: Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 3 Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls 1-866-681-7376    www.sdsymphony.org
January 17,"A Chorus Line" Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls 605-367-6000    www.washingtonpavilion.org
January 17 - 18, Women in Blue Jeans Conference Mitchell 605-996-9010    www.womeninbluejeans.org
January 18, Rawlins Trio National Music Museum. Vermillion 605-677-5306    www.nmmusd.org
January 18 - 20, Greater Sioux Falls Outdoor Show,  W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls 605-336-2988    www.siouxempirefair.org
January 19, Beat the Blues, Sertoma Butterfly House, Sioux Falls 605-334-9466, 1-800-349-4152    www.sertomabutterflyhouse.org
January 19, Bootlegger's Ball, Swiftel Center, Brookings 605-688-5423    www.sdstate.edu/southdakotaartmuseum/ball.cfm
January 19, Geocaching the Snowshoe Way, Newton Hills State Park, Canton 605-987-2263    www.gfp.sd.gov
January 19, Hadden Sayers Concert, Orpheum Theater, Sioux Falls  605-367-6000    www.sfjb.org
January 22 - 26, Sioux Empire Farm Show, W.H. Lyons Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls  605-336-1620    www.siouxempirefarmshow.org
January 25, USD Music Student Showcase, National Music Museum, Vermillion  605-677-5306    www.nmmusd.org
January 26, Hairball Concert, Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Sioux Falls  605-336-0650    www.hairballonline.com
January 26, Ice Fish Fest,  Catfish Bay, Sioux Falls  605-339-0911    www.icefishfest.com
January 26 - 27, South Dakota Symphony: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls  1-866-681-7376   www.sdsymphony.org
January 29, Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Moulin Rouge, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls  605-367-6000    www.washingtonpavilion.org


 

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