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Each week I share, along with featured guests, tangible and practical business strategies for travel entrepreneurs.
We discuss foundations, marketing, sales, client experience, systems, supplier relations, and everything in between to empower you to run an effective and profitable travel business, and not just another travel hobby.
For travel agents, travel advisors, travel suppliers, tour operators, tourism professionals, travel coaches, travel creators, travel business owners, travel agency owners, host agency owners, and travel industry support partners.
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Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Join the Interest List for Summer Camp at Sea 06/2027: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1192151 Travel Market Report: https://www.travelmarketreport.com/ I recorded this one live aboard AmaWaterways's AmaCerto at this year's TMP on the River. Dori Saltzman, cruise editor at Travel Market Report, joins me to brea...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Join the Interest List for Summer Camp at Sea 06/2027: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1192151 Business Maintenance Checklist: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1179572 Just like your house, your business needs an annual tune-up. From seller of travel licenses to SEO audits, there are...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Join the Interest List for Summer Camp at Sea 06/2027: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1192151 If you've been wondering how to get more travel clients without feeling like you're shouting into the void on social media, events might just be your new BFF. From festivals and farmers markets to virtual summits and ...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Get BOGO Consulting with Rita: https://calendly.com/ritaventures/take-the-helm-marketing-consulting-flash-sale-bogo Join the Interest List for Summer Camp at Sea 06/2027: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1192151 Entrepreneurship is amazing, but it can also feel incredibly chaotic, and sometimes life throws you c...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Join the Interest List for Orlando Summer Camp 6/2026: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1193096 Join the Interest List for Summer Camp at Sea 06/2027: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1192151 You know that feeling when a trip is coming up and you're like, oh shoot, I should probably t...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Join us at the Lead Generation Accelerator: https://docs.google.com/document/d/176WVpzZcflAJV3wLT7nFp5VeaocFlURo659PZ4PwvmQ/view Nina's SEO Masterclass *affiliate link*: https://ritaventures--ninaclapperton.thrivecart.com/6-months-to-50k/ If you've been spinning your wheels on social media waiting for clients to find you, I want to give yo...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 Join us at the Lead Generation Accelerator: https://docs.google.com/document/d/176WVpzZcflAJV3wLT7nFp5VeaocFlURo659PZ4PwvmQ/view Give your Feedback on Summer Camp: https://forms.gle/kc8U8J6V9UYBion77 Check out the Plan Your Year Workbook: https://amzn.to/4aYAQMW You cannot build a marketing plan before you have a sales plan, and yet, that'...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Stop wasting hours hunting for cruise content: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/courses/view/1166776 With AI helping you work faster in the background, you should have more time to add the humanity and ultra-personalization that makes clients choose YOU over booking it themselves. So I've brought together 8 of my industry pals to share their best tips for creating those jaw-dropping, magical moments that clients talk about for years...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get me as your personal photographer at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ Join Korrine and I on Feb 10th at 3pm EST: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1192150 Most travel advisors are doing the connecting part of business with emails and social media, but completely missing the meeting part where you actually get clients. The marketing matrix shows you exactly where to ...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get me as your personal photographer at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ Crunch your numbers on the Lead Generation Calculator: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/calculator If you need travel clients this month, stop talking about everything and start selling something specific. I'm sharing the exact steps I'd take to book clients in February, including how to use your numbers to cr...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get me as your personal photographer at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ Fresh off of PodFest 2026, I'm sharing the 6 biggest marketing trends that kept coming up and they apply directly to growing your travel business. We're talking LinkedIn, the power of relationships over vanity metrics, getting paid what you're worth, and why you absolutely need a website in 2026. Plus, I'm calling ou...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get me as your personal photographer at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ By popular demand, I'm breaking down the ultimate travel industry events calendar because I know you're trying to figure out which conferences actually deserve your time and money. From ASTA's big conference in San Diego to Summer Camp at Sea in Alaska, I'm walking you through host agency events, consortium gatherings, supp...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get me as your personal photographer at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ If Instagram isn't working for your travel business, you might not doing it wrong. You might just be using it for the wrong thing. The truth bomb is that Instagram isn't meant to find clients, it's for nurturing the ones you've already met. (Blanket statement with nuance, I know.) I'm breaking down the biggest mistakes I se...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get at least 6 months of content with YOU in it at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ If you're wondering where to find clients who don't micromanage, actually value your expertise, and are ready to book, buckle in. I'm sharing the exact communities, organizations, and lifestyle groups where high-value travelers naturally gather, think beyond the obvious and get ready for some seriously creative i...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get at least 6 months of content with YOU in it at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ I don't know about you, but 2025 was a dumpster fire in so many ways. It also had some incredible wins I didn't see coming. I'm pulling back the curtain on everything from major health struggles and revenue misses to Summer Camp at Sea success and hitting that 1,000+ attendee goal for Prep for Wave Week. Yo...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Get at least 6 months of content with YOU in it at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ Join us for the Business Maintenance Webinar: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1190839 So I did something a little crazy in November...I challenged myself to write a blog post every single day. Spoiler alert: I didn't hit my goal of 30 posts, but what I gained was way more valuable tha...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Finally work on your travel business at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ Want to know exactly what I'd be looking at if you hired me as your Chief Marketing Officer? I'm walking you through my complete audit process, from reviewing your messaging and voice of customer research to evaluating your ROI and figuring out what's actually driving results in your travel business. This isn't about ...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Finally work on your travel business at Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ Marcie Muensterman went from total burnout (missing Christmas, sleeping with her phone under her head, snapping at everyone) to building a six-figure travel business in just 20 hours a week. She's breaking down why limiting yourself to 5-6 clients per month isn't crazy, how to stop believing the lies about needing to be ava...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Shop Travel Industry Black Friday: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/blackfriday Get the Black Friday Bingo Board for giveaways: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1189130 Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ What if the only thing standing between you and a thriving travel business is your own mindset? I'm chatting with the amazing Iris from wmnsWORK and By Ir...
Send Rita a text with your thoughts! Shop Travel Industry Black Friday: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/blackfriday Get the Black Friday Bingo Board for giveaways: https://programs.steeryourmarketing.com/products/offers/view/1189130 Summer Camp at Sea: https://strategictravelentrepreneurpodcast.com/summer-camp-at-sea/ If you're spending all day in your inbox and still going to bed wondering if you missed something important, this one's for you. I'm sitting down with Mar...
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