March 14, 2017
Today we launch a new service called "360Show-Leased Service". This service is for clients that need to justify the cost in marketing as clear as possible.
With the leased service clients can pay a fixed sum per month for all costs involved for a 360Show production, including photography, design work and the annual fee for web hosting and updates. It will be easier to justify the investment in photography services.
On average our clients experience a return on investment within 60 days if they pay for the full production, but this is highly dependent on how they use their images and it also depends on type of property as well as type of key business.
The 360Show is a web-hosted service and is very easy to implement in a sales & marketing strategy. As it is web-hosted, all the design work is already in place. Only a link is needed on the client website, or on the partner's websites.
The 360Show is also ideal to use via email marketing as only a link is added in the email.
The cost per month on a 3-year contract can be as little as 200 - 300 USD. For our clients, this cost is very easy to motivate, especially if the 360Show is used in an email marketing strategy.
With 360Show as a leased service it is also possible to add new images every year, as the annual fee is included. The annual fee grant free updates & changes, and new photography every year simply adds 1 extra year to the contract. This is perfect for our key clients who want to have their images up-to-date all the time.
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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February 10, 2017
We are setting up our international sales organization and are looking for Sales Agents in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. We are looking for highly motivated professionals with extensive experience from the hospitality industry. Must have very strong recommendations from the industry and must have a well-established network. Very high commission at expected annual income of +100,000 USD.
Our photography services are very easy to sell as the expected return of investment for the hotels are less than 60 days. We will provide help to get you started with our concept. Over 1,000 hotel productions produced, including over 350 Hilton properties produced all over the world.
If interested, please send your CV. You must be based in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha and are expected to have your own company registered in the region. This job can be coordinated with other projects if you already work towards the travel industry with other products/services.
The ideal candidate can be an experienced hotel manager looking for new opportunities in the industry, without the everyday responsibility of dealing with staff and guests.
If your background is from a Destination Company such as a Tourist & Convention Organization, you will probably fit in perfectly.
We are also setting up the same Sales Agent program in other regions/cities later this year. If you are based in Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Cape Town, Tokyo, Sydney, New York, San Francisco, Rome, Stockholm, Göteborg, Copenhagen, London or Paris please send me your CV and we can meet/discuss this opportunity.
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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January 18, 2017
Our network of Sales Agents is now expanding. Previously we have had exclusive contracts with partners such as City Tourist & Convention Organizations and other organizations wanting to have a partnership to guarantee a unified and standardized look & feel for their image content on their own websites. This is extra important with 360-images to avoid a mix of technologies and drivers.
Today we have decided to open our Sales Agent Network to professionals with a genuine interest of the hospitality sector and detailed local knowledge of their city or region. The typical Sales Agent is well connected in the city or region and have a strong desire to help promote their city to a global audience. The typical Sales Agent background can be from the hospitality industry, a city tourist & convention bureau or from the media/advertising/photography sector.
We are recruiting Sales Agents now and we are looking for people with specific skills to identify what is hot and exciting in their city. They will help promote our 360CityGuide.com project and will be part of our Advisory Board in their city or region. The people we are looking for will be "self-motivated" and will have a special interest in fine design, architecture and unique locations. Fine dining, shopping and local adventure is also important for our 360CityGuide.com project and we expect a successful Sales Agent to share our core values and ideas. We urge successful candidates to study our websites and prepare their application accordingly.
We offer very competitive commissions, +100,000 USD per year, and a very exciting and rewarding lifestyle.
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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January 12, 2017
As of today, our prices are now based on US dollars instead of Euros.
92 % of our business is now from outside Europe and this number has been increasing every year the last 5 years. Clients in Scandinavia will be charged in SEK, same as before. Clients based in the EU that prefer their invoice in Euros can still request this and the cost will be converted from our USD price list.
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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January 5, 2017
High Resolution Still Images is in high demand and the last few years we shipped more still images than 360-images. Key reason for this is our low-cost packages with all-inclusive prices.
In our new contract model, we offer the same cost for 360-images and High Resolution Still Images and clients can mix and order whatever they want.
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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November 6, 2016
The new 360CityGuide/Stockholm is now released. The old version was based on 360-images in Java and QuickTime format and this did not work on iPhone/iPad.
In the previous version of 360CityGuide/Stockholm we featured 18 hotels and 34 other partners such as museums, boutiques and convention venues, in the old format.
In the new updated version, we have over 180 partners nominated. Our Advisory Board is now in a process, together with our Project Management team, to make the final selection what partners to feature in our new 360Show format. We will highlight up to 20 partners in each category and the selection is based on fine architecture, exquisite design and unique location.
There are no costs involved for our selected partners to participate on 360CityGuide except for the cost for the images that we normally already have produced for our clients.
Full functionality is already in place on 360CityGuide/Stockholm but all 360-images need to be produced and each featured partner will have their 360Show presentation loaded as soon as it has been produced.
All selected partner will be highlighted in the new 360Show format:
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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November 3, 2016
Our 360GolfGuide.com website is being updated with a totally new design as we prepare for a major new release with all new content. Our 360-images are now optimized for all major web browsers, including iPhone/iPad and Android devises.
The 360GolfGuide project is coordinated with our 360CityGuide productions in 22 cities around the world.
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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November 2, 2016
Our 360CityGuide website is being updated with a totally new design as we prepare for a major new release with all new content. Our 360-images are now optimized for all major web browsers, including iPhone/iPad and Android devises.
This is by far the largest design update we have done since the first launch 14 years ago, in 2002, as everything is changed, including all content. Productions in 22 cities have been initiated and new content will be loaded regularly as each city evolves with new productions.
We use Google maps instead of our own produced interactive maps used in our previous design. We integrate with Google Street View wherever possible as their outside 360-images are a perfect complement to our 360-images from inside a hotel, restaurant or museum. Featured hotels and other partners are highlighted with our new 360Show multimedia design format loaded with 360-images, still images and video.
The 360CityGuide concept is however the same. We load an interactive map with our carefully selected partners and highlight them with our 360Show.
We select the best partners we can find in a city or destination based on fine architecture, unique design and fantastic locations. Our target audience is travelers looking for the unique and special in a city. Individuals and corporations who want to "look before they book" and actively is seeking for advice and inspiration before they travel.
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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November 2, 2016
New version of 360Show is launched. The new version of our web design format 360Show is optimized for all major web browsers including iPhone/iPad and Android devices.
The new design allows a true interactive multimedia experience as we load 360-images, still images as well as video in the same format.
360Show is the best way to get a fast return on the investment in 360-images, still images and video. A standardized web template, optimized for all web browsers, at low cost has many benefits. It is the fastest way possible to get the new multimedia content published online. Our clients save a lot of time and money with no need thinking about design and functionality, as the design already is done.
360Show is a web hosted service and only a simple link is needed on their website or their partner's websites. This link is also perfect to use for all outgoing emails for sales and marketing staff.
The new 360Show will also be used for all featured partners highlighted on our 360CityGuide website. The 360Show format can also be used by our clients "as is" for free or slightly modified for at a low cost.
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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October 20, 2015
360WorldGuide is changing the contract policy and will now include all clients under our high-volume contract terms. As of today, all clients will benefit from one single contract with reduced prices on all services.
Instead of spending time on negotiations and complex project meetings we have decided to simplify everything for us and our clients and use one single contract instead of individual contracts.
This change will enable all clients to benefit from our large-volume production prices normally only available to very large global accounts such as Hilton and other hotel chains.
The reason for this change is the launch of our updated 360CityGuide project. In this project, we will have photographers at many locations all over the world on a regular basis and any company can order a production at all-inclusive fixed prices.
The only limitation is that we need a minimum of 5 productions that can be coordinated at the same time before we send a photographer or a team of photographers.
For more information please contact:
Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide,
Direct phone +46 739 600 901
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