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Ms. Wilkins

Leslie Wilkins

Co-Founder, Pipeline Social Media

As the Co-Founder of Pipeline Social Media, Leslie Wilkins brings with her over 10 years of digital marketing experience that spans from social media marketing and advertising to hotel specific marketing and branding. Since co-founding Pipeline in June 2011, she has been a part of every business-making decision as she succeeded in building an effective team and business model that maintains contemporaneity in an ever-changing social media environment. With a team of twelve, Ms. Wilkins carries out her mission to help businesses and brands fully benefit from the power of social media, website design, optimization, and advertising. Pipeline's skilled team thrives off of the cultivation of a positive working environment built on ethics, trust, and faith.

Pipeline Social Media is a full-service digital marketing agency that enables its clients to expand their digital impact and customer loyalty by combining unique content strategies, results-driven web design, and advertising campaigns. Pipeline Social Media manages 400+ social media channels and websites, and optimization campaigns on behalf of businesses across the U.S.

Pipeline Social Media offers three approaches to help hotels increase their social media presence: full management, hands-on social media training for hotel staff, and monthly monitoring programs to coach teams along the way. Pipeline also designs and develops custom websites and landing pages, search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns, blogging, and email marketing campaigns. Pipeline is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Prior to founding Pipeline, Ms. Wilkins worked in the industries of social media, blogging and hotel real estate brokerage. Ms. Wilkins graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of North Georgia in 2008. Ms. Wilkins lives south of Atlanta with her husband of eight years. 

Please visit http://www.pipelinesocialmedia.com for more information.

Ms. Wilkins can be contacted at 678-814-4601 or leslie@pipelinesocialmedia.com

Coming up in May 2019...

Eco-Friendly Practices: Corporate Social Responsibility

The hotel industry has undertaken a long-term effort to build more responsible and socially conscious businesses. What began with small efforts to reduce waste - such as paperless checkouts and refillable soap dispensers - has evolved into an international movement toward implementing sustainable development practices. In addition to establishing themselves as good corporate citizens, adopting eco-friendly practices is sound business for hotels. According to a recent report from Deloitte, 95% of business travelers believe the hotel industry should be undertaking “green” initiatives, and Millennials are twice as likely to support brands with strong management of environmental and social issues. Given these conclusions, hotels are continuing to innovate in the areas of environmental sustainability. For example, one leading hotel chain has designed special elevators that collect kinetic energy from the moving lift and in the process, they have reduced their energy consumption by 50%  over conventional elevators. Also, they installed an advanced air conditioning system which employs a magnetic mechanical system that makes them more energy efficient. Other hotels are installing Intelligent Building Systems which monitor and control temperatures in rooms, common areas and swimming pools, as well as ventilation and cold water systems. Some hotels are installing Electric Vehicle charging stations, planting rooftop gardens, implementing stringent recycling programs, and insisting on the use of biodegradable materials. Another trend is the creation of Green Teams within a hotel's operation that are tasked to implement earth-friendly practices and manage budgets for green projects. Some hotels have even gone so far as to curtail or eliminate room service, believing that keeping the kitchen open 24/7 isn't terribly sustainable. The May issue of the Hotel Business Review will document what some hotels are doing to integrate sustainable practices into their operations and how they are benefiting from them.

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