Brainerd & Baxter Tourism Bureau Launches New Website

BRAINERD, Minn. - Oct. 9, 2014 - PRLog -- In today’s mobile and social environment, the way people receive and share information is evolving quickly. In recognition of this trend, Visit Brainerd, the Tourism Bureau for Brainerd and Baxter, Minnesota, recently released phase two of their website upgrades designed to enhance user experience and increase engagement.

Known for a strong and active social media presence (particularly on Facebook and a quickly growing following for their blog), the organization has tied these elements into their website experience with direct feeds to the homepage of the site. The website, www.visitbrainerd.com is known as the area’s go to site by many locals and visitors due to its up to date information on local lodging, events, reports, and much more.

New features to the site include easily accessed and page related video content, photo galleries, and blogs, giving users an in depth view at all related content for each specific pages, including fishing, mountain biking, etc. The event calendar has been enhanced to give mobile users a more fluid and content rich experience. The button for the local visitor guide is now more visible and a new weather tab has been added. Featured business boxes allow Visit Brainerd to highlight different local businesses to help with local exposure. Featured attractions throughout the year have also been added. The blog page has been enhanced to keep the look, feel, and navigation of the main website, allowing the user to seamlessly browse between blog and site, and blog topics are easily searched and viewed. These are just a few of the many new features added to the redesigned site, created entirely with the user in mind.

Added content depth and social engagement will help Visit Brainerd with its continuing efforts to promote the area’s stunning beauty and all of the diverse activities that make Brainerd and Baxter Minnesota’s premier vacation destination.

About Visit Brainerd
Visit Brainerd is the tourism bureau for Brainerd and Baxter, Minnesota. Through their website and social media outlets including Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and others they offer an up to date and in depth stream of information about the area. This includes local events, fishing reports, trail reports and more. The Brainerd area is known by many as Minnesota's premier family vacation destination.