About Us
We are looking for golf course general managers of public play courses who would like to receive a free video profile of your course or resort.
The video we produce will provide details concerning all aspects of the destination, including golf course characteristics, hotel accommodations, tournament management services, corporate meeting and wedding availability, as well as restaurant and entertainment offerings.
The video profile is done at no cost to the course. Must be public play course to qualify.
Videos will offer discount coupons for featured course with coupons accessible by mobile device.
Coupon offers set by course.
Example of coupon - Buy Driving Range Bucket of Balls - Get one Bucket at Half Cost (or Free) - Receive 10% Off Green Fees on Tuesdays, Wednesdays Thursdays, Clubhouse Restaurant coupon Buy one Appetizer, get second Free, etc.
Free profile includes video production done at your site. Results in long term exposure on the internet for your company, a unique method for golf course operators to gain internet visibility for their properties while at the same time offering coupon incentives to visit course.
Benefits to Course
Free advertising
Free video production showcasing their course
Free long term visibility on the internet
Free coupon distribution
The free coupon distribution campaign is a service, which in the past, could cost courses many hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, thru local publications, such as local newspapers and ShopperSaver style publications.
This approach is what some in the internet industry refer to as a disruptive technology - a technological innovation that improves a marketing service in unexpected ways, typically by being lower priced (no price to course) or designed for a different set of consumers, in this case, consumers becoming more comfortable using their mobile phones to access local based discounts, an emerging market with sky high levels of projected growth.
Frank Doran Ducey (born May 6, 1964) is a southern California internet industry executive, best known as the chief executive officer of USAProTour.com, which produces podcast programming featuring profiles of golf resorts and golf vacation destinations. Ducey was born in the Los Angeles suburb of West Covina, California, and his family moved to San Clemente, California, in 1974.
Education
Ducey attended San Clemente public schools, including San Clemente High School, from which he graduated in 1982.
U.S. Military Service
Approximately three years out of high school, Ducey enlisted in the United States Army and worked for the Judge Advocate General branch as a legal clerk. His assignments included service in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), with the 2nd Infantry Division, and Fort Ord, Monterey, California. While stationed in the Republic of Korea in 1986 and 1987, Ducey served in the Headquarters Company of legendary United States Army General Gary E. Luck, who, at that time, was the Commanding General (Major General aka "Two Star General") of the 2nd Infantry Division, which is responsible for security in the Korean DMZ region.
Internet Industry
After leaving the military, Ducey developed CD ROM software, and, eventually, went to work for internet service providers engaged in website hosting. Ducey started usaprotour in 1999, producing custom made, oversized titanium drivers, distributed through online sales.
His internet industry sales background includes tenure with Dynamic Concepts, a premier supplier of Internet-enabled development languages, products and services to the global marketplace. Dynamic Concepts also manages enterprise hosting, as well as colocation and dedicated server hosting, within their data center in Aliso Viejo, California. His experience in the internet technology industry includes sales of data center server space for Epoch Internet, once located in Costa Mesa, California. Ducey has also worked within the search engine industry, generating clients for the search engine optimization (SEO) firm EZ Rankings, in Irvine, California, and search distribution company epilot.com, once located in Laguna Hills, California, now known as Local.com Corp. (LOCM) with corporate offices in Irvine, California.
