From wild 80s ski bar antics to Canada’s top family resort, Michael J. Ballingall shares how Big White turned snow, staff, and locals into unforgettable experiences. Learn the secrets behind beginner programs, killer marketing, and guest-first strategies that keep visitors coming back. Hilarious, insightful, and actionable, this episode shows how to sell snow, make it fun, and have guests laughing until their cheeks hurt.
For all 13 Actionable Insights from this episode, visit this episode page on www.sellingsnow.com

Ep.3 - From Abandoned Hill to Oceanfront Powder: Reviving Ski Cape Smokey with Martin Kejval

Welcome to Selling Snow, the podcast for ski industry pros,  marketers  or anyone who wants to learn more about marketing in the ski business. I’m your host, Andrew Zwicker, with 25 years in and around marketing skiing, and this show is all about learning from the best in the business, so  you can up your marketing game,or just get a peek behind how ski resort marketing works.
Our first episodes include hilarious and candid conversations with Michael J Ballingall of Big White, Lonie Gleiberman of Mount Bohemia, Marin Kejvel of Ski Cape Smokey, Jeff Penseiro of Baldface Lodge and Jason Levinthal of J Skis. Every episode tells the backstory on the guest, their ski area or ski business. Then it does a deep dive into how they market and sell their product from spectacular failures to keen wisdom and insights that you can use today to up your own marketing game.
Grab a hot chocolate, sit back and enjoy conversations with some of the best on how they are selling their ski business, because there's no business like snow business on Selling Snow.
 
