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WordPress Themes and Bed and Breakfasts
About a week ago, WordPress.com released a theme specifically geared towards Lodging http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/stay/. Since then I have received over a dozen emails from innkeepers asking what I thought about it for use for a B&B website, so thought I may … Continue reading
Linkedin Business Pages and Bed and Breakfasts
Does Linkedin have value for innkeepers? Absolutely! Can you source guests and advertise updates for your inn on Linkedin? Absolutely! One of the things Linkedin offers above and beyond a personal profile, that Bed and Breakfasts should be taking advantage … Continue reading
Posted in B&B, How tos, Inns, Lodging, marketing, Social Media
Tagged Bed and Breakfast, facebook, Linkedin, lodging, Travel and Tourism
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The Lodging Resource Newsletter: Issue #19, February 2013
Hello again Lovely Innkeepers! The big news for this past month was TripAdvisor announcing a new feature that will allow Innkeepers to report any issues regarding blackmail threats from their guests http://cdn.tripadvisor.com/pdfs/email/Blackmail_US.pdf Acorn Internet did a very good walkthrough on: … Continue reading
Posted in B&B, Hospitality News, Inns, Lodging, marketing, newsletters
Tagged Bed and Breakfast, breakfast, facebook, Goi, Google Analytics, Google+, Pinterest, reputation management, Tripadvisor, twitter
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Innkeepers, are you REALLY leveraging local?
On Monday I had a great interview with Tom Costello, and during the interview he brought up the gentlemen that he had interviewed previously, whose thoughts were that hoteliers (and this relates to any lodging) needs to be spending more … Continue reading
Posted in B&B, Customer Service, Hospitality News, How tos, Inns, Lodging, marketing, Observations
Tagged Bed and Breakfast, breakfast, Business, facebook, lodging, Social Media, Tripadvisor
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Bed and Breakfasts, Reputation Management and Deleted Tweets
A common concern I hear frequently voiced from B&Bs, “Is what if I have a conversation with someone who voices a complaint,” or “What if I posted something I regret?” Like a drunk tweet, or something posted in anger, “Should … Continue reading
Travel Bloggers and Bed and Breakfasts
I’ve gotten quite a few emails in the past year from Inns I work with, and Inns I chat with online, asking me what I thought about solicitations from travel bloggers asking to do a feature on their B&Bs. On … Continue reading
Posted in B&B, Hospitality News, How tos, Inns, Lodging, marketing
Tagged Associated Content, Bed and Breakfasts, Freebies, Travel Writer Perks, travel writers
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Facebook Local and what it means for Bed and Breakfasts
It appears Facebook is still working on aspects of Facebook Local (which hasn’t really hit the news much yet), which is in the process of being rolled out along with Facebook Nearby, a good article on Nearby here: http://socialfresh.com/5-ways-businesses-can-leverage-the-power-of-mobile-marketing/ . … Continue reading
Posted in B&B, Hospitality News, How tos, Inns, Lodging, marketing, Observations
Tagged Bed and Breakfast, breakfast, facebook, Facebook Local, lodging, Social Media, Travel and Tourism
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