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Thanks for all the contributions, thoughts and ideas. I can see we will need to do more than one guide! We can easily do one for starting and one for the more advanced. It might be better to keep it focused on marketing, promotion, pricing, websites, as there is a lot of info out there on...

It's true - there are a lot of people who don't know they can do it themselves (if they have the patience!). I know you can set up a Wordpress blog with a fancy design for under $100 (actually your entire website can be a Wordpress solution for under $150/200), but I think people can be duped...

Thank you. Maybe if they positioned the house as a country retreat for eco friendly travellers then it could change the whole ball game if you know what I mean?! And thanks for the offer to contribute. Will let this thread run for a while, and then plan some chats/polls/ideas out.

Hoping I can twist Mary's arm for a contribution :) She is very helpful!

Yes, we have seen that as well. It's a great point. I think it depends on how an inn is being run as well. Some people just do it because they enjoy it and it's extra money, others treat it more like a business and want to make a profit.

Thanks Madeleine, that's spot on what we were thinking. Maybe we can ask the internet to stop changing for a year or two? :)

Oh we weren't even thinking of charging! We want to do this as a free ebook resource that people find useful and can just download. Not the 'oh you must have a blog' type stuff either. We want to actually give detailed info on how you can do certain things step by step. We want to chat to owners...

Like the idea of polls. Going to give that some proper thought. Opening an inn is a bit trickier because a lot of what you do is dependent on the country you live in. However, we were thinking of looking at it from the operating/marketing/web perspective, but as if you were either a. starting...

Hi We are thinking of compiling a guide that covers everything from marketing, to making your website user friendly, to competitor analysis and seo, pricing, offers and general customer service tips. I was hoping for some advice. 1. Do you think this is a good idea? Would you or aspiring...

We had a B&B owner come to us recently with an issue. She had always positioned her B&B as a premium, upmarket place. Except she gets most of her business from conferences and business travelers as she is not in a major city. The problem she faced was that she was more expensive then her...

Hi Check with your hosting company. They normally install it for you or can tell you how to install it using an interface they probably provide to make it easier. Just make sure that the blog address is yourwebsite.com/blog, not on wordpress as yourblogname.wordpress.com, otherwise your site...

Agree with this completely. Stats are showing that over 60% of people worldwide are now researching travel online and this grows every year. Generally if someone has to choose between a place they need to email or phone vs a place of equal value/service that can be booked instantly, they're...

Hi The reason why airbnb has it's name is that they originally started as Air Bed & Breakfast. They shortened it to airbnb because of branding, but then realised they could get more places to list if they didn't force them to offer breakfast. We're guessing by then they thought their brand was...

Sorry, wrote Claire as was thinking Claireborne House instead of Claiborne House, but then updated it to Shellie as soon as I saw what I'd written. Isn't it showing the change? My mistake! Was hoping it wasn't noticed!

Hi I'm from Enjoybedandbreakfast.com. We just wanted to say thanks for posting our BnB Edtition articles on here and sharing them with other members. Shellie from Claireborne House had some great tips in her blogging article. A lot of people really enjoyed it. Is there anything else you are...