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    B&B.c om - How the ranking works on the state page and others.

    They rank based on the completeness of your listing. I had increased my level from Silver to Platinum and was wondering why we were always int he same spot. This is why. We need to add the max photos etc. So to be clear they rank on your level (how much you paid) but they secondary criteria is...
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    We did our own Grou pon

    The idea was to offer it as that sort of deal with a limited time but it is a BOGO pretty much. With a few thousand person mailing list we sold 18. So at a $179 per it was quite the hit. And we are still in the first 24 hours so we might pick up a couple. I thought I would share as the response...
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    Goo gle’s Knowledge Graph

    I searched and didn't find a topic on this. This is that big black bar thing that shows up for searches like, "hotels near (major city)". It pulls the data from the goo gle places pages. Well of course we don't show. We have hotel as one of our categories but not the first one. Not sure that...
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    Are we too tough on new people?

    I think the rose colored glasses are not the worst thing when it comes to a new venture. If you didn't have hope and enthusiasm, you would never get off the couch to get it going. Ideally we all want new people to enter the business as a rising tide lifts all boats. So maybe we should temper our...
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    Link edin dot com

    I have read several times that small businesses consider them to be the biggest bang for the buck and time invested. Is anyone promoting their B&B their? Add this to the list of things I do not do and probably should.
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    How our paid TA listing did

    They have a new thing that shows "Compare direct click-throughs to your URL against the performance of local competitors". We must not have local competitors as we show zero difference compared to them for the last twelve months. I doubt anyone can find the link with all of the other stuff on...
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    Crumby Tripadvisor Review and they have yet to stay with us.

    They booked for March and since we did not contact them right away for a booking over 90 days away, they reviewed us with a one. I know we are taking care of it and it might go away. The crumby thing is he ruined several days of my life for a really small thing. Yep, we missed his phone call. It...
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    Where to list the Wifi Password?

    I have been traveling a lot so I am using Wifi at the hotels etc. So why not just list it in the room info book on the front page or something? My own B&B, you have to ask. Dumb imo ( and soon to change). One hotel had it in the room book it was on page three and everything was single spaced...
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    Twitter and Facebook

    Now that we all have had these for a while, is anyone seeing bookings from their efforts? My twitter account is gathering dust but I keep up on facebook. I try to be informative versus spammy in that I post going-ons etc that our guests could benefit from. I just don't have many followers. The...
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    SBA '504' Loans

    http://news.investors.com/article/617922/201207121628/small-business-property-loans-boom-as-owners.htm Sounds like a great deal if it can be used on a B&B. I did read another article about how people are buying with SBA loans. does anyone have experience with these? 10% down is pretty attractive.
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    What are advertising has produced

    So far we have had a contact off of Craigslist and one off of B&B.com. The MLS has done nothing. I know it just takes one but it would be nice to have ten people clamoring. hahhah
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    Lots of new folks!

    Sort of exciting to see so many new faces and B&B's. :)
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    Commercial Kitchen

    just found out that it is not possible to have a commercial kitchen that serves as the main kitchen for B&B owner and family. In other words we would have to have our own kitchen and then the commercial kitchen. Just a MN thing or pretty standard?
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    Bedan dBreakf ast.com uses adsense?!?

    Now they have adsense on their site. I get they are trying to make money but someone should explain to them how surfers operate. Look below the B&B. http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/zumbrota-minnesota.html PS if this is old news I am sorry. Just noticed it.
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    The Quill and Quilt is for sale!

    We have decided to put her on the market while we are still going strong. This is the initial listing http://www.owners.com/mn/cannon-falls/615-hoffman-st-w/pgm9021 . I need to proof it and beef it up etc but it is a start. I know all the reasons not to try and sell in this market. We just need...
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    I know why locals don't know about us.

    A B&B owner is coming to Rio and wanted to know where to stay. I have learned more about our local hotel/B&B market in the last week while trying to help. I was horribly uninformed. I can only assume this is the norm also for our neighbors in Cann on Falls.
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    Watching the movie, Bed and Breakfast

    Not a great movie and so far not much but it seems to be a real Bed and Breakfast as far as they have beds and serve breakfast. Chalk one up for Hollywood. Add in that is has the amazing Julianna Paes from Brazil it it. :)
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    Buy Local campaign

    I am seeing a lot of people discussing how to "Buy Local" this holiday season. A B&B gift certicate really does do this for them. I am hoping to shout this out a bit. PS I got this idea from the other thread but thought it needed its own as we are now in the holiday season.
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    B&B for Vets site?

    Looks like it has changed. Hmmm... we are not a member of PAII. Might be a good time to change that. :)
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    Less B&B's for sale in your area?

    Might just be time of the year or something but we have a lot less B&B's for sale in Minnesota right now. On the big sites, I could only find 2 which is way down from our normal 8-10 or so.
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