Free Expert Analysis to First 5 Clients
In anticipation of releasing my first video course (ready in about a week — hooray!!) I am soliciting 5 property owners to submit their website for a free screencast analysis and some great exposure....
View ArticleEducated Comments Generate Bookings
I like to approach my vacation rental marketing like I’m training for a major sports match: get pumped up, set apart a specific amount of time (say 1 hour), and go crazy doing anything and everything I...
View ArticleHow To Win Guests And Influence Travelers
Inspired by Dale Carnegie and his best-selling book “How To Win Friends And Influence People,” there are some very fundamental things you can be doing and extremely lucid ways of thinking, that help...
View ArticleA Checklist For Your Holiday Rental Marketing
This article is part of a series designed for more individual sectors of the vacation rental industry: specifically, holiday rentals. For you owners, the winter is your high season. It’s when...
View ArticleProtected: 5 Listing Errors That Make Owners Look Dumb
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.The post Protected: 5 Listing Errors That Make Owners Look Dumb appeared first on Vacation Rental Marketing Blog.
View Article“Why I Cancelled My Hotel Reservations In Favor Of A Vacation Rental”
Dave McCormick is like a lot of people. As the Owner of Pro Kitchen Gear, Dave travels a lot. And whether for business or pleasure, he has been a hotel traveler all his life. He’s always liked the...
View ArticleAnother Super Happy Subscriber
I really love getting emails like this one from Paul Juma, the owner of Fern Grotto Inn, an awesome fleet of beach bungalows in Kauai, Hawaii. Paul is one of my best clients because he devotes a...
View ArticleAre you a stubborn owner? You say No, but isn’t that what a stubborn owner...
I come across a lot of stubborn owners. They are usually older (like, over 60), they are usually somewhat new to the vacation rental industry, they’re typically the scared of any new technologies,...
View ArticleZipinion: 100 Honest Opinions About Your Vacation Rental
Dear all vacation rental owners and managers who read my blog: I am about to completely blow your mind. Yesterday I created five A/B experiments to test traveler preferences about my vacation...
View ArticleTestimonial From One Successful Dude
I don’t usually like to brag, but I wanted to post this testimonial from a client of mine Kent Davis. As the Founder of one of the City’s leading boutique agencies, Kent is now probably the most...
View ArticleHow Much Do Discounts Really Matter?
One of the most common questions I get in my email inbox every day goes something like this: Matt, we get plenty of inquiries but very few of them actually turn into bookings. I respond quickly, I...
View ArticleThis Subscriber Disagrees With Me
The following is an email from a subscriber and it brings up a great point: if you do as I recommend and fill your rental to capacity, what’s next? A second rental of course. And if you fill that one...
View Article10 Vacation Rental Experts Help Craft The Perfect Follow-Up Email
I stay at a lot of vacation rental properties… And one thing that always confounds me, no matter how nice or convenient or perfect the property is… 9 out of 10 times, I check-out, I leave the keys in...
View ArticleThis Subscriber Says “I Owe It To You”
I often get emails from subscribers who have seen MASSIVE improvements in their profits because of my work… But this email from LuAnn Schram is just too compelling not to share because it actually...
View Article“Ask Matt Anything” Question & Answer Session: Part II
Albert Einstein once said that ______ is the most powerful force in the universe. Can you guess what it is? The answer was compound interest. And today, I am about to show you why compound interest not...
View ArticleThe ONLY Way To Find Out PRECISELY What Vacation Rental Guests REALLY Want
If you have ever dreamed of having x-ray vision into your potential guest’s thought process, this post is for you. Below I share the process that I use to: > Find precisely what travelers are...
View ArticleVacation Rental Marketing Makeover Session 1.8: Learning Traveler Preferences
If you haven’t heard, I am working to totally makeover one lucky vacation rental owner’s marketing portfolio live (and step-by-step) for my subscribers to follow. You can read all the prior posts here....
View ArticleSeveral Ideas About Guest Reviews That’ll Make You Stop And Think Twice
The sometimes-gratifying sometimes-stressful process of soliciting and managing vacation rental guest reviews has been a part of my daily life now for the better part of a decade. I get as pumped up...
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