Tag Archives: marketing

Attracting B&B Guests: How does that work?

By Scott Thomas | Published: November 8, 2011

A few of you may have noticed that we seem to have taken a bit of a hiatus over the past several weeks. In fact, our Freeport Maine Bed & Breakfast had a very busy summer, and there wasn’t much time for About the Inn writing. Now that our busy summer and fall foliage seasons [...]

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Custom Button Icons for Apple’s iDevices

By Scott Thomas | Published: August 18, 2011

This is a guest post by Sarah Dolk of Adobe Nido Bed & Breakfast in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I had some fun last night. I had read in a blog about how we can create a custom icon/button/logo for our business that Apple device users (iphone, ipad, and touch), can download to their desktop as [...]

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How to use Google +1 (and should you?)

By Scott Thomas | Published: June 2, 2011

Yesterday Google announced that the +1 button is now available for any website to use (just like a Facebook ‘Like’ button, or similar buttons). It raises two questions: Should you be using it? How do you use it? Both questions are easily answered – though most articles on the topic have not really dealt with [...]

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QR Codes: How to Get Started

By Scott Thomas | Published: May 12, 2011

The basics of creating and using QR codes There has been a lot of buzz recently about QR codes. Most articles tell you what they are (think of a bar code, that smartphones or other mobile devices can read, and usually link to a URL, an image, or some useful information), and give some ideas [...]

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Value or Discount? Choose One.

By Scott Thomas | Published: March 28, 2011

Groupon, Living Social, Woot, SmartBargains, Name Your Own Price, Cheap Fares, Last Minute Deals, Bargain Travel, and the list goes on and on. Whether we like it or not, we’re all influenced by things around us, and the loudest voices in marketing at the moment are those screaming “Get [whatever you want] at a discount.” [...]

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