Multi-Channel Marketing

Eric Goldreyer

Wouldn't it be great if you could keep your guest rooms full with a single marketing strategy? If only that were true! Successful innkeepers understand that marketing is a multi-channel process, involving both Internet and print, advertising and publicity, online availability and reservations, and enhancing customer acquisition with repeat and referral business. BedandBreakfast.com's mission is to save you time and money by assisting you many of these areas. Details here...

Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards Program

Don't miss out on this great B&B marketing opportunity. Posting a badge on your home page is the easiest way to encourage guests to vote! The voting deadline is April 30, 2004-less than three months away! In addition to the chance to win a free Platinum membership, all winning properties, on both a state and national level will enjoy significant opportunities for some great publicity. More Info

Advertising Auctions - SPECIAL LEAP YEAR OFFER!

Not yet tried Inn of the Month advertising? We have an offer that's too good to miss. Win the Inn of the Month advertising auction for the month of March, and we'll deposit the full amount of your winning bid into your Featured Property Advertising Account. Double the exposure, not the expense! You can't lose. Log onto your home base, then click Inn of the Month in the right-hand column. Deadline for bidding is 12 noon, Mountain Standard Time, February 29, 2004. This offer will not be extended beyond the deadline, so don't miss out. (It's Leap Year, so you get an extra day!) Read more…

O'Casey's B&B, San Antonio TX

Calendar of Events

Click here for a list of upcoming state B&B association meetings. We've noted when a member of the BedandBreakfast.com team will be attending, and look forward to meeting you! Be sure to email us if your state meeting is not on the list. If you have not yet finalized your conference agenda, let us know: we still have a few dates available when BedandBreakfast.com staff members are available to speak.

About our Sponsor

BedandBreakfast.com Message Boards

If you haven't signed up for the BedandBreakfast.com Message Boards, log in to your home base and do so! It will only take a minute. Over 450 innkeepers have done so, and have already shared invaluable information. As requested, we set up a conference called "Inn Exchange" where you can offer to swap rooms with innkeepers from other regions. Give it a try!

Promoting the Industry

Thanks to the great info our member innkeepers have sent us, BedandBreakfast.com's publicity machine keeps churning out new stories for the media. A number of articles in newspapers, magazines and on websites contributed our multi-million numbers of impressions over the past few months. Read more

Our Members Speak Out

The Inn at Quail Run, Wilmington VT

We asked: : If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing about your inn (i.e. layout, location, construction, amenities, name, etc.), what would it be, and why? Read more. Question for our March issue:  Do you host weddings at your inn? If not, why not? If yes, what are your secrets for success? Bridezilla stories welcome!

Email your responses to InnkeeperNews@BedandBreakfast.com. If we publish your comments, we'll thank you with a $25 credit in our Featured Properties Auction program!

Time for a Smile

Book review: An Innkeeper's Discretion David McKinstry's entertaining and touching book about the life of an innkeeper. Read more

Travel Trends

Predictions on the future of spam from both Bill Gates and George Johnson: Filters are making spam messages harder and harder to decipher, and software developers have more confidence in their ability to beat the spammers than they do in government legislation, according to a recent article in the New York Times. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Bill Gates, speaking at the World Economic Forum, said: "Two years from now, [the problem of] spam will be solved…[we expect] a lot of progress this year." Read more

This Month's Sponsor

Online Trade Show

Click to visit our newest vendor members:

• VintageTubs.com
• DNJ Specialties
• Cloth & Clay
• InnVisibility
• Rare Brick Design
• Flavia Coffee Beverage Systems
• RezOvation

More vendor info...

Gift Certificates

Woolverton Inn, Stockton, NJ

Could anything be a more perfect gift than BedandBreakfast.com Gift Certificates? Don't miss out! To join the over 3300 participating inns, just log in to your home base with your property ID and password, or click here for more information.

Traffic statistics

Log in with your property ID and password for details on the number of page impressions and click-throughs your B&B has received as a result of all BedandBreakfast.com online marketing, including property listings, Featured Property, and Inn of the Month advertising. More information

Member Information

To update your entry, post specials, and renew your membership, please log in with your property ID and password. Can't remember your password? Click here, then enter your property ID and we'll email it to you. Don't like your password? Once you're logged in to Home Base, just click "Membership," select "change password" (#7 in dropdown menu), and choose another that's easier to remember. More information

Inns for Sale

Time to move on? Sell your property by listing it on the leading Internet site for bed and breakfasts and inns, BedandBreakfast.com. Email us today and we'll put you on our special offer mailing list. Read more

Online Bookings

Taking real-time, online reservations is the most effective way to transform your Internet presence from an informational resource into a 24/7 sales engine.  Read more

Innkeepers Information Center

Need more info? You’ll find lots of forms, tutorials, and educational articles on our site for your convenience.

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