Marilyn Bushnell

B&B E-Mail Marketing does NOT conflict with Social Media Marketing

Building Relationships as a Marketing Tool, Financial Health of an Inn, Inn Operations, Innkeeping Consulting, Internet Directories, Market Trends, Marketing, Tracking Devices, Uncategorized, Websites / Marilyn Bushnell

E-Mail marketing is a low-cost proactive alternative channel to insert into your B&B’s marketing plan.

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We are a Visual Society…and Your B&B Can Exploit it!

Financial Health of an Inn, Inn Operations, Inns and Innkeepers, Market Trends, Marketing, Websites / Marilyn Bushnell

Video on your B&B website is attracting guests than your still pictures. Exploit the advantage!

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Another B&B Niche Market with a MOO-ving Target

Financial Health of an Inn, Going Green, Inn Operations, Inns and Innkeepers, Market Trends, Marketing / Marilyn Bushnell

Take a visit to a Farmstay AGRRI-Tourism B&B in Maryland!

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What Niche Market Does Your Bed & Breakfast Target?

Financial Health of an Inn, Going Green, Inn Operations, Inns and Innkeepers, Marketing, PAII, Uncategorized / Marilyn Bushnell

Creating memories, and marketing your B&B’s ability to create them, is key to survival in a competitive market. Having a market niche that beats everybody else is an advantage to maximize.

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Is TRUST a Vanishing Value?

Building Relationships as a Marketing Tool, Inn Operations, Inns and Innkeepers, Marketing, Uncategorized / Marilyn Bushnell

Marilyn and I had the opportunity to visit Corrales, New Mexico, last week when we traveled to the Chocolate Turtle Bed & Breakfast. Dallas and Nancy Renner listed their inn for sale, a gem of a lifestyle inn that has strong business. The village of Corrales, just outside of Albuquerque, is right out of a

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Bed & Breakfast Memory Makers

Building Relationships as a Marketing Tool, Inn Operations, Inns and Innkeepers, PAII, Uncategorized / Marilyn Bushnell

Memories are created from the full experience we innkeepers give our guest.

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Tax Time means Exit Strategy Time

Financial Health of an Inn, Inn Operations, Viability of an Inn / Marilyn Bushnell

Tax time is THE time to self-reflect on your exit strategy and its timing.

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Great Hospitality Means Creating Memories

Building Relationships as a Marketing Tool, Inn Operations, Inns and Innkeepers, Uncategorized / Marilyn Bushnell

There are three concepts to remember to make hospitality memorable.

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Maryland Bed & Breakfast Association Extravaganza

Inn Operations, Innkeeping Consulting, Inns and Innkeepers, Internet Directories, Marketing, PAII / Marilyn Bushnell

The annual meeting of the Maryland B & B Association had a one-day agenda that, in my opinion, rivals ANY B & B industry workshop for strength and usefulness of content. Held at Elk Forge B & B in Elk Mills, Maryland, in addition to the normal association business activities, the association hosted three content-packed

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