Building Relationships As A Marketing Tool

A Hospitality Lesson for Me…from a Hot Air Balloon!

Aspiring Innkeepers, Building Relationships as a Marketing Tool, General, Hospitality, Inn Operations, Innkeepers, Inns and Innkeepers, Market Trends, Uncategorized / Marilyn Bushnell

I have to begin by explaining that Marilyn and I are in Tuscany, the beautiful region of Italy known for its wine and olive oils…and, as we discovered today, its hospitality. We took a hot air balloon ride over the countryside this morning with Idea Balloon, a company owned by Stefano Travaglia and his wife […]

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Chinese Checkers, Starbucks and B & B’s: a winning strategy

Building Relationships as a Marketing Tool, Financial Health of an Inn, Inn Operations, Inns and Innkeepers, Market Trends, Marketing, Uncategorized, Viability of an Inn / Marilyn Bushnell

I like to play Chinese Checkers with my 6 year old grandson, Brody. That’s the game where you move your marbles across the board and try to be the first one to get them into the spaces on the other side. You can move a marble one hole at a time, or, you can set

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Please Just Touch and Go … and an Innkeeper Request

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

Dover AFB is the final destination for some of our troops coming home for the last time. Innkeepers can have a real impact on the lives of these families going through what must be a terrible experience.

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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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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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