Comments on: Could Twitter Be Your Competitive Edge?

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:32:28 +0000

I feel the same way with the lady said, you don't really know what's real here in the internet. They were so many website, so many links that is saying they are offering this stuff, this vacation rentals but many of this isn't true and you're so unsure of the information they put on their website. We've been to Mexico, and have just found the place to stay through internet. Luckily, we haven't got problems with it, it's at mazatlan apartments for rent on where we stayed for 2 months.

By: Margaret Leach

Margaret Leach — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:09:59 +0000

In my case, I pretty soon got fed up with the time wasters – I am really not interested in when someone is going to bed and how much they had to drink last night.

I have set up a separate Twitter account called BavarianForest where I am posting brief news items most days, entirely factual. I think this has the potential to get people interested in the area. Certainly the number of people following that account is growing faster than for my ‘personal’ account. It only takes a few minutes a day.

As for my use of Twitter for myself, I find the items with links to interesting articles and websites by far the most useful.

By: Dr Richard

Dr Richard — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:19:45 +0000

Twitter is definitely one of those sites where you start off thinking "what can this possibly do for me?" but the results can be pretty exciting, just as you say! Some people still view it as a total waste of time, but if you focus your Tweets, follow relevant people and get involved in conversations, you can definitely make it successful for your vacation rental. Dr Richard's last blog post..Welcome Back to My Vacation Rental Website

By: McFads

McFads — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:00:08 +0000

I’m a tweeter and I use Twirl on my laptop and TwitterBerry on my cell phone.

We get a good number of visits from twitter to our site as well.

It’s worth a shot. Follow me @McFads.

Cheers, Mike

By: jamie

jamie — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:00:52 +0000

I think fortune will favor the early adopters, and it never hurts to put a personal face on your business.

My experience with social media is that it doesn’t pay immediate tangible benefits, but grows slowly—sorta like trust .

I occasionally get a question like, “Where should I stay with my kids in Paris?”. Answering that question doesn’t do much for my bottom line, but answering that question publicly helps establish credibility and also potentially widens my reach.

On a side note, my site http://www.travelsavvymom.com may be able to offer some value to vacation rental property owners. We can send a a writer to review, photograph, and video family friendly properties. We then post the review on our site, and blog about the destination (with links).

jamie’s last blog post..Sidetracked! Madame Tussauds London

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:13:54 +0000

Hi,

Interesting post, and good luck with your Twitter marketing, Heather.

I’m trying the same thing for our vacation rental homes on the other side of the Atlantic, in France. I can see the great potential of Twitter, but remain a little sceptical for the time being, as it’s far from mainstream as yet – in Europe, at least. I’m getting one or two Twitter referrals to my website, but can’t really see bookings flooding in via this route. Early days, though, and I remain optimistic. I’m particularly excited about http://twisitorcenter.com/ and am now using hashtags to flag posts about my geographic area in the hope of creating a useful resource for all to use.

Catch me at @iledere !