The,Crucial,Steps,Get,More,Boo ecommerce The 7 Crucial Steps To Get More Bookings

I will be answering three main questions in this Emerald Passport Review for all of the tenacious Entrepreneurs that are seeking the ideal Home Based Business Opportunity. Internet Marketing has seen some tremendous growth in the "work at ho Wood handles are used in tools due to their ability to provide a good grip when holding the tool. Unlike many other types of handles; wooded handles are easy to grip do not transfer heat and are not an electrical conductor. Therefore, making

You have a website and you think it looks good but you are not reallymaking money out of it, then something is going wrong. You need to make surethat customers make their bookings with you, so here are 7 critical steps toimprove your bookings this year. Commit to doing one step every day and you'llbe ahead of the competition in a week. Step 1. Update Your Website! Time: 4 - 8 hoursWhen was the last time your website was updated? If it's out of date, makeit a goal to get it refreshed before the season starts.If website design is not your passion or your skill, you can consider usingwebsite companies such as Wix.com or Weebly.com. They offer great lookingwebsites with very little work. If you decide to build or buy a new website, make sure it's easy tounderstand, complete and responsive. Responsive means that the pageautomatically adjusts to the screen it's being shown on, thus, giving thecustomer a great experience whether he or she is using a laptop, a tablet, or asmartphone. Step 2. Get a higher ranking on Google. Time: 30minutes.Not only does your website need to have good content, but it needs to havegood keywords, too. Google and other search engines use the keywords as well asthe content to determine what your site is about. Typically, you will want to include the following keywords: who you are(business name), where you are (location or address), what you do (bed &breakfast), and what you offer (reservations).Where and how you add keywords to your website depends on the software youare using. In many website design tools it's called meta keywords or searchkeywords.Here are some nice tips that will help you improving your keywordsefficiency: http://www.sitepoint.com/the-5-most-valuable-places-for-keywords-on-your-website/ Step 3. Add Stunning Pictures of your business/products/services.Time: 1 - 2 Hours.They say you shouldn't judge a book by the cover, but that is exactly whathappens every day online. Customers are much more likely to leave your websiteand go somewhere else if your website is outdated, difficult to navigate, ordoesn't have good pictures.Remember - You may offer the world’s most amazing rental or tour, but, ifthe customer can't see what they book, they won't book it!Use a good quality camera to take pictures or hire a professionalphotographer to get 10-15 stunning pictures of your rooms, rentals or tours.Once you have captured all your pictures, then, upload them to your website.Tara Banda has some great tips for taking good pictures here: http://blog.getreachcast.com/443803/2012/05/11/how-to-take-better-pictures-for-your-business-website.html.For best results we recommend that you upload pictures in either pngor jpg format, with a maximum resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels.Step 4. Get an online booking systemWhat do you feel when you are able to book something on the web with fewclicks of the mouse? Isn’t that a great experience? Your customers want to beable to book at any time of the day and when they do so, they want to book, payand get the confirmation at a glance. It is your choice to give them this greatbooking experience or not.Many businesses think they can handle all the bookings with Email andphone. This is probably true, but how many Emails do you need before you canconfirm a booking? Do you answer the phone 24/7? If you help your customers booking your services online, they will love itand you will catch more clients. If you don’t have a booking system, you can easily create one here: http://www.webreserv.com/online-booking-system.do  Step 5. Get Listed On Facebook and Twitter.Time: 30 minutesFacebook and Twitter are a great way to promote your business for free.Also, it allows you to interact with you friends, your clients or yourproviders. Here is a great article about how to take advantage of Facebook and Twitterfor your business: http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/facebook-twitter-for-businessOnce you have created your Facebook and your Twitter account, you can startpublishing news, pictures, articles, etc. on a regular basis. Remember toinclude a link to it in your emails, on your website, and ask your customers to“like” you on Facebook and to follow you on Twitter. Step 6. Link To Your Reviews. Time: 30 minutesIn addition to good descriptions and pictures of your rooms, rentals ortours, it is paramount that you give your customers the ability to read reviewsfrom other customers on your website.Transparency is the key. If a customer can't see (or post) reviews, theywill likely think that your business is not in good health or that you havesomething to hide, which in turn, increases the likelihood of the customergoing somewhere else.If you already have reviews on your own website, you are doing well. If youdon't then you should link to reviews in TripAdvisor or create a section forreviews on your site. Step 7. Ask your customers to send their friendsand family. Time: 1 minute per customer.Last but not least, all the tips above are worth nothing if you don’tprovide a great service to your client. Do not forget about it when they arespending the money in your business. Word of mouth advertising is extremelypowerful. A confident "try this, you'll love it" from a friend meansmore than all reviews in the world. Give a good service and take care of yourcustomers then ask them to share their experience with friends and family. Normal 0 21 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}