YouTube video by Mark Simpson (uploaded June 6, 2024) offering practical, low-cost tips to make short-term rental (STR) properties look more professional. Key recommendations in this chunk: hire professional photography (cost-effective, high impact) and apply simple branding (logo pillowcases, fridge magnet) to prompt direct online searches — described as the “billboard effect.”
Number one, it doesn't cost a lot of money to get a professional photography session done, and it can make the world of difference. Number two, make your property look more professional with simple branding tips like using pillowcases with your logo and having a logo fridge magnet. These changes are cost effective and always have a significant impact, because when you have your listing on Airbnb and somebody's looking through the pictures, if they see you, your business branding and your business logo and your business name, they can take that and they will run a Google search or a Bing search. People will try and find your information online direct, but they don't know who you are, so you've got to give them the prompt. And the more places that you can put it. It's called the billboard effect. It'll be better.
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