The Boostly Academy Testimonials

Hi there. I'm Heidi from the Mooland upon Seoul. I'm recording one of these video testimonials for Mark at Boosley. I don't particularly enjoy doing these video things, so it's a testament to how grateful I am to him and that I'm prepared to do this. He has transformed our business, I don't think that's too much of an exaggeration to say. I found Mark online while Googling for help in marketing the property, particularly in regard to social media skills. As you can see, I'm not the youngest person on here and it's all very new to me. I put myself on lots of courses and think that I know lots about trying to keep up on social media. And then I walk out of the course and I've forgotten it all. We've been on a few courses over a number of years. You go on the course, you go home, you mean to do something you forget. The thing about finding mog's training site and these videos is that you can watch them over and over again. We lead very busy lives, but it's something we can fit in in an evening because we get the chance to do the training videos in our own time and they're always there to watch. We had no bookings, we were going nowhere and got a Facebook page, but it wasn't generating any business and Mark took me basically by the hand, looked after me, sorted out my business and talked to me about how to market the business. And we met Mark Simpson on Facebook. We ran a Facebook competition with him initially and we were really happy with the results that we then went on to join his Boostly academy. I was introduced to Mark Simpson and I found some of the information coming from him is just inspiring. Before Boostly, my struggle was that I was purely relying on booking.com, which meant that I don't get to control who gets to see my ad. Now, my biggest takeaway from the Boostly training is that I've learned about Google Analytics and Google Adwords. I can now monitor the traffic of my audience and also I can offer discounts on my website instead of paying a commission. Plus vat. There's some excellent videos to learn how to set everything up correctly. It helps you set up your website, all the critical things that are important, a booking agent, the images. What I like best about it is a I can pay monthly, I can pick and choose what I want to learn, when I want to learn it, in small steps, little bites, I can stop and go back to it. There's no time limit, it's mine there whenever I need it. The security of just having them there. If you have any questions or if you're looking anything and you're confused, it just makes life a lot easier. I haven't worked out exactly how many more direct bookings we're getting now, but it's easily noticeable that the volume of OTA bookings versus direct bookings has shifted significantly in a positive direction. Mark has really helped us push forward in that, which has meant that our profit has gone up, our turnover has gone up and it's been absolutely fantastic. The name of the game is you want more bookings. I have gained more bookings in the year thanks to Mark's training. Since I started watching Mark's videos, I've learned how to mailchimp, which I've never done before. I've even worked out how to do this video, which is quite frightening, really. I did a very successful competition for Cornish pasties. I got about 600 extra likes to my page. Lots of inquiries. I did get a couple of bookings from an earlier mailchimp campaign I did following a video. And I just feel now so much more confidence to have a go myself. And if I'm not sure or I mess it up, then I know I can message Mark and he'll sort it out for me. Follow it, anybody can. How he manages to find the time, I don't know, but he's always there and having that resource on hand, it's such a relief. If I get stuck on anything, I just stop, blast him off a message and I can guarantee that within a few hours I've got a detailed answer and what seemed impossible is suddenly clear as day. The support that he gives has been the biggest thing for me, alongside all the training. Knowing someone's there to help you when you have absolutely no idea what you're doing, it's just been an absolute godsend. Now I belong to this abusive community, which is very, very valuable to people like us, where we can share ideas and problems, part of something bigger than just our operation. Some of the videos I've tell me things I already know, but there are always little gems in there that really, really help out. And I really have a sense that he does know industry is going. Mark has made marketing affordable and accessible to everybody. Wherever you are in the country, in the UK and of course, abroad. If you need any help with your marketing, Mark is your guy to go to. He's absolutely brilliant. I've had four direct bookings since I joined the academy. I'M still only about 10% through the beginners part of the course. I've got a long way to go. So seeing bookings already, it's so encouraging. It gives me so much confidence. It all works and it's all been tested and owner approved. It's an investment worth investing in. So I'd say if you're thinking about it, go for it. So, yeah, I'd really, really recommend it and in fact, I have recommended it to friends, so good luck. He's a great teacher. We look forward to working with him in the future and just want to say thanks very much for all his hard work over the last few months. We really appreciate it. I'm very grateful. Boostly, it's great. Thanks, Mark. Thank you. Mark at Boosley. Thanks very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mark. Thank you, Mark. Thank you very much for Mark and I look forward to working with you for the next number of years. Thank him for having my back all the time. Cheers, Mark, and good luck, everybody. Bye.