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[thewebcomicsreview]

How many coffees would it take for you to review lease bound in its entirety?

When I first reviewed it, it was a mediocre comic that veered into cartoonish transphobic caricatures in a blatant attempt to drum up attention for a failing webcomic by being "edgy" and "controversial" and picking as many fights as possible on Tumblr. It's a much meaner review than I normally do, and that's because she started the beef with me, literally advertised the fact that I was going to review it to her followers in a silly attempt to mob me with mean anons (oh no! Like five mean comments on a post, my one weakness!), and asked me to hit her with my best shot.

That shot was "Tatsuya Ishida does it better", and it clearly landed, because she stopped reblogging me, deleted her tumblr, and never featured those caricatures in her comic ever again after that. Now she's just kind of quietly making her little comic to her dozen or so Boostly supporters.

And you know what? That's fine. Que será, será. She's not important in any kind of societal level. She's not in my mentions attacking me personally. She's just a person on the internet with bad opinions. There's a billion people on the internet with even worse opinions. Tatsuya Ishida still does that better.

[kingofmeatballs]

:) will need to figure out how boostly works. also super happy to see u on cohost as well ! also u should totally enable asks on cohost bestie /hj

Ye ye if ya have questions I can explain how it works)

And listen I'm still figurin things out on there svsvsvs

[qubixo1]

After 100 days in the office, Ukrainian-Russia's house

The US President of the US Donald Trump speaks to members of a plane professional to flee to Romic Francis, April 25, 2025. Nathan Wash | Repayment Before the President of President before finally, Donald Trump He boostly boasting that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine in “one day.” During the first 100 days of Trump’s second Puremisti, reaching Desefire Records that are credited…

[boostlyuk]

Running a Hotel: How to Get More Direct Bookings and Attract More Customers

The first place a person from a distant town will look when considering making a reservation at your hotel is your website. They can think about looking at the websites of other hotels in the neighborhoods if the website is outdated or doesn't offer them enough information. Learn more….

[johnlewisuk]

A Review On Booking Genius Levels Through OTA’s Vs. Direct Bookings – Which Is A Better Channel?

Direct bookings are reservations that guests confirm directly with hotels (including various property types), without using an OTA (online travel agency) or third party intermediary. They're usually made on the hotel's website, via phone/email with the sales reps, or by walk-in guests. Direct booking are great since they connect hotels directly with their guests and help save them money on issuance commissions.

As you likely know, direct bookings have become a crucial portion of any hotel’s distribution mix. By creating higher brand loyalty and providing you direct access to your guests, direct bookings can be a great way to reducing your customer acquisition costs and boosting your profitability.

Both OTA’s and Direct Bookings Yield Revenues

It is crucial to note that through whatever channel bookings are made it will be beneficial. Whenever we discuss the importance of direct bookings it seems we're trying to argue that OTA’s like, booking genius levels at Booking. comorbid, when that is far from the truth. Of course different kinds of bookings will bring you differing amounts of revenue and profit. Although, OTAs take a percentage of your nightly rate, it's still revenue you should not have gotten elsewhere.

Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) Bookings And How It Benefits?

Online travel agencies (OTAs), like Expedia, Airbnb, and Booking.com, are popular among travelers all over the world. Most of OTA bookings involves a commission fee. Simply said the guests make their reservations and process their payments through the OTA website, and the OTAs keep a negotiated commission for each booking before dispersing the rest of the payment amount to hotels. Commission fees for certain channels can at times be as high as 15% per booking!

The benefits of this booking channel is easy access to travelers worldwide, including access to niche markets through region-specific OTA’s, for example, C trip, or property-specific one such as Mr and Mrs Smith for boutique hotels in UK. Notwithstanding, visibility to travelers who maybe unaware of your hotel before searching. In other words, the billboard effect, where customers go to an OTA website for research and end up booking directly.

Direct Bookings And How It Benefits?

Direct hotel booking by using Boostly direct bookings tools, enable the hotel to do direct transaction with bookers. The benefits of direct sales are multifold: the hotel does away with the need to pay commission to 3rd parties and maintains a direct relationship with the client. Nevertheless, these bookings aren't totally free. One, you should have an online booking engine on your website, to have the ability to take your own reservations and process payments, regardless of that they are commission free. Two, you will still need to invest in marketing efforts to entice travelers and stay ahead of the competition within the industry.

Some benefits of direct bookings unlike booking genius levels is, it gives you a one-on-one relationship with guests, added opportunities for upsells before arrival, and no commissions paid to OTAs or other channels; so more revenues and profits for your hotel. Besides, loyalty bookings can cut down overall costs by raising the lifetime value of every guest.

Final Word

Boosting direct bookings with Boostly can get a little dicey. Rather than depending on OTAs for their advertising muscle, you'll need to run hotel marketing campaigns on your own. Start by analyzing your property management system data to determine guest segments most probable to book direct. Next, come up with targeted offers and messaging to each segment as a test to find out what works. It's all about ongoing improvement. Your previous guests are a cash cow when it comes to rebooking. Reengage past clients through an email marketing campaign with irresistible discounts and offers.

[optimizemybnb]

I've been chosen as one of the judges! "We are happy to announce the 2020 Hostfully and Boostly Guidebook Competition! There are so many amazing vacation rental managers out there who are enhancing the guest experience through digital guidebooks, and we are going to recognize them! Submit your Guidebook URL by responding to this thread and using hashtag #GuidebookCompetition, or you can submit directly via www.hostfully.com/contest — There are some cool prizes to be won, including free Hostfully Guidebooks, swag, vacation rental resources, as well as a professional marketing review. Submit for your chance to win, as well as support other vacation rental managers who can benefit from seeing your amazing work. Share your Guidebook today!" #hostfully #boostly #vacationrentalguidebookawards #guidebookawards #vrguidebookawards #digitalguidebook #guestbook #welcomeguide #airbnbguide #vacationrentals (en Dublin, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8imssXJ0aC/?igshid=190cvgpd0yb5w

[demitsorou]

hey, I tried submitting a commission on boostly (@ drewster___) whats the best way to contact you for commission details? seems the chat on boostly is behind another paid subscription?

I think DMs on boosty are free, so you should be able to get me the details through that. Otherwise email me demitsorou.art@gmail.com

[deviantartdramanow]

it's very annoying of joe asking for trades when it CLEARLY says Paypal/boostly or any money payment for adopts. sherlynwinters/art/OPEN-Weapon-Adoptable-1-928555387

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[boostly]

Blog Ideas: 5 ways to come up with creative posts

Blogs are a fantastic marketing tool for hospitality businesses. By keeping a regular blog you can show your audience how much of an expert you are about your business and the area you operate in. It is also a great way to develop a personal bond with previous and potential guests. Unfortunately, coming up with …

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[rentandrelaxus]

The Book Direct Blueprint: A Short-Term Rental Guidebook

The Book Direct Blueprint: A Short-Term Rental Guidebook

Mark Simpson has been on a roll this past year creating comprehensive resources for short-term rental hosts. Aside from the many free and paid training tools offered by Mark through his organization Boostly, Mark kicked off a more methodic approach to information dissemination with the launch of The Book Direct Playbook earlier this year. His Playbook collated how-tos and tactics for hosts to…

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UVU Business Resource Center Company Earns $500K Investment | News @ UVU | News @ UVU

UVU Business Resource Center Company Earns $500K Investment | News @ UVU | News @ UVU

Utah Valley University (UVU) alum Shane Murphy’s entrepreneurial idea Boostly has secured a $500K boost to launch it into reality. His startup is an SMS marketing system for restaurants and tries to help diners put their text marketing on autopilot. Murphy and his team applied to Y Combinator, a startup accelerator company that has helped pioneer companies including Airbnb, DoorDash, Dropbox,…

[qubixo1]

Trump says countries 'kiss my ass' to avoid the troes of troes - National

Hours before buying price-list started working more than 90 types – Including a series of 125 pervy in China – The US President Donald Trump He boostly boastful of the countries they were calling and “kissing my ass” in the last cancer to the Issine. “I tell you, these nations calls a donkey,” in the National Republican Training Tuesday, its comments are left out of the audience. Mike Mike…

[idiopathicsmile]

@rosenkranz-does-things does gorgeous work! i have commissioned them via boostly and was v pleased with the result, would recommend.

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[boostlyuk]

Book Hotels and Short Term Rentals Directly Using Boostly

Through Boostly, users can book anything in the world through their smartphones-hotels, short-term rentals, events, and tours. We provide customers with a wide selection of options for their stay and help them find the perfect place, all in one app. Additionally, Boostly offers the industry's most competitive rates. Read More...

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Get Instant Booking for Vacation Rentals

Boostly operates in the niche marketing of direct bookings for hospitality businesses through videos and podcasts that teach hospitality owners the tips to scale their direct bookings conversion process

[vacationsoup]

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The story behind Mill Farm Eco Barn

People often ask how we have ended up running Mill Farm. Here I describe my decision to give up a career in Bristol to set up Mill Farm Eco Barn with my husband Neil. Find out what running a holiday business involves and how finding work that works has been the secret to her success.

How did you set up Mill Farm?

Mill Farm began in 2012, Neil had a crazy plan to set up a holiday business in Norfolk. I was pregnant with our second child and on a good salary working as a Director at the environmental charity, the Soil Association in Bristol. Like many changes in my life, it started as an off the cuff remark “if we ever want to do anything different, we need to do it soon” I remember saying to Neil. “At the moment we can get a mortgage, but we won’t if we go down to one income” this conversation set something in motion. After that Neil kept disappearing, spending evenings on Rightmove and I hadn’t quite realised what I’d done!

A year later, we’d purchased Mill Farm, which back then was a ramshackle house where we live now, the shell of an old barn (with planning permission for residential conversion) and a collection of old sheds and outbuildings. Whilst on maternity leave, I’d also managed to get some Rural Development Funding from the European Union to develop the barn as a high end self-catering holiday home and a centre of excellence for sustainable tourism. The grant had to be spent quickly so we sold up in Bristol, I took redundancy and we moved to Norfolk. Or at least the kids and I did - Neil commuted to work in Bristol for the first 3 months!

Looking back, knowing what it is like to have a 6 month old and a 2 year old and managing a self-build project,  I probably would have said no way but I went along with it and I’m pretty glad I did. I cruised play groups trying to make friends and in doing so radically improved my driving skills – I’d only ever travelled by bike before. Once the kids were finally in bed we spent the evenings, filling in grant claim forms, researching building materials and with the help of a good friend we developed the marketing plan for the business.

It was a crazy time. Neil moved up permanently in March 2013, the build was complete in September. The trips around the play groups became very useful as I shamelessly called the Mum’s up and asked if they or their handy partners could construct and move furniture in the hours before we opened and they came, thank goodness. Since then we have hosted over 600 groups, couples, families and friends in our barns. We have made friends, at least 3 couples have moved to the area since staying with us and we are going to a guests wedding in December. We feel we have contributed to the local village by spearheading a campaign to improve the children’s play area (we raised over £35,000), we have put a path on our land so guests and locals can walk the route more easily and planted over 2000 hedge plants and trees. I even joined the parish council. I have to admit though, I don’t really remember my youngest’s first two years!

What’s it like running Mill Farm now?

It surprises me, still, how much effort it takes. Firstly, there is the constant development of the site and what we offer. Neil has a very clear vision for the site and he won’t stop until it is complete. Last September he added a wildlife pond and is managing the paddocks for wildlife . This year we are revamping our games barns as well as bringing back chickens.

It has also been a real family affair. Neil’s parents are local, anyone who has stayed with us will have met Terry who looks after the grounds and the guest allotment and Shona who does all the linen for the barns. My folks, albeit further away, have been a huge help to – editing websites, making furniture and much more.

I’m the main point of contact for bookings and enquiries. At Mill Farm we're passionate about providing great service and a beautiful destination for group get-togethers.  We've focused on every detail to make the barns feel like home rather than formulaic holiday lets, so we're well-equipped from the kitchen to baby equipment to books, games and DVDs. Our aim is to ensure guests have a memorable holiday - we want them to fall in love with the barns and the area as much as we have.

Part of my job is going the extra mile for guests. If they're coming for a family celebration, I can help them organise a cake, caterers and even a photographer. We also provide a huge amount of advice to guests in the lead up to and during their stay. I've also started writing blog posts to give guests more insider details that might be helpful for their stay.

Fridays are my craziest day. This is the day we say goodbye to guests and welcome new ones. I usually bake a loaf of sourdough bread for our Eco Barn guests which goes in their welcome basket, together with other homemade goodies such as fresh eggs, organic produce from our allotment, locally-made jam and a freshly baked cake by our baker friend Andrew. My day revolves around supporting our team of cleaners and responding to any maintenance issues.

Sometimes I work in the Eco Barn

By far most of my time though is taken up by marketing. I’m not a marketing person by background so this hasn’t come easily to me. Things have changed so much, just in the five years we have been operating that it feels that this is becoming a bigger job, not a smaller job.  The main issue is visibility. I know we have a great product but getting the message out and sustaining our on-line presence is really hard. Whilst Google and Facebook are constantly changing, making it hard to keep up as a sole operator,  online travel agents are having a bigger and bigger impact on the market making it harder for small businesses to be found.  I try hard to get direct bookings as it benefits both the guests (you have a more personal experience and it's cheaper) and us as a smaller business.

Managing Kids and work

Hands downs this has been the hardest issue for me. I still think I’d like to return back to work someday, I spend a lot of time ruminating over this. Do I actually have the time? What would I even do? Do I really want to give up the flexibility?  In so many ways I am so very lucky, yes my work is very fluid (so I do feel like I am constantly at work) but I have 100% flexibility. I pick my kids up from school most days and can cover their holidays. That stress of who is picking them up today, isn’t generally part of our lives.

Recently I have become much stricter about how I work too – I am not sure why it took me so long to figure this out but the following measures have really made a massive difference (but I am only 2 weeks in).

a)I have dedicated hours in the week, which I plan a week in advance

b)I sit down to complete tasks – rather than just ‘be’ at my desk

c)I sort the tasks out around weekly themes – to avoid fliting from one thing to another

d)I have joined Facebook groups and such as the Boostly Academy and Vacation Soup – these international groups are made up of people in the same business as me, we exchange ideas, take part in group activity and learning and this has 100% reduced the feeling of isolation and helps give me focus and a sense of how my marketing needs to change.

e)I turn off my phone syncs when I am with the kids at the weekend - so distractions are at a minimum. I have muted most of my notifications permanently but guests can still call.

f)I have said no to any further building project until we have had a really ‘big’ family holiday!

g) And yes I need to produce a bi-weekly menu – I hate planning family meals.

On a deeper level I worry that I should still do more. My life is very domestic because we are in hospitality. I work from home, bake bread for guests and sometimes make jam, chutney or home grown apple juice. I do wonder what kind of role model I am for my two girls but I’m hopeful that I’ll find the balance and find a way to contribute more. I guess the next challenge is going to be to find the right part time role, or voluntary post where I can put my background in Environmental campaigning to more use.

Travel Tip created by Emma in association with Vacation Soup