Earlier today at the New England Innkeeping Show Jay Karen, the CEO of the Professional Association of Innkeepers (PAII) sat down with Stephen Kaufer the CEO of TripAdvisor in front of a room full of innkeepers for what was at times a tumultuous discussion. As a matter of fact, at one point an innkeeper asked [...]
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Using htaccess to create friendly redirect URLs
I just got an email from an innkeeper with a question I have received several times before. In an effort to send emails to guests to invite them to write reviews, the long and ugly link from TripAdvisor needs to be included in the email. Occasionally the links are “broken” by the email client or [...]
Wireless Music at your Inn
Music can be an important part of the guest experience. Many of you have beautiful old buildings, lovingly restored and preserved. Tearing up walls to run new cables is probably not in your future. So let me share with you some easy ways to share music around the inn without running any wires. The first [...]
Integrate Twitter Avatars with WordPress
I recently found this cool wordpress twitter avatar plugin from smashing magazine that displays the twitter avatar for those who don’t have a gravatar or prefer the twitter image. Unfortunately the plugin doesn’t work with the new Twitter API and it looks like the talented developer has taken a vacation. Luckily I saw that a [...]
Facebook Privacy Settings
This video explains the Facebook Privacy Settings and effective ways to use your profile for your small business while controlling access to specific groups or people. Block photos or videos from customers, control your public profile and edit the way that Google sees your Facebook profile. Let me know what you think.
Using FBML to create a custom tab on a Facebook Fan Page
This is a quick introduction (very basic) to using the Facebook FBML application to add a custom tab or custom landing page to your Facebook Fan Page. Short and to the point – would love to know if I missed anything or if you would like to see anything more specific covered. Leave a comment!
Facebook Basics
This video is an introduction to Facebook and the general layout and use of the Facebook home page. This is the first in a series which will hopefully help fellow innkeepers and small business owners to use Facebook to promote their inns and small businesses. Be sure to click the Full Screen Toggle button above [...]
Facebook allows advertisers to use your photos in ads
Most of us are aware of the dangers associated with posting lewd and inappropriate pictures to Facebook. But what about the many family friendly photos you upload to your profile? Thanks to a relatively new Facebook decision, not even your well-thought-out profile pictures are safe. According to the site WalletPop, Cheryl Smith, a consultant who [...]
Welcome to Tims new site
Soon I will be using this site to host all of my tech tips content with fellow innkeepers and small business owners. {{{membership|1.00}}} This is protected content hopefully.
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