Interesting stats

Just looking through the stats for www.blackpoolhotels.org and it’s interesting to see what visitors typed into the various search engines to find us:-

blackpool hotels 5761
blackpoolhotels 225
smoking hotels in blackpool 207
blackpool hotels with smoking rooms 174
hotels in blackpool 169
blackpool hotels central 152
hotels in blackpool with smoking rooms 124
cheap blackpool hotels 114
blackpool hotels family rooms 91
blackpool hotel 89
hotels with smoking rooms in blackpool 86
blackpool hotels seafront 67
cheap hotels in blackpool 59
hotels blackpool 55
yes hotels blackpool 48
blackpool hotels smoking rooms 47
cheap hotels in blackpool centre 46
smoking hotels blackpool 41
blackpool accommodation 40
blackpool b 40
yes hotels 38
cheap hotels blackpool guest houses 36
blackpool hotels with smoking 35
blackpool central hotels 33
hotels in blackpool central 31
cheap hotels in blackpool central 28
central blackpool hotels 27
cheap family hotels in blackpool 27
hotels on blackpool front 27

Of course Blackpool hotels is the main phrase but it’s also worth noting where the site is performing for other longtail keyword search phrases.

These stats help show us where we are performing …and more importantly help us in where we are under performing….we’l be working on adding a few new phrases throughout the site

The list is taken from the top 30 phrases.  Of course there are hundreds more phrases typed in.

Maybe this has given you some food for thought for your own website.

If you would like to make any comments please email us

A Date for Your Diary – Trevors Hospitality Trade Show

Trevors Foodservice presents

THE NORTH WEST FOOD &

HOSPITALITY TRADE SHOW

9th May 2011

BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

This show is a must for catering professionals and business owners.

Join us for a day of demonstrations, sampling, advice and one day
only offers

Call our Customer Services Team on 01253 393000 now
for your free entry ticket or speak to your representative.

Please note: £5.00 payable at the door without a ticket.
Offers apply to orders taken at the exhibition only.
and you could win one of over 20 fantastic prizes

Full details here.

If you would like to make any comments please email us

How do your business costs compare with others?

Compare your costs against the average

Compare your costs against the average

Yes Hotels are lucky to have lots of useful contacts in a wide range of local businesses ranging from accountants and book keepers to web designers and cost reduction experts. We believe that the analysis we have been able to put together from their input is unique and will give you a useful insight into your own costs and income potential and help you make informed decisions about how to sustain and even develop your business.

Andy Moore from Buchanan Moore Associates has put together some very useful information here.

Download PDF file here

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Warning – don’t get sucked in to the .co “revolution”

Just had a high powered sales pitch (which I don’t normally listen to but did on this occasion) from “Business Search Local”.

They have purchased a number of the new .co domains and are actively trying to sell space on them at vastly inflated prices.

.co is a new suffix.

They tried to sell me exclusive content on the Blackpool domain they have for £2000 for 12 months.
Even though they don’t appear anywhere on Google yet.

Members….please please please don’t get sucked in by this sales pitch.  Google carry very little creedance to these names as yet and they will **possibly** get same sort of result as .info or .biz…eventually

They certainly do NOT currently carry enough clout to get any return for a rental investment.

Please be careful before you part with your hard earned dosh.

I am perfectly happy to give FREE impartial advice with anything internet related.  So before you sign on the dotted line ask me for my comments.

regards
Doug
http://www.yeshotels.org.uk

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Comments
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Hi Doug.
Thanks for the warning, although had already had the same hard sell sales pitch this morning.

The lady didn’t have a lot of patience when I started asking questions and she had to be asked numerous times how much the hosting would cost. She seemed to be pushing for me to agree to having a listing before a price was quoted. I was also quoted £2,000 for 12 months.

Kindest regards
Veronica

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How to Pay Your VAT

Mark has uploaded a helpful file about the new way you need to pay your VAT

You can find a link to it on the right under “PAGES” or go directly to it from here

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Another discount voucher for your guests

Munchys Cafe – Coronation Street (next to Debenhams)

Print out the full sheet of vouchers here

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Blackpool Brochure – PUBLISHED

Blackpool Accommodation Brochure

Our new Blackpool Brochure was published today and made available for download.

You can view it here

Only 51 members out of 160 actually completed the registration form.  This tells us that quite a few members are not comfortable with completing online forms.  Unfortunately we havnt got the resources to do this for you.  It is a free service to be included in the brochure which we expect, in time will be a popular download.

Of course you can always email us for guidance: office@blackpoolhotels.org

HOWEVER, we’ll shortly be letting you know how you can be included in the August edition where we will do the listing for you.  Details on that coming soon.

All accommodation members who have already registered will, of course, be included in subsequent publications – please do not re-register.  If you want any changes to text or images then just email us: office@blackpoolhotels.org 

For those members NOT currently registered please visit this page:- http://www.yeshotels.org.uk/register_terms.php 

Please read the instructions and click on the link at the bottom of that page.

As ever….if you have any queries please email Doug: office@blackpoolhotels.org or Mark: office@yeshotels.org.uk

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Blackpool Brochure – Final Reminder

The deadline has been extended to 11am Monday 5th July

If you’re not in it by then then you’ll need to wait until the August “run”

Registration details here

Entry FREE for Yes!Hotels Members

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Invite a Friend script for your website (accommodation providers only)

Invite Your FriendsWe put together a snippet of code for you where you can ask visitors to your website to invite their friends to come at the same time.

It has the potential to increase the booking and put more “bums on beds” for you.  

Basically it’s a modified “Tell a Friend” script which we think could be useful for accommodation providers.  The visitor notices the graphic on the site and perhaps thinks “Oh…what about inviting Barbie and Ken to join us?” – this script makes it easy for him to do that.

You’ll need to have some knowledge of how to insert code into your webpages but if you can’t do it it’s a very easy task for your webmaster and charges should be minimal.

OK…so here’s how it works.

Firstly you need to register.
Go to http://www.i-nvites.com and click on “Register Here”

The database needs some information so it can pass this on to the user.

Once you have registered you need to login by entering your username and password in the login area at the top of the screen.

Then click on “MEMBERS AREA”

You’ll then be given the code you need to insert into your web page.

Hope you find it useful!

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Restaurant Voucher for your guests

Discount vouchers for your guests

Discount vouchers for your guests

We have negotiated a 10% discount for any guest staying with a Yes!Hotels member for Mammas on Topping Street.

The vouchers are specifically to be used in the Blackpool Brochure but there’s no harm in letting you get your hands on them now to pass on to your guests.

http://www.yeshotels.org.uk/mammasdiscountvouchers1.html

Print them off and leave a few on your reception desk?

If you would like to make any comments please email us