33 episodes

The Heads In Beds Show is your vacation rental & accommodations marketing podcast co-hosted by Conrad O'Connell and Paul Manzey. Learn how to double your direct bookings with search, social & email marketing strategies and tactics.

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    • 5.0 • 13 Ratings

The Heads In Beds Show is your vacation rental & accommodations marketing podcast co-hosted by Conrad O'Connell and Paul Manzey. Learn how to double your direct bookings with search, social & email marketing strategies and tactics.

    EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Google Search Console

    EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Google Search Console

    In this episode, Paul and Conrad break down one of Google's best FREE tools to help you grow your organic search traffic: Google Search Console. 
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes

    Paul Manzey 
    Conrad O'Connell
    ChatGPT Plugins
    Google Bard
    Skift on Google

    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings

    Website
    Facebook Page
    Instagram
    Twitter
    🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 41 min
    Low Budget Ways To Get More Direct Bookings

    Low Budget Ways To Get More Direct Bookings

    In this episode, Paul and Conrad dive into ways to get more direct bookings WITHOUT spending tens of thousands of dollars: we explain email, branded PPC and other low-cost efforts.
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes

    Paul Manzey 
    Conrad O'Connell

    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings

    Website
    Facebook Page
    Instagram
    Twitter
    🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 35 min
    Standing Out From The Vacation Rental Crowd In Your Market: How To Attract Owners & Guests

    Standing Out From The Vacation Rental Crowd In Your Market: How To Attract Owners & Guests

    In this "experiment" episode, we dive into the tools that we both use on a daily basis to be more productive and get more done for our clients. Conrad shares the tool he uses 30 times a day and Paul laughs at the absurdity of Conrad's obsessions. 
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes

    Paul Manzey 
    Conrad O'Connell
    GPT-4
    The race to the bottom - Seth Godin

    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings

    Website
    Facebook Page
    Instagram
    Twitter
    🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 33 min
    The Tools We Use To Increase Productivity And Get More Done In Less Time

    The Tools We Use To Increase Productivity And Get More Done In Less Time

    In this "experiment" episode, we dive into the tools that we both use on a daily basis to be more productive and get more done for our clients. Conrad shares the tool he uses 30 times a day and Paul laughs at the absurdity of Conrad's obsessions. 
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes

    Paul Manzey 
    Conrad O'Connell
    Unlock the Power of Search Ads
    Ahrefs
    Semrush
    Detailed SEO Plugin

    Chrome 
    Sublime Text
    Text Expander
    Colorslurp
    Pixelmator Pro
    Canva
    Alfred App
    Descript
    Google Ads Editor
    1Password
    Basecamp
    Airtable
    Freshbooks
    GTM
    Clarity
    Keywords Everywhere
    Tag Assistant 
    ChatGPT


    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings

    Website
    Facebook Page
    Instagram
    Twitter
    🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 48 min
    Everything Google My Business For Your Vacation Rental Business

    Everything Google My Business For Your Vacation Rental Business

    In this Google My Business overview episode, we dive into the basics and new things around creating a winning Google My Business profile to get brand awareness, build reviews and drive organic traffic.
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes

    Paul Manzey 
    Conrad O'Connell
    Google Business Profile Profile Strength Widget Now Live & Many Local SEOs Not Happy
    Guidelines for representing your business on Google
    Get Google reviews

    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings

    Website
    Facebook Page
    Instagram
    Twitter
    🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 28 min
    Crafting The Perfect Property Description To Maximize Your Bookings

    Crafting The Perfect Property Description To Maximize Your Bookings

    In this email marketing overview episode, we dive into the basics of gathering and marketing via email for your vacation rental business. 
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes

    Paul Manzey 
    Conrad O'Connell
    Best 2023 Super Bowl Commercials 
    Tide Commercial
    Guest Hook Property Descriptions
    Bing ChatGPT

    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings

    Website
    Facebook Page
    Instagram
    Twitter
    🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

Sav-smith ,

So helpful

I love the episode on ways to get last minute bookings! So helpful and great information!

jfuhr31 ,

If you’re in Marketing, you should be listening to Heads in Beds Show

Conrad and Paul are two of the vacation rental industry-leading marketing experts. This podcast gives informative and actionable takeaways for any level of marketing position. I love that their advice is backed by their own practice, successes and failures. Whatever they are telling us to do in this podcast, you can trust that it works. Definitely worth a listen.

GauchoMRG ,

So much value!

There is some great advice here! Must listen for anyone in the vacation rental industry.

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