35 episodes

If you're ready for a podcast that gives you helpful tips and tricks for SEO, PPC, social media, content marketing, and so much more, then this is the podcast for you. With years of experience in marketing, Vacation Rental Ninjas focus on proven tactics that work in the vacation rental industry to help you drive more traffic to your website and increase bookings. Each episode is only 30 minutes long, give or take...which makes it easy to listen to if you're driving to work in the morning or just want a break to build your marketing knowledge. Don't put it off, start listening to this podcast today on your favorite streaming service. Vacation Rental Ninjas: A Marketing Podcast is brought to you by InterCoastal Net Designs (ICND). www.icoastalnet.com ICND is the premiere website development and digital marketing agency for vacation rental management companies. With more peak performing and conversion driven websites than any other company in the industry, ICND will take your direct bookings to incredible heights. We are consistently “first-to-market” with features and functionality that drive conversions like urgency features, remind me to book, flexible dates, and many others. Since 1999 we have housed an award-winning team of programmers, designers, SEO marketers, and PPC managers all under a single roof. We work together to efficiently save your company money while increasing your online presence, and more importantly, your revenue. We are not here to just make you money, we are here to make you known & dominate your market. Property management companies come to us when they want to go from “below page 1” to “selling out all year round". Let us show you just how high we can make your business outperform the competition. Have a question? Let's connect today. Reach The Vacation Rental Ninjas at podcast@icoastalnet.com or https://www.icoastalnet.com/contact Click below for our FREE Website & Digital Marketing checklist. https://www.icoastalnet.com/checklist

Vacation Rental Ninjas: A Marketing Podcast InterCoastal Net Designs

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings

If you're ready for a podcast that gives you helpful tips and tricks for SEO, PPC, social media, content marketing, and so much more, then this is the podcast for you. With years of experience in marketing, Vacation Rental Ninjas focus on proven tactics that work in the vacation rental industry to help you drive more traffic to your website and increase bookings. Each episode is only 30 minutes long, give or take...which makes it easy to listen to if you're driving to work in the morning or just want a break to build your marketing knowledge. Don't put it off, start listening to this podcast today on your favorite streaming service. Vacation Rental Ninjas: A Marketing Podcast is brought to you by InterCoastal Net Designs (ICND). www.icoastalnet.com ICND is the premiere website development and digital marketing agency for vacation rental management companies. With more peak performing and conversion driven websites than any other company in the industry, ICND will take your direct bookings to incredible heights. We are consistently “first-to-market” with features and functionality that drive conversions like urgency features, remind me to book, flexible dates, and many others. Since 1999 we have housed an award-winning team of programmers, designers, SEO marketers, and PPC managers all under a single roof. We work together to efficiently save your company money while increasing your online presence, and more importantly, your revenue. We are not here to just make you money, we are here to make you known & dominate your market. Property management companies come to us when they want to go from “below page 1” to “selling out all year round". Let us show you just how high we can make your business outperform the competition. Have a question? Let's connect today. Reach The Vacation Rental Ninjas at podcast@icoastalnet.com or https://www.icoastalnet.com/contact Click below for our FREE Website & Digital Marketing checklist. https://www.icoastalnet.com/checklist

    ⚒️ Mine Those Calendar Gaps! Featuring Special Guest Vanessa Humes!! 🥳

    ⚒️ Mine Those Calendar Gaps! Featuring Special Guest Vanessa Humes!! 🥳

    In this episode, Anna and Diamond mine marketing jewels as they discuss filling up the gaps on booking calendars. 

    They are joined by Vanessa Humes, ICND's Director of Sales.  

    Together they discuss the evolving landscape and the need for businesses to take control of their marketing efforts. They emphasize the importance of shifting away from the "auto drive" mentality and conducting a thorough marketing tune-up to ensure optimal performance.
    The conversation starts with the significance of email marketing and how it often gets overlooked as a valuable tool. They stress the need to leverage your email list, highlighting its potential to engage with both existing guests and potential leads. By sending regular guest history emails and utilizing the database effectively, businesses can stay at the forefront of their guests' minds.
    Vanessa and Diamond also address the growing challenge of increased supply and competition across different platforms, affecting both standalone booking websites and OTA sites. They discuss the critical role of marketing strategy in overcoming this challenge, emphasizing the need for a strong online presence and investing in SEO and pay-per-click advertising.
    The hosts touch upon the importance of continuously improving your website and highlight the benefits of a modern platform like Axis. They explore various features, such as dedicated landing pages, availability at a glance, cart abandonment recovery, and automated emails for extending stays. These tools can effectively fill gaps in bookings and enhance the guest experience.
    Join Anna and Diamond as they provide practical insights and actionable strategies to empower businesses in driving their marketing efforts and staying ahead of the competition. Take control of your marketing strategy and steer your business towards success.

    Find out Anna's tool of the day and her hottest tip on social media catalog ads. 

    Did you listen to the end? Send us your questions and best guesses on what will be ICND's newest feature. Correct answers will receive an ICND t-shirt. 



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    • 55 min
    Reeling in the Likes: Mastering This Season’s Social Media Updates 🥴😉

    Reeling in the Likes: Mastering This Season’s Social Media Updates 🥴😉

    The Vacation Rental Ninja’s discuss the big news from Meta - Meta Verified expanding its testing to US users. Both Anna and Diamond have requested access for their personal accounts to be blue-check verified. While Anna's account has been invited, Diamond is still waiting to be asked.  Will Diamond ever get off all the wait lists she is on?  
    The Ninja’s share their thoughts on how and when Meta verified will soon come to business accounts giving their vacation rental manager listeners a heads up. 
    Lots of other Meta updates have popped up this Spring.
    From Instagram-
    Two new ad options are coming for Instagram ad placements: Reminder Ads and Ads in Search Results. Tests are underway to watch a full 60 seconds of Reels in Stories.Shared Reel List - this update allows users to view a list of thumbnails with the most recent Reels that they shared. This is exciting news for marketing teams and clients to collaborate on trends and share inspiration. Anna & Diamond share how these Instagram updates can be utilized in the vacation rental industry. From Facebook-
    Facebook Reels are regaining popularity, and Meta is extending the video length, adding trending templates, and ways to integrate Facebook memories into content.Anna & Diamond lay out a few more updates across various social platforms like LinkedIn, YouTube, & Meta Business Suite explaining why & how they picked these ones to highlight and most importantly how VRM's can leverage them.  
    The duo tackles the controversial topic of hashtag reach and why it is down on Instagram. You’ll want to hear what they have to say about this one. 
    Diamond & Anna reflect on previous predictions they have made like the Notes Feature on Instagram. 
    They also make some new predictions for the future. Let’s see how many of these new predictions come to light.  🔮 Anna & Diamond are not mind readers but they have their thumbs on the pulse of the ever changing social media landscape and are happy to share their experiences with these updates both professionally & personally. 
    Finally, to wrap up this episode the hosts express their excitement about the potential rollout of Instagram's Birthday Effect, share their favorite emoji (see below) and answer listener questions. 
    Show Mentions:
    The Emoji Keyboard - https://emojikeyboard.org/
    🥴- woozy face
    😉- winky face
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    • 49 min
    It’s A Grand Party Time with AI tools!!

    It’s A Grand Party Time with AI tools!!

    Anna and Diamond are joined by someone familiar to the show, Paul Hanak - Director of ICND’s digital marketing team. 
    Paul stops by to chat about ChatGPT or as they affectionately call it Grand Party Time! What a grand party it is…everyone shares their recent interactions with this hot new AI tool. From the good to the bad and all the funny (or not)  in-between they tackle audience questions about the how's and whys when using ChatGPT
    Diamond, Paul, & Anna decide if CHatGPT can land a job after an internship in the marketing department. 
    Paul takes us back in time before there were duplicate filters, penalties for backlinks from unrelated websites, and algorithms that defect poor written content. He shares the findings from a recent experiment he conducted with a property detail page and image. 
    The team wraps up the episode with a few predictions (some that have already come true) and final thoughts on how AI is influencing our daily lives. 
    To see that amazing sunset photo they described and to see how ChatGPT describes “itself” to Diamond click here. 
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    Whether you're a seasoned vacation rental manager or just getting started in the industry, Vacation Rental Ninjas has something for everyone. Subscribe now and join our community of savvy VRM’s. 
    Send in your audience questions to podcast@icoastalnet.com
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    • 42 min
    Trending Topics for Spring + Ways To Maximize Them

    Trending Topics for Spring + Ways To Maximize Them

    In this episode Diamond and Anna tackle Trending Topics for Spring 2023.
    They share hot tips and new views about...
    Pet Friendly Vacation RentalsBike RentalsLocal RecommendationsDon't miss where they answer the age old question about who does it better?
    Google Maps, Instagram Guides or Apple Maps - the results are shocking.

    The ladies also reveal their favorite coffee chain and how updated local info is important to become a local authority.  Toss in a few audience questions, a weather report, a sneak peak at next months topic and the Vacation Rental Ninjas - Season 2, Episode 2 is ready for you to enjoy. 

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    • 36 min
    We're Back For Season 2! New season = new hosts.

    We're Back For Season 2! New season = new hosts.

    After a long hiatus Vacation Rental Ninja's is BACK! Diamond Frandsen  - Brand Manager & Anna Low - Social Media Manager are tapping in to host season 2.

    In this episode Diamond and Anna explain why the podcast was dark for so long and where the podcast is going in 2023.

    Hear about their favorite Chrome Extensions,  answer audience questions, and map out the podcasts goals for 2023. 

    This episode of Vacation Rental Ninja's is brought to you by the legendary Book Direct Experts....ICND. 
    Book Direct Day is February 1st and is soon approaching. Need content ideas, educational materials, and the NEW marketing toolkit??
    Click the links below for the BRAND NEW Book Direct Day marketing toolkit and more.

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    • 25 min
    RETURNING SOON!! Vacation Rental Ninja's: A Marketing Podcast

    RETURNING SOON!! Vacation Rental Ninja's: A Marketing Podcast

    InterCoastal Net Designs (ICND) has announced the return of its podcast “The Vacation Rental Ninja's: A Marketing Podcast" after a year and a half hiatus. With Diamond Frandsen - Brand Manager and Anna Low - Social Media Manager tapping in to serve as the show’s co-hosts, new episodes are slated to arrive in January 2023. 
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9 Ratings

9 Ratings

Shimi Chic ,

Pearls of wisdom!

So many pearls of wisdom that I haven’t thought of—very helpful to learn the industry. Thanks!

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Best Vacation Rental Podcast

I have been the Owner/Manager of a vacation rental for 15 years. No one provides more helpful information in a fun way than Matt Landau at VRMB .com
I ty my success directly to Matt’s helpful insight and “Help Don’t Sell” mantra and “Listing Site Independance” goal setting.

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