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The Boostly Podcast

Mark Simpsonboostly.co.uk
Ready to reclaim control of your bookings and break free from the unpredictability of OTAs like Airbnb? Craving the stability of building your business on your terms? Dive into the Boostly Podcast, where Mark Simpson and Liam Carolan unveil the secrets to unlocking a flood of direct bookings. With a rich mix of insights, Mark and Liam equip you with the tools and strategies needed to secure your independence in the hospitality industry. Liam Carolan shines in the "Behind The Host" mini-series, offering a peek into the journeys of successful hosts. Mark Simpson, the driving force behind the Boostly Podcast, shares actionable advice and the latest trends to help you stay ahead. Join us for a journey over 700 episodes deep – all designed to empower you with knowledge and tactics for boosting your bookings. Catch our engaging video content on the Boostly YouTube channel at boostly.co.uk/youtube. Your path to direct booking mastery starts here!
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Episodes

Optimizing Your STR To Achieve Financial Freedom

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 514. In this podcast episode I will be hosting a second edition of Pitch Your PMS with Zeevou, Lodgify, Owner Rez, Eviivo, and Hostaway. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 00:43 Zeevou Introduction 06:50 Lodgify Introduction 15:39 Lodgify Questions 20:57 Owner Rez Introduction 29:57 Owner Rez Questions 32:02 Eviivo Introduction 42:37 Eviivo Questions 45:09 Hostaway Introduction 54:54 Hostaway Questions 57:13 Ze...

Nov 16, 20221 hr 14 min

Optimizing Your STR To Achieve Financial Freedom

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 513. In this podcast episode I will be talking about a particular PMs Future stay Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 00:23 What do you know about future stay 01:34 Taking a deep dive 02:24 The one to ten property owners 03:13 A little bit differently 04:43 Outro • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.uk/5steps • https://instagram.com/boostlyuk • https://Boostly.co.uk/guidebook • https://Boostly.co.uk/webs...

Nov 14, 20227 min

An Insiders Tips On How To Successfully Co-Host Hospitality Units

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 512. In this podcast episode I will be talking with Karolina Jozwik who is based in Glasgow who has three units of her own, she also has some extra units in which co-hosts and throughout this podcast will share her experience. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 00:52 About Karolina's Properties 05:54 How do you get into co-hosting? 07:39 You can use free social media to pick up more 12:03 Advice for non PMs use...

Nov 11, 202223 min

How Interior Design Can Impact Your Guest Experience

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 511. In this podcast episode I will be taking part in a direct booking masterclass webinar with touch stay and others. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 00:54 Valarie intro 01:21 How did you get started? 07:04 How to avoid the trap 11:22 Advice for sourcing furniture 16:20 When should they get in touch 18:25 How Important is interior design 22:24 Quickfire questions 24:30 Outro • https://Boostly.co.uk • https:...

Nov 09, 202226 min

How to Achieve 85% Book Direct Rates - Hear From 2 Hosts in the USA & UK

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 510. In this podcast episode I will be taking part in a direct booking masterclass webinar with touch stay and others. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Introductions 06:07 Percentage of direct bookings 06:35 How did they do that 13:35 Different kinds of USP 19:42 Started at zero 23:42 Text (Do you know anyone) 29:10 A little Hack 34:33 Pricing 40:02 Retargeting people 45:58 Google adds 50:35 Things in your control ...

Nov 07, 20221 hr 1 min

Hospitality Is Changing - Booking Trends You Need To Know About

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 509. In this podcast episode I will be explaining how hospitality is changing it's booking trends and what you need to know about it Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 00:56 Instant booking is now the norm 02:28 A new trend is emerging 04:24 You've got the advantage 06:31 Just make sure your phone number and landline is visible 08:17 Make sure you act now 08:55 Outro • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co...

Nov 04, 202211 min

Marketing Specialist And Award Winning Designer Shares Winning Strategies For Hospitality

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 508. In this podcast episode I will be talking with Tatiana Taylor Tait an award winning designer and marketing specialist Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 01:26 Tatianna introduction 06:01 How do you deal with issues 11:57 How important is interior design 18:05 Advice for someone who wants to used to use Instagram for their business 22:13 Do you use social media for business 30:12 Advice for new business own...

Nov 02, 202242 min

The Best Personalisation Tricks To Stay At The Top OF Your Guest Minds

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 507. In this podcast episode I will be talking with Kierra Castle about her journey to becoming a coach for hospitality hosts. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 01:33 Daniela Introduction 02:51 What people can expect 08:29 learned the local area 13:18 how do you build up a good rapport with guests? 17:33 How important is social 20:06 Advice for bringing personality to business 24:24 Digital guidebook feedback ...

Oct 31, 202236 min

Furnishing And Profiting - Your Hospitality STR

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 506. In this podcast episode I will be talking with Amanda Williams, "the traveling realtor" the founder of Carolina Furnished Rentals Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 01:41 Amanda Introduction 07:49 How Would They Reach Out 12:43 Daily Routine 17:30 Talk Through New Business Launching 24:34 Pandemic Troubles 28:07 The Hospital Host Book 32:11 Quickfire Questions 35:56 Outro • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://...

Oct 28, 202237 min

How To Be A Great Host - Expert Tips From A Coach

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 505. In this podcast episode I will be talking with Kierra Castle about her journey to becoming a coach for hospitality hosts. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 02:40 Kierra Introduction 05:39 When Was The Moment 08:39 Guest That Stands Out 14:14 When Did You Think Your Knowledge Can Help Others 17:41 What Are Hosts One Mistake 21:37 What Software Do You Use 26:05 Coach For The Host Plug 28:40 Outro • https://...

Oct 26, 202230 min

How To Be A Successful Hospitality Host In A Niche Market

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 504. In this podcast episode I will be talking with Stacey Perretti Rase CEO and founder of Rear Find Rentals based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 01:26 How The Business Got Started 10:03 You've Found Your Niche 16:25 What's The Day To Day 20:32 Hospitable Host Project (Book) 25:26 Balance Of Both 28:08 Quickfire Questions 33:39 Outro • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.u...

Oct 24, 202235 min

Get Ahead Of The Short Term Rental Game

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 503. In this podcast episode I will be talking with Stacy St. John CEO and founder of a short term rental business, Cosy Getaway. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Intro 04:05 Lessons Learned Along The Way 10:30 What Systems Do You Need In Place 15:11 Anything We Set Our Minds To, We Can Accomplish 20:39 Grateful To The Entire Boostly Team 24:41 Female Short Term Rental Inverstor Facebook Group 33:12 Quickfire Quest...

Oct 21, 202239 min

Why Working With Hospitality Influencers Is A Must For Your Business

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 502. In this podcast episode I will be explaining why working with influencers is a must for your business and be giving you tips to making this choice easier Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Working With An Influencer 01:25 Every Guest Is An Influencer 03:22 Start To Follow Them 04:40 Approach The Influencer 06:05 Boomerang App For Email 07:26 Move On 08:44 Find Their LinkedIn 09:34 Outro • http...

Oct 19, 202211 min

10 Books to Read To Change Your Business For the better

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 501. In this podcast episode I will be sharing the top 10 books that will help grow and succeed your business in the hospitality sector Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Introduction 03:53 Profit First 06:19 How i pick a book 09:41 Clockwork 11:52 100 Million Doller Offer 13:50 Never Lose a Customer 16:40 Unmarketing 19:28 Who Not How 21:56 Gift-Ology 23:56 Building a Story Brand 25:40 Scale For Success 27:25 Tools ...

Oct 18, 202232 min

Celebrating 500 episodes of the Boostly Podcast

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 500. In this podcast episode we're going to be looking back at the history of the Boostly Podcast, where it all began and the direction we're heading in. We're also going to be talking with Liam Carolan about his insights from hosting the 'Behind The Host' mini-series. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 02:20 - The very first Boostly Podcast Episode 07:56 - Podcast Guest Highlights 11:38 - Behind The H...

Oct 14, 202223 min

101 Ways To Increase Your Direct Bookings

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 499. In this podcast episode, I will be sharing my Forty-Five minuet presentation in Nashville at the SDR Wealth event. All about the power of direct bookings. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:08 - The Power of Direct Booking 01:46 - Introduction 04:09 - Marks Introduction 06:00 - Not a Normal Event 16:00 - Over 500 Hours of Free Content 19:45 - Know your Guest 32:57 - Lets Go Old School To Go New School 37:24 - Becom...

Oct 12, 202253 min

Hospitality Titans Tony and Sara Robinson: Talking Direct Bookings

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 498. In this podcast episode we are going to be speaking with Tony and Sara Robinson about direct bookings, including the benefits of having direct bookings, as well as a direct booking website set up. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 03:49 - Disadvantages of not having a direct booking website 10:33 - Challenges of direct bookings 20:19 - Creating Trust 27:21 - Guest screening for direct bookings 32...

Oct 10, 202243 min

Direct Booking For Hospitality

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 496. In this podcast episode We will be sharing our insights on direct bookings. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Welcome 00:52 Direct Booking Masterclass 01:42 Vanny Intro 03:13 Damian Intro 04:04 Leo Intro 05:17 Initial tip on getting started 10:57 Don't just settle for one platform 19:43 You have to re-educate your guest 27:16 It could be really simple 39:59 What do you advise people on damage deposits 41:25 Clo...

Oct 07, 202246 min

How to Make Your Airbnb Listing Stand Out From the Rest

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 495. In this podcast episode I'm going to share with something pretty cool that is going to help you stand out from others on OTA platforms such as Airbnb. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Something that will help you all 01:00 The magic of a cartoon map 02:12 Taking advantage of the images 03:11 Where you could put your map 04:19 Are you using a similar style map? • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.uk/5s...

Oct 05, 20226 min

Airbnb Suspends and Deletes Accounts - How To Prevent This From Happening To You

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 494. In this podcast episode I'm going to share with your stories about what is happening right now with Airbnb and how to prevent your account being suspended or worse... deleted. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 Hosts waking up to suspended Airbnb accounts 02:10 How this is harming businesses 02:40 A Airbnb ambassador got suspended 04:55 The admin you need to do in settings 05:08 Security cameras 09:45 Lessons le...

Oct 03, 202221 min

How to Automate Your Short Term Rental Business

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 493. In this podcast episode we're talking to John Jonas, founder of Online Jobs PH which is a website where people can hire virtual staff from the Philippines for outsourcing jobs. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:59 - An introduction to John and his online platform 04:16 - What is the term OFS? 09:24 - What’s different about Online Jobs PH? 14:14 - What mistakes does John see business owners mak...

Sep 30, 202225 min

Mike Michalowicz: The Business Owner's Secret Weapon

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 492. In this podcast episode we're talking to author of Clockwork, Mike Michalowicz about the new book which is Clockwork, revised and expanded as well as some sneak previews into the additions to the new book. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:33 - Why did Mike decide to do a revised version of the book now? 06:08 - The Clockwork books 5 D’s 14:20 - The additional T, Treasure 21:02 - Why was there...

Sep 28, 202227 min

Boostly Spotlight on Fabienne Miler: Using Interior design to stand out

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 491. In this podcast episode we're talking to Fabienne Miler who is going to tell us about her interior design business as well as tips and advice on how to make you stand out to your guests. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:12 - Introduction to Fabienne and her business 04:43 - Why is interior design important to a host? 09:31 - Using the Hero Image effectively 14:40 - What services does Fabienne...

Sep 23, 202235 min

Hospitality Marketing: How to reach the next generation of bookers

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 490. In this podcast episode we're talking about the next generation of bookers - Gen Z's. We are also talking about workations and how you can appeal to these new types of bookers. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:03 - What is a work workation? 01:43 - Appealing to Gen Z’s 02:54 - What you can offer to Gen Z’s • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.uk/5steps • https://instagram.com/boostlyu...

Sep 21, 20226 min

How Vintory are helping the STR industry

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 489. In this podcast episode we're talking with Brooke Pfautz, founder and CEO of Vintory about what they have to offer to the STR industry, and his best selling book which is 'From 0 to 500 properties in five years'. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:30 - Introduction to Brooke and Vintory 05:20 - Inventory is messaging 11:02 - Why do you need growth? 17:38 - Landing pages and data 22:40 - Executi...

Sep 16, 202246 min

The future of direct booking marketing is

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 488. In this podcast episode we're featuring a special webinar we did with the CEO and Founder of StayFi, Arthur Colker. We discussed the features and benefits of using StayFi to increase your direct bookings. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 03:10 - An introduction to Arthur and Stayfi 07:45 - Booking trends and the power of Direct Bookings 16:03 - Tactics that you can employ to build direct booking...

Sep 14, 202252 min

Behind The Host with Moriya Rockman introducing Triangle

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 487. In this podcast episode I'm going to be talking with Moriya Rockman, founder of Smiling house about her new start up which is Triangle Luxury. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:03 - Introducing Moriya 05:21 - What is Triangle Luxury? 12:46 - The benefits of Triangle Luxury 25:54 - What’s the best way to get in touch regarding Triangle? 35:51 - Closing comments from Moriya • https://Boostly.co....

Sep 09, 202242 min

90 Minute deep dive into all things Direct Bookings

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 486. In this podcast episode I'm going to be showing you a masterclass I recently did that covered all things Direct Bookings. It was full of tips, tricks, golden nuggets and questions from other hosts regarding Direct Bookings. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - Introduction to the masterclass 03:42 - Who is Mark Simpson? 11:36 - The big goal 13:35 - Hosts biggest concerns 20:11 - Digital Guid...

Sep 07, 20221 hr 25 min

How to grow and scale your business

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 485. In this podcast episode we have several guests who are at all different stages of their hospitality business. We're going to be talking about their journeys and the tech and tips they have for other hospitality business owners or for people who want to get started. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:07 - Introducing the guests 03:44 - What is everyones journey and their current units? 09:53 - W...

Sep 02, 202255 min

Hostfully Partnership

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 484. In this podcast episode I'm excited to announce a partnership between Boostly and Hostfully which we've been working on in the background for the last 3-4 months, and here's all the exciting details. Want to gain trust from your customers? Check out www.boostly.co.uk/trust 00:00 - Introduction 01:16 - How it all started 04:12 - An exciting announcement 05:14 - Growing the team 06:17 - Boostly member discount • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.uk/...

Aug 31, 20229 min
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