Comments on: Using Agritourism to Finance Your Life in the Country http://www.livingoffgrid.org/using-agritourism-to-finance-your-life-in-the-country/ Info for Off Grid Homes Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jacob http://www.livingoffgrid.org/using-agritourism-to-finance-your-life-in-the-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Jacob Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:41:18 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=199#comment-1242 Just so you know, it is possible to have something to show for an alpaca farm, my parents went that route. It isn't easy though. :o) My wife and I love the idea of agritourism and have been planning to give it a go someday. Thanks for providing the links to so many great resources! Just so you know, it is possible to have something to show for an alpaca farm, my parents went that route. It isn’t easy though. :o )

My wife and I love the idea of agritourism and have been planning to give it a go someday. Thanks for providing the links to so many great resources!

]]> By: Off Grid Ebert http://www.livingoffgrid.org/using-agritourism-to-finance-your-life-in-the-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Off Grid Ebert Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:36:48 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=199#comment-1144 Jacque, Seeing as how most people who stay in cabin rentals are from out of town, you can't expect them to find you in the phone book. Most of them are probably going to look online, and most of those people are probably going to use Google. I think you should look into better search engine optimization of your site. For instance... http://www.shadowmountainlodge.com/cabinindex.htm Change the TITLE (as in the meta title) of this page to "Ruidoso Cabins - Cabin Rentals in Ruidoso New Mexico" Change the meta description to something that includes those keywords as well, instead of the default meta description that appears on every page of your site. The same goes for your meta keywords. As one idea for a description: "Stay at Shadow Mountain Lodge and enjoy the natural beauty of Ruidoso, New Mexico. Our cabin rentals start at $100 for two-person occupancy. Learn more at Shadow Mountain Lodge, Ruidoso, NM." Utilize header tags like H1 and H2 tags. These would go where you currently have CABINS, but instead of just "CABINS" that would say "Ruidoso, New Mexico Cabin Rentals" or something like that. Or maybe you have a Heading AND a Subheading like... Shadow Mountain, NM Lodge & Cabins: Ruidoso, New Mexico Cabin Rentals That way you have your brand name, cabins plural, cabin singular, New Mexico, NM, Cabin rentals, Ruidoso... these are all words people are going to type into Google to find your website. And that's just the start. SEO is free (meaning you don't have to pay for a click from Google, although you might have to pay someone to optimize your site) and is the best way there is to advertise because people are actually ASKING to see your advertisement in the form of a search result, rather than you forcing it on them in a magazine ad or radio commercial. Good luck in bringing your lodge back to life! Jacque,

Seeing as how most people who stay in cabin rentals are from out of town, you can’t expect them to find you in the phone book. Most of them are probably going to look online, and most of those people are probably going to use Google. I think you should look into better search engine optimization of your site. For instance…

http://www.shadowmountainlodge.com/cabinindex.htm
Change the TITLE (as in the meta title) of this page to “Ruidoso Cabins – Cabin Rentals in Ruidoso New Mexico”
Change the meta description to something that includes those keywords as well, instead of the default meta description that appears on every page of your site. The same goes for your meta keywords. As one idea for a description: “Stay at Shadow Mountain Lodge and enjoy the natural beauty of Ruidoso, New Mexico. Our cabin rentals start at $100 for two-person occupancy. Learn more at Shadow Mountain Lodge, Ruidoso, NM.”

Utilize header tags like H1 and H2 tags. These would go where you currently have CABINS, but instead of just “CABINS” that would say “Ruidoso, New Mexico Cabin Rentals” or something like that. Or maybe you have a Heading AND a Subheading like…

Shadow Mountain, NM Lodge & Cabins:
Ruidoso, New Mexico Cabin Rentals

That way you have your brand name, cabins plural, cabin singular, New Mexico, NM, Cabin rentals, Ruidoso… these are all words people are going to type into Google to find your website.

And that’s just the start. SEO is free (meaning you don’t have to pay for a click from Google, although you might have to pay someone to optimize your site) and is the best way there is to advertise because people are actually ASKING to see your advertisement in the form of a search result, rather than you forcing it on them in a magazine ad or radio commercial.

Good luck in bringing your lodge back to life!

]]> By: Jacque Craig http://www.livingoffgrid.org/using-agritourism-to-finance-your-life-in-the-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Jacque Craig Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:21:53 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=199#comment-1143 To whom it may concern: My husband and I have moved back to Ruidoso, NM to take back the lodge we had sold 4 years ago. While we were gone the then owners ran the place to the ground and the bank foreclosed on them. We just got back a week ago and need to market it different. My thoughts were to "go green" and I need help in that direction. Thank you for your time, Jacque Craig To whom it may concern:

My husband and I have moved back to Ruidoso, NM to take back the lodge we had sold 4 years ago. While we were gone the then owners ran the place to the ground and the bank foreclosed on them. We just got back a week ago and need to market it different. My thoughts were to “go green” and I need help in that direction.

Thank you for your time,
Jacque Craig

]]> By: Heather Tyreman http://www.livingoffgrid.org/using-agritourism-to-finance-your-life-in-the-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 Heather Tyreman Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:40:21 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=199#comment-1103 Wonderful article! I intend to share this with members of our state & national bed and breakfast associations. Our bed and breakfast is not "off the grid" but there are some locally who are. Thank you for such a comprehensive presentation. --Heather Wonderful article! I intend to share this with members of our state & national bed and breakfast associations. Our bed and breakfast is not “off the grid” but there are some locally who are. Thank you for such a comprehensive presentation.
–Heather

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