20 Core Links and Listings for Every Lodging Website
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The document provides a list of 20 key websites for VRM businesses to get listings and links on, along with explanations of some of the sites. It recommends Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as the top three sites for getting listings. It also lists favorite sites for SEO, user generated content, reviews, local listings, and tools for finding link opportunities from competitors. The overall purpose is to provide resources and recommendations for VRM businesses to build their online presence and brand exposure through various website listings and links.
20 Core Links and Listings for Every Lodging Website
- 1. 7/01/201020 Listings and LinksKey Websites for every VRM businessTrent BlizzardPresidentBlizzard Internet Marketing, Incwww.blizzardinternet.com
- 2. 7/01/20103 Key Definers of Good ListingDrives Quality Traffic to Your WebsiteImpacts Search Engine Results Placement (SERP)Provides Link that Helps in GoogleIncreases Exposure / Syndicates Content
- 3. 7/01/2010Facebook#1SERS (Search Engine Results Saturation) is one goal of Facebook… Regardless of whether you have a strategy for maximizing the effectiveness of Facebook, Even a small utilization of Facebook can protect your brand name in search results.Blizzard Fan Page
- 4. 7/01/2010Twitter#2ExampleHootsuite is a tool to manage Twitter easily.SERS (Search Engine Results Saturation) is one goal of Twitter… Twitter is a powerful communication tool that can be used to reach out to past and future guests, owners, business partners and perfect strangers. Twitter account homepages fare well in Google and should be obtained as a brand management tool. @blizzinternet on Twitter.
- 5. 7/01/2010Linkedin#3ExampleLinkedin accounts do especially well in brand name and whitepage queries. LinkedIn is a favorite business networking tool. Come by and say “hi” to Trent Blizzard on Twitter
- 6. 7/01/2010SEO FavoritesBest of the Web #4$250 Prweb/Vocus#5$80-$300 Per Press ReleaseDMOZ #6Free but difficultBusiness.com Directory Listing #7$299AboutUs #8Free
- 7. 7/01/2010UGC FavoritesPowerful User Generated Content websitesFlickr (example) #9YouTube #10CommunityWalk #11Google MyMaps #12
- 8. 7/01/2010Review FavoritesWebsites that let your guests review their experience with youYelp#13Judy’s Book #14 Google Local #15
- 9. 7/01/2010Yahoo!Travel.yahoo.com #16Local.yahoo.com #17Yahoo Biz Directory#18$299 year
- 10. 7/01/2010Local FavoritesMore Sites for Local ListingsBing Local #19Universal Business Listing #20$30 per year
- 11. 7/01/2010Learn to Fish!SEMRush #23See who your “organic competitors” are and try to get listed with them.Yahoo Site Explorer #24“Explore” a competitor and find a good listing from their “inlinks”SEOMoz Juicy Link Finder #25Enter your top keyword phrase and find some “juicy” links.
- 16. Address: Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc50629 Highway 6 & 24 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601Blizzard Internet Marketing