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Get the YouTube app tab for your FB page...?

One "rule of thumb" I have heard is that one should spend between 5 and 10% of gross revenue on advertising. This suggests that the value of the bookings brought in by any particular listing should be at least 10x to 20x the cost of the listing. So a listing that costs $300 needs to bring ...

Yeah, I am having trouble with the .htaccess file on one of my sites, too.....

are you using a https when connecting to FB? If not, maybe the problem is that one can't load a secure page into an iframe on an non-secure page?

Sometime ago it occurred to me that we need to make sure our marketing is geared towards women. As I look at bookings taken for the coming season so far, it's about 67% arrangements made by the woman, 33% by the man. Interesting to note that most of those made by the man are returning guests (althou...

We try hard to stick to weekly bookings (Saturday to Saturday) for our peak season, but sometimes we get inquiries looking for something non-standard (e.g. Wednesday to Wednesday). We are willing to consider these if the inquirer is willing to pay a premium price. With the premium, we are able to co...

In order to post on other pages as your business (rather than yourself), you need to click on the little gear/settings icon in the upper right corner and select "Use Facebook As..." <your page>.

Are you editing your own site at the code level? You can look for a frame or object link that includes "dateblocker" and delete all the relevant lines of code that go with it. If we knew your web site address I could find the lines that you need to delete and let you know which ones they a...

Yes, adding cottage/chalet/villa/etc... is a good idea. Stag's Rock -- is that the actual geographic name of a place, or just something you came up with? Is your cottage/chalet/villa located on a rock, or hilltop? What species of animals are the stags? Deer? Elk? Antelope? For example, would "E...

The way the scam works is that the hackers who gain access to the account re-direct the inquirer to communicate with them on a different account and delete the original inquiry so that you never see it. They don't actually take control of your e-mail. If all the communications are being routed throu...

FlipKey's commission approach is currently only offered to a limited number of advertisers -- sign up for their free trial as a paid subscriber. At the end of the trial period, login and tell them you don't want to continue -- they will either offer to extend your free trial period by another couple...

If you qualify as a Hotel, Inn, B&B, or "Specialty Lodging" you can be listed on TripAdvisor for free -- see http://www.tripadvisor.com/GetListedNew -- a gite complex might qualify as "Specialty Lodging" if there is on-site management. Otherwise the only way to get listed as ...

We have been getting a lot of calls from recorded voices saying that we need to update our online listing (or something to that effect) -- press 1 to update your listing, press 9 to remove your number from our listing, etc... Many claim to be associated with google, etc... I just press "end cal...

If I am operating a business, and selling that business as a business , then I would expect the buyer to take on the existing liabilities and commitments of the business in an ongoing fashion. If however, I am open to selling the assets of my business (e.g. the holiday home itself) to a buyer who is...

I would think so. We take a deposit of 25% with the balance due upon arrival. We state that in the event of cancellation, the deposit is non-refundable unless we succeed in renting the cottage to someone else for the period. Nobody has balked at these terms. Many of our reservations are made 6 to 9 ...