An ode to enquirers

How to communicate with your potential renters - how to turn site visitors into enquiries, and enquiries into bookings.
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An ode to enquirers

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Turn an enquiry in to a booking would be music to my ears
But 2009 is proving the most elusive of years
To phone, to e-mail, to follow up...or not
So many questions stirring round in the pot

I have done all three & smiled when I speak
Even when asked for a discounted peak week
I've held dates, replied quick, sought out info they 'need'
What more do they want, would they like me to bleed !

An hour was spent only the other day
Speaking to a lady who so wanted to stay
Let's make it clear at the beginning I say
During peak season arrival MUST be Saturday

She asks where's the beach, how's the golf & how's the view
I keep smiling, keep answering despite needing the loo !
The interrogation ends, she e-mails today
Would it be alright to arrive on a MONDAY ??

It's all getting too much for my frazzled nerves
Enquirers are my master, it is they that I serve
I've had more than ever in 2009
So I should be happy, not whinge and whine

But these new age masters are a cunning breed
They have something, I guess, they know you need
So they stop by for a while to tease and play
Then they bugger off....I'll get my own back one day

:wink:
Don't waste energy on things you can't change.

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Post by A-two »

Inspired! :) :) :)
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Post by brenda »

Brilliant!!!!!
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Post by enid »

He he - very good :D
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Post by la vache! »

Excellent Party! I hope you can add a few more verses when you get booked up for the summer...I'm sure you will :wink:
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Post by Big Sis.. »

Aw Party Thats Brill. :D Well done!!

Hope that all your hard work pays off very soon!! :wink: :)
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Post by Chianti »

Absolutely brill :!: :!:
Chianti

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Post by Giddy Goat »

Great - the first bird in history to write a poem and not be the subject of one!
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Post by e-richard »

Lovely !!



But how does that poem now gel with your signature tagline ? :wink:
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:lol: Good point Richard but she does promise to get her own back one day!!
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Post by J&J »

Written from the heart, but with a sense of humour! Keep persevering, it will happen.

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Post by Partridge »

e-richard wrote: But how does that poem now gel with your signature tagline ? :wink:
Well the clue to that was in the first verse Richard i.e is it possible to change the glut of non converting enquiries, is there anything else I should be doing :wink: At the mo I'm still stressing because I'm still wondering if I can change it :?

Anyhooo little 'ditties' are something I've been doing since childhood, I've got a sweet little collection of them somewhere ranging from family ones, sweetheart ones to trials and tribulations of bringing up children ones...it soothes me :D
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Post by Jimbo »

Two thousand and five to two thousand and eight,
Floods of visitors poured in through our gate.
But two thousand and nine has been a hard slog,
And we’re no longer living high on the hog!

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Post by enid »

Challenge Challenge!!!
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Post by Partridge »

Yay Jimbo, a fellow 'ditty'er' :lol: :lol:
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