EP125: Save Time and Improve Your Listing’s Performance with Smartbnb
Summary
This podcast episode from 2017 discusses Smartbnb, an application designed to automate messaging for Airbnb hosts. It covers how Smartbnb creates personalized messages, monitors the market, and allows hosts to add team members to the notification system, ultimately aiming to save time and improve listing performance.
Key Insights
- •Smartbnb provides automated messaging to improve response times and listing placement on Airbnb.
- •Smartbnb supports 29 languages and initiates communication in the language the guest viewed the listing.
Action Items
- ✓Consider using Smartbnb or a similar tool to automate guest messaging and improve response times.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Explore the market monitoring features of Smartbnb to improve your listing's placement in search results.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Smartbnb: Smartbnb (smartbnb.io/messaging) is mentioned as a tool for automated messaging.
- →Hostfully.com: Hostfully.com is mentioned as a platform for creating custom digital guidebooks.
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