Blog Management
Does my hotel need a blog?
Having a hotel blog on your website puts you one step ahead of your competitors. It helps to keep your website’s content fresh and relevant and helps you reach your target audience. In addition, blogs showcase the local attractions and events and help in attracting prospective travelers to your location. Finally, a blog helps establish your hotel as an authority on your destination, attractions, and more.
What are some tips for starting a blog?
Here are our best tips for writing a blog for your hotel:
- Know your target audience
- Write about local attractions and events at your destination
- Add actual visuals of events and attractions in your blog
- Tell an interesting story
- Promote your local businesses
- Write about your facilities and product offering
How do I boost traffic and gain more presence for a new dedicated blog for my hotel?
Promoting your blog on social media is one of the easiest ways to boost traffic. Include title and trending keywords to attract travelers to your blog. Keep posting new blogs. The more you write, the more attention you get from search engines.
What are the best ways to promote a blog post?
The best way to promote your blog is to share it on your social media. Build good backlinks to your site and answer Quora questions related to your blog or your hotel destination. Then, repurpose your blog content in various forms like a podcast, YouTube, PDFs, etc.
What are SEO best practices to use with a blog?
The SEO best practice to implement in blog creation is to research long-tail keywords and focus on 2-3 keywords that match your intent and target audience. In addition, your blog must be mobile-friendly, with optimized meta descriptions and titles. Finally, always make sure that your content is unique and written with original content.
Can I write about various topics on my blog, or do I need to stick to just one?
You can write about any topic in your blog that interests your target audience. You should write your hotel’s blog posts with your ideal guest in mind. For example, if your hotel is near a National Park, write about topics like hiking, showcase attractions, or discuss different local events. Write about topics that guests who are visiting this National Park will likely be researching.
What’s the difference between a blog and a website?
A blog is an informational webpage on the World Wide Web that consists of independent information about a particular topic. A website collects multiple web pages and various other multimedia content under one domain on the World Wide Web.
Why is it important to have a blog on a hotel website?
Blogs help drive traffic to your website and gain loyal visitors. In addition, a dedicated blog for your hotel will help you to create an online presence and aid in building a brand that has credibility.
Does blogging help with SEO?
Having a blog on your website can help drive organic traffic by targeting more organic keywords. A blog enables you to create more opportunities for link building. In addition, blogs help your website rank higher on search engine results.