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Heads In Beds Show — 189 episodes

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1

Run Your Vacation Rental Business Like A Poker Player

2

Should Your Direct Bookings Actually Be More Expensive Than The OTA Price?

3

Using AI Search To Plan Travel Won't Hurt Direct Bookings

4

Winning With Google Ads In 2026 For Your Vacation Rental Business

5

The 60-Day Booking Window Is Dead - Here's What To Do About It

6

Events Are Huge Vacation Rental Marketing Opportunities - Do You Take Advantage?

7

Are You Making Real or Fake Progress With AI?

8

What Is The Future Of Direct Bookings (With Arthur Colker)

9

Here's The Problems With Vacation Rental Marketing Attribution

10

How To Run A GEO/LLM Search Audit On Your Vacation Rental Website

11

Every Section You Need On Your Landing Page To Get More Homeowner Leads

12

Here's Why Hotels Can Be Better Than Vacation Rentals

13

Your Vacation Rental Website Traffic Is Up, But Your Bookings Are Down - Why?

14

AI Update: Q1 of 2026: OpenClaw, "Prompt Tracking" Useless?, Current AI Tools We're Using

15

Looking Back On Marketing Changes From 2020 to 2025...

16

Direct Bookings Aren't Free... Here's How To Understand Your Marketing Costs

17

Expanding Into NEW Vacation Rental Marketing Channels In 2026? Here's How To Make It Work...

18

How To Spend: $3k, $5k or $10k In Marketing Budget For Your Vacation Rental Company (Part 2)

19

How To Spend: $3k, $5k or $10k In Marketing Budget For Your Vacation Rental Company (Part 1)

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ALL The Ways You Can Run Promotions For Your Vacation Rental Business

21

Multiple Vacation Rental Markets? It's Super Hard: And Here's Why....

22

Mobile vs Desktop Traffic Trends For 2026: Here's What To Work On

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Here's How To Level Up Your Marketing With JUST 4 Hours Per Week

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Compelling Vacation Rental Marketing Messages Have Common Traits

25

What To Consider When Building A New Vacation Rental Website

26

The Four Part Process To Build A Guest Marketing Plan

27

Is This The KEY To Getting More Bookings?

28

VRMA 2025 Recap: The Hot Seat Session, Industry Trends & More!

29

The Four Part Process To Build A Homeowner Marketing Plan

30

The "Do's" and "Don'ts" Of Using AI With Your Vacation Rental Marketing

31

Replay: The Vacation Rental Marketing Fundamentals You Need To Have In Place

32

10 Things You Can Do To Sign More Vacation Rental Properties This Fall

33

Revisiting Meta Ads vs Google Ads

34

Can You Really Compete With Airbnb? Nope...

35

How Are Direct Bookings Trending According To Industry Research Experts?

36

Here's What Trust Building Is Needed In The Vacation Rental Industry

37

Here's What To Look For When Selling Your Vacation Rental Business

38

The MOST Important Question To Ask Before Investing In Growth (Part II)

39

The MOST Important Question To Ask Before Investing In Growth (Part I)

40

Is Creating Content Even Worth It Anymore? A Debate

41

Breaking Down The Reasons WHY Guest Choose Vacation Rentals vs Hotels

42

How To Launch New Vacation Rental Listings And Get Them BOOKED

43

Build The Demand Formula For Your Vacation Rental Marketing

44

SEO, AEO, GEO, Oh My! What's The New Search Trend In Vacation Rental Marketing?

45

Here's ALL You Need To Know About Hiring A Marketing Team For Your Vacation Rental Business

46

The Success Framework: How To KNOW A Vacation Rental Will Work Well

47

Recapping Google Marketing Live 2025 For Vacation Rental Managers

48

Last Minute Marketing Tips To Boost Summer Occupancy

49

Photo & Video Assets: What Do You Need To Succeed?

50

Foundational Planning For Vacation Rental Business Success

51

Grab Bag Show: Vacasa, Growth, Inventory Churn, Data, May Thoughts & More...

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Designing for Conversion: Best Practices For Vacation Rental Websites

53

Breaking Down The Ideal Marketing Audit For Vacation Rental Businesses

54

Breaking Down The Way The "Guest Booking Journey" Actually Works In 2025... (Part 2)

55

When To Use A Content Creator vs An Influencer To Grow Your Social Media Reach

56

Building Prompts For Better Responses From AI Tools

57

Breaking Down The Way The "Guest Booking Journey" Actually Works In 2025... (Part 1)

58

Building The Reputation Of Your Vacation Rental Business With The Right Reviews

59

If We Did It, Here's How: Our Thoughts On The Casago & Vacasa Merger

60

How To Build Trust For Guests To Want To Book On Your Vacation Rental Website

61

LLM & AI Tools Are Driving HOW MUCH Traffic To Vacation Rental Websites?

62

Showcasing Vacation Rental Properties To Get MORE Bookings

63

What Is Google Thinking About YOUR Content In 2025?

64

Understanding The Lingo: Performance Numbers For Your Vacation Rental Business

65

What Porter's 5 Forces Can Teach Us About The Vacation Rental Industry's Change Happening In 2025

66

Understanding The Lingo: Social Media Marketing For Vacation Rentals

67

Can We Build A Marketing Strategy With Just AI?

68

Mastering Property Detail Pages & Property Descriptions To Get More Direct Bookings

69

Revisiting Google Vacation Rentals For 2025 - How Is This Going For Google?

70

Merry Christmas!

71

Branded Stays & Lessons and Strategies from Hotels to Vacation Rentals

72

Building A Marketing Calendar For Your Vacation Rental Business (Updated for 2025)

73

BONUS: Recapping The DARM 2024 Conference From Our Perspective

74

Direct Response vs Brand-Only Marketing: What's The BEST For Building Your Vacation Rental Company?

75

Building Your Vacation Rental Marketing Fundamentals

76

Here's All Of The Google Products & Services You Use In Your Vacation Rental Business...

77

Running A Marketing Audit For Your Vacation Rental Business To Get More Bookings

78

Understanding The Lingo For Your Vacation Rental Marketing: Email Marketing

79

Marketing Properties Based On Location vs Marketing As 'Collections' For Your Vacation Rental Website

80

Here's What To Look For In Your Monthly Vacation Rental Marketing Review

81

Understanding The Lingo For Your Vacation Rental Marketing: Organic Search

82

What 'Marketing Gaps' Still Exist In The Vacation Rental Industry?

83

Predictions For Where The Book Direct Movement Is Going (With Mark Simpson)

84

Data Driven vs Gut Feel Marketing: What Actually Works Better?

85

Foundational Marketing vs Ongoing Marketing Costs For Your Vacation Rentals Business

86

We Predict: What's Going To Happen With Google Search In The Next Year?

87

How To Adapt When New Homeowner Marketing Channels Open: The Secret Triangle (Part 2)

88

How To Adapt When New Guest Marketing Channels Open: The Secret Triangle (Part 1)

89

Celebrating The 100th Episode Of The Heads In Beds Show [LIVE RECORDING]

90

Design And Branding Tips To Get More Bookings & Attract More Homeowners

91

Building A Homeowner Communication Strategy To Retain And Attract More Inventory

92

Marketing Ideas You Can Do NOW To Get More Direct Bookings & Get More Homeowners

93

One Year Later: What's Up With Google Analytics 4 For Your Vacation Rental Business?

94

How To Build The Right Strategic Approach To Your Vacation Rental Marketing

95

How We're Using AI Today (Mid 2024 Update)

96

How To Build Your Budget For Vacation Rental Owner And Guest Marketing

97

What AI Summaries Are Doing To Travel Planning on Google

98

Conversion Killers That Are Hurting Your Direct Booking Progress

99

Things We Love From The Biggest Brands In Vacation Rentals

100

Is "Channel Management" The Same Thing As Marketing Your Vacation Rental Biz?

101

Keyword Research TIPS To Maximize The Search Traffic To Your Vacation Rental Website

102

The Vacation Rental 'Booking Window' Is Changing According To This Billion Dollar Company

103

How Much Should You Pay Attention To Your Vacation Rental Competition?

104

Scaling Your Vacation Rental Business Beyond $1m In Bookings With 'Middleweight' Marketing

105

Google Ads vs Facebook (Meta) Ads - What Is The Difference For Your Vacation Rental Business?

106

Ch-Ch-Changes: Do They Kill Your Direct Booking Biz?

107

Building Your Vacation Rental Business Beyond The Lightweight Stage ($200k~ In Bookings) With Digital Marketing

108

The Art Of The Offer: Making Homeowner Lead Gen More Effective For Vacation Rental Brands

109

Coming Up With A Brand Name That Sticks For Your Vacation Rental Company

110

Ways You Have NOT YET Used Social Media To Grow Your Vacation Rental Business

111

How To Leverage a CRM Properly With Guests & Homeowners To Grow Your Vacation Rental Biz

112

What Should The SMALL Vacation Rental Host Or Manager Do To Grow Their Business?

113

Explaining The BuildUp Bookings Vacation Rental SEO Framework: TLCK

114

Google Rebrands Bard To Gemini: Here Is What Google Is Planning

115

Why Link Building Is Overlooked & Why It's One Area You Can IGNORE Google's Advice On...

116

What Are The ACTUAL Benefits Of Building A Direct Booking Website & Brand?

117

When Social Media Is NOT The Right Marketing Channel For Your VR Business

118

How To Be A GREAT Client For Your Marketing Agency

119

The Reasons To LOVE Email Marketing To Get More Direct Bookings!

120

Google Is Leaning Into Vacation Rentals Even MORE With Structured Data?!

121

The Advanced Elements You Need To Get More Bookings On Your Vacation Rental Website (Website & Conversions) Part II

122

The Basics You Need To Get Bookings On Your Vacation Rental Website (Design & UX) Part I

123

What You'll Need To Build An Annual Marketing Calendar

124

Building Ad Targeting Audiences On Google, Facebook & Instagram That Deliver The Right Results

125

Tools & Lead Magnets You Can Use To Drive More Homeowner Leads

126

A Guidebook Is MARKETING For Your Vacation Rentals: Here's Why

127

When You Should Build "Mini Sites" For Your Vacation Rental Business To Generate HUGE ROI

128

Barry Diller at Expedia VERSUS Google: Vrbo Spends $300m On Google Ads Without ROI?

129

How & Why To Build Guest & Owner Personas For Your Vacation Rental Marketing

130

Why Branded Google Ads Is The Right Move 99.9% Of The Time

131

Special Recap Of VRMA 2023: Feat: Heather Bayer, Andy McNulty, Catherine Ratcliffe & Valerie Gangas

132

Navigating the Aftermath of a Google Update [Part Two] For Your Vacation Rental Website

133

Navigating the Aftermath of a Google Update [Part One] For Your Vacation Rental Website

134

Announcing My BOOK: Mastering Vacation Rental Marketing [Behind The Scenes]

135

5 Things You Should Be Doing With Video To Grow Your Hospitality Business in 2024

136

Running A Marketing Audit To Build YOUR 2024 Marketing Plan

137

Ways To Get More Shoulder Season Bookings With Your Marketing NOW

138

[Part 2] The Right Way To Build "SEO Content" For Your Vacation Rental Business

139

[Part 1] The Right Way To Build "SEO Content" For Your Vacation Rental Business

140

Is Your Paid Search Strategy A DUD Or A STUD?

141

What's It Like For One Of US To Book A Vacation Rental?

142

Is Your Vacation Rental Website A DUD Or A STUD? Here's What To Consider!

143

Why Is No Vacation Rental Manager Leveraging These Specific Marketing Tactics?

144

How YOU Can Target Guests On Facebook, Instagram & Google With Ads

145

What Would We Do: Marketing Edition

146

EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Keyword Research

147

The "Math" Behind Common SEO Metrics, Numbers And Data

148

Generative Search Experience in Google: What Does It Mean for Vacation Rentals/Hospitality?

149

Part III: Settings That'll Make Or BREAK Your Google Analytics 4 Reports

150

Leveraging Cognitive Biases To Get More Bookings For Your Vacation Rentals

151

Part II: Google Analytics 4 Is USELESS Without These Settings + Events...

152

The Vacation Rental Spring Slowdown Is Here - What Can You Do To Drive Demand?

153

Part I: The Basic Settings You NEED For The Upcoming Google Analytics 4 Move

154

[Live Show] RR Summit: People, Places, Planet: Marketing Sustainability With Your VRM Business

155

Is Listing On Airbnb The Same As "Marketing" For Your Vacation Rental Business?

156

Do Automated SEO "Audits" Provide ANY Value?

157

EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Google Search Console

158

Low Budget Ways To Get More Direct Bookings

159

Standing Out From The Vacation Rental Crowd In Your Market: How To Attract Owners & Guests

160

The Tools We Use To Increase Productivity And Get More Done In Less Time

161

Everything Google My Business For Your Vacation Rental Business

162

Crafting The Perfect Property Description To Maximize Your Bookings

163

Email Marketing 101 For Your Vacation Rental Business: Get More Bookings With Better Emails

164

The TRUTH Behind Link Building To Maximize Your Vacation Rental SEO Performance

165

Choosing Between Agency, Freelancer & In-House Marketing Teams For Your Vacation Rental Business

166

How to Leverage ChatGPT Into Your Vacation Rental Business

167

The Top Things That Happened in 2022 With A Look Ahead To 2023

168

Brand Building 101: How To Make Your Vacation Rental Brand Noteworthy

169

The 2023 Homeowner Marketing Master Class To Get More Properties

170

The 2023 Guest Marketing Master Class To Get More Bookings

171

How Rates & Pricing Impact The Success Of Your Marketing Efforts

172

The TRUTH About How To Leverage Influencers In Your Vacation Rental Marketing

173

The Most Effective Vacation Rental Advertising Channel: Google Ads!

174

The TRUTH About Running Facebook Ads For Your Vacation Rental Company

175

The Essential Building Blocks Of Building A Vacation Rental Company

176

VRMA Recap: Las Vegas 2022

177

Mistakes To Avoid When Re-Designing Your Vacation Rental Website

178

Choosing Content Topics To Build Your Vacation Rental SEO Strategy

179

The Future Of The Heads In Beds Show: Introducing Cohost Paul Manzey

180

Running Paid Search Ads For Your Vacation Rental Business

181

How Long Does It Take To See SEO Results With A Brand-New Vacation Rental Brand?

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The #1 Metric That Measures The Power Of Any Vacation Rental Brand

183

The Top Marketing Tools We Use To Build Direct Booking Traffic

184

Google Ads vs Facebook Ads For Your Vacation Rentals: What's Better?

185

Generating Content Ideas To Build Direct Traffic For Your Vacation Rental Website

186

How To Get Last-Minute Bookings For Your Vacation Rentals

187

Building Assets For Your Vacation Rental Marketing

188

Finding High Value Direct Booking Sources

189

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