20 core links and listings for every lodging website

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20 Listings and LinksKey Websites for every VRM business

Trent BlizzardPresidentBlizzard Internet Marketing, Incwww.blizzardinternet.com

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3 Key Definers of Good Listing

1. Drives Quality Traffic to Your Website2. Impacts Search Engine Results

Placement (SERP)3. Provides Link that Helps in Google4. Increases Exposure / Syndicates Content

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Facebook#1

SERS (Search Engine Results Saturation) is one goal of Facebook… Regardless of whether you have a strategy for maximizing the effectiveness of Facebook, Even a small utilization of Facebook can protect your brand name in search results.

Blizzard Fan Page

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Twitter#2

ExampleHootsuite is a tool to manage Twitter easily.

SERS (Search Engine Results Saturation) is one goal of Twitter… Twitter is a powerful communication tool that can be used to reach out to past and future guests, owners, business partners and perfect strangers. Twitter account homepages fare well in Google and should be obtained as a brand management tool. @blizzinternet on Twitter.

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Linkedin#3

ExampleLinkedin accounts do especially well in brand name and whitepage queries. LinkedIn is a favorite business networking tool. Come by and say “hi” to Trent Blizzard on Twitter

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SEO FavoritesBest of the Web #4

◦$250

Prweb/Vocus #5◦$80-$300 Per Press Release

DMOZ #6◦Free but difficult

Business.com Directory Listing #7◦$299

AboutUs #8◦Free

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UGC FavoritesPowerful User Generated Content websites

Flickr (example) #9YouTube #10

CommunityWalk #11Google MyMaps #12

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Review FavoritesWebsites that let your guests review their experience with you

Yelp #13Judy’s Book #14

Google Local #15

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Yahoo!

Travel.yahoo.com #16Local.yahoo.com #17

Yahoo Biz Directory #18$299 year

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Local FavoritesMore Sites for Local Listings

Bing Local #19Universal Business Listing #20

$30 per year

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Learn to Fish!SEMRush #23

◦See who your “organic competitors” are and try to get listed with them.

Yahoo Site Explorer #24◦“Explore” a competitor and find a good listing from their “inlinks”

SEOMoz Juicy Link Finder #25◦Enter your top keyword phrase and find some “juicy” links.

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