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- 1:01Sarah: Hello, my name is Sarah Karakaian.
- 1:03Annette: I am Annette Grant, and together we are--
- 1:05Both Annette & Sarah: Thanks for Visiting.
- 1:06Sarah: Welcome back for another great week.
- 1:07We're going to kick off the episode like we do every week, sharing one of you,
- 1:11our amazing listeners who is using our hashtag #STRShareSunday on the gram.
- 1:18We will find you, and then we will share you here on the pod.
- 1:21Annette, who are we sharing this week?
- 1:23Annette: This week we are sharing @the.everwoods.
- 1:28Again, that's the.everwoods.
- 1:31I'm going to remix it.
- 1:32The or the.everwoods.
- 1:34And I just want to let them know they're close to Sarah and I.
- 1:40They live in Columbus, Ohio, but they have their property in Hocking
- 1:44Hills, and they have two properties.
- 1:45Here's the thing I want to point out about The Everwoods.
- 1:50Number one, their property is amazing.
- 1:52They have 10 acres, and they have multiple properties on it.
- 1:54But the thing I really want to highlight, and I want to encourage all of the
- 1:57listeners, they have just recently made the plans, the blueprints to their
- 2:05properties available online for sale.
- 2:09And what I love about this is it's an invitation for all of you hosts.
- 2:15Whatever you have created for your short-term rental that you think could
- 2:19add value and be shared to others, you might possibly have another
- 2:25product, another service, another potential revenue stream from something
- 2:32that you've already done and you've already gained expertise through.
- 2:36And so I just love their creativity here.
- 2:39This is something that Sarah and I, inside our membership, we have so many hosts that
- 2:44have become so creative and inventive with new revenue streams off of their current
- 2:51property or their hosting business.
- 2:53So the.everwood, kudos to you.
- 2:55Please go check them out so you can see the way that they have positioned this and
- 3:00selling these blueprints for the property.
- 3:03But kudos to you, and we're going to have to come down and visit.
- 3:06Thank you for using the hashtag.
- 3:10Sarah, let's get on to this episode.
- 3:13Sarah: All right.
- 3:15We are going to share with all of you our top seven favorite apps that
- 3:22we use in our own hosting business.
- 3:24However, we are going to share with you a disclaimer that just because
- 3:30we use these apps in our business does not mean that these are the apps
- 3:34that are right for your business.
- 3:36So we will share with you why we love these apps and this technology for
- 3:40our own hosting business, but why it may not be right for some others.
- 3:43So Annette and I have made a pact that while we have, in our show notes,
- 3:49affiliate links, which if you've ever wanted to support our podcast and
- 3:52you weren't quite sure how other than leaving us a fantastic review, if you
- 3:56were considering using these pieces of technology in your own business and
- 3:59you click on a link in our show notes, we will make a small commission and
- 4:02it wouldn't change the price for you.
- 4:04Actually, a lot of times you get an extra deal because you
- 4:08heard about them through us.
- 4:09But that being said, if it's not right for you, and we're going to point
- 4:13those reasons out when we go through all of these, just make sure that you
- 4:17are taking that into consideration.
- 4:18Annette: And to piggyback off what Sarah said, we see this very often.
- 4:23So I want to make an invitation.
- 4:24I want to offer all of you hosts that are excited about these apps, take it slow,
- 4:31implement one piece of tech at a time.
- 4:36I don't want you to go and sign up for all of them today and try
- 4:39to start using them all today.
- 4:41You need to take them one at a time, understand it, really utilize it in your
- 4:46business, and then move on to the next.
- 4:48And I also want to give you permission.
- 4:50You can try something, not like it, it's not a fit, abandon it.
- 4:55That's the other thing that I think sometimes we get so hung up and
- 4:59we want to make something work for our business and it doesn't, and
- 5:01sometimes you've got to cut it.
- 5:03You tried it, and move on to the next.
- 5:05Or maybe it's not performing the way that you would like it to or-- I just want
- 5:10to offer that to you too, that you're allowed to try something and decide.
- 5:13Sarah: That is not a right fit.
- 5:15Annette: But man, go through some of the hard times with it because you got to put
- 5:20in the reps sometimes to see the reward.
- 5:22Yes.
- 5:22So let's get into it, Sarah.
- 5:23Sarah: And I will also say that from sharing these apps and pieces of tech
- 5:28with our members, we see how our members hack these apps for their business.
- 5:32There are some ways that our members are using one piece of tech and I don't use it
- 5:35that way in our business, which is also-- we want you to think about that too.
- 5:39How can you creatively use these solutions to fit you and
- 5:42your business and your needs?
- 5:43But with that, let's kick it off Annette.
- 5:46Annette: The first one that we want to start with, and this is
- 5:49something that's an install, it's an easy install, it's NoiseAware.
- 5:54And this is a device that is going to be able to alert you
- 6:00to, as you can guess, making you aware of noise in your property.
- 6:05And the reason that this is at the top and the first one that we want to talk
- 6:08about, we want you to get ahead of this before you have a noise complaint from
- 6:13a neighbor or someone in your community.
- 6:16And this is something that you install once, and hopefully it
- 6:20never dings you that there is noise going on in your property.
- 6:25And this doesn't just mean a party.
- 6:27I don't want you to think this is just for a party.
- 6:29You have guests, and they're really having a great time, and it gets louder.
- 6:33Maybe they did bring some sort of speaker and it's just a little too loud.
- 6:37So I don't want you to think this is just for parties.
- 6:39This is even if you have any shared walls, outdoor spaces.
- 6:43But here's the deal with NoiseAware.
- 6:46You can install it.
- 6:47You have peace of mind.
- 6:49I know Sarah and I have talked about this before, how Sarah actually stopped
- 6:52fictitious noise complaints from neighbors because they were just trying
- 6:57to come up with a reason, and she had this device so she could prove it to
- 7:03not only them, but to the city that there was not really a noise issue.
- 7:07So we want you to get ahead of it.
- 7:09You can install it once, use it, and hopefully have it installed
- 7:15before you need to use it.
- 7:17Sarah: Here are the reasons why I love NoiseAware in our business.
- 7:20It has automated guest messaging, so it takes that awkward moment of
- 7:25knowing there is elevated noise in your property and you personally
- 7:29having to reach out to your guests.
- 7:30It is an automated approach to letting your guests know that,
- 7:35hey-- they may not even realize it.
- 7:36They're just having a good time.
- 7:38So that's really lovely, and also it works both indoors and out.
- 7:44Where that was awesome for us is that, again, we host in a metro location and we
- 7:49had hot tubs in some of our backyards, and so it was a really nice way not only for
- 7:54the interior of the property to keep noise in check there, but also the exterior.
- 7:58And it also helps you understand if the number of people on your
- 8:04property is appropriate and safe.
- 8:07So sometimes guests don't always tell us how many people
- 8:09they are actually bringing.
- 8:11The NoiseAware will tell you how many people are logging on to
- 8:14the WiFi to help you understand.
- 8:17And it takes into consideration that your guests may have a
- 8:20phone, an iPad, and a laptop.
- 8:22So you can set those thresholds.
- 8:24Speaking of thresholds, you can also set thresholds.
- 8:26So you can let it be a little bit louder during the day but have the
- 8:31threshold lower in the evening when-- so you can set it to your own property.
- 8:37There are also discounts for some insurance companies if
- 8:40you have NoiseAware in your properties, which is really lovely.
- 8:43Annette: Oh, I didn't know that.
- 8:44Sarah: Yes.
- 8:44And again, if you go to your neighbor and you let them know that you're
- 8:49coming into your short-term rental, if you let them know, like Annette said,
- 8:52before you even have, neighbor, this thought about it being disruptive,
- 8:58here's why I'm an amazing host.
- 8:59Annette: Listen.
- 9:00Noise, trash, parking, those are the three things that neighbors get mad about.
- 9:04So let's take that one out because the last thing I want to say about this is
- 9:07it takes out the, he said, she said, from your neighborhood, from your guest.
- 9:12It is technology.
- 9:14The technology doesn't care about what the decibel level is.
- 9:17So let's get ahead of this.
- 9:19Take out the, he said, she said.
- 9:20Automate, having that message to your guest about them needing to quiet down.
- 9:25Just make your life a whole lot easier.
- 9:28Sarah: All right, next up on our list is dynamic pricing software.
- 9:33And we did make this list in this order because in our opinion, this is the order
- 9:38a host should implement some of this tech.
- 9:40You may have reasons why you might switch up the order, but we wanted
- 9:43to have a thoughtful order to delivering this information to you.
- 9:46So next up is dynamic pricing, because you truly can leave so much
- 9:50money on the table if you leave your pricing strategy and your revenue
- 9:55management to just a manual operation.
- 9:59If you set it and forget it in terms of your pricing, and you're over here trying
- 10:04to buy another property, or you're taking your kids to all their sporting events
- 10:07and you forgot to adjust pricing for the weekend, so dynamic pricing, it will pay
- 10:12for itself and then some very quickly.
- 10:16So we are going to champion, on this episode, Wheelhouse.
- 10:20We just had the founder on the podcast two weeks ago, which was really lovely.
- 10:25And here's why I like Wheelhouse for you, is they have three
- 10:30separate options for you.
- 10:32So they have hosts who don't have a lot of properties, and you may want more
- 10:37of a set and forget it pricing tool to help you better manage your part-time
- 10:41passion or single unit business.
- 10:43When you get more properties, if it's something you want to do, you can
- 10:46have their more advanced structure.
- 10:48If you're running a more full-time operation with one or multiple
- 10:50properties, they offer different controls for you within their
- 10:55pricing strategy portfolio for you.
- 10:58And then of course, if you are a co-host, a property manager and you're
- 11:01looking for a more professional outfit to optimize hundreds or thousands of
- 11:05listings, they have that for you too.
- 11:07So I like how Wheelhouse understands that our needs are very different
- 11:11as property owners and property managers of our own properties.
- 11:15And it's a great option for you to think about your pricing in that regard.
- 11:20Annette: And we have a great deal for you.
- 11:22So check the show notes out on Wheelhouse.
- 11:24All right.
- 11:25Next up.
- 11:25Sarah: Next up, Annette, we have one of our podcast sponsors, but one of
- 11:31my favorite apps and pieces of tech in our business, which is Breezeway.
- 11:35Annette: Ooh.
- 11:36And if you don't know what Breezeway is, check it out.
- 11:39It is property care, and it is the app on your phone.
- 11:45Game changer to have your whole entire maintenance and care of
- 11:51your property at your finger tips.
- 11:55Sarah: If you feel like you are juggling too many balls in your
- 11:58business or you're spinning too many plates, Breezeway is what helps us with
- 12:02the operation side of our business.
- 12:04Annette: Hit, hit.
- 12:04It makes it a breeze.
- 12:08Sarah: No, but I'm serious about.
- 12:09This is my favorite.
- 12:10No, I know.
- 12:11We sound a little--
- 12:12Annette: It ain't easy being breezy.
- 12:14Sorry, I'm getting loopy, everybody.
- 12:16Sarah: Oh my gosh.
- 12:17But truly, when you have one property, 2, 3, 4, 5, the quality control that you
- 12:23will have on your property by implementing this professional approach, I know all
- 12:29of our Thanks for Visiting listeners out there are going to appreciate this.
- 12:32Annette: But let's break it down.
- 12:32We're going to do a little segment.
- 12:35We want to tell you exactly how we use it.
- 12:37Sarah: Yeah.
- 12:37Annette: Let's give them a peek inside of Breezeway and how we're using
- 12:41that on a day-to-day basis, Sarah.
- 12:43Sarah: Day-to-day basis.
- 12:44So the first way you would use it, if you are a newer host, you've
- 12:47got one property, I say, right off the bat, the cleaning schedule.
- 12:51It will automate when checkouts and check-ins are happening, and your
- 12:57cleaning team, whether they are in-house or for most of us, third party, it
- 13:01is free for them to use the app.
- 13:03And it's a great way for everyone to keep a accurate documentation of when
- 13:08they're cleaning, how long it takes them to clean, and exactly what your agreement
- 13:12is for you to do during that cleaning.
- 13:14I treat them as mini contracts.
- 13:15Annette: And it is a checklist.
- 13:16So the checklist for that property is the contract that these things
- 13:21will be done each and every turnover.
- 13:24And that you can also require photos of certain things just to, again, trust,
- 13:31but verify that everything's being done as meticulously as you want it to
- 13:35because we know that you want it to be tiptop shape when your guest checks in.
- 13:39Sarah: And I actually just re-upped my savings on our property insurance
- 13:45because we use a checklist system that includes safety elements.
- 13:50So if we check our fire extinguishers are charged and our smoke detectors are
- 13:54working, my insurance company that we work with, that property insurance is
- 13:58giving us a 5% discount because we have these safety checks that we can prove
- 14:02we've done between each and every stay.
- 14:05Annette: Okay, so that's the day-to-day, listeners.
- 14:08Sarah, let's just give them a little bit of an insight into using
- 14:11it more on a quarterly and yearly basis with other property care.
- 14:15Sarah: Yeah.
- 14:15Really quick, you can also, if you have a more layered approach to your
- 14:19property care and you have an inspector, or a detailer, or property coordinator,
- 14:22whatever you want to call them--
- 14:22Annette: And if you don't have one of those, you need to get one.
- 14:24Sarah: Yes.
- 14:25And it could be you, it could be your cleaner, but if you treat them like two
- 14:27separate checklists, it's fantastic.
- 14:31And so we use it that way as well.
- 14:33So on a quarterly or yearly basis, we set up reoccurring tasks to--
- 14:39let me give you some examples.
- 14:41To descale our Keurig machines.
- 14:44To change the filters in our HVAC systems.
- 14:47To, um, dryer vent cleanouts on a yearly basis.
- 14:51Battery swaps on our smoke detectors if you have smoke detectors with batteries.
- 14:55So these are the types of things.
- 14:56Annette: Cleaning up the lint filter.
- 14:58What is it?
- 14:59Both Annette & Sarah: In the dryer.
- 15:00Sarah: Which prevents fire, which is great.
- 15:03Annette: And the other thing, the last thing we want to say about Breezeway that
- 15:05we could go on an entire episode about it, but the next thing I want to say too is
- 15:10it can hold all of the information about your property too, about your appliances.
- 15:16You can have that as your database for all of the things inside of your home.
- 15:21Sarah: Let me give you an example, friends.
- 15:23So I was managing remotely, and we had a situation where we needed to
- 15:28repair the dishwasher, and I called the manufacturer or their help line, and
- 15:32they needed to know the make and model.
- 15:34I had it on our Breezeway account so that the tech had what they
- 15:37needed to go out there, get the job done right the first time.
- 15:41Also, here's how Breezeway can pay for itself because I like-- if NoiseAware
- 15:44can pay for itself, if Wheelhouse can pay for itself, Breezeway, especially
- 15:48if you're a smaller operator, you can have Breezeway messaging, and you can
- 15:54automate selling your vacant nights.
- 15:57So if you have one-night, two-night vacancy between stays, you can
- 16:01automate it, asking your guests, hey, would you like to come early?
- 16:05Would you like to stay another night?
- 16:06Which you can do this of course manually, but how nice of it
- 16:10to have tech know for you.
- 16:11Annette: Upsell.
- 16:11If you could do automated upselling, let's say you get 10% a year, that is huge.
- 16:20That is big time money.
- 16:22I love that tip.
- 16:22Hosting hot tip.
- 16:23Good job, Sarah.
- 16:24All right.
- 16:24Sarah: Thank you.
- 16:25Annette: So go to Breezeway.
- 16:26We have an offer for them.
- 16:27Check the show notes.
- 16:28Sarah: Yeah, check the show out the show notes for all this.
- 16:29Annette: What's up next?
- 16:29Sarah: ADMARKER
- 16:30Okay, up next is StayFi.
- 16:33StayFi is great.
- 16:34StayFi also is multifaceted, but--
- 16:37Annette: Let's start talking about StayFi by how it can pay for itself.
- 16:41Sarah: Yes.
- 16:41Annette: StayFi, well, let's explain what it is.
- 16:44I'm sorry I got ahead of myself.
- 16:45Sarah: No, I know.
- 16:45It's a lot of things, but if a goal of yours this year is to increase your direct
- 16:51bookings so that you have more control over your hosting business, thereby making
- 16:57your business more valuable, my friends, because remember, it's not just how much
- 17:02money you cash flow each month with your short-term rental, you are building a
- 17:06book of business with guests, with repeat guests, with how many email addresses
- 17:11you are permitted to market to each and every month, and StayFi will help.
- 17:17What it is is pretend-- imagine yourself at a coffee shop.
- 17:19You sit down to get online.
- 17:21You open up your computer.
- 17:22You go to your browser, and it's called a splash page, pops up at
- 17:27you and it's like ABC Coffee Shop.
- 17:28It has their picture.
- 17:30It asks you for your name and your email address.
- 17:32You click a button, and they allow you on their WiFi.
- 17:35It is the same thing, but it's for our short-term rental hosts.
- 17:38So why is this powerful?
- 17:40Because if you have guests other than the one who books wanting to get on your WiFi,
- 17:46everyone in your party needs to give their email address to get online, and they are
- 17:51clicking a button that says that they gave you permission to share with them future
- 17:56discounts towards future stays in exchange for collecting their email addresses,
- 18:00you can remarket to these guests.
- 18:02Annette: Pause.
- 18:04That is like my-- every time we say this, my mind gets blown because that
- 18:10is doubling, tripling, quadrupling.
- 18:14Depending on how many guests you have in your home, that is the
- 18:17exposure that you can directly market to them for your direct bookings.
- 18:22The value here is-- we can't even put a number on that.
- 18:27So just think about how many potential people you could market
- 18:30to by doing that email collection.
- 18:33Sarah: Yes.
- 18:34StayFi is becoming more and more powerful each and every day.
- 18:36I won't go into other features, but it does include text messaging.
- 18:39It includes email marketing.
- 18:41If you're like, okay, Sarah, but I don't know what to send my guests
- 18:43and how an email should look.
- 18:44Annette: Yeah.
- 18:44What do I do once I have the email?
- 18:46Sarah: StayFi will help you with all of that, but at its core, collecting email
- 18:50addresses in this creative, seamless way, and not just the booker, the person
- 18:55who booked the reservation, but also everyone in their party, it's brilliant.
- 18:59We love StayFi.
- 19:00We use it.
- 19:00We're here for it.
- 19:02It will definitely increase your direct booking strategy, catapult
- 19:05you, going from zero to 10% direct bookings all the way up to 30, 40,
- 19:1150, 60% direct bookings, if not more.
- 19:14Annette: All right, next up.
- 19:15Sarah: Next up is-- okay, here's-- if I had to tell you all what our top
- 19:20two DMed messages is, it's, tell me more about co-hosting, or it's, what
- 19:25property management software do you use?
- 19:27If you've been a TFV listener for some time now, you know that one of
- 19:30our podcast sponsors is Hostfully.
- 19:32Why are they one of our sponsors?
- 19:34Because we use Hostfully in our business.
- 19:36So again, we try to keep all of our recommendations authentic.
- 19:39And we use Hostfully in our business.
- 19:41Here's why I chose Hostfully when it took me six months to decide
- 19:44on what platform we wanted to use.
- 19:46And I liked it because I didn't promise to be the best at all the things that
- 19:51a product management software offers.
- 19:53They have API connections with Wheelhouse, NoiseAware, Breezeway.
- 20:00Let these other tech companies do what they do best.
- 20:02Hostfully is this great center hub where you can get your direct booking.
- 20:08Hostfully offers a white labeled website for you.
- 20:12So if you don't want to get a website designed, they have a very simple,
- 20:15gets the job done, direct booking site that you can put in your colors, your
- 20:20logo if you have one, and be up and running, I mean, as soon as you sign up.
- 20:25Or if you're like Annette and myself, you need a fancy website, you can
- 20:30have your website designed by someone else and then Hostfully has a widget
- 20:34that you would put on your site.
- 20:35And that is how our guests book their stays.
- 20:38Once they go to the booking process, it takes them through
- 20:40the backend, just Hostfully.
- 20:42Annette: And side note, they have a phenomenal female CEO, Margot.
- 20:48And we just love being able to support an organization being ran by
- 20:54a female and having her as the leader.
- 20:57Uh, it's just something else that is an added bonus on why we love Hostfully.
- 21:02Sarah: Now, are there other amazing property management software out there?
- 21:04Annette: For sure.
- 21:05Sarah: Absolutely.
- 21:05We have tons of members who maybe tried Hostfully or went through
- 21:09Hostfully's onboarding process.
- 21:10Maybe it wasn't right for them for various reasons.
- 21:12There are so many options, but we--
- 21:14Annette: You do you.
- 21:14Sarah: You do you.
- 21:15But we can speak to Hostfully and their team.
- 21:18They have a great support chat, which, I mean, if any of you are like me, a lot
- 21:23of times I get my property management work done in the evening or early
- 21:26morning, and they always have-- because during the day, I'm on the ground.
- 21:29So it's really great too to have a chat support system that can help
- 21:33me when I want to hack something or figure out how to do something.
- 21:36That's wonderful as well.
- 21:37So that's customer services, is great.
- 21:39Okay.
- 21:39On to the next, which is Superhog.
- 21:43It's a fun name.
- 21:46Annette: It is.
- 21:46But it's like, what is that?
- 21:48What are we-- okay.
- 21:49So it's like, what is Superhog?
- 21:52Sarah: So if any of you are like a lot of our listeners--
- 21:55Annette: And they are direct booking, and one of the biggest things is how
- 22:01do I make sure I'm vetting my guests?
- 22:05We don't even like say vetting the guests, but it's about your property
- 22:10and making sure that you understand who's booking your property.
- 22:15So again, let's let technology help us.
- 22:20Sarah: Yes.
- 22:20They have a biometric screening and ID verification software that not
- 22:25only assesses the risk level of every reservation, but simultaneously allows
- 22:30you to remove booking restrictions and increase your direct booking.
- 22:33So it puts that-- if you feel this, quite frankly, false sense of security
- 22:38by getting a guest from an OTA, an online travel agency like Airbnb or Vrbo, again,
- 22:46you can have that same level of protection with third party services like Superhog.
- 22:52There are other options out there.
- 22:54Superhog is who we use, and are supporting today here on the pod.
- 23:01Annette: So again, it's just that third party.
- 23:02It's extra verification.
- 23:05Peace of mind.
- 23:06Check them out.
- 23:08Sarah: Last but not least.
- 23:09Okay.
- 23:09Everything that we just discussed, NoiseAware, Wheelhouse, Breezeway,
- 23:13StayFi, Hostfully, Superhog, those are paid services, my friends.
- 23:16So if you want to automate a lot of your operations, if you need a
- 23:22service that will help protect you and help you grow your business, you
- 23:25will have to pay for these things.
- 23:27But this last one is free.
- 23:29And quite frankly, it changed Annette and my life when we were
- 23:32introduced to it just a few years ago.
- 23:35It is a lot older than that, but we were introduced just a few years ago.
- 23:39Annette, do you want to share how it's changed our--
- 23:41Annette: Yeah.
- 23:42First of all, you're going to get really used to hearing that.
- 23:46It is a walkie-talkie app.
- 23:49And we love it.
- 23:50And guess why.
- 23:52Because when we hear this, we know that it's a turnover team.
- 23:56It's something about business, short-term-- it's not my
- 24:00mom asking me how I'm doing.
- 24:03It's not a spam text message.
- 24:05It's not a friend.
- 24:06When Voxer, V-O-X-E-R-- again, it's Voxer, V-O-X-E-R, when I hear that
- 24:14sound, and you don't have to have the sound on, but when I get a Voxer
- 24:17message, I know it means business.
- 24:20It needs to be answered right away.
- 24:22So what I want to encourage you is anybody on your team, whether it's your
- 24:26partner, your turnover team, anyone that is working directly with your
- 24:33guests, they need immediate attention.
- 24:35Maybe it's a reservationist.
- 24:36There are certain times that you need to get it taken care of right away.
- 24:40And that's why we love Voxer.
- 24:41It's completely free.
- 24:44It's verbal, so if you just want to use it like a walkie-talkie, if you want to
- 24:48text, just like texting, if you want to put a video, if you want to put a picture.
- 24:53So imagine this, obviously, you're using all this tech, maybe you're
- 24:56using Breezeway, you're going through your checklist, and you
- 24:58notice something, you can Voxer it.
- 25:01And it's so nice sometimes just to be able to verbalize something and not
- 25:05have to text it, to be able to talk through what the issue is, send a
- 25:09picture, add some context to it, but it is just something that is free, it's
- 25:15easy to use, and it helps us stay siloed that all of those messages, they're
- 25:20business-related, we need to pay attention to them quickly and get it taken care of.
- 25:24And I'm thinking-- you can download it for free on any mobile device.
- 25:29Another hot tip for Voxer also, you can download it onto your computer.
- 25:33So let's say you're at work.
- 25:36You can still text message, and read your messages, and attach links,
- 25:39and whatnot via your computer.
- 25:41It's just not a mobile app.
- 25:42Sarah: Two more hot tips with Voxer.
- 25:44You can change the notifications if your team use the app symbol and then your
- 25:48name, that's the only time you get pinged.
- 25:51So for co-hosts out there, let's say you have a team who's really
- 25:54driving the show every day, and you only want to be pinged when they
- 25:58absolutely need you, you can be-- mentions only, sorry, that's the word.
- 26:03Mentions only.
- 26:04And there was another hot tip with Voxer that I was going to
- 26:07share, and now I don't remember.
- 26:09But it is fantastic.
- 26:11It is free, and it does silo other sounds from your short-term rental business.
- 26:16Annette: And there is a paid version.
- 26:18We don't use it, but you can always upgrade.
- 26:20Sarah: Yes.
- 26:21With that, that is everything.
- 26:23Annette: Oh.
- 26:23All right.
- 26:24So listeners, please, this was a lot of tips.
- 26:28We also have a YouTube video that we will link in the show notes that
- 26:33also goes through some of these tech tools, and you can see those there.
- 26:37But everything's in the show notes.
- 26:39Try something.
- 26:41That's what I want to offer you today.
- 26:42If you aren't using one of these, please sign up for one of these today and
- 26:45start utilizing it in your business.
- 26:47Sarah: With that, I am Sarah Karakaian.
- 26:49Annette: I'm Annette Grant, and together we are--
- 26:51Both Annette & Sarah: Thanks for Visiting.
- 26:52Sarah: We'll talk to you next time.