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When To Hit The PANIC Button When Looking At Your Google Analytics Data
In this episode Conrad and Paul break down when to panic when looking at your Google Analytics data.Enjoy!⭐️ Links & Show NotesPaul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book: Mastering Vacation Rental…
Google Marketing Live Recap: How Will These 2026 Changes Impact Your Vacation Rental Business?
In this episode Conrad and Paul break down the 2026 Google Marketing Live show and put the "Vacation Rental" slant on it: how will these changes impact your business going forward? Enjoy!⭐️ Links…
Local Is Your Vacation Rental Marketing Advantage - Are You Using It?
In this episode Conrad and Paul break apart how "being local" actually looks in a marketing strategy across search, social, email and digital marketing channels. Enjoy!⭐️ Links & Show NotesPaul…
What Actually Drives Direct Bookings in 2026? (Webinar Recording)
In this webinar, Conrad O'Connell spends time with StayFi, Mountain Mama Cabins and Pricelabs to talk all things direct bookings and how they are trending for most vacation rental managers in…
Run Your Vacation Rental Business Like A Poker Player
In this episode Conrad and Paul try on a fun new idea for size: what if you ran your vacation rental business like a poker player? EV, bets, investment, bankroll, the whole nine yards? Enjoy!⭐️ Links…
Should Your Direct Bookings Actually Be More Expensive Than The OTA Price?
In this episode Conrad and Paul bring up an idea: what if you charged *more* on your direct booking website compared to what you charged on the OTAs? It sounds counter-intuitive, but there's an…
Using AI Search To Plan Travel Won't Hurt Direct Bookings
In this episode Conrad and Paul dive into the world of AI search / LLM tools and ask a key question: are these going to kill direct bookings. Enjoy!⭐️ Links & Show NotesPaul Manzey Conrad…
Winning With Google Ads In 2026 For Your Vacation Rental Business
In this episode Conrad and Paul give an update on the ever-changing landscape of Google Ads and how we set them up (both homeowner and guest) into 2026 to get excellent results.Enjoy!⭐️ Links &…
The 60-Day Booking Window Is Dead - Here's What To Do About It
In this episode Conrad and Paul talk all about the death of the standard 60 day or 90 day booking windows and instead tell you what you need to work on inside of your vacation rental business to…
Events Are Huge Vacation Rental Marketing Opportunities - Do You Take Advantage?
In this episode Conrad and Paul break down building marketing opportunities with events. The duo specifically focuses on how to leverage landing pages, search volume trends, and other signals in your…
Are You Making Real or Fake Progress With AI?
In this episode Conrad and Paul talk about the realities of AI slop, how you know if you’re making real progress or fake progress, being fooled by hallucinations in AI data, and a lot more! Enjoy!⭐️…
What Is The Future Of Direct Bookings (With Arthur Colker)
Welcome to our second-ever guest episode! We're joined by Arthur Colker to chat all things direct bookings, OTAs vs direct booking "sourcing", what percent of Airbnb listings are direct bookable and…
Here's The Problems With Vacation Rental Marketing Attribution
In this episode Conrad and Paul talk "All About Attribution" including how ads platforms track "bookings made", limits of pixels, how to proceed when you get conflicting data, Meta vs Google and a…
How To Run A GEO/LLM Search Audit On Your Vacation Rental Website
In this episode Conrad and Paul take a crack at defining what a LLM / GEO / AEO whatever ya wanna call it audit should look like. Want a copy of the audit? Email [email protected] with…
Every Section You Need On Your Landing Page To Get More Homeowner Leads
In this episode Conrad and Paul break down ALL of the sections you need to build a killer, lead-generating machine of a homeowner landing page.From the episode: 1. Hero The first thing a homeowner…
Here's Why Hotels Can Be Better Than Vacation Rentals
In this episode Conrad and Paul flip the script and break down WHY a hotel often is a better stay than a vacation rental. Enjoy!⭐️ Links & Show NotesPaul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book:…
Your Vacation Rental Website Traffic Is Up, But Your Bookings Are Down - Why?
In this episode Conrad and Paul dive into a 2026 trend: your website traffic is up, but your bookings are down - why? Enjoy!⭐️ Links & Show NotesPaul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book:…
AI Update: Q1 of 2026: OpenClaw, "Prompt Tracking" Useless?, Current AI Tools We're Using
In this episode Conrad and Paul give their regular update on AI: what tools they're using, what's changing, and how you can use it to grow and scale your vacation rental business. They talk ClawdBot…
Looking Back On Marketing Changes From 2020 to 2025...
In this episode Conrad and Paul take a (not too far back) look into memory lane and see what's changed from 2020 to 2025 in marketing, brand, the Covid boom and bust and a LOT more. A casual…
Direct Bookings Aren't Free... Here's How To Understand Your Marketing Costs
In this episode Conrad and Paul talk all about how much it actually costs to get direct bookings and scale your bookings with paid ads. Enjoy!⭐️ Links & Show NotesPaul Manzey Conrad…
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