The Heads In Beds Show is your vacation rental & accommodations marketing podcast co-hosted by Conrad O'Connell and Paul Manzey. Learn how to double your direct bookings with search, social & email marketing strategies and tactics.
127 episodes transcribedIn this episode, Conrad and Paul focus on vacation rental marketing strategies at the property level, particularly optimizing property detail...
In this episode, Conrad and Paul think more about Google and how they're ranking and thinking about CONTENT on your vacation rental blog and...
In this episode, Conrad and Paul close the loop on the "lingo" series with reporting, numbers, KPIs and metrics that many vacation rental com...
In this episode Conrad and Paul use Porter's Five Forces to explain what challenges the vacation rental industry is facing in 2025, weak spot...
In this episode Conrad and Paul revisit the "lingo" series and focus on social media marketing and paid social ads mostly on Meta (Facebook /...
In this episode Conrad and Paul run a fun test: can we build a marketing strategy that makes sense with ChatGPT and / or Gemini from Google? ...
In this episode Conrad shares the audio from his room-filling DARM Presentation: Mastering Property Detail Pages & Property Descriptions...
In this episode Paul and Conrad revisit how things are going with Google's Vacation Rentals search platform in Google Travel. Is the 800lb ad...
In this episode Paul and Conrad break down hotel brands achieve global consistency while vacation rental franchises embrace local ops, but ma...
In this episode Paul and Conrad refresh the annual marketing plan with some new tips and tricks along with bonuses (see show notes links belo...
In this episode Paul and Conrad record after the DARM 2024 Conference in Sandestin, Florida recapping all of the great connections, lessons a...
In this episode Paul and Conrad have a friendly debate/discussion on two-sides of the coin: focusing mostly on direct-response advertising an...
In this episode Conrad goes solo on this audio-only version of a LIVE training on "Building Your Vacation Rental Marketing Fundamentals".Want...
In this episode Conrad and Paul break down the (kinda scary) number of Google services, products and channels that you likely need and rely i...
In this episode Conrad goes solo on this audio-only version of a LIVE training on "Running A Marketing Audit For Your Vacation Rental Busines...
In this episode Conrad and Paul talk about all of the key terms, lingo and platform understanding you need to excel with email marketing for...
In this episode Conrad and Paul talk about marketing properties only based on location vs marketing them based on common amenities or attribu...
In this episode Conrad and Paul brainstorm what are the best ways to get the MOST from a monthly marketing review from either your internal t...
In this episode Conrad and Paul come up with some ideas based on real everyday pain points that they deal with based on homeowner and guest m...
In this episode Conrad and Paul come up with some ideas based on real everyday pain points that they deal with based on homeowner and guest m...
