by ddshears
VR niche markets: Increase bookings by going dog-friendly
We encourage all vacation rental businesses to research and explore potential niche market opportunities. Many have found sweet-spots identifying as farm-stays, glamping stays, by focusing on accessibility for guests with mobility challenges, etc. … [Read more...]
Giving Back: a win-win for vacation rental businesses and their communities
Why Give Back? Like it or not none of us live or run our businesses in a bubble. We all have impacts on the communities we live and work in...some positive and some not as positive. And all communities and locales have challenges whether it be … [Read more...]
Your website has a carbon footprint!
What is web hosting? All websites must "live" on a special computer system called a "server" that allows the website files to be accessed via the internet. This is the same for every website in the entire world and also other data sites including … [Read more...]
Hostfully Features Papagayo Luxury
RedSpiralHand has been integrating Hostfully with websites more frequently and are happy to say that they have continued to evolve and improve and refine their booking sites and widgets' functionality and design. In September we participated in … [Read more...]
Stand Out With A Video-centric, Photo-centric Website & Blog
What's better than a full screen width (fully mobile) image-centric Wordpress Genesis website for your Vacation Rental business? A full screen width (fully mobile) VIDEO-centric Wordpress Genesis website! High resolution drone footage of your … [Read more...]
Get your WordPress “Classic Editor” back! (Disable the new “Gutenberg Editor”)
Wordpress 5.0 roared in like a lion at the end of December and the most noticeable BIG change is the new Gutenberg block-style editor that now replaces the classic editor. I was in the middle of a project when this happened and automatically … [Read more...]
RedSpiralHand Featured on the Ultimate Vacation Rental List of People and Companies to Follow
We're so honored to have been included on Matt Landau & Heather Bayer's list of Ultimate Vacation Rental Companies for 2017. If you don't know who Matt Landau is and you are a vacation rental owner or manager then you are in for a … [Read more...]
New Website: Northwest Fire Suppression
Out With the Old, In With the New! Just launched a brand new website today for Northwest Fire Suppression. We'd been in conversations for months, first with a free assessment where I gave the CEO a head's up that their old asp-based site had … [Read more...]
New Client Testimonial
"Working with Dawn Shears has been great. I found her to be technically proficient, brilliantly creative, and super passionate about the work she did for me in print, design, and website programming. Having worked with other creative developers … [Read more...]