#1 - Billing Reminder

Attention Hosting Customers: Just in case you have missed the following announcements, we want you to be aware that your April 1, 2010 invoice will include our Hosting Fee Adjustments.

• December 2009 News [Click Here]
• January 2010 News [Click Here]

Hosting as of January 1, 2010 is being billed at $20 a month, $60 a quarter.

#2 - Register for our Upcoming Continuing Education Webinars.

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How to Build a Facebook Fan Page [Click to Register]
March 30, 2010 - 8am AKT, 9am PST, 10am MDT, 11am CST, Noon Eastern.
Don't have a Facebook Fan Page? Join us and learn how to set one up. Remember: You do not need to have a personal Facebook Profile to establish a standalone Facebook Fan Page for your business..

Blog Writing Workshop [Click to Register]
April 6, 2010 - 8am AKT, 9am PST, 10am MDT, 11am CST, Noon Eastern.
Your choice of blogging tool (Wordpress or Google Blogger) won't help your posts get seen unless you write good SEO friendly content in you blog posts. Come to this Webinar and learn the basic steps of getting your post seen in the search engines.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) [Click to Register]
April 7, 2010 - 7am AKT, 8am PST, 9am MDT, 10am CST, 11 Eastern.
The counterpart to Google Local is the tried and true Organic Listings (those 10 listings below the maps). Is your site SEO friendly? Does Google place you site for all your pages or just your home page? Come learn how SEO can benefit your business by driving more traffic that can turn into bookings!

Google Alerts / Managing your Online Reputation [Click to Register]
April 20, 2010 - 8am AKT, 9am PST, 10am MDT, 11am CST, Noon Eastern.
Need help with watching what people are saying about you online? Or finding out ideas for blog topics, press releases, or just knowing your blog post was picked up in Google? Come to this session and learn all the uses of Google Alerts (another of Google's FREE tools!)

Newsletter Writing Workshop [Click to Register]
April 27, 2010 - 8am AKT, 9am PST, 10am MDT, 11am CST, Noon Eastern.
Social Media may be getting all the press, but Newsletters are still a solid opportunity to keep your name in front of your guests and increase monthly bookings. Don't leave this important piece out of your marketing strategy for 2010.

#3 - Share your Successes with Acorn IS and other Innkeepers.

At the Austin Texas PAII conference, I heard Acorn IS Innkeepers one after another sharing their successes they've experienced during the past year.

Many, if not all of these innkeepers have begun to embrace Social Media, attend our Weekly Webinars, be diligent with submitting Press Relelases and many other options they have available to them to increase their business.

If you have a story to share please E-Mail it to Lisa@acorn-is.com and we'll make sure to share it in one of our Blog posts. Not only will it create an inbound link to your site or Blog, you'll be sharing great ideas with other innkeepers.

Click your Social Media of Choice and Follow Us. You will get receive ongoing information that will help you with your daily business.

Don't Miss Out! Click and Follow us how you prefer NOW!

Follow Acorn Internet on Twitter - Click Here to become a Follower!
Acorn is definitely an "IN"former when it comes to Tweeting. We are NOT a "ME"former. We continue to post short "Tweets" when we find something of interest. Most of our Tweets provide links to pertinent articles of interest.