If you are attending any Webinars that are not Acorn Internet Services sponsored, you MUST be diligent on validating the information you are provided.

I have received multiple phone calls and e-mails regarding information being provided at our competitors’ Webinars.  INVALID and CONFLICTING information is being provided at these sessions which is confusing and distressing to innkeepers.

If you have attended one of these Webinars and received any of the following information, you have been misinformed. 

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 - Have you been told you NEED Google Analytics or you will be in jeopardy? 

As part of its hosting, Acorn-IS provides URCHIN Tracking for FREE, if Google Analytics is not already setup for the sites we host.  URCHIN is ONSERVER Analytics stored on our Acorn-IS servers.  Google Analytics (GA) is stored in the Google Cloud.  Both provide 95% similar information.   Note:  If you wish to use the E-Commerce tracking offered by Google Analytics and are currently using Rezovation, contact us and we will switch you  from Urchin to GA.

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- Have you been told that if your Google Blog posts aren’t on the same server as your Web Site they are not of any benefit for SEO?

When set up with a CNAME, Google Blogger will:

1) Add pages to your site
2) Add links to your site
3) Be found in Google
  
If you have a Blogspot Blog, you may convert it over to a CNAME blog with a few simple steps.  A Blogspot Blog will not add pages to your site.

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- Have you been told that Wordpress doesn’t have any Security Issues?

In 2009, Wordpress published 15 different releases over the year, 6 of which involved security vulnerability issues. 

http://wordpress.org/development/category/releases/

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- What else are you being told that isn’t true? 

Come to the open forum and ask.  You cannot make a quality decision on bad information.  Don’t take the risk.  Get the truth.

Acorn-IS sponsored Webinars are NOT sales pitches.  If we teach it, we stand behind it and are proud to put our name on it.  We DO NOT provide information that we cannot prove works.

If anyone has told you something that contradicts what we have taught you or posted in our Blog, Twitter or Facebook, then please attend the class listed above. 

Bring your questions, and we will be happy to address them.

Our advice to every innkeeper is to choose a company you TRUST and who is committed to helping you achieve results and stick with them.   

We at Acorn-IS pride ourselves on helping every innkeeper to do the very best they can no matter their skill level.  We will not force you into a situation that requires you to pay for an expensive solution when there are alternatives that work just as well. 

Remember, Mark and I were innkeepers.  We know how hard it is to be in this industry and we are here to help you to be successful as cost effectively as possible. 

Lisa Kolb
Acorn-IS President and Co-Founder
Educating our Industry One Innkeeper at a Time