I -sometimes can’t see the forest for the trees!

Good Morning faithful readers!  I imagine many of you are glad for Friday and the coming weekend.  My family in Michigan is be buried in snow again as I know many of you in the midwest are.  Hopefully, warmer weather will be on the way soon, and you will be able to put those snow blowers back in the shed for a while!

To begin with, I stands for Innkeeper-something I am eagerly awaiting being again.  While most folks who have been innkeepers and moved on from the business do not re-enter it, I can truthfully say that I have missed it since I left.  While innkeepers have to deal with many of the same mundane issues that everyone does: insurance, inspections, income and the IRS to name a few, to me it is all worth it for the interesting people I get to meet, and the chance to provide a comfortable vacation  or get-a-way experience for my guests.

Keeping this journal has helped me in many ways.  As my title implies, sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees.  I get worried about serving breakfast and I don’t even have my inn.   Going through the alphabet in this way has pointed out to me the areas I can do research on and get smarter about before I have my inn. Last time I did this, it was a complete start-up.  Now I am hoping to buy a successful up and running inn which will have many procedures in place that I can build upon to make the inn my own.

On the social media marketing front, I just got a copy of Dan Zarella’s book- called appropriately The Social Media Marketing Book. I think it is right where I need  to start.  I will let you know how I progress with it, but so far I am quite impressed with the layout and the ease of use.

Thanks for reading.  I would love any feedback on what makes you love and inn and want to go back.  And I look forward to having you all as guests in the future!

Have a great weekend.