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Get Listed Dot Org II

I revisited some of the stuff we had done in the beginning to get our business out there and on the web. When we first bought the Quill and Quilt, it had closed for several years so it had no … Continue reading

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PR News Release About New Innkeeper

One of the many things we get to learn to do as a jack of trades that is the small business person today. You need to write and release your own press release. Here is the press release – Polly … Continue reading

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New Innkeeper at the Quill and Quilt

This is a big change. Polly is taking over as full time innkeeper. She was doing almost all of this before but being on site is a big change and very helpful. She has been doing it about 45 days … Continue reading

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First Offer

We did receive an offer. The offer was quite low but not to worry as it helped us a lot. The potential buyer did not know much about the B&B business and was not a very good fit. In hindsight, … Continue reading

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Bed and Breakfast for Sale!

Update: 1/19/2013 – For Sale By Owner for now. You can contact Todd Burmeister at 612-803-7066. Or my email is toddburme at Msn dot com. We continue to grow and improve the business in the hopes of passing on a … Continue reading

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How to do a successful Living Social / Groupon / Crowdcut

We have done several of these deals and so far this what we have learned. Now this is written purely form the point of view of a B&B owner running a deal on one of these sites. Yes, we try … Continue reading

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Living Social and Crowdcut

We did both of these going into winter. Now after some thought we are wondering if it was so smart. Sure it fills up the weekends but at what cost? We have done so well with increasing our advertising and … Continue reading

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QR Codes

The QR code or Quick Response code has been popping up everywhere. I at first felt behind the curve as i had no idea what they were or what they did. Now I know. the vast majority of them take … Continue reading

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Living Social and Crowd Cut

Going into our slow season so we decided to do both Living Social and Crowd Cut. One gives a discount on a two night stay in the Queen rooms and the other was a one night stay in the King … Continue reading

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Specific Service Signs

We wanted to see if we could get those big signs that list the services on that exit. Usually they are gas, food and lodging. Well where we are on highway 52, this not possible. But we can do Specific … Continue reading

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