Get Paid For Your Pad | Airbnb Hosting | Vacation Rentals | STR Revenue Management EP125: Save Time and Improve Your Listing’s Performance with Smartbnb
Feb 6, 2017
41:36
On this episode of the podcast, Jasper chats with Pierre-Camille Hamana, founder of smartbnb, an application that provides value to Airbnb hosts via automated messaging. Smartbnb gives superpowers to superhosts, improving response times and listings placement!
Jasper explains how his own experience as an Airbnb host informed the development of smartbnb, the flexible functionality of the application, and the freedom smartbnb allows its users. Listen in to learn how smartbnb can make your Airbnb venture easier and more profitable!
Some of the topics covered
How Pierre’s experience as an Airbnb host inspired smartbnb
•Airbnb is a quality marketing and design product, but lacks features
•He found the messaging aspect to be draining
How smartbnb creates personalized messages at scale
•Hosts schedule automated messages
•Shortcuts create custom messages including the guest’s first name, the city they are traveling from, etc.
•Availability and price inquiries are answered immediately with the total price in the guest’s currency
•The multilingual platform supports 29 languages and initiates communication in the language the guest viewed the listing
•Messages are sent to guests based on their time zone
The market monitoring feature of smartbnb
•Airbnb promotes hosts who convert inquiries into reservations
•Improved response times provided by smartbnb help hosts climb to the top of the results page
•Smartbnb users receive daily reports re: their placement in search results
The value of the app’s option to add team members to notification system
•Cleaning staff, concierge receive notice of bookings
•Concierge, drivers alerted when flights are delayed
Pricing and the configuration process
•Smartbnb offers a 14-day free trial
•Cost contingent on number of listings
•Base plan includes two listings for €15/$18
•Sign up with your Airbnb account at smartbnb.io
•Most configure within an hour
What’s next for smartbnb
•Pierre is working to add support for WhatsApp
Connect with Pierre
smartbnb.io/messaging
twitter.com/smartbnbhq
facebook.com/smartbnb/
Resources Mentioned
Free Listing Report
Connect with Jasper
Email: jasper@getpaidforyourpad.com
Twitter: @GetPaidForUrPad
Instagram: @GetPaidForYourPad
Facebook: www.facebook.com/getpaidforyourpad
This episode is sponsored by Hostfully.com where you can create a custom digital guidebook for your guests!
Jasper explains how his own experience as an Airbnb host informed the development of smartbnb, the flexible functionality of the application, and the freedom smartbnb allows its users. Listen in to learn how smartbnb can make your Airbnb venture easier and more profitable!
Some of the topics covered
How Pierre’s experience as an Airbnb host inspired smartbnb
•Airbnb is a quality marketing and design product, but lacks features
•He found the messaging aspect to be draining
How smartbnb creates personalized messages at scale
•Hosts schedule automated messages
•Shortcuts create custom messages including the guest’s first name, the city they are traveling from, etc.
•Availability and price inquiries are answered immediately with the total price in the guest’s currency
•The multilingual platform supports 29 languages and initiates communication in the language the guest viewed the listing
•Messages are sent to guests based on their time zone
The market monitoring feature of smartbnb
•Airbnb promotes hosts who convert inquiries into reservations
•Improved response times provided by smartbnb help hosts climb to the top of the results page
•Smartbnb users receive daily reports re: their placement in search results
The value of the app’s option to add team members to notification system
•Cleaning staff, concierge receive notice of bookings
•Concierge, drivers alerted when flights are delayed
Pricing and the configuration process
•Smartbnb offers a 14-day free trial
•Cost contingent on number of listings
•Base plan includes two listings for €15/$18
•Sign up with your Airbnb account at smartbnb.io
•Most configure within an hour
What’s next for smartbnb
•Pierre is working to add support for WhatsApp
Connect with Pierre
smartbnb.io/messaging
twitter.com/smartbnbhq
facebook.com/smartbnb/
Resources Mentioned
Free Listing Report
Connect with Jasper
Email: jasper@getpaidforyourpad.com
Twitter: @GetPaidForUrPad
Instagram: @GetPaidForYourPad
Facebook: www.facebook.com/getpaidforyourpad
This episode is sponsored by Hostfully.com where you can create a custom digital guidebook for your guests!
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