Start an Accommodation Guru International Business

Description: Accommodation Guru offers an easy to manage business with a low investment, flexible hours and a high return on investment. Join now to earn commission 24/7, 365 days a year whilst working only a few hours a week!
Opportunities: Single territory and regional master license opportunities available throughout the US and worldwide in many countries.

Business Type: Business Opportunity.
Minimum Investment: $10,650.
Financing Assistance: Yes, from the company.
Training Provided: Yes.
Home-based: Yes.

Based on the success of his first Accommodation Guru website license, Marcus decided he wanted to increase his revenues and expand the Accommodation Guru business opportunity even further.  He tells the story in his own words.

"I've been running a successful holiday property called Halls Gap Escape in Halls Gap, The Grampians, Victoria, Australia, for three years. Back in January 2008, I was looking for some booking software to integrate into my website.  I came across Accommodation Guru and Dave Upton.  After reading about this unique business opportunity, I thought it might be too good to be true. But I decided that I may as well complete the enquiry form and see if I would actually be contacted as was promised.

To my surprise, I received a phone call the following day from Dave, who was on leave and travelling in the remote outback of Australia at the time.  After speaking with him at length, I analysed Dave's presentation and offer and worked through the pros and cons. I concluded that a larger opportunity had presented itself, beyond my original intent.  That opportunity was to provide an online gateway for not only my property, but for all the properties in Halls Gap - the Grampians.

With some apprehension mixed with excitement, I decided to take the next step and purchase an Accommodation Guru licence for the Grampians area. By May 2008, my website was launched.  I started by just listing my own property and developed a 'hit-list' of target properties that I wanted to feature on the site. Slowly but surely I worked my way through the list, trying to persuade other property owners to subscribe.

Whilst waiting for Google to index my new website, I focused both on driving traffic to the site and ensuring that I had great properties to offer visitors.  I executed this approach by complementing the launch with a Google AdWords campaign. To my delight, Google quickly recognized my new website based on the SEO recommendations of Dave and ItByUs.  By June, the site was fully indexed on Google and receiving significant traffic.

I can recall the first day that the Grampians site took a booking.  The feeling of success brought a smile to my face.  After that, I was able to confidently approach more establishments, knowing the great potential the system offered suppliers.

The momentum of the website continued to build, with more properties listing and more booking requests flowing in.  I began modestly with one or two requests a week. Now, twelve months down the track, that rate has grown exponentially to far exceed my expectations.  The site is indexed on page one of Google for all keyword search phrases.

I now have over 35 suppliers in what was a very well-established market and I am competing with the "big guys" in online accommodation.  My suppliers who keep their availability up-to-date agree that I have been instrumental in their business growth.

Not one to rest on my laurels, I still look to improve the content on my site, grow my supplier portfolio and work with existing suppliers to maximize the site's output. I really love the fact that I can watch my favourite football team play and come home to see that my site has generated revenue (it feels even better if my team has won!). I now only need to spend a couple of hours a week on my website to maintain its current momentum.

Having been so successful with the launch of the Grampians site, I began talking to Dave about further opportunities in other tourist areas.  Assessing different options, I took on the larger project of the entire state of Tasmania.  This website was registered at the beginning of June 2009. A few late nights later, I had shaped the content and look of the site using the simple CMS software.  Within 7 days, I was approaching suppliers and offering them the opportunity to list on the newly-created site.  On night one, I sent out a little over one hundred emails and the following day, the phone did not stop ringing with suppliers interested in listing.  Four weeks into the project and forty suppliers later, the booking requests have already begun.

My 'success story' is not yet over. In fact, it has only just begun.  With some strategic planning and focus, and by following the steps and principles provided by Dave and Accommodation Guru, I am confident that the Tasmanian site will replicate and hopefully exceed the success that I have had with the Grampians one.

To anybody looking for a home-based business with genuine income potential, I suggest you stop and take a look at what can be achieved from an Accommodation Guru licence.  Like everything in life, you get out what you put in. But, with some hard work, the rewards are there. I am proof!"

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