If you ran a business selling plastic bags you might understandably struggle to find appropriate and visually interesting photos to share on your blog.<\/p>\n
However, as a holiday rental owner you\u2019re actually in a great position.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re bound to have plenty of photos of your holiday let and the surrounding area, so you should make every effort to use as many of them as possible.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a look at some of the advantages of doing so.<\/p>\n
1. It creates a highly visual blog in an instant<\/strong><\/p>\n We all take in information in different ways.<\/p>\n Some of us like to read text rather than listen to people speaking \u2013 even if the information is exactly the same.<\/p>\n However others will get far more information from a photo or other image.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve probably seen infographics \u2013 they\u2019re just another way to get across information on a particular topic and break up the text you\u2019d get if that same information was presented in a blog post.<\/p>\n In short, don\u2019t be afraid to write a short post and back it up with plenty of images.<\/p>\n 2. It provides an easy way to create visual content for your social media sites<\/strong><\/p>\n We know how important it is to have a social media presence. This applies just as much to holiday rental owners as it does to people who own other businesses.<\/p>\n Every time you create a blog post supported by images, choose one of those images to upload to your Facebook page, your Twitter account and your Pinterest page.<\/p>\n Add a comment or two and a link and hey presto, you could increase your blog traffic without even trying.<\/p>\n This also has the ability to make your social media profiles a lot more interesting.<\/p>\n Remember, some people react to images more than text, so you\u2019ll be appealing to a greater section of your potential audience simply by injecting more photos into the mix.<\/p>\n 3. A picture paints a thousand words\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n So they say – and we’d have to say, they’re right!<\/p>\n When people use social media sites to see what others have to say, they like quick bursts of information. That\u2019s partly why Twitter\u2019s 140 character limit has been so successful.<\/p>\n In reality, you don\u2019t have to say much if you include a photo with your tweet or message, since the photo will be saying a lot more than you ever could.<\/p>\n Take a look at a photo of your holiday rental property now. How would you describe it?<\/p>\n More importantly, how long would it take you to describe even a fraction of what you can see in that picture?<\/p>\n Photos can be equally powerful when included in your blog articles.<\/p>\n And by adding them to your social media sites, you can attract a bigger audience and <\/em>increase the traffic that goes back to your website as a result.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not using photos too much at the moment, start making changes now and see how it increases engagement, interaction and (hopefully) new enquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you ran a business selling plastic bags you might understandably struggle to find appropriate and visually interesting photos to share on your blog. However, as a holiday rental owner you\u2019re actually in a great position. You\u2019re bound to have plenty of photos of your holiday let and the surrounding area, so you should make [Continue reading …]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}