I'm going to BOOST your airBnB listing !

[Lilian20]

Hello everyone, 

Feel free to let me know your listing's URL in the comments below.

I'm going to boost it and give it a better ranking in airbnb search results. 

If you're already satisfied with your listing's performance in terms of visibility and bookings, this " Boost " will allow you to up your prices. 

* What am I going to do : 

1) I'm going to take a quick look at your pictures to make sure they look cool then I'm going to add your property to my airbnb favorites / wishlist https://www.airbnb.fr/wishlists/56557342 

2) I'm going to share it here : http://facebook.com/OneBigWeb  (2000 followers)

3) And here  : https://twitter.com/One_Big_Web (3000 followers)

 

* Why do I do all this ? 

I need your HELP - please share my listing https://www.airbnb.fr/rooms/12043937 on the web and add it to your favorites. 

* Why take part ? 

It's clearly a WIN-WIN since we all get better visibility in airbnb search results in our respective areas.

* Let's do it !

I'm going to boost your listing and you're going to boost mine. 

[Elle4]

Hi  @Lilian20

I have posted on my face book page,

https://www.facebook.com/apartmentsaklcity/posts/766024730237479?notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=149...

Tweeted and

https://twitter.com/elle_aac

wish listed 

https://www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/13208195

Elle

[Em4]

@Kunjan0  wishlisted.  looks interesting.

me at  https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1835186

Em

🙂

[Luna54]

Hello @Kunjan0 

I've wishlisted your listing.

Here's mine

https://www.airbnb.fr/rooms/35168892

Thank you

[Nicole183]

Great idea! Please do mine and I'll do the same 🙂

[Lilian20]

Hello @Nicole183 

Thanks for promoting my property, it's really appreciated.

I've added your sunny historic house https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12202521

in my twitter account : https://twitter.com/One_Big_Web/status/853240726049755138

and my facebook page too : https://www.facebook.com/OneBigWeb/posts/682606228594006 

[Christina176]

Hi Nicole, 

I added your listing to my wish list. I love your place and next time I'm in Washington DC I will book your listing.

Can you do the same for me?

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17900317

Thank you,

Christina 

[Neeta0]

Hi,

Below is my listing url

https://www.airbnb.co.in/rooms/770870

Will click on love / heart shape wish list after seeing your listing in detail.

Am bit slow in understanding about facebook as am not active on fb. 

Thanks !

regards,

Neeta

India

[Em4]

@Christina176  wishlisted.  lovely family home. 

me at  https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1835186

Em

🙂

[Neeta0]

Hi,

Below is my listing url

https://www.airbnb.co.in/rooms/770870

Will click on love / heart shape wish list after seeing your listing in detail.

Am bit slow in understanding about facebook as am not active on fb. 

regards,

Neeta

India

[Em4]

@Nicole183  wishlisted.  looks great.

me at  https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1835186

Em

🙂

[Helen3]

Hi @Lilian20

I understand the concept of helping each other out. But are you doing any vetting of listings you are agreeing to promote?

For example,  if there is host that has lots of cancellations, or bad reviews,  are you still going to promote them?

Also interested in how you promoting listings though your social media channels and adding to your favourites on Airbnb is going to enable hosts to increase their prices?

Although there is much discussion around what boosts your rankings on Airbnb I would imagine location, price, ratings and reviews, Instant Book, availability, and market saturation are much more likely to factor in how likely you are to get bookings, then a host with a few thousand random social media followers, who 'favourites' your listing.

[Lilian20]

Hello @Helen3 - thanks for participating.

All the properties which i have recommanded on twitter and facebook or added to my favourites are managed by good people which i know for regularly chatting with in private message or through public posts. 

If you like my property  https://www.airbnb.fr/rooms/12043937  and the way I have managed it so far, please share it on the web and add it to your wishlist. That will be very appreciated. 

[Helen3]

Hi @Lilian20

Thanks for clarifying that you are vetting listings you promote.

Would you also come back about my point, around how you know that doing this will generate more bookings for hosts/enable them to charge more?

[Lilian20]

@Helen3 , you're welcome. 

I think you need to relax about it, here is how it works : https://community.withairbnb.com/t5/Hosts/Relax-make-your-life-easier-now-be-picky/m-p/372880#M85115

[Helen3]

Hi @Lilian20

I saw your previous post about this.

My point was that what actually pushes listings up the rankings as I mentioned previously includes 1. Location 2. Price 3. Instant Book, 4. High ratings 3. Availability of your property 4. Saturation in your location (the more similar listing there are, the harder you fight for a  first page ranking).  Sharing links with a few thousand followers and favouriting a listing once or twice will have little if any impact.

I just think its a little disengious to say to people that you posting about them on your social media and 'favouriting' their listing will help them charge more or get more bookings. You maybe doing this with the best of intentions, but I am not sure you fully understand how SEO works and the impact (or actually lack thereof) that it has on a host's listing.

Although links from high quality or high ranking sites ie national and international media, celebrity bloggers, influencers can drive traffic to a site and then convert a site visit to a purchase.  Say a celeb promotes a tshirt or jewellry then their fans might buy it. Or if any influential politican says something controversial it will get shared across social media.

HOWEVER. - Say you promote a listing to 3000 followers and say 10 have a look at the listing. Of those 10, 9 are doing so out of general interest but have no interest in travelling to that country/city.  1 might have an interest in that country but not the city, or the city but not the property. How does this help a host push up their prices or get more bookings?