Sound Familiar?
Pesky Problem
You’ve never had your own business before your Airbnb.
Throughout our travels, we’ve been stunned by how many of our Airbnb hosts also run their own business. From dog groomers to graffiti artists, organic farmers to massage therapists, the ingenuity and hustle we’ve witnessed in our hosts have fueled our own ambitions as small business owners. But we’ve also met many hosts with an Airbnb that represents their very first venture into the entrepreneurial space. If that’s you, then we’ve got just the blog post for you this week.
Let's Try This
Bite-Size Solution
Leverage tried-and-true small business strategies.
Running your own Airbnb means running your very own small business. And there is no shortage of small business advice out there. As avid consumers of small business books and podcasts, we’ve collected ten strategies that we see come up again and again. All of these can be helpfully applied to running your Airbnb. If you’ve never really thought of your Airbnb as a business, try on this new paradigm and see how it feels. A little mindset shift might unlock a new level of joyful, profitable hosting.
5 Minutes
Here's Your First Step
Pick one of these ten tactics to test out in your hosting.
Start by looking through our blog post, The Entrepreneurial Host: 10 Small Business Strategies to Improve Your Airbnb. Then pick just one of these ten tactics and test out applying it in your hosting routine. If you’re not sure which one to choose, ask yourself which of these strategies would shore up the weakest element of your current Airbnb operation. The answer might surprise you.