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Thanks so much for this information!  It was very helpful in framing my understanding as I try to maximize my HouFY potential!

Thanks so much for this information! It was very helpful in framing my understanding as I try to maximize my HouFY potential!

Thank you for this Bridget! I have started a few stories and put them into a guide. But how do I attach it to our listing? Our listing still

Thank you for this Bridget! I have started a few posts and put them into a collection. But how do I attach it to our listing? Our listing still shows that we haven't shared any collections. Thank you! (I'm actually Laureen for my father David)

Go to My profile in top right corner.  Scroll down and click on My listings and select the listing where you want the guide attached.  Then click

Go to Profile Pic in top right corner. Scroll down and click on My listings and select the listing where you want the collection attached. Then click Collections. You will now see all of your Collections. You will have the option to click Yes, or No. Click Yes if you want the collection visible on the listing. Then Preview your listing to make sure others can see it from the traveler view.

Can a story be associated and visible only after a booking? Some information in arrival guides is better to be private and trying to understand

Can a post be associated and visible only after a booking? Some information in arrival guides/collections is better to be private and trying to understand if that's possible with a collection as intended with this platform.

. Houfy is so much more than just a place to list and book properties.  

Once you begin to think of Houfy in terms of a 

 (with thousands of owners/travelers sharing local info), you'll begin to see the potential power of Houfy. Not only will Houfy be "interesting" to site users–but interesting to search engines (Google/Bing/Yahoo,etc.) as well! 

Relevant content = higher search engine rank = more traffic = more bookings

Before diving straight into writing, I suggest first spending a few minutes learning the basic concepts of Houfy Social. Once you understand the difference between Posts and Collections (and the purpose of each one), you'll find that sharing info on Houfy is actually quite simple!   

You can now view your Friends, Followers, or the members you are Following.

Most of you are currently using Houfy Social to create useful collections for your guests. Think of a post as being similar to a 

blog post, article, or more detailed/useful information.

Posts allow many options in regards to formatting. You can embed links, videos, pics, bold, highlight, italicize, underline, make headings, number items, etc. In essence, a post allows you to create pretty documents.  

So take all those old "things to do" and "places to eat" Word documents and turn them into pretty Houfy posts. Travelers can comment on them, share them on social media, and bookmark them into their own collections for a future trip. Not to mention your guests will appreciate you have all of this info handy for them!

A collection is just a collection of related posts. Think of it as organizing information into folders.  You might have a collection called "

." Collections appear under your profile, and can be set to public or private. You might be creating a collection for your own vacation and bookmarking others'posts. Be sure to set to private if you prefer the public not view it.      

When creating collections for guests, you will make these public and attach them to the appropriate listing. 

: your "Best Food Trucks in Asheville, NC" collection likely wouldn't be attached to your listing in Spain. On the other hand, a collection about "How travelers can save $$$ on vacation" may be attached to all of your listings.   

No one is going to force you to create posts and collections if you don't want to. If you need help getting started, go ahead and start converting your arrival info into Houfy posts. Then compile them all into a 

 for your guests. I email all of this info directly from Houfy as soon as guests make a booking.  

I love being able to provide digital collections for my guests

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