We are mighty proud to announce that Jeff Logan was the recipient of the “2009 Trudy O’Reilly Award” from the Texas Bed and Breakfast Association (TBBA). We were all excited and gathered around in the office to see what had arrived for us from TBBA. When we saw Jeff’s name on the plaque, we were happy for him! The TBBA means so much to Jeff and all of us.
The Trudy O’Reilly award is given to those who “contribute generously of time and spirit to the Texas Bed and Breakfast Association”. When we look back on all the work we have done for the TBBA, it is very flattering that they have acknowledged us in this way. Some of our major goals for them has been member education and enhanced search engine placement for TexasBB.org. Through webinars, presentations and one on one conversations, we have shared the power and importance of blogging to members. We have also seen great enhancements the association site’s search engine placement.
Jeff is happy about the award. He is squinting from all the sunshine in "Sunny Sequim" WA
With our efforts, we have seen great growth for the site. Visits are up by almost 40%, time on site is up from just over 5 minutes to 6.5 minutes. The bounce rate is down a HUGE 20% and traffic from search engines is up 20%.
Overall, we are so glad that the TBBA has appreciated and learned from the marketing education and advice we have provided. We enjoyed attending both recent Texas B&B events, the combined meeting with PAII this March in Austin, as well as the meeting in Granbury in 2009. InsideOut was fortunate enough to be speakers at both of these events.
