Hashtags for Self-Catering
What are Hashtags? How Many Hashtags? Irish Self-Catering Social Media Links. Hashtags for Self-Catering? Competitions for Self-Catering.
The ISCF aims to support members with information and content to increase your bookings. The guideline below is for members so you can increase visibility and bookings in 2022.
What are Hashtags and Why Important?
Best views of Ireland
* Posts with hashtags get 12.5% more engagement than posts without hashtags
* The more recent posts using hashtags will be shown as the first search results
* Turn posts can be discovered more easily and you can reach a wider audience
* Branded Hashtags encourage user-generated content and sharing
- Can go viral through sharing – like word-of-mouth
- Can use the Logos from Self-Catering as Hashtags and say you are a member and who – shows you are serious about business.
- Videos get a better reach – it may be a video of the site outside your house, drone footage, or the birds singing in trees… all simple to do. But make sure your details are at the end of the post (place- village/Town and County, Tourism Region, Sleep no, email Contact)
Achill Island walking when staying on a Self-Catering holiday.
Have a theme per month for Social Media and build up stock over a year. This is a Guide only for themes, make your own list and put it on the notice board. Build up your stock of images and information to repeat and sell what the area has to offer as well as the Self-Catering house.
| January | Get Booking for holidays ( start 26/12!) | July | Best Views to see Near me |
| February | Festivals and Fun | August | Family Fun |
| March | Spring is Here | Sept | Food of the Region |
| April | Nature | October | Off-Season bookings – Digital Nomads |
| May | Animals of my area | November | Plan for Christmas – Decor, |
| June | Activities near me | December | Support other Businesses in Areas – and ask for support back |
How Many Hashtags?
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* The number of Hostages caries on the type of post and social media
* Have a hashtag with 20-24 characters rather than shorter ones as prefer better
* Capitalize every individual word to #LetsGoSelfCatering – to make it easier to read
* Jump on Trending Topics – Green Bottom from Tourism Ireland. – even a photo
worth a green button!
- Share a theme per month – this is a guide only and add your own theme’s
| Number of Hashtags | |
| Older People view Facebook – don’t rely on it!
Max 4# 1-3 images and description as well as # below Do 1-2 a week and link to the Instagram page. Re-posting other social media gives reach- so share other Self-Catering owners’ posts. |
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| Younger viewers – great to post images and stories
NO more than 30# per post. ( magic number is 11 # per post), No more than 10# per story Get the Children to set this up over Christmas. 1-3 great photos and put plenty of tags on each post. |
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| IF you have a business page attached to your personal Linkedin Profile – can post about the area, what to do in the area, awards won and benefits staying with you. More a business focus for larger companies. Pack profile with information about your property and – don’t repeat a word if you can. Link to Maire Linkedin for ISCF as Example
Use 3-4 # or add the Twitter @ to the post as well as the person name. Can write a long post. But a short paragraph and Photo is best. |
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| If you use Twitter – add your @ and 2-4 more in the post. Used mostly by Journalists and Politicians, and local LEO |
HASHTAG HACKS FOR SELF-CATERING!!
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* Link your Instagram to Facebook to get further reach
* Link your Instagram to Facebook to get further reach
* Check out your competitor’s Hashtags
*Check out your audience’s Hashtags
* Keep a list of relevant hashtags sorted by topics
* Find related hashtags
* Keep track of hashtag performance – use Insta Insights
* Try to mix high volume hashtags with specific ones
* Go picture specific – describe it with hashtags
* Don’t forget holiday-related ones! #Christmas
* Some hashtags might be false friends, double-check for alternate meaning
* Check out your competitor’s Hashtags
Suggested Hashtags for You
| #LetsGoSelfCatering | #GreenButton | #HolidayHomeIReland |
| #Self Catering | Visit IReland | #BestSelfCatering |
| #Vacation Rental | #HolidayIreladn | #BestViewIreland |
| #Holiday Home | Discover Ireland | #FamilyHoliday |
| #ShortTermRental | #(Torusm Region)HolidayHome | #(County)SelfCatering |
| #PrivateHOuse | #(Village/Town) SelfCaatering | #FamilyFunHolidays |
| #Sleeps6(Region) | #GroupsSelfCatering | #BestBeaches/ Lakes |
| #DogFriendlyHoliday | #(TourismArea -Iinshowen)HolidayHOme | #BreakfastWithView |
| #FamilyHoliday | #BestPicnic | #BestLocalFoods |
| #IrishTourism | #MakeMemories | #Best (Cottage/Lighthouse)Holiday |
Remember the Social Media Links for the ISCF and LetsGoSelfCatering are as follows- so link in and we link in with members. Message when wanting a post on the site(s) and Special offers on the following page. IF you want to boost it spreads very well -but only 24 hours or more after the post is put up. We do not recommend adding your phone no to the information – as more likely get nuisance calls.
Social Media Links for the Irish Self-Catering Federation
| Social Media | Name | Link | |
| Irish Self-Catering Federation | https://www.facebook.com/HolidayHomesIreland | ||
| LetsGoSelfCatering | https://www.facebook.com/LetsGoSelfCatering | ||
| Letsgoselfcatering | https://www.instagram.com/letsgoselfcatering/?hl=en | ||
| @ISCFederation | https://twitter.com/ISCFederation | ||
| @LetsGoSelfCatering | https://twitter.com/letsgoselfcater | ||
| ISCF Irish Self Catering Federation | https://www.linkedin.com/company/10361668/admin/ |
Competitions for Self-Catering Owners
Self-Catering Holiday Homes, Ireland.
Set up a competition with another business ( shop, restaurant, pub, Activity provider) and share with the ISCF and local tourism body to get maximum coverage.
The best time to run a competition is in the offseason when people are looking to Holidays doing the coming year.
Link in with local festivals and events as well.
Remember you can offer a discount rather that a full winning completion. This will increase your reach – especially if you say a post has to be shared and 2 people copied in.
| #[YourBusiness]Win | #ShareAndWin | #Last MInuteDeal |
| #Competition | #Giveaways | #FlashSale |
| #Win | # (your BUsiness) Giveaway | #Promoition |
| #CompetitionTime | #PromotionalPrice | #SummerSale |
| #Competitionday | #PromotionsDay | #(Region -WAW)Promotion |
| #ContestAlert | # (County)Competition | #DigitalNomadCompetition |
| #BestSelfCatergin | #FamilyCompetition |
The LetsGoSelfCatering social media can also be used for members (0nly) to promote their competitions – just fill in the form and send details and images to the office.
info@iscf.ie. | Mob: +353 86 1785654
Let us know what you think of this information sheet for Self-Catering members, and any other topics you would like dealt with.
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