Perseid Meteor Shower and Star Trails
Star trails and a time lapse from the #perseidmeteorshower.
View Article3 Steps to Finding the Perfect Guests
Interview with professor of marketing Angela Pointon. There is pure gold in our conversation, so take 15 minutes to listen to us discuss the top three keys to success. We even talk about exactly how to...
View ArticleVacation Rental Photo Shoot – Vintage Hermosa Beach Cottage, Los Angeles,...
The delicate chandeliers. The rain shower. And the Murphy bed that pulled out from below the built-in China hutch.
View ArticleTeaser Video for My 2015 Vacation Rental World Summit Presentation
Teaser for my 2015 Vacation Rental World Summit presentation about lead images for your vacation rental property listing. Sign up for the VRWS at http://tyannmarcink.com/vrws today.
View ArticleThe VRWS vs Other Summits
My 8 reasons why the #VacationRental World Summit is different.
View ArticleKeep Your Shirt On, the Sky Isn’t Falling – Expedia Buying HomeAway
Keep your shirt on, the sky isn't falling - @Expedia buying @HomeAway
View ArticleHow to Photograph a Christmas Tree
The twinkling lights are mesmerizing. But those teensy sparkles on the Christmas tree trick your camera into some pretty awful stunts…like making the flash go off. You know you need a photo of this...
View ArticleTragedy, Community, Corn, and Inspirations
This isn’t your usual “looking back and looking ahead” end-of-the-year post. This also isn’t a post that will tell you much about business or marketing or photography. What it is, though, is a post...
View ArticleFlood of 2015 in Union, Missouri
"When this area flooded in 1957, I saw people water skiing behind their boats in the field right over there."
View ArticleOne Minute Look at a Vacation Rental Property Photography Shoot
I got in FRONT of the camera for this one. During the Colorado photo shoots, I had my lovely assistant (aka little sister Emily) shoot a bit of footage of me doing my thing. Take a look at the one...
View ArticleInside the HomeAway Hospitality Manager
Take a look inside my own personal dashboard of the HomeAway Hospitality Manager.
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of My Photo Shoot with Sal Cincotta
Since I am speaking at the huge photography conference called Shutterfest, I needed a fierce looking head shot for the event. Here is the behind the scenes of that shoot. I had originally done a...
View ArticleGet an Edge with Matterport Technology – Virtual Tours and Floor Plans
We are all looking for an EDGE over our competition, whether it is in business or sports. Over in the vacation rental industry, I sat down with Brownrygg Woolls of Porch Light Visuals to talk about the...
View ArticleThe Creation of Swell Coffee Company – an Intimate Interview with Owner John...
"When I ran across that piece of paper, I really started to look at the world differently." Swell Coffee Company owner and retired Navy veteran John Vallas speaks about how he created his coffee...
View ArticleConference People
What happens when you attend 6 conferences in 2 countries within 10 weeks? You meet a lot of people. Lol. Seriously, though, what really happens when you travel to so many different conferences, even...
View ArticleMakeover of an Author’s House
When the author of an internationally selling book invites you to her vacation rental, you pick a weekend and go. It’s that simple. I packed my camera gear and new buddy Charlie (my Phantom 4 drone),...
View ArticleAsk Me Anything – Episode 001
I did this crazy thing the other day. I went on Facebook Live and let people ask me anything about my businesses and life. And suddenly, the 90 minutes I had allotted had flown by, and I had answered...
View ArticleLive Video from Mexico with my Vacation Rental Besties
So there I was in Akumal/Tulum, Mexico, just south of Cancun, salsa dancing, snorkeling in the Mexican cenotes and near the Tulum ruins, and drinking pina coladas...
View ArticleHomeAway Hospitality Owner Dashboard
Many owners are not using the HomeAway Hospitality Manager to its fullest capabilities. In this video I walk you through how I have my own personal Hospitality Manager set up, as well as tips on how...
View ArticleHow to Make a Video of Yourself with Your iPhone (or Other Smartphone)
Window + iPhone + tripod = one fantastic video One of my half-way-through-the-year resolutions was to up the game with the marketing for my own vacation rental properties.
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