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What is the IAA Bed & Breakfast Association?

The IAA Bed & Breakfast Association is a key component of the International Association Alliance’s (IAA) community of associations, organizations, businesses and individuals that provides your business with access to new customers who are looking for your business and the products or services that you provide.

Business association memberships help you build your brand awareness, while increasing your brand’s credibility. This helps you to “close the deal” with new customers.

The IAA Bed & Breakfast Association helps establish the bed and breakfast community business standards that help attract independent businesses to become members. These independent businesses understand the value of being part of an industry group that provides credibility and helps them build their brand.

See how easy and inexpensive it is for your business to use the power of multiple association memberships to build your business. Instead of spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year, your IAA membership allows you to join the associations whose membership will benefit your business, all for one low membership investment.

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Why IAA membership is an investment in your business!

IAA membership is a small investment with big rewards and includes membership in our growing number of business associations which include:

IAA Bar, Pub & Tavern Association

IAA Bed & Breakfast Association

IAA Better Business Alliance

IAA Boutique, Shop & Store Association

IAA Brewery, Cidery & Distillery Association

IAA Café, Diner & Restaurant Association

IAA Farm & Ranch Stay Association

IAA Global Green Alliance

IAA Green Business Alliance

IAA Guide, Outfitter & Tour Association

IAA Limousine & Coach Association

IAA Mall, Market & Outlet Association

IAA Spa & Wellness Association

IAA Vineyard & Winery Association

IAA Wedding Association

Instead of spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year, your IAA membership allows you to join the associations whose membership will benefit your business, all for one low membership investment.

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Do you care about people and the environment?

What kind of business do you think your customers want to do business with? Customers today are looking for businesses that help people and protect the environment. To address this need, your membership also includes membership in Accessibility International and Sustainability International.

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Why IAA membership is important for your business.

When it comes to your business, everything you do on the Internet is done to get your business noticed. You hope that your website, and social media accounts will attract attention and help someone to become your customer.

The Internet is a great place to market your business, but the competition is fierce. Do you get frustrated knowing that your small business has to compete for customers with huge global companies?

Because you are working with limited resources, you have to provide even more paths for your business to be discovered by new customers. And when they find you, you have to quickly give them good reasons why they should entrust you with their business.

Please, if you want more new customers to find your business, learn how the International Association Alliance can help your business connect with those customers. You have to be creative with your marketing, giving potential customers unique ways to find your business.

When a potential new customer searches for your business, they use a search engine, either Google, Bing, Yahoo, or one of the others. Google is the most prominent search and two of Google’s top-ranking factors for any website are BACKLINKS, and CONTENT.

Your Social Media accounts are a great example of how you are building your content and building backlinks to your business content. You can easily multiply this effect by engaging on IAA’s industry Social Media Groups that will enhance your brand’s web exposure.

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New Year, New You

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by International Associations | Apr 27, 2022 | Marketing

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by International Associations | Apr 13, 2022 | Marketing

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by International Associations | Mar 30, 2022 | Marketing

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Online Booking Sites are Important to Your Marketing Strategy *

by International Associations | Feb 2, 2022 | Marketing

At the IAA Bed & Breakfast Association we believe it is important to include online channels in your online marketing plan, if you want to generate the highest possible revenues and increase your occupancy rates. 4 reasons why you should maximise the use of Online...

3 Great Breweries to Visit on Amelia Island *

by kara | Jan 26, 2022 | Exploring

What's your drink of choice while on vacation? For some, no getaway is complete without a fruity cocktail. Meanwhile, others simply enjoy the taste of a refreshing, ice-cold beer. If you fall into the latter category, then you've landed on the right page! The...

First Timer’s Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park *

by Innkeeper | Jan 19, 2022 | Exploring

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a key attraction in Western North Carolina. The Park has over 522,000 acres of mountains, waterfalls, streams, caves, trails, campsites, and wildlife. Because the park is so large and there is so much to do, first time visitors...

Great Spring Happenings in Asheville NC *

by client-admin | Jan 12, 2022 | Exploring

We’re updating the old adage of “April showers bring May flowers” into ”April’s Here, Grab A 9-Iron And A Beer, and Let’s Cheer!” WNC is blessed with an abundance of great golf, both public and private, as well as a plethora of breweries, live music and more-and we’re...

What to Look for in Your Beach Vacation Resort *

by Brian Trinh | Jan 5, 2022 | Exploring

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