Making the Most of Your Membership

MAKING THE MOST O F YO U R M E M B E R S H I P

Our badge will reassure your guests that they’ve found exactly the right place for them

Are you taking full advantage of our reputation?

Featuring in our guidebooks and on our website is only the beginning of the story.

Over the last 20 years, we’ve established a fantastic reputation as a trusted source of truly Special Places. And your hard-earned accreditation entitles you to turn that to your advantage across all your own marketing activities, from print to social media.

Joining Sawday’s really is one of the best things you can do for your Special Place. But it’s up to you to make the most of your membership.

Luckily, we’re here to help you do just that!

Charlotte Murphy Head of Membership

The Sawday’s stamp of approval You can download your accreditation badge from the Member Area of our website. You might have already activated your account, but if you haven’t, it’s really easy – we promise.

The Member Area is dedicated to helping you to make the most of your Special Place. You can tempt guests by sharing your local knowledge through points of interest, entice them by uploading new photos and seduce them by adding special offers. And you can update your details whenever you like.

G etting started Just visit sawdays.co.uk/members Enter your email and your password LOG IN If you haven’t logged in before, it doesn’t take long.

Just visit the web address above, click ‘Activate your account’ and follow the simple steps.

If you have any problems, please call us on +44 (0)117 204 7810 and we’ll be happy to help.

A badge of honour

You’ve worked hard to be accredited by us, so why not celebrate by showing off your new badge?

Using your badge is a brilliantly effective way of letting guests know that you and your place really are something very special.

Using your badge online...

– Show off your badge on your website home page – Don’t forget to use it on your social media pages – Why not pop it on your email signature, too?

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…in your printed materials…

In your advertising, in your brochure and on your stationery

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…and in your Special Place Why not frame your new certificate and hang it somewhere it can’t be missed – and pop your window sticker up so it’s visible too.

(Don’t forget to clean the window, or it won’t stick.)

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C apture the

heart and soul of your Special P lace These days, most folk want to see everything before they decide where to stay. To swell your bookings, make sure you have lots of gorgeous photographs. Good photos boost your chances of being featured in the media, too, as we can’t put you forward without them.

You can have 20 photos in your gallery, so make sure you have photos of every room, as well as of the garden, from a variety of angles. A photo of you would be interesting to guests, too!

Manage your photo gallery

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ALL’EREMO RELAIS AGRITURISMO, ITALY

CLOS MIRABEL, FRANCE

LITTLE COMFORT FARM, DEVON

Top tips

from Alec, our Photo Editor 1 B eautiful shots impress guests – so use a proper camera, not a mobile phone!

Better still, arrange for a professional photographer to take photos for you.

2 C hoose a sunny day – or whenever the light is best, but for garden and outdoor shots choose early morning or evening.

3 S end us seasonal photos – so you can arrange your gallery to suit the time of year.

4 T ake landscape shots (where the photo is wider than it is tall).

5 M ake sure each photo is larger than 1MB in size – and just send us the un-edited originals.

Our Photo Team are experts in editing your photos, including improving the light levels and colour, and carefully selecting those that will be most enticing to guests.

MARVER HOUSE, CORNWALL

THE KING’S ARMS,

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

CASA AZUL, SPAIN

10 LONDON STREET, EDINBURGH

Keep in touch

Don’t be a stranger! We’re here to help you make the most of your membership.

And we love to hear from our members, so please do share your news with us:

drop us a line

members@sawdays.co.uk

give us a tinkle +44 (0)117 204 7810 Monday to Friday, 9am – 5.30pm gmt

visit our helpsite help.sawdays.co.uk Follow what we’re up to:

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