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The Boostly Podcast

Corporate to Comfort: One Hosts Journey to STR Innovation and Family Balance

The Boostly Podcast

Mark Simpson

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 730. https://www.hostfully.com/boostly/ In this episode of the Boostly podcast, Liam is joined by Manisha, the founder of KVM Stays, to discuss effective strategies for obtaining more direct bookings. Manisha shares her journey from feeling stuck in her job to building a successful property business in Peterborough, UK. She details her approach to balancing family life with running a business, managing 21 units, and focusing on long-term bookings for contractors. Manisha talks about her marketing strategies, the importance of branding consistency, and the benefits of having an in-house marketing team. She also discusses her team's structure, the recruitment of virtual assistants, and key pieces of technology that aid her business operations. The conversation concludes with Manisha’s future business plans, touching on new market segments and diversification strategies. For those interested in coaching, Manisha highlights the importance of support and accountability in her approach. https://Boostly.co.uk https://Boostly.co.uk/5steps https://instagram.com/boostlyuk https://Boostly.co.uk/podcast

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Boostley podcast, the podcast that gives you the host, your tools, your tactics, your training, and most of all the confidence so you can go out there and get more direct bookings.

0:10.0

We're going behind the host today with experienced host. She's a coach. She's got an amazing

0:16.7

business here in the UK and a place called Peterborough for our US listeners. And she's the founder of KVM stays. You can check them out at

0:26.2

KVM stays.co. UK. We've got the wonderful Manisha here to join us on the

0:31.2

show. So welcome along Manisha. Thank you for along Manisha thank you for joining me.

0:33.4

Thank you for having me. So I know I've given you a bit of a drum up there but

0:38.5

tell me about your business the elevator

0:43.4

hit. Okay, so it started about seven years ago when I just felt boa very stuck in my job.

0:49.3

I enjoyed what I was doing but I just felt I'd trade too much on my time for money. I didn't have enough time for my daughter,

0:56.1

just had my daughter and it was just becoming a bit too much and that's when I thought,

1:00.7

okay could I do something else and And my husband at that time, blessed him,

1:05.6

he said, you like watching Home Under the Hammer?

1:07.7

Why don't she go into property?

1:10.1

Obviously.

1:11.8

But obviously, it was completely different to what I was expecting from watching

1:15.2

home under the hammer and then going to property itself, doing all the training.

1:19.8

So that's how it started for me. And for me, my focus was always to kind of grow it

1:25.4

in term of profit rather than scaling it up

1:28.7

because a number of two children,

1:31.9

I wanted to make it work around me. I didn't want it the other way around.

1:35.2

I had a very high paid job before, but then I didn't have the time. So I didn't want to set up a business that takes so much of my time that I still don't have time for the

1:43.8

family so I've made it work around me rather than me working around the

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