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Everything happens online nowadays, so a hostel without an internet presence is nearly invisible for travelers. Build a professional website for your hostel. Include pictures, testimonials, services, attractions, and lists of local businesses. Make customers want to visit your hostel when they see your site. Update your website regularly so customers know the latest information about your business.  If you aren’t confident that you can design a website yourself, hire a professional. This isn’t an area that you should skimp on. Make sure guests can easily book their stay on your website. Otherwise they have to book through a different site and you’ll have to pay that site a commission. Don’t forget about social media either. Start pages and keep them updated regularly. There are travel bloggers on social media that have millions of followers, so a writeup from one of them can be huge for your business. Do an internet search and see who some influential bloggers are and how to reach out to them. Contact them and offer a free stay in exchange for a review. Hostels are part of local communities, so become part of that community. Get to know the local business owners and recommend their services to your guests. Make a list of bars, tour guides, clubs, and tourist attractions and recommend them to your guests. These same business owners can point travelers towards your hostel. These mutually-beneficial relationships can help your hostel succeed. Be prepared to offer something in return for local businesses recommending your hostel. Offer to carry their brochures in your lobby or put out a pamphlet of recommended local restaurants and bars. It might seem counterproductive to network with your competition. However, your competitors can be a big help for you. For example, if you’re friends with a hostel owner down the street and his hostel is full for the night, he can direct new visitors to your hostel instead. Take advantage of this network by meeting and making friends with as many hostel owners as you can.  Network with hostel owners outside your area too. Backpackers and other travelers usually jump from town to town. If one hostel owners hears that his guests are heading to your town, he can recommend your hostel. Remember to offer the same favors in return. Other hostel owners will catch on if you’re just using them for business and stop helping you.

summary: Make a good website for your hostel. Reach out to well-known travel bloggers to write about your hostel. Build relationships with other local business owners. Network with other hostel owners.


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Before you clean your new piercing directly, it's important that your hands and your entire ear are clean so that you don't introduce dirt or bacteria into your wound. Choose a mild soap, and avoid any cleansers with perfumes, which can irritate your sensitive skin. Medical professionals recommend that you use a saline (salt) solution for cleaning. It’s best to buy a sterile saline solution or wound wash from your piercer or a drug store, but you can also prepare one yourself: Mix 1/8 teaspoon (0.6 g) of sea salt with 8 fluid ounces (240 mL) of warm water. Don’t use table salt, which contains anti-caking ingredients that can cause irritation. Be sure to measure the salt carefully so you don’t create an overly salty solution, which can damage the healing tissue. Instead of reusing washcloths, you should dip gauze or a cotton ball in your saline solution each time you clean your piercing. Don’t use cotton swabs, which can irritate the piercing. Then, gently apply the saline solution all around your piercing. In order to get the saline solution throughout the entire piercing, many experts recommend that you carefully move your piercing back and forth as you clean it. Washing your new piercing more than twice a day could lead to irritation, which can extend the healing process longer than necessary. While you might think that alcohol or peroxide will sterilize your piercing, both of these can actually slow the healing process by over-drying your wound and killing healthy skin cells. Experts also recommend that you do not use any ointments or antibiotic creams unless directed to by a physician for an infection. These too can be counter-productive to the healing process as they can slow the flow of oxygen to your wound. Because they are so sticky, they can also trap dirt and bacteria, potentially setting you up for further trouble.

summary: Clean the surrounding skin and your hands with a mild anti-bacterial soap or wash. Use a simple saline solution to clean your piercing. Apply the saline solution with clean, disposable cotton 2 times a day. Gently wiggle the piercing back and forth. Take care not to over-clean your piercing. Avoid using rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide on your piercing. Refrain from applying additional medicine to your piercing.


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The nature of the program will determine the assets you will need. Do you need custom sounds? Artwork? Content? All of these questions should be answered before you release your program. If you need a lot of assets, but don't have the manpower or talent to create them yourself, you can consider outsourcing asset creation. There are countless freelancers out there that may be willing to work on your project. Make sure that they do not interfere with the functionality of your program, and that there is nothing superfluous. Adding assets usually occurs int eh final stages of the programming cycle, unless the assets are integral to the program itself. This is most often the case in video game programming.
summary: Determine what you'll need. Consider outsourcing. Implement your assets.