Lack of proper CL site information

Frankly, Stuh, I like many others don't use FB so your efforts in that direction fall on deaf ears as far as we are concerned.

I notice you keep putting your FB link in your posts. Why not link to your page on this site, or your own website? You are limiting your audience.

I'm not likely to be one of your customers as I live too close but, if I'm looking for a site and only see FB details, I move on to something else.

So, forget being solely FB on here and make the info easy to find for everyone 👍

Hi Tim, i am actually trying to expand my audience - I don't always put the facebook link but I have just done it recently and it appears to product better results! 

We also have the club web page and our own website so I have done by best to make it accessible to everyone no matter what the preference is

There is no right and wrong way of doing things but please bear in mind that you don't have to be a Facebook member to view the page. 

I was trying to address the point about obtaining up to date information on this thread  

http://www.caravan-club-cornwall.co.uk/

I generally do not book sites without a website page. 

Actually, It's Tin but no matter.

I understand what you’re saying, Stuh, but my point was that it's better to make it easy for everyone. Can I read the FB page without registering? See, I just dismissed it out of hand without checking. 

It matters not to me what you do but, for your own sake I’d have thought   the wider the audience you reach out to with ease of contact, the better it’ll be for your business. Your choice, obviously.🤷🏻‍♂️

PS. I like your website.

I think having a Facebook page for a CL is a sensible way going forward. They are easy the set up and you don't have the maintenance and costs associated with a www webpage.  I would still encourage CL owners to go down that route to make sure their Club page is kept up to date. Although you don't have many reviews on the Club webpage they are all very positive. Perhaps you need to encourage your guests to submit a review to the Club's webpage? 

David

Agree with that even though I don't do FB the actual FB page concerned was easy to see and read. But I also think many CL pages on here could be updated too.

I too dont use facebook.  I rely on the club site for up to date info about CLs.  What disappoints me is that too many users of sites only review if bad review.  I try and review every site we visit.  We can all add some extra info that might be helpful to another potential visitor e.g. availability of hard standings, position of water tap, grey water facilities, softness of ground.  Maybe if more of us put that sort of info into reviews, more owners would realise this is the sort of stuff we need to know.

I am surprised that the Club doesnt have some sort of proforma for CL owners that includes all these things.  Obviously wouldnt stop the owner adding there own info about what they perceive to be their own USP.

A poster way up the thread wondered if the Club really understood how  many members belong to the Club because of the CL network.  I certainly dont think the Club apparently does much to promote & assist CLs.  The odd article or reference in a report on an area in teh magazine doesnt really amount to promotion.

They are easy the set up and you don't have the maintenance and costs associated with a www webpage.

There are free website builders that are easy to use, free and only maintenance is to update attached files such as to update charges or add more detail etc using associated documents which when changes automatically update the web pages. 

I am no whizz kid but this one below took me an afternoon about 15 years ago using Google who are now offering an updated free product.

https://sites.google.com/site/friendsnearby/home

When I look for a CL in an area I don't use the CMC site at all initially. I type a city or post code of where I wish to be into Google Maps and search for a CL. Those that show a website I checkout, those that don't I am unlikely to investigate.

Unfortunately many people, particularly those in the younger age groups (probably 60 and lower!) now don't want to navigate through a website and they find Facebook much easier. This especially true for those that prefer to navigate using a smartphone. Also a Facebook page gives the CL a professional appearance which is familiar to most. Some CL's do have their own (proper) websites, many of them have been going for years. But I can't help thinking that those with the conventional websites would they do the same now if they were just starting out?

David

Hi David, I do encourage anyone staying with us to leave a review on the club website but most either do it on Facebook or Google (probably because its so much easier to do!)

Its just a question of trying to be accessible to anyone and everyone who needs to find us!