Pro Tip Tuesday: Titles & Tags

Welcome to the first in our series of quick tips & tricks to make your Gidsy listings stand out and be successful. Today I’ll fill you in on the not-so-secret power of relevant titles & tags.

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When you’re creating your Gidsy listings, make sure your activity title accurately describes what will happen, write an activity description that sums up exactly what participants can expect - details count, here - and get into the specifics with tags (don’t forget to add locations). A simple technique for determining keywords is to think about what you would type into a search engine to find your activity. 

There are a few great articles about tags and keywords written by the fine folks at Etsy that can be easily applied to your Gidsy listings. 

Here’s a quick scenario: Say, I want to learn how to knit in Berlin…

Thanks to a super descriptive title, as well as relevant tags & a very accurate description, it takes me no time to find what I’m looking for. 

Here’s an example of the tags used for this activity: 

Hopefully these quick tagging tips help you improve your Gidsy listings, and appear higher up in search results.

Of course, if you have any questions or even suggestions for the next Pro Tip, please get in touch. Until next time!