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Best Internet Provider For Beavers Bend Cabin Owners

I’ve seen numerous posts from Beavers Bend cabin owners wanting suggestions about internet service. I reached out to my lifelong friend and Broken Bow resident John Callaham to help me better understand one of his companies. He’s an attorney and owner of Pine Internet, Cell and Cable Television.

John also owns McCurtain County National Banks, is an accomplished fisherman, great pilot and his family has been great leaders in the area for decades. Our internet service works great in Southern Hills. I’ve only used my “Pull” with him two or three times since 2006. Our uptime has been fantastic.

Interesting Tidbits From Pine Internet

  • 24/7 support is available with a specialized number for approximately $15/month. Oddly, few cabin owners utilize this service. There is a service charge if you don’t have this feature and a technician visit is necessary.
  • Developers often don’t notify Pine Internet when lines are cut and new cabins are built.
  • Pine Internet has fiber lines to almost every cabin development in Hochatown/Beavers Bend. 

Local Advantage

I don’t believe a national company can offer better service and uptime than Pine Internet. We’ve been Pine customers at Mountain Vista Cabin since 2006 and my late family go back to the 1950’s with the Callaham’s. We’ve always felt more comfortable having local technicians nearby in case an issue arises. We’d rather deal with people in Broken Bow, OK than an overseas customer service call center.

If you have a cabin in the Hochatown, Broken Bow or Beavers Bend State Park area, I recommend choosing my friends…the legendary Callaham family and Pine Internet.

2023-08-17T19:12:27+00:00August 17th, 2023|Beavers Bend Cabin Internet Options|

New Beavers Bend-Broken Bow Lake Book Unveiled At Hochatime

Jerry Isbell, co-author of "Explosion of Prosperity, A History of Broken Bow Lake, Beavers Bend State Park and Hochatown." Pictured with Hochatime co-owner, Kim Kennedy.

“Explosion of Prosperity, A History of Broken Bow Lake, Beavers Bend State Park and Hochatown” is available at Hochatime with free shipping.

Thanks to Jessica Alkirwi, Kim Kennedy and the wonderful staff at Hochatime for the warm welcome. I’ve had a blast signing lots of books and talking to many tourists recently. It’s been a pleasure seeing scores of cabin owners and people like me that grew up near Broken Bow Lake.

My co-author, Bob Burke and I had a wonderful time writing the book. We take you on a journey that has a few laughs, great photography and in-depth analysis of the tourism boom.

Picture of Bob Burke and Jerry Isbell

“Explosion of Prosperity…” Displayed at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame

Picture of Explosion of Prosperity, A History of Broken Bow Lake, Beavers Bend State Park and Hochatown" at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame

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Jerry Isbell and Teddy Lehman

My friend Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma Sooners legend and former NFL linebacker

 

Jerry Isbell and Hal Smith

Iconic restaurant creator, Hal Smith

 

Jerry Isbell and Chris Plank

My pal Chris Plank. National sports radio host and Voice of Oklahoma Sooners Softball.

Mountain Vista cabin is located in Broken Bow, OK near Beavers Bend State Park. Minutes from Broken Bow Lake, it features acres of seclusion and 50-mile views of the Kiamichi Mountains.

2021-08-07T22:08:27+00:00August 7th, 2021|Beavers Bend State Park/Broken Bow Lake Book|

Questions To Ask Beavers Bend Property Managers

Questions to ask Beavers Bend Property Managers

There are many questions to ask Beavers Bend property managers before building or buying a luxury cabin in Broken Bow, OK.

Stepping out of your comfort zone is sometimes difficult if you have no marketing or media experience. It’ll be worse if your cabin management company has limited digital and print marketing experience.

Ask these questions before signing a contract with any property manager in Broken Bow.

  • Do you personally inspect each cabin before guests arrive or leave it up to the cleaning crew to ensure the property is staged properly?
  • Do you charge resort fees to guests and will I get all or a percentage of this add-on charge?
  • Are you an expert in social media, printing and video production to help market my Beavers Bend luxury cabin? Show me examples.
  • You have 30-50 cabins on your website. Tell me about your background with market segmentation to enhance my chance of renting consistently?
  • How do you juggle owning a separate business along with marketing cabins?
  • What is your background in mobile marketing?
  • Will I get the names and contact information of each guest staying in my cabin if I wish?
  • Will I see each maintenance invoice?
  • Do you or the contractor markup maintenance fees on properties because it’s a rental?
  • Do you show professionally produced videos of each property, including complete perimeter shots?
  • Are you an expert in list, database and zip code marketing? Tell me about your background with this in large cities across the country.
  • Do you publish a newsletter and blog? How many people read it?
  • Will you charge my guests insurance fees? What percentage of this add-on fee will I receive?
  • Do you personally own luxury rental cabins?
  • Give me 10-20 of your cabin owners’ names as references.

Beavers Bend Cabin Labor Day Annuncement

Start with these “Questions To Ask Beavers Bend Property Managers” and add your own. You’ll be a savvy luxury property buyer in no time.

We created Beavers Bend’s app in conjunction with Mobile Roadie in Los Angeles. Thousands enjoy having access to VIP offers and information about Beavers Bend activities.

Contact us if you have questions about building and marketing luxury properties. If you’re considering purchasing a cabin in Broken Bow, we can help with marketing, media and property management.

There are hundreds of upscale cabins in Beavers Bend. Is your cabin standing out among the others? If not, you either need better marketing or a nicer property.

2017-02-07T15:05:03+00:00February 7th, 2017|Broken Bow Cabin Lodging, Dallas travel blogs, Dallas vacations, Dallas weekend travel|

Hey Man, You’re Posting On My Page…

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I received a nasty, barley coherent message on my voicemail recently that questioned my integrity, She sounded like a female version of either Cheech or Chong. I called back in seconds and may have set the world speed dialing record.

“You’ve been posting on my Facebook page for months and it’s very unethical, I want you to stop,” she said.

This Beavers Bend cabin management person had just shown her true colors. After five-seconds of questioning, I realized she didn’t know the difference between an algorithm and Atoka.

She’d seen our Facebook sponsored ads come across her timeline, and being completely uneducated about social media, didn’t have a clue.

I told her we couldn’t control where Facebook sends our ads and we only post on our mediums. “You’re completely wrong,” I said.

“Do you know the difference between Facebook timelines, business pages and sponsored ads,” I asked?  “Hmm…No,” she said.

Huge mistake on her part…she then said “Oh, I see another cabin company on my Facebook page now.” 

At this point I almost felt sorry for her. My sentiments quickly turned to her cabin owners. They trust her as a marketing and media expert. Man, are they getting taken to the cleaners.

I began thinking about cabin owners paying her to tons of money to market their $300K-$1-million luxury cabin investments…and she admittedly knows nothing about marketing or social media platforms.

I advised her to do a little research; her cabin owners would appreciate it. I politely told her to never call me again.

I’d love to play her message for you, but there’s no need to crumble her. Despite the fact that while doing global marketing for 30 years, I’ve never received such an incompetent burst of uneducated and rude blabber.

Her ineptness and lack of trying to learn marketing and media 101 is a shot in the heart to her Beavers Bend luxury cabin owners. Many owners are rolling the dice…hoping and praying their cabin management company isn’t living in the media stone age.

She’s stuck in the Paleolithic era.

If you’re searching for a marketing/media and property management company in Beavers Bend, do your homework.

Is your luxury cabin stuck on a website with 30-60 other cabins and you’re not receiving world-class marketing and media?

You have a choice…and it doesn’t have to be Cheech or Chong…

We can help.

No, she didn’t apologize.

2016-06-18T18:36:39+00:00June 18th, 2016|travel blogs|

5 Tips Beavers Bend Cabin Owners Should Know

5 Tips Beavers Bend Cabin Owners Should Know

Are you a current cabin owner or thinking about buying one in the future? Here are 5 tips Beavers Bend cabin owners should know when dealing with cabin management companies.

  • Don’t fall victim to “The Shady 5-80.” The 580 area code has many great cabin management companies. However, many don’t like to show invoices to cabin owners for work done on their property. That’s a huge problem. Make sure you see an invoice for propane, and all work done on your property. Don’t settle for just a line-item on an Excel spreadsheet. Require an actual invoice from the company that performed the work. Don’t let the management company mark up the price.
  • Make sure your Beavers Bend cabin management company does frequent property site checks. Don’t simply allow them to have a cleaning crew do it. With hundreds of people visiting a cabin each year, repairs occasionally need to be done. A little problem can turn into a huge one without proper oversight from your cabin management company.
  • Don’t pay advertising fees or charges for something as simple as adding cabin pictures to a website. Many cabin owners have contacted us with horror stories about upcharges like this. If you want to know who is renting your cabin, demand the cabin management company to tell you. Many don’t want to do this. Perhaps you want to send a thank you card to the renters. I strongly feel everyone should know who is staying in their own home.
  • Do some soul searching if your cabin is one of 30-50 on a website. How is your cabin getting individualized attention when you’re just a number? What is the cabin management company doing to separate your property from others? Simply being on a website with many other cabins isn’t good enough. You’re relying on a hope prayer to succeed.
  • Demand professional video of your property. Don’t settle for iPhone junk or small pop-up pictures. Video sells…make sure your cabin management company knows how to market.

If you’ve fallen victim to the “Shady 5-80” as a cabin owner, contact us. With decades of marketing and media experience, we can help. We’ll charge you less than others and create professionally produced video. You’ll have access to our app that is enjoyed by thousands. The same company that made The Rolling Stones and Madonna’s created ours. It’s state-of-the-art technology.

We’ve experienced the “Shady 5-80” through the years. One management company had our famed 20-mile deck view as the featured picture on their website for about two years. Another currency plasters the words “Mountain Vista” on their website in hopes of catching up to us in search engine rankings. We’ve seen it all…

If you follow my 5 tips Beavers Bend cabin owners should know, you’ll have a greater chance of being successful.

Being a luxury cabin owner in Beavers Bend can be profitable and rewarding if you have something unique to offer and a marketing background.  If you’re not a marketing and media expert, we’ll be happy to help.

2019-07-05T17:10:48+00:00February 28th, 2016|Luxury travel blogs, Oklahoma luxury cabins|

Beavers Bend Cabins: 5 Things To Avoid

Beavers Bend Cabins: 5 Things To Avoid

Beavers Bend Cabins, 5 Things To Avoid…You need to consider this information before renting or owning a luxury cabin in Oklahoma. New creative luxury cabin pricing continues to hit the Broken Bow Lake area. Do yourself a favor and “Say No” to these tactics.

1. Paying for firewood… Are you kidding me? You’re in the woods, kenneling is cheap for all of us to purchase. Tell them you can Keep The Fire Burnin’ yourself.

Beavers Bend Cabins: 5 Things To Avoid

2. Paying ridiculous “Resort Fee” charges… I’m not sure what this means, it’s a new fee to visitors of Beavers Bend luxury cabins. I’ve been asked about this one frequently. If you see this charge, ask a few questions.

3. Paying extra cleaning fee charges upfront… If you do this, you deserve to be taken to the cleaners. Leave your luxury cabin tidy upon departure or you should pay an extra charge. Never pay for guest gouging tactics like this.

4. Paying extra insurance fees… This one baffles me and yet scores of visitors continue to pay this unnecessary fee.  Do a little math and you’ll figure out that the cabin management company’s insurance premium + rentals = a great deal for them and a bad one for you.

5. Cabin owners toting the note…As a luxury cabin owner in Beavers Bend for many years, I’ve experienced gouging charges from Broken Bow Lake cabin management companies. If you’re a luxury cabin owner wanting your property marketed properly and ethically, here’s what you need to do:

Demand a nice sign for curb appeal and professionally produced videos and photographs, not the homemade ones you see on various sites. You should also have professionally produced marketing collaterals for your upscale retreat. Don’t settle for minor league marketing.

Beavers Bend Cabins: 5 Things To Avoid

Contact us and view our marketing at BeaversBendVacations.com. Judge for yourself if we can improve your media. If you’d like to be a part of Beavers Bend’s only app we created and reach thousands, let us know. Beavers Bend cabins: 5 Things To Avoid…Avoid them!

Contact us at 405-545-8055 or at BeaversBendVacations.com.

By Jerry Isbell

2019-07-05T17:10:34+00:00October 14th, 2014|luxury cabins oklahoma, Luxury Vacation Rentals|

Beavers Bend Cabins Property Management, Marketing & Media

Cabin Chamber 2014 AdWe’re now offering marketing and media expertise to elite luxury cabins in Broken Bow and the opportunity to team with BeaversBendVacations.com.

Does your luxury cabin in Beavers Bend have a story to tell but it’s not being conveyed properly because you’re lost in the jungle with 25-50 other cabins on a cheap looking website? We can help… Having a diverse background in media and marketing since the 1980’s, we saw a number of issues regarding how poorly luxury cabins were being marketed in Oklahoma…and we changed the game.

Mountain Vista cabin was the “first” to incorporate professionally produced luxury cabin video tours in Beavers Bend. Others have tried to imitate with unprofessional attempts using a camera phone and low budget technology. That doesn’t work…People in search of luxury vacation properties spot this immediately and expect better quality. As a luxury cabin owner in Oklahoma, you’re charging several hundred dollars per night. You deserve a better online presence and someone with decades of expertise in print advertising and design, marketing and video production.

We anticipated the current mobile market dominance years ago and created Beavers Bend’s only app to better serve and instantly communicate with Broken Bow Lake fans. Today, thousands have our app and benefit from the promotions and area information we offer.  Mountain Vista in Beavers Bend was also the first luxury property in Oklahoma to utilize QR code technology.

Checkout our marketing and media, contact us if you like what you see. BeaversBendVacations.com will professionally market your McCurtain County Getaway or luxury property with broadcast quality video production and attention to detail.  We don’t believe cheap looking websites and cabin signs or homemade videos and low-res pictures are the way to market expensive luxury properties.

Your luxury property may have a unique story to tell…Is it being told?

By Jerry Isbell

2019-07-05T17:10:16+00:00December 11th, 2013|broken bow luxury cabin lodging, cabin rentals in Beavers Bend, dallas media, Dallas travel, luxury cabins, Marketing|

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