Cherie's Blog

Custom Real Estate Web Design - Hawaii

2008-09-02T21:05:29Z

Beautiful new design that we are working on for Mauna Kea, Big Island Hawaii. We are getting ready to go into programming and couldn't wait to show of this new design. Designer, Jodi Kirkwood, used the idea of Tommy Bahama!

Eco Broker Conference

2008-08-01T15:09:50Z

We attended the Eco Broker Conference in Denver this year and I hope that everyone had a chance to go.

Would love feedback on a new design we are working on

2008-03-22T23:50:05Z

Dena Calivas came to us with a great idea to create a GREEN website. Here is the mockup so far and we are having so much fun learning about going green. I live in San Diego which is a wonderful area for tree huggers and I started blogging away and found my passion.

We would love your feedback on our new design. It's still in production, but thought you might want to take a look.

Free $15,000 Website Makeover - NOT SPAM!!!!!

2008-01-03T15:01:39Z

Online Marketing Strategies announces competition to win Extreme Website Makeover, valued at over $15,000.

SAN DIEGO, CA - January 2, 2008 - Online Marketing Strategies, an advanced web design, marketing and strategy development company, is sponsoring a contest that will deliver to the winner a new year's bonanza of an Extreme Website Makeover, a gift valued over $15,000.

CEO Cherie Young said, "Our team of professionals will deliver to a REALTOR® with an operational business, budget, and an active website, a complete custom website and a marketing review of current online strategies." "Further," she explained, "the winner will be announced on February 15, 2008, and I'll be delighted to deliver the good news!"

The contributors to the winner's package are:

1. Online Marketing Strategies - This web design and marketing firm will deliver a thorough review of the winner's website, ultimately to design a highly targeted website incorporating the latest marketing techniques. You will receive custom high-resolution print artwork branded from your website for business cards, letterhead, envelopes, Just Listed and Just Sold cards. VALUE $7,500

2. Michael Russer - aka "Mr. Internet®," winner will receive a membership to his online dominance program. VALUE $897

3. Jim Cronin - The founder of The Real Estate Tomato and expert in real estate blogs, will be contributing training through their Tomato University. VALUE $3,000

4. Point2NLS Premium for One Year - The pinnacle of Point2's software product family, Point2 NLS Premium is a complete online marketing solution that includes unlimited listings, the most powerful syndication system in real estate, comprehensive website, email and referral platform, and a great deal more for one full year. VALUE $1,428

5. Diverse Solutions - Diverse Solutions is on the cutting edge of IDX technology, and will deliver one year of free service. (Conditional on the winner's MLS partnership with Diverse Solutions). VALUE $1,200

6. Agency Logic - Contributing a 10-pack of PowerSites VALUE $400, the most comprehensive single property Website product on the market today, PLUS a free custom design VALUE $1000. TOTAL VALUE $1400

7. OnLetterhead Email - Two OnLetterhead Branded Email Licenses + Activation (1 year) - Access to the OnLetterhead "Ready-Made" Design gallery + holiday designs - Silver Design Package - 2 custom design email letterheads & newsletter design - One OnMarketer E-campaign License (301-500 contacts/ 1 year) + activation - VALUE $1,231

Ms. Young said, "This incredible value will recreate one REALTOR'S® website and transform their approach to an entirely new experience. Going forward, technology, innovation, and results are the keys to success. Each is a complement of the other and neither can exist by itself." She continued, "If REALTORS® are to maximize their businesses, the contribution of a dynamic team of experts is critical to that objective."

Are you ready?

If you're ready to have your website work for you, if you want to focus on selling real estate and to embrace success, move quickly, sign up and submit.

Visit http://www.amazingwebsitemakeover.com/.

Please feel free to post comments or questions on the blog.

The first 500 entries will be judged and the winner announced on February 15, 2008. Good luck!!!

Cherie Young
Online Marketing Strategies
http://www.amazingwebsitemakeover.com/

Enter to win free $15,000 web makeover!!!

2008-01-02T14:42:15Z

Cherie Young of Online Marketing Strategies is proud to announce a $15,000 web and marketing makeover for one lucky REALTOR! Please go to www.AmazingWebsiteMakeover.com for details and entry form. Good luck!

$15,000 web makeover!!! www.AmazingWebsiteMakeover.com

2008-01-02T14:23:46Z

Cherie Young of Online Marketing Strategies is pleased to announce a contest for a $15,000 custom web makeover and review of your marketing solutions.

The sponsors are:

Online Marketing Strategies - This web design and marketing firm will deliver a thorough review of the winner's website, ultimately to design a highly targeted website incorporating the latest marketing techniques. You will receive custom high-resolution print artwork branded from your website for business cards, letterhead, envelopes, Just Listed and Just Sold cards. VALUE $7,500

Michael Russer - aka "Mr. Internet®," winner will receive a membership to his online dominance program. VALUE $897

Jim Cronin - The founder of The Real Estate Tomato and expert in real estate blogs, will be contributing training through their Tomato University. VALUE $3,000

Point2NLS Premium for One Year - The pinnacle of Point2's software product family, Point2 NLS Premium is a complete online marketing solution that includes unlimited listings, the most powerful syndication system in real estate, a comprehensive website, email and referral platform, and a great deal more for one full year. VALUE $1,428

Diverse Solutions - Diverse Solutions is on the cutting edge of IDX technology, and will deliver one year of free service. (Conditional on the winner's MLS partnership with Diverse Solutions). VALUE $1,200

Agency Logic - Contributing a 10-pack of PowerSites VALUE $400, the most comprehensive single property Website product on the market today, PLUS a free custom design VALUE $1000. VALUE $1400

OnLetterhead Email - Two OnLetterhead Branded Email Licenses + Activation (1 year) - Access to the OnLetterhead "Ready-Made" Design gallery + holiday designs - Silver Design Package - 2 custom design email letterheads & newsletter design - One OnMarketer E-campaign License (301-500 contacts/ 1 year) + activation - VALUE $1,231

It's our way of giving back to the real estate industry and a very successful 2007!

Sincerely,

Cherie Young
Online Marketing Strategies
www.AmazingWebsiteMakeover.com
www.CheriesTreasureBlog.com

NOTE TO SELF, FORGET ABOUT SELF

2007-12-05T14:19:44Z

Note to Self: "Forget About Self"

Local Clarksville Keller Williams Team Helps Rebuild an Injured Army Family's Life One Brick At A Time...

FT. CAMPBELL, KY - December 5, 2007 - Not often are we given the chance to make a real difference in the world. If ever offered that chance... Grab it! The payout lives with you forever... That's just what the Clarksville Keller Williams Team had done 2 years ago, when they reached out and took "giving" to a new level.

Web Design - http://www.cherieyoung.com/
http://www.fortcampbellhomes.com/

Word on the Street

When Maurice Vaughn, owner of the Tennessee Market Center for Keller Williams Real Estate, heard from his good friend Clay Powers, the contractor chosen by ABC designers, about the selection of local Army Master Sgt. Luis Rodriguez and his family, to appear on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition... he jumped at the chance to help. "This was such a heart-warming opportunity to give back in some small way to our soldiers, everything that they've sacrificed for us", said Mr. Vaughn when asked why he decided to enlist more than 60 of his associates and their families to volunteer for the effort.

Army medic Luis Rodriguez suffered the loss of his right leg and two left fingertips in 2004 when his envoy was struck by a roadside bomb. He underwent 16 surgeries over the following 4 months which ended in teaching him to walk again with his new prosthetic leg. His previous home wasn't well-suited for someone with his injury due to the number of stairs and narrow hallways, so ABC decided that he was a perfect choice to receive the "gift" of a new home.

In total, more than 700 volunteers from all over Clarksville and Ft. Campbell undertook the enormous job of demolishing and rebuilding the Rodriguez family home, all within a span of five (5) short days! Mo Anderson, CEO of Keller Williams International, drove up from Texas to witness the ordeal and said that she was greeted by "a sea of Keller Williams agents" as she approached the bustling construction site. "It was amazing what I saw, and after watching Maurice and his team take such control of the situation, I was proud to be a part of such a noble effort," she stated. "Maurice and his wife, Terri, displayed outstanding leadership and compassion as the whole project came together. It was really a special moment to witness, believe me, especially watching the Rodriguez family step out of that limousine and see their new home for the first time. The tears just rolled down my face."

Families helping families

Maurice and Terri's son, Jon, a Keller Williams associate in Clarksville and his wife Alecia, were also a strong force during the non-stop 5-day marathon. "I slept in my truck for about 4 hours every night during those 5 days", states Jon, "there was just so much to do and I wanted to make sure I did my part". They weren't alone, as families from all over Clarksville and Ft. Campbell came together as a tight community to help one of their own. "This new home just couldn't go to a more deserving family", states Amy Casner, a neighborhood friend whose daughter, Jordan, went to pre-school with the Rodriguez's youngest daughter, Melanie. "They are wonderful people who would give you the shirt off their back. I'm so happy they were chosen."

Today, Master Sgt. Rodriguez continues to be a vital part of the U.S. Army by training future medics at the Ft. Campbell Base Medical School. His wife, Lillian, has finished her degree in social work and is now a counselor for military families that have lost a loved one in battle or have sustained injury. Their two daughters, Michelle and Melanie, now 10 and 8 years old, respectively, attend school and enjoy living in their new home. This family is a true testament to what giving and receiving is all about... That even in dark times, a bright light shines when people come together for all the right reasons...

“REALTOR Bares All With Her Website”

2007-12-04T15:12:28Z

Southern Florida REALTOR seductively partners niche marketing and high-tech tactics online to power past her competition...

PASCO COUNTY, Florida - December 4, 2007 - "Skip the Outfit" Florida Real Estate is extremely pleased to announce Phase 2 of their already wildly successful "clothing optional" website. In a marketplace where everyone is boo-hooing these days about the economy, Jackie Youngblood has taken on the nay-sayers and taken off the gloves when it comes to knowing how to sell her specialty properties in the lovely Land O' Lakes and Lutz areas located in beautiful southern Florida. "It's time to get bold!" said Ms. Youngblood, after seeing the highly overlooked niche market of "clothing optional" resort areas drawing an unusually large amount of inquiries.

www.SkipTheOutfit.com
Design & Online Marketing - www.CherieYoung.com

Success Breeds Success

Transforming her already successful business into the niche powerhouse profit machine that it has become, didn't occur through happenstance, but rather through the strategic weaving together of the latest design and online technology in real estate with Cherie Young of Online Marketing Strategies, Point2 NLS, and with one of today's top coaches in online real estate marketing solutions, Michael Russer, aka "Mr. Internet". Additionally, dsSearchAgent, mapping IDX platform created by Diverse Solutions, has been particularly critical to the success of the website.

Is it possible to "bare all" in your own market? "You bet!" says Ms. Young, "if you don't know your market, I mean really know your prospects and what they want, like Ms. Youngblood has taken the time to do, then you will be left in the ‘cyberbial' dust. This industry is moving fast and changes are happening every week. Agents/Brokers absolutely can make money, no matter where their market is located, or where the economy is going. You just have to stay on top of it and go with the flow by simplifying the technology to work for you, rather than the other way around."

Need help with attorney referral

2007-08-02T19:28:29Z

Can anyone give me recommendations for internet marketing attorneys in Washington? I am looking for an attorney who is experienced with independant contractors and work for hire regarding internet work.

I am in the process of suing a designer who I paid thousands of dollars to, and she did not perform the work. One REALTOR needed a refund due a financial crisis, and due to this designers' "No Refund" policy on designs, even when the work was not performed, literally screwed the agent out of a ton of money. Another situation, I paid this designer top dollar for services, and because of the length of time and her "no refund policy, I own the graphics policy, etc. etc. for problems," the project was reassigned to one of our other designers.

Please help me to find a great attorney. I am a single mom, and forced to travel from California to Washington to get my money back. This case will help other agents who entertain hiring anyone in our industry, with their website, and a no refund policy is enforced even if no work is performed - REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION.

If one agent can be spared through this process that is going to cost me a ton of money, then it will be worth the effort. I am going to be proactive in educating the real estate industry in potential problems that can be avoided. BEWARE, it may sound like it all makes sense, but the underlying consequences could cost you your artwork, time and money.