copywriting: Great Copywriting Advice for the Busy Real Estate Agent - 10/27/08 12:08 PM
When you hear copywriting, real estate probably doesn't come to mind. But I'm surprised at how much of my work can be reduced to writing, editing and revising copy. Marketing flyers, monthly mailers and listing remarks are just a few that come to mind.
That's why I was pleased to read this
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copywriting: Help Your Marketing Messages Flow Using the "Rule of Threes" - 09/25/08 02:25 AM
Small details often mark the difference between promotional materials that motivate your prospects and those that are quickly tossed aside.
One of those details is flow... how the words roll through your reader's minds, carrying them onward through your message.
You know what I mean. Sometimes you try to read something
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copywriting: Michigan Marketing Makeover Seminar - 09/15/08 11:27 PM
Michigan Marketing Makeover Seminar Reveals How You Can Get Unlimited Leads, Close Them As High Paying Clients and Keep Them Buying From You Regardless Of Your Marketing Budget In Michigan's Economy.In an eight-hour, intensive learning environment, seminar participants will discover how to:*Find and qualify leads*Convert prospects into customers*Generate passive income*Create traffic
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copywriting: Cut Through the Boring - 09/08/08 09:15 AM
For those who don't know, I like to climb mountains. Specifically, I like to hike 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado. There are between 53 and 58 14,000-foot mountains in Colorado (the disparity has to do with the definition a person uses). Many people (myself included) make it a goal to climb
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copywriting: Wow! You guys really ROCK! - 08/29/08 08:11 PM
I just signed up yesterday and I had 12 'welcomes' !!! Thank you very much! I don't know how you all found me, I'm still needing to learn my way around Active Rain. One of you gave me a great link to learn some more and I will definitely plan on doing
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copywriting: Writing Real Estate Ads -- Tips You NEED To Know - 05/23/08 11:57 AM
One of the more routine activities of a Realtor's(c) job is to write copy for the ads that are used to support your listings. Whether those be online, print, brochures, or flyers, the goal of these ads is create a positive explanation of the property that will increase the flow
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copywriting: Five Steps to Succeed with Your Website - 04/28/08 09:35 AM
Most real estate agents have a website by now. That's quite a few. The real estate sphere online is getting very crowded and competitive - and most agents are not getting a piece of the pie. To have a successful website, you need to drive traffic (in the shape of prospective
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copywriting: Make Appointments with Yourself for Marketing - 04/27/08 03:21 AM
Marketing - it's the job that many real estate agents love to put off until later, and the one that absolutely should never be ignored. If you don't do it regularly, you could wake up one morning and realize that after today's closing, you don't have anything else going on.
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copywriting: 1 Month of blog topics: Ultimate guide to building real estate blog content that gets results - 04/10/08 02:26 PM
The first month of your real estate blog's life is actually the most important. So, I thought I would put together a fail safe way to construct content that is hyper local, rich in information and will form the foundation of a successful blog. The first month of your real
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copywriting: The re-writer from www.reallysold.com re-writes the unit - 04/06/08 09:46 PM
The original advert: The www.reallysold.com rewrite On this one we’re not going to rewrite the entire advert – just suggest some different, more eye catching headings all from www.reallysold.com . Sparkling by day, captivating in the city by night Leave the car at home – or better yet, sell
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copywriting: The re-writer from www.reallysold.com re-writes the unit - 04/01/08 05:31 PM
The original advert: The www.reallysold.com rewrite Heaven in a High Rise Have your buddies around to Budd’s beach – you’ll have all the space you need because this apartment offers size and more! With three spacious bedrooms, large sunny timber entertaining deck and 2 other balconies all your living needs
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copywriting: 82.4% plan an increase in e-mail marketing in 2008 - 03/28/08 05:26 PM
I just read my latest copy of BtoB’s Interactive Marketing Guide. It’s full of great marketing info. In this issue, it sources a Datran Media survey from a press release, dated January 22nd, 2008: 82.4% of respondents plan to increase their e-mail marketing in 2008. 15.3% of respondents plan
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copywriting: The re-writer from www.reallysold.com re-writes the country home - 03/27/08 09:13 PM
The original advert: The www.reallysold.com rewrite Hawks Soar High (over these 85 acres) Like Alice in Wonderland you could get lost amidst these amazing gardens and lawns in what is really a lush and private oasis. The care shown externally don’t stop there though with the internal features of this three
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copywriting: Marketing Lessons from The Godfather: I'm going to make him an offer... - 03/26/08 10:13 AM
For over 35 years, this movie line from The Godfather has stood the test of time: “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” It is one of the greatest movie lines of all time. And it begs another advertising teaching moment - What makes a great
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copywriting: Four things your Billboard Reps didn’t tell you - 03/13/08 10:06 PM
Just a few things that I’m sure the outdoor billboard rep “forgot” to mention… 1. The average person isn’t exposed to your billboard the same way you are. Many outdoor sales reps sell their facings (the term for a single billboard) by driving very slowly by the locations
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copywriting: One direct mail tip you must know - 03/13/08 06:44 AM
The use of a postscript (P.S.) is mandatory in every direct marketing letter. Whether you’re doing postcards, or a direct marketing newsletter, I consider this one of the most important features on the marketing piece. It’s often overlooked or forgotten…and that’s a mistake. After the headline and first sentence,
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copywriting: 100 overused marketing words and phrases - 03/11/08 01:31 PM
Let’s rid the world of bad ad copy. I was having breakfast with a client a while back and he brought to my attention an article in Business Week entitled: Five Words to Never Use in an Ad. Back at my office, I found it online and read it.
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copywriting: So you think you can sell - 03/04/08 05:16 PM
Selling in person is different from selling with the written word. About a month ago I read a post on the Future Now blog entitled 1,000 Tips for Selling Online Without Paying a Copywriter. The guts of this post is that you need to hire a good copywriter if you want
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copywriting: Are You Embarassed to Admit You Need a Copywriter? - 02/24/08 02:22 PM
Some people are. In fact, my best friend is one of them. Every time she calls me for help with a letter or her web page copy, she apologizes for needing help. She, like many others, seems to think that since she's an intelligent person, she should be able to write
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copywriting: EVERYONE should do this: Power Copywriting - 02/05/08 10:27 AM
So what's POWER COPYWRITING? It's an excellent way to write that I ran across the other day in a totally non-real estate related blog. It involves addressing every possible angle or obstacle your client would have against working with you, while emphasizing your benefits and being completely up-front about your flaws.
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copywriting: Why do Realtors use wimpy copy? - 01/07/08 01:15 AM
Have you ever noticed? Most real estate copy doesn't say much. Compared to other kinds of products, you'll see no big promise, no appeal to the prospect's emotional hot buttons - mostly no nothing! My suspicion is that Realtors are afraid of the one big promise they believe they need to make:
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copywriting: To Blog or Not To Blog: That Is The Question - 12/19/07 07:48 AM
The world of real estate marketing gets more competitive every single day, and deciding which marketing materials to add to your overall strategy can be a really difficult one. Increasingly, adding a real estate blog to the line up of your online marketing materials is a popular notion, but is it
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copywriting: Search Engine Optimization For Your Real Estate Website - 12/12/07 08:26 AM
Is your real estate website a little late to the SEO bandwagon? Don't worry. James Colucci Enterprises can help optimize your site so the search engines and potential customers can see it in just a matter of minutes.What is SEO?SEO is short for ‘search engine optimization,' and it's a term that
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copywriting: 10 Great Content Ideas for Your Real Estate Website - 11/24/07 04:12 AM
In the age of technology when consumers are able to access information a the drop of a dime and your opportunity to grab their attention is short, it’s really important to develop and enhance your web content.What do we mean? The average view time of a website is under 60 seconds…
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copywriting: The Power of Words - Make them count! - 11/16/07 12:18 AM
I guess I have always enjoyed words and I enjoy thinking of the impact of specific words that I use when speaking and writing. My mom and I were both spelling bee champs, although my wife has both of us beat, since she actually made it to the National Spelling Bee in
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copywriting: Special offer for fellow Active Rain-ers! - 11/04/07 03:49 PM
Hello again from Tasmania, Australia! I’m sad to say that at present we don’t have as much of a real estate blogging culture here in Australia, but I have no doubt that will change in the near future. I wanted to send out this blog specifically to give something back to
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copywriting: When it absolutely positively has to be sold in one day... - 10/08/07 04:37 PM
Picked up an interesting client for my real estate copywriting business late last week. He now lives in Hawaii but he is selling his home in Bothell a suburb of Seattle and he's trying a "one-day, $100K off" sales strategy. He was covered in this article in Saturday's Seattle Times. I
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copywriting: DocMurdock - Sunday Tip for the Week - 09/23/07 03:36 PM
DocMurdock - Sunday Tip for the Week
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copywriting: The Importance Of Accuracy - 07/05/07 05:43 PM
Accuracy is the guiding principle behind writing for real estate, articles, and sales. I remember fondly a journalism teacher that I had in college. He was a fairly quiet guy who, once a semester would stand on top of a table in the classroom and scream "BE ACCURATE!" at the top
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copywriting: Want a Better Website - Go Back to School! - 06/29/07 11:33 PM
While responding to comments on the blog I wrote entitled Go To School For New Prospects, I was reminded of a phone-in conference call Brad and I led for the ePower Group of students this past Wednesday evening. During the call we were talking about how websites should offer original, valuable content to the
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copywriting: The reality of writing & the power of opinion - 06/29/07 05:48 PM
This is the simple reality of real estate writing :(IMO) everything has been done to death. Looking around at the average article site it seems like most everything there is a re-write of something else. It occurs to me that there is very little that is "shiny & new" to write
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copywriting: It's nice to be #1 (SEO from someone who has done it) - 06/15/07 12:59 PM
SEO is actually becoming more simple with all the search engines being able to detect reciprocal linking and ignoring them. Search engines are actually basing their rankings on good contant and properly designed pages.This is not to say SEO is simple... Here are the basic steps to proper SEO:Keyword researchPage design/layout, (with
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copywriting: The Fascination With Keywords - 06/15/07 12:18 PM
Ok I have noticed in the past that there seems to be a love affair with keywords. Now at the outset this is completely understandable, keywords are the search terms that are bringing customers to your website so naturally they are important. But the thing that really gets me is some
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copywriting: Problems with WYSIWYG Posting Interface - 04/10/07 07:14 AM
Most blogging platforms, Active Rain's included, default to the use of what's known as a WYSIWYG posting interface. That cryptic terms stands for "What You See Is What You Get." T'ain't always true. It might be better phrased "What You See Is What You Hope To Get." Extra Whitespace Beneath Last
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copywriting: Blog Copywriting an Essential Skill - 03/29/07 09:50 PM
In the offline marketing world, copywriters are a hallowed lot, at least the good ones. Not so much online. I recall a few years back reading about the different types of Internet-related jobs in terms of salaries paid, and copywriting was way down the list. In the offline world copywriters worth
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copywriting: Predatory blogging: I am Realtor, hear me ROAR - 12/12/06 11:01 AM
Blog like a lion, never like lamb. Imagine yourself as a predator on the wild wild web, hunting leads. Your blog is your secret lair where you lure your prey so you can go in for the kill. Use each post like a weapon, designed to slay a single target (i.e. buyers, sellers,
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copywriting: Killing me softly with your blog - 12/07/06 12:56 PM
Are you killing your blog by lecturing your reader? Does your blog put readers to sleep? Do you just spout out the same old rhetoric about how great a Realtor/Broker/Lender/Human Being you are over and over? One of the biggest mistakes companies and real estate professionals alike make is looking
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copywriting: Pimp my blog: become a guilty pleasure to drive daily traffic - 12/02/06 08:24 AM
Yo, yo, yo, it’s time to pimp your real estate blog. Bling out the content with linkbait posts that drive traffic like gossip and controversy. Pump up the volume with podcasts that engage visitors. Create rivalries with blog wars that spike commenting participation. Basically, make your blog a must stop spot for your
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copywriting: Blog Ettiquette 101: Handling the angry blogger/commenter - 10/30/06 06:12 AM
You’ve been blasted, someone is ranting and raving in the comments of your blog or they have you in their cross-hairs on their own blog. What do you do? Do you delete the comments, do you respond, do you ignore them? This is the question many bloggers face daily. As a Realtor or lender, getting
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copywriting: Does your website or blog need Prozac? How to avoid the bipolar blog. - 10/26/06 09:36 AM
Avoiding the bipolar website and blog Does your website or blog need Prozac? Does your site ramble on and on touching on everything from phone cards to razor blades and eventually getting around to your listings, local information and maybe somewhere in there what a great agent you are? If
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copywriting: Secrets of driving huge traffic with sensational blog titles - 10/21/06 03:33 PM
People love glitz, glamour, gossip… why else do you think CNN.com has started putting gossipy headlines about Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson or some other pop-tartlet of the day on their homepage? I’m sure that one of today’s featured stories “Harrison Ford: I’m still fit to play Indiana Jones” isn’t really news,
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