internet marketing: SEO vs PPC - 07/25/08 08:51 AM
Search engine optimization or pay per click? This is a decision that is pored over thoughtfully, questionably and often. Pay per click, or PPC, certainly would appear to be the winner in the simplicity department if a company has the financial backing for such an endeavor. Large corporations have taken over … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Lake Delton Summer Update - 07/24/08 11:16 PM
Well it looks like the folks at the D.O.T. have an idea of what they would like to do to fix the lake. That is great!
This summer started off on a good note and even though the lake is gone, some people still brave high gas prices, and increasing worrys … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Importance of Measuring Your Return on Investment - 07/24/08 02:42 PM
When organizations want to measure their success they have to rely on their return on investment (ROI). A successful organization is capable of measure the leverage and demonstrates the contribution of their marketing strategies and how they affect the bottom line of the company.
You need to measure:
•1. What is … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Real Estate Agents: Avoid This Mistake With Your Website - 07/24/08 02:01 PM
I help real estates all the time with their internet marketing. It's what I do. One of the most common mistakes I see agents make is not collecting email addresses of their clients and prospects. And for those that do, they don't utilize the power of email marketing.
When it comes … (3 comments)
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internet marketing: Cultivating an Internet Lead...how do you do it? Are you just starting to use the Internet? - 07/23/08 07:15 PM
It's nice to Realtors moving from Old School Real Estate to the new way! Ok, we still need to have both to survice. Internet customers are not different than regular customers accept you have a lot more competition. Here are a few tips to help you succeed with Internet Buyers:
1. It's all … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: BURNED BY JAMES COX AND SEVEN DESIGN STUDIOS FOR $1020.00 - 07/23/08 02:27 PM
THIS GUY BURNED ME AND MANY OTHERS IN SAN BERNARDINO AND ORANGE COUNTIES TAKING MONEY FOR WEBSITES AND NEVER CREATING THEM.
… (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Mail Marketing an Exerpt - 07/21/08 10:39 AM
I recently read an article from Lois Geller in Lore magazine related to mail marketing. Mial marketing is a rather expensive way of attracting possible prospects so i decided to share some of her recommendations with my readres.
The first step is get the peopole to read your letter so you … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Social Networking....Cut Down the Overload - 07/20/08 10:27 PM
In order to capitalize on the social networking phenomenon, you need to ask yourself some questions....
Who are you?
What are you looking for?
Where do you want this machine to take you?
Why are you here?
When will you have the time?
How do you exchange your ideas?
I … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: Increase Your Lead Generation & Conversion Up To 300%, Guaranteed. - 07/20/08 09:30 AM
In my profession I teach C-level executives, brokers and owners how to increase lead generation and conversion by 300% or more. I make a very good living. I have an executive summary available to anyone who wants it. It details the basic strategy I have developed to increase lead generation and most … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: The Internet Club Meets July 10, in Detroit, Michigan--Topic is How to use Face Book to Make Money on the Internet - 07/19/08 12:00 AM
Club members look forward to special guest speaker, Kim Schott, global Communications expert, to talk about internet marketing
Mark Maupin leads the Internet Club meetings the 2nd Thursday of each month in the library at the Downtown Campus of Wayne County Community College. Mark invited Kim Schott to speak; she will … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Part 3: Is Your Internet Presence All It Should Be? - 07/18/08 08:01 PM
Last post we talked about visitor anxiety and I mentioned friction...let's briefly cover that now.
Definition of Friction:
the rubbing between two surfaces
clash of opinions
Thesaurus:
resistance
abrasion
chafing
When talking about websites friction is encountered when a visitor is asked to take some form of action, this could be
… (0 comments)
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internet marketing: A good read on finding your target clients online - 07/18/08 10:40 AM
Bill Rice posted a blog entry in June that I consider to be truly valuable to those of us trying to connect with our target markets via the Internet.
Read his post titled "Web 2.0 Mortgage Marketing, It's Social."
In the article, he breaks down all of the "social media" you've … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Google Webmaster Webinar - 07/18/08 08:54 AM
The Google Webmaster Central Blog posted a recording of the webinar they hosted, along with the Google Analytics and Google Website Optimizer team. The webinar is available in a 60 minute YouTube video. In short, the webinar reviews the features of all three tools, Google Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics and Google … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Expired Listings Campaign - Feedback? Tips? - 07/17/08 05:51 PM
I know there are a few FSBO campaign systems out there on the market..geek that I am, I wanted to create my own (plus i'm a marketer, but not here to sell..here to pick yer brain for ideas!) - has anyone here bought a FSBO campaign that you like? Or developed … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Discover Secrets 99% of Your Competitors Will Never Know For Using The Internet In Your Business! - 07/17/08 02:47 PM
"Join me and 8 other all-star entrepreneurs and marketers as I force them to reveal their very best strategies for making money and creating marketing that produces massive results so you can generate more leads "
- John Morgan, Internet Entrepreneur, Founder of Internet Fuse
This once-in-a-lifetime series of interviews … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: How To Make Money With Your Blog - 07/17/08 02:25 PM
As many of you know I run www.InternetFuse.com an online community for entrepreneurs looking for new ways to market their business online. Well, this Tuesday July 22nd I'm doing a special presentation for entrepreneurs showing how to make money each month from your blog. I'll be revealing strategies 90% of bloggers … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: CSS and cool looking Blog Posts? - 07/16/08 08:53 PM
I've been wondering how to make my posts look more fresh- more than pictures and bold sentences? Is there a way to this by formatting the code with CSS?
CSS is set style sheets used to determine how images, and text are placed on an HTML document. Also known as Cascading … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: Part 2 of: Is Your Internet Presence All It Should Be? - 07/16/08 04:52 PM
In the previous post I wanted you to answer 4 key questions to help you determine what you want from your site. The first question asked was: What is your objective? In this post we'll dig into that question a bit deeper to see if I can provide some insight for … (3 comments)
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internet marketing: Making Your Business Soar - 07/16/08 06:26 AM
You will probably have figured out what your customers need or you will be out of business really soon.
Remember that when your customers are really more interested in fulfilling their desires than the impact that fulfilling these desires will have on their wallet. In other words you need to impact … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: How to Add Google Analytics to your ActiveRain Blog - 07/15/08 03:58 PM
After viewing the Google Analytics video from today's email I decided to try and see if I could add a advanced statistics to my profile and sure enough you can. Here are the step to Google Analytics to your profile.
Step 1: Under the My Home Section of your profile, Click … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Need an easy to remember subdomain for your community site? - 07/15/08 06:29 AM
Fellow agents,
Do you need a domain name with a little pep? I've got one to share FREE OF CHARGE.
Check out:
Montebello.is-a-great-place-to-live.com
River-Towers.is-a-great-place-to-live.com
Belle-View.is-a-great-place-to-live.com
Now imagine
YOUR-COMMUNITY.is-a-great-place-to-live.com
I also own the same domain without hyphens so that people don't need to remember to put in the hyphens, … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Agents: 10 Good, Non-"Salesy" Ways to Use "Twitter" - 07/13/08 08:39 AM
WHAT'S TWITTER?
Many of you have probably already heard of Twitter - it's a form of social media; a "micro-blog." It's essentially a tool that allows you to broadcast real-time updates to the Twitter world.
Twitter really puts the "social" part in the term social media. Many of the most popular … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: HomeGain's Customer is the Real Estate Professional - 07/12/08 10:00 PM
When working with a marketing company its probably important to ask - Who is your primary customer?
It could be that the company that you send your profile to or provide content to makes the bulk of their money from advertisers.
That means satisfying their advertisers is their bread and butter. … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: My experience prior to real estate - 07/12/08 01:09 PM
Prior to my real estate career, I cofounded a business services company called Integreon. During the first stage of growth, I served as the Managing Director with responsibility for all aspects of the operation.
After recruiting an experienced executive to be the new CEO, I served as the VP of … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Why do you have Google Adsense on your site? - 07/11/08 04:45 PM
I am seeing more and more Realtor websites that are containing Google AdSense ads in them.
My First question for you is are you in the advertising business or are you in the business of real estate. To me when I see an agent website that has AdSense on it it … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Internet Marketing Asset Allocation - 07/11/08 12:38 AM
I view my web properties like a valuable portfolio the same way I think of my investment portfolio. Research, planning, discipline, execution, and analysis are the same activities needed to succeed. I think the analogy makes sense for a number of reasons. First of all, … (13 comments)
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internet marketing: Real Estate Agents Can Dominate the Search Engines Using Video Marketing - 07/10/08 07:09 PM
Real Estate Agents Can Dominate the Search Engines Using Video Marketing
Copyright 2008, Joanne Mason
http://www.SocialNetworkingforRealEstateAgents.com
Real estate agents are constantly in search of ways to get good search engine listings. Video marketing allows you to not only get high search engine ranking but actually completely dominate the search engines. Real … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Rob Tucker - rookiesuccess internet domination - Experiences? - 07/10/08 04:20 PM
Good Afternoon All,
Just wondering if anyone here had any experience with Rob Tucker and his internet marketing coaching program? If you have, we would love to hear about your experience.
Thanks,
Carolyn BudreskiMarketing Specialist for Rob Johnstone
… (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Meet The Man Who Control Your Websites Ranking. - 07/10/08 09:01 AM
Meet Matt Cutts the public face of Google to the webmaster community. If you do not know who he is, take some time to read up about him on his Blog and his wikipedia profile. With Google search market share at 60% and growing, comments and posts made Matt can give … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: Areas to Master in Internet Success - 07/10/08 06:58 AM
After reading the article "True Internet Success Requires Mastery of 4 Areas" by Jack Lindberg I decided to write some comments on its content to share it with my colleagues
It is very important when you are trying to get Internet exposure to use traditional ways of attracting prospects to your web site. … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: It's 9:00PM. Do you know where your buyers are? - 07/09/08 09:17 PM
If you have all the buyers you could possibly want, you can stop reading. This is for Realtors like us who are wondering where all the buyers are and how do we reach them.
Technology has changed everything...especially the way we do business today. Buyers are far more educated as consumers … (5 comments)
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internet marketing: So what's this 100MPH Marketing System you keep hearing about? - 07/09/08 07:35 PM
I have had a bunch of people ask me to write a little bit about my 100MPH Marketing System and Software. I haven't released it to the public yet and my website isn't finished yet but I'll share a little insider information. Firstly, you can go to the site at www.100MPHMarketing.com … (7 comments)
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internet marketing: Blog Marketing - 07/09/08 04:19 PM
Blog Marketing - Marketing Your Blog
Blog marketing is a generic term that may be used to describe the process of Internet marketing using weblogs or might be used to describe the marketing of the blogs themselves to get higher search engine rankings.
Blogs are really a type of website that … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Internet Marketing - Are you stuck in a Paradigm Paralysis? - 07/09/08 02:33 PM
Are you ready to become and Internet Real Estate Agent (IREA)? As many of you know, I have been talking and helping a ton of Agents over the past several months. It's been very rewarding for me to know I am directly responsible for a bunch of Agents who have come … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: So You Have A Blog Now What? - 07/09/08 02:08 PM
As a relative new person to Real Estate Industry it amazes me to hear how many people have a blog whether that is an ActiveRain account or a Wordpress blog . After doing research for our client to see what you guys are doing right or wrong we came up with … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Considering a PPC campaign, Displaying Ads on Your Site, and Text Link Ads - 07/09/08 01:14 PM
Since stating my new blog, I have been forced to go back to basics. For proper SEO, I need to go back to some tasks that I had already done for my static site. As I delve deeper into marketing on the internet, I am fascinated by all of the information … (6 comments)
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internet marketing: Quick Tips for Revamping Your Real Estate Website - 07/08/08 01:05 PM
As a marketing consultant, I spend a great deal of time scouring the net for good web design and so much more time fixing poorly fashioned websites. Unfortunately, most business websites are dreadful, featuring obnoxious color schemes, too much text, tacky background art, and lots more. This in spite of the … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Do You Give Away the Farm? - 07/07/08 10:41 AM
Web 2.0 philosophies will teach us to be as "transparent" as possible to the customer. Meaning, that we should be open and honest with our prospects at all times so that they feel re-assured that there are no "back-door" deals going on. Many will argue that it is too bad that … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Statistics Speak - 07/07/08 08:52 AM
Statistics over the recent decade show that companies and investors are recognizing and utilizing Search Engine Marketing at a rapid rate. In 2006 North American advertisers spent an astonishing $9.4 billion dollars on SEM, a 62% increase from 2005 and a staggering 750% increase from 2002. I think it is safe … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Yes, Social Networking Works! - 07/06/08 06:23 PM
I am a firm believer in a balanced marketing approach. Allocate the largest time to the activities that have been proven to achieve the best results. A smaller percentage of your time should be spent on exploring new websites and social networking. Even if it … (17 comments)
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internet marketing: Succeding in Today's Real Estate market - 07/06/08 05:46 AM
Residential real estate professionals need to get back to the basics of your business or you will certainly lose your customer base. The industry is dealing with the continuing impact of subprime and mortgage liquidity problems in the housing market.
Some realtors complain of the conditions of the market, but if … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: W3C and the future of internet marketing - 07/05/08 01:03 PM
The World Wide Web Consortium is an international arena where member organizations, the public, and a full-time staff band together to ensure Web standards. The mission statement of W3C is as follows:
“To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Internet Marketing Advice for Real Estate Professionals - 07/03/08 02:09 PM
When I made the transition in to the mortgage business, one of the thing that gave me an advantage over the competition was my kowledge of Internet Marketing. I had just sold my share of the Internet Marketing Consultancy that I had founded and needed to do something that was not … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: Real Estate in the near future - 07/02/08 07:20 PM
The effect of the Internet is modeling the structure of the real estate industry according to different sources most of the future buyers are starting their search for homes in the Internet.
Some sellers are reluctant to pay the fee that companies like REMAX, Century 21, and Coldwell Banker are … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Your Most Powerful Tool - 07/02/08 04:10 AM
As a professional you do not have any tool more powerful that your mind. You need to think with clarity before acting, by doing this you will move upward and onward more rapidly in your career.
The best way is to think in your benefits as well as the benefits … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Have you joined our Internet Lead Capture and Conversion Group yet? What are you waiting for? - 07/02/08 12:34 AM
Hi Everyone! We have been getting a good response from new members in our Internet Capture and Convesion Group. However, we would like to build it up a little more so when we bring on new topics to discuss we have many points of view.
Our topics will include and are … (8 comments)
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internet marketing: Do you own or run a Real Estate Brokerage? Do you have an Internet Program? - 07/02/08 12:11 AM
I'm doing some research right now and am interested in finding out how many Brokerages have full Internet Marketing programs for their Agents. If you do, do you have a specific lead conversion training for your Agents?
The more I learn on here, the more I can help those who ask. … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Marketing a blog traditionally - How do you get the word out? - 07/01/08 09:41 PM
A blog is about internet marketing, using search engines to find you or me. We are all about SEO, SERP, links, keywords, H1-H6 titles, meta descriptions, meta titles, alt tags, HTML code.
I was in an agent's office today and asked him to look at my blog - my outside AR … (13 comments)
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internet marketing: What is your click to lead capture rate? Let's see how we all rate with each other. - 07/01/08 08:46 PM
I have been talking to a ton of people lately. Many have asked me to evaluate their websites and their ability to convert a click to a lead. This is such an important part of taking full advantage of your Internet marketing, yet most of the people I asked, had no … (5 comments)
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internet marketing: Active Rain Member Camille O'Donnell - Fabulous Technology Instructor - 07/01/08 12:52 PM
I recently took a technology class that was taught by one of our own, Camille O'Donnell. Camille is the featured member in Queen Anne County, Maryland. She is an excellent instructor and her class is packed with information and tools we need to be using in our real estate practices.
In … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: 5 keys to creating professional looking video - 07/01/08 10:41 AM
Video is going to be the future of the Internet experience and Real Estate is certainly no exception. More and more clients today are not only beginning the search for their home online but also are using the Internet to search for their agent.
While referrals and effective networking will always … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: Competitive Intelligence - 06/30/08 12:40 PM
There will come a point in your business strategy that you will begin to analyze the advantages of complimenting your current strategies with SEO (search engine optimization) and SEM (search engine marketing) as a possibility to grow if you have not already. There are many who assume that simply because they … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Dealing with online leads - 06/30/08 05:25 AM
You should always respond the possible client using the same method used by them, only call the prospect if they explicitly ask you to call or they offered their phone voluntarily (not a required field of information) and it comes from your website.
One easy way to attract buyers and sellers … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Thinking Vertical ~ The New Real Estate Technology Integration! - 06/28/08 10:00 AM
For many years the business world has applied vertical integration in marketing and business development strategies.
We are now seeing this vertical integration being applied to the real estate industry. It will be providing the visibility for our clients to more and more use technology to showcase and view their … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: Explaining blogging - blog topics - 06/27/08 08:49 PM
This afternoon Tami and I met with the owners of a downtown St Petersburg condo in Bayfront Towers and were talking about internet marketing strategies. They knew what blogging was, in general terms, but didn't understand how that would relate to marketing a property. I was explaining that it's not the … (11 comments)
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internet marketing: Internet Lead Capture and Conversion Group - Join today! - 06/27/08 07:24 PM
Hi Everyone!
If you haven't joined our group already, you should. If you really are interested in finding out about lead capture and conversion from a broker that does this every day for his Agents, then you should. Tropical Realty of Suntree in Melbourne Florida is an Internet Marketing Real Estate … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: How Do You View Your Website? - 06/27/08 10:21 AM
I
am sure glad I made the switch to Internet marketing over 10 years ago, and
decided this was the model I wanted to conduct my real estate business. I was
sick of advertising, designing marketing materials that had limited returns,
classified ads that did not work, exorbitant color magazine … (34 comments)
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internet marketing: Imagine Writing Your Next Blog Post While Driving.... Soon You Can! - 06/26/08 02:17 PM
Today Chrysler announced that next year their vehicles will come with the option of becoming a mini wireless Internet hotspot.
So now you can get Internet in your car, Virgin has Ethernet ports on their planes, and I still can't pick up a cell signal in my basement.....but I digress.
The … (28 comments)
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internet marketing: The Bridges Brothers hit the Road for a Tour of the South Bay Area - 06/25/08 06:10 PM
As some of our readers here we teach at different real estate offices and we have a 5 office tour this week. The best part is they are free sessions that you can attend. If you want to learn more about improving your lead generation on the Internet then try attending … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Free Website Evaluations - How does your site's capture tools rate? - 06/22/08 01:45 AM
Last week I posted the ability for Agents or Brokers to have their sites evaluated. I received a bunch of requests and it was a pleasure helping all of them. They all wrote back nice notes of appreciation and I was glad to help.
I decided I would offer it again but this … (3 comments)
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internet marketing: The Fifth Element ~ The Cyberspace Marketing Model......It's Here! - 06/21/08 03:14 PM
The time has come. The old ways are dissolving. The new is moving up and becoming the road to success. Internet-based marketing is here and it's powerful. Technology continues to provide us the tools to connect and provide solutions that provide knowledge and a virtual experience. Through photography and video, we … (7 comments)
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internet marketing: Attn. Independent Florida Brokers - Are you interested in growing your business? - 06/20/08 11:05 PM
It's getting close to the launch of The eHomes Realty Network. I figured I would list below the great tools you receive just for being a member of the Network. This membership is only available to Independent Real Estate Brokerages and Teams. Our Exclusive Membership will be limited to only two … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: REALLY Effective Marketing for Your Website! - 06/20/08 11:40 AM
There is a lot of confusing information available about marketing your website, and we are all inundated with myriad "great" strategies for doing it.
If you are confused and/or frustrated at the conflicting information you're getting from one resource to another, you must check out this link:
http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/real-estate-marketing
Special thanks to … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: Launching a web-site is tough work....... - 06/19/08 07:52 PM
Easymailmaker.com
We've been hard at work and the release of our new direct marketing web-site is fast approaching. Our official release date is next week but I wanted to write and share some interesting points that I've learnt of the last few months.
Keep it Simple.
There is … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Marketing guru Charlie Nicks-internet marketing has got to be part of your program - 06/19/08 07:47 PM
BrokerIPTV: Today we are talking with Charlie Nicks the creative director for Tomlin/Nicks/Wells and Townsend Advertising. Charlie, welcome to the show [Voice cross over]. Glad to have you here. Tell me about your agency, what you do?
Charlie Nicks: Well, we were primarily with the real estate industry … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Marketing guru Charlie Nicks-internet marketing has got to be part of your program - 06/19/08 07:44 PM
BrokerIPTV: Today we are talking with Charlie Nicks the creative director for Tomlin/Nicks/Wells and Townsend Advertising. Charlie, welcome to the show [Voice cross over]. Glad to have you here. Tell me about your agency, what you do?
Charlie Nicks: Well, we were primarily with the real estate industry … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Is your website up to snuff? Three big mistakes almost all sites make. - 06/18/08 09:29 PM
Last night I offered anyone who wanted, a free evaluation of their websites. I had many takers and spent much of the day reveiwing sites. Many of them had the same problems and some have really no chance of being revamped to help their business. Let's look at a few of … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Free Website Evaluation - 06/17/08 11:13 PM
Hi Everyone!
Since I'm on here all the time offering up free tips, I figured I would take it one step further for our Active Rain community. For a very short time, I am going to be offering free website evaluations on a first come first serve basis. Depending upon how … (8 comments)
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internet marketing: How do you market your website? Let's learn the basics! - 06/17/08 09:59 PM
I get this question on a daily basis from Brokers and Realtors all around the country. There are tons of ways to market your website. Firstly, if you know anything about me or have read anything I write, you then know that I spend my entire marketing budget online. I'm not … (9 comments)
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internet marketing: Don't believe everything you read! - If you don't call your Internet leads you are missing the boat! - 06/17/08 08:02 PM
I read an article today that Realtor.org put out talking about the 6 best practices of online leads. The author is a great guy and knows his stuff. However, he misses the boat on this one. He spends a good amount of time discussing how important it is not to call … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: https://www.listingvue.com Question - 06/17/08 07:55 AM
I am trying to do a little research about https://www.listingvue.com . I am sorry, if someone else has asked questions about this, but has anyone used this free service and how do you like? Is it like http://nls.point2.com/index.asp ? I really like this site and things that it does a lot for … (3 comments)
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internet marketing: The Power Of Using Video In Your Real Estate Business. - 06/17/08 02:07 AM
There is no question regarding the power of using video to not only promote your product but also yourself in the Real Estate market. As attention spans get shorter and shorter online - you need to be as compelling as possible via the most entertaining medium. There is a reason people … (30 comments)
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internet marketing: Are you On The Web??? - 06/17/08 12:39 AM
All I have to say at this point is that I am amazed at how behind the real time a lot of real estate agents are and how much more advanced other agents are.
There is a training group in my office starting the Mike Ferry system. That is so three … (8 comments)
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internet marketing: QEC Internet Services offer specialized services in increasing conversion rates - 06/16/08 06:43 PM
We at QEC Internet Services offer specialized services in increasing conversion rates, adding stickiness and calls to order to a websites, along with improving the visitor's experience on your website. Our solutions sound simple and might reveal some deficiencies you maybe aware of, but it can be quite complicated to accomplish if … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Optimizing Your Website - 06/16/08 04:58 PM
The single most important part of a website is ANALYTICS! Without analytics your website might as well be a tree falling in the woods with nobody there to hear it. Did it make any noise? Nobody knows. Without analytics on your website you have no idea how many people are visiting … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Appealing to Latinos Online - 06/16/08 01:11 PM
As the Latino population in America continues to grow, companies around South Florida and the entire United States are clamoring to find the best way to reach this market and many companies are now devising strategies to reach Latinos online. According to November 2007 figures from comScore's Media Metrix, 18.1 million … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Sprout - Building Widgets For Your Real Estate Business. - 06/13/08 10:31 PM
What is a widget?
Well simply put it is a tool that should be easily accessible. Ideally, for Realtors it will be something that promotes their own business whether it be a listing, their blog, a profile, social networking sites etc.
How do I get one?
Well Sprout makes it easy … (7 comments)
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internet marketing: The eHomes Realty Network launch in one week! - 06/12/08 11:19 PM
Well it's getting closer and coming along quicker than I had thought. Starting on Monday, The eHomes Realty Network will be available for Brokers to join. I am very excited about offering Independent Brokers the ability to finally have access to the tools that the Franchises have (actually most of what … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Discover Insider Secrets From Super Star Marketers - 06/11/08 04:10 PM
I've helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and business use the internet in their business. In fact, my own real estate team generates hundreds of leads each month through the internet. Helping people make an extra $1,000 a month with their blog or helping them create an email campaign that produces sales is … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Renewable Energy; Grants Available; Free Listings - 06/11/08 12:20 PM
Renewable Energy Fair
Midwest Renewable Energy Association's 19th Annual Energy FairThe Midwest Renewable Energy Association's Energy Fair is June 20-22 in Custer, Wisconsin, which is located near Steven's Point. This is the premier educational event on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living. Information about the MREA and the Energy fair … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: mRELEVANCE, LLC, combines PR and Web 2.0 to break the real estate marketing mold - 06/10/08 10:20 PM
New firm creates relevant marketing solutions out of Atlanta and Chicago offices
ATLANTA – mRELEVANCE, LLC, a joint venture of Flammer Relations, Inc. and MLC New Home Marketing, launched today at the Southern Building Show in Atlanta. This new web 2.0 centered marketing firm offers relevant solutions for building relationships … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: You spent what for your weekend home showcase ad? - 06/10/08 09:56 PM
If 85% of real estate transactions are starting online why are you spending all your money printing things? I am not saying that you should not drop printing. There is a place for marketing through traditional outlets, but let’s face it most of those are dying breads that take up an … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: WORST MLS PHOTOS!!!!!!! Start sending yours in here! - 06/10/08 04:14 PM
WARNING!!!!! These are real MLS photos!! I am always amazed at the idea that any picture is better than no picture. I half-agree with it now since I have been seeing the stuff I am about to post here. This should be fun to do---please send up in THIS blog any … (12 comments)
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internet marketing: The New iPhone: What does it mean for internet marketing? - 06/10/08 08:50 AM
The new, cheaper, faster iPhone was announced yesterday at the Worldwide Developer Conference. Most people had no idea a new iPhone was coming, but internet marketing nerds like us were counting down the minutes to the 10 AM PST announcement. We all love apple and own an iPhone, but more than … (7 comments)
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internet marketing: Try Out a Service to Let You List and Syndicate - 06/10/08 08:12 AM
To Agents, Brokers, Investors, Property Managers, Landlords, and anyone that has a property that you are trying to sell/rent. Please visit http://www.investorsloungeonline.com/ and try out our service for free. We offer our members to list properties, create a single property website once and then have them posted on leading online marketplaces (i.e … (3 comments)
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internet marketing: Free Website Design and Marketing Services - 06/09/08 02:36 PM
We are looking for at least 3 Real Estate agents who are interested in growing their business and making more money in the next year. If you are choosen you will receive a free custom website, free single property websites, blog consulting, etc.
If you are a real estate agent who … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: 3 MIRM's start new Joint Venture - 06/09/08 01:54 PM
Carol Flammer, Mitch Levinson and myself are launching new company this week at the Southern Building Show. Here is a link to the blog post that Mitch recently posted on my new home marketing blog Three MIRMs form new Marketing Company
New company website is currently being built for mRELEVANCE. … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: New Airline Advertised In Newspaper- Travelers To Pay Per Pound - 06/09/08 07:57 AM
Does newspaper advertising work? I know what I overwhelming hear at conference after conference, NO. The Philadelphia Inquirer recently tried to prove that the people who are saying this may have their heads in the clouds and that yes, it does indeed work.
Last Friday newspaper subscribers saw ads for a … (7 comments)
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internet marketing: Friday freebies for budget savvy wannabes - 06/06/08 12:02 PM
Have a yearning to learn, network and be entertained, but not quite sure you want to push the fold of your wallet too far? Here are two budget friendly conferences and one magazine that have two things in common- high quality and a price tag of free.
2008 CyberConvention and Expo … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: The Reason Why Internet Marketing and SEO Matter - 06/05/08 05:40 PM
I recently found this graphic that perfectly illustrates why real estate agents should be actively marketing themselves online.
If this is right and it come from a very reliable source, then the top three results for each term control ruffly 80% of the traffic for that term. Let take it … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: DISCONNECTS ABOUND!!!! - 06/05/08 05:35 PM
So please people, tell me something. Why is it that (now these are NAR numbers BTW) 86% of all consumers find their homes on the net ----66% of all consumers ONLY click on virtual media buttons like the spinning house.....BUT! only 2.67% of all listings have virtual media? NATIONWIDE!
That's like … (4 comments)
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internet marketing: 4.5 Proven Techniques to Brand Yourself On the Web & Outshine your Competition - 06/05/08 04:47 PM
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4.5 Proven Techniques to Brand Yourself On the Web & Outshine your Competition
StepsMarketing.com, a real estate marketing company, shares its experiences helping real … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Unusual and Creative Marketing Techniques - 06/05/08 03:40 PM
Got to hand to some folks for the creativity they are expending when trying to sell a home these days. Here are some of the more creative methods I have seen lately:
An Upside Down Auction - The owner is calling it the "Bothell Countdown". Each week the price on this … (93 comments)
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internet marketing: The eBoot Camp book to be published by a major publisher! - 06/05/08 01:25 PM
As many of you know, I've been working hard over the past year to take all of the content from our successful eBoot Camp workshops and put them in a book. Well I received some great news that one of the top business publishers in the world has offered to publish … (0 comments)
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internet marketing: Advice Please - I know I'm always writing blogs to help you with your business, now I need your advice! - 06/03/08 08:06 AM
Hi Everyone!
As many of you know, I am opening The eHomes Realty Network in a few weeks. Things are going great and we are set up to offer Independent Brokers and Teams the ability to have all the franchise tools you would get when buying a franchise without the franchise … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Are you a Realtor or are you a business person? You need to be both! - 06/01/08 05:12 PM
I have spent the last couple of years trying to change the attitude of both my Agents, and the Agents in the brokerages that I have consulted. One of the biggest mistakes I see so many Agents make, is not looking at themselves as a business. This is a major mistake … (2 comments)
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internet marketing: Link Building: Removing the Confusion - 05/30/08 12:31 PM
Are you dissatisfied with the results from your website? There is so much information and technical jargon out there that it all gets ridiculously confusing after a while.
There are a million ways to get links to your site, and without people linking to your site you're going to find it … (1 comments)
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internet marketing: Pay Per Click (PPC) vs Natural Search .. Which One Should You Use? - 05/28/08 01:37 PM
A high, "natural" or organic site ranking is imperative to your site's success. There is another option, however, to increase site traffic: paid per click ads. Let's look at how these forms of advertisement differ from one-another.
Surf to google.com and search for something of interest-chances are, you'll see relevant, natural … (6 comments)
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internet marketing: Internet Marketing - Is it really worth it? - 05/26/08 11:48 PM
If you know me, you know that I believe strongly in Internet Marketing. In fact I believe so strongly that I have stopped all my other advertising...all of it. I have had other Brokers tell me I'm crazy for putting all my marketing online. They have told me that I have … (19 comments)
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internet marketing: Questionable MLS Comments. - 05/24/08 08:21 AM
I is amazing what you read in an MLS entry, and sometimes it is a wonder that anyone would come to see the home. The listing agent places in items like "EZ-Sale...Easy Terms...Lease Purchase Available...Please Note Commission, and last but not least...To show is to sell!" Too bad the homes have … (96 comments)
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