website: How would you like to make money from My Website? It's pretty easy! - 07/23/08 06:31 PM
Hi Everyone!
My Real Estate Company in Melbourne Florida, is now offering you the ability to have the Brevard County IDX system on your site. 80% of our customers come from out of state. Most of our buyers come from NY, MA, CT and California and eveywhere in between!
Here's how it works:
I
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website: Website 2.0 - 07/23/08 06:30 PM
I don't usually spend much time talking about me or what we are doing here at Mastery Coaching. As a coach, I am very well aware that you inherantly care more about you and what you are doing.
But every once and a while I need to slip a little
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website: Consumer Behaviour During a Downturn - How to Adapt & Generate Business Part I - 07/22/08 07:57 PM
Having been through multiple market swings over the years, and survived, I feel incredibly optimistic that I can still grow my business even though many are saying that we are in "hard" times. No matter what business you are in, you can use this time to grow your business through different
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website: Urban Knight Enterprises, Inc. has launched their Company’s Website – www.UKENotary.com - 07/22/08 06:55 PM
The launch of the new website is aimed at giving the Urban Knight Enterprises firm a unique and professional look that fits with their industry and capabilities. The website is in alignment with their "simple, to the point" corporate identity. Our main goal was to design a website to have a
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website: Walden on Lake Houston's Chef Daniel - 07/22/08 10:42 AM
Walden on Lake Houston is a private golf course community that has a lot to offer. From social membership to full golf membership, there is a program that fits the needs of every resident. The clubhouse provides several dining options. Along with the main dining room & it's fabulous view, there is
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website: Visit www.williams4yourhome.com for the latest real estate information in Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita - 07/21/08 03:07 PM
Jeremy Williams of Keller Williams Realty Northeast is a full-service residential real estate consultant providing high level customer oriented services to the residents of northeast Houston including Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita. If selling a home Jeremy offers a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee program that is backed by a marketing system with proven results
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website: How to Optimize Your Ads for Maximum Clicks - 07/21/08 10:42 AM
If you have read the first two parts of this mini series, you will have a good understanding on what AdSense is, what it can do for your website and how to actually implement it. In this last part, you will learn some optimization tricks that will help you get more
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website: What has blogging done for you and How does it work for you? - 07/20/08 08:27 AM
What has blogging done for you and How does it work for you?
Ive just started blogging, here and on my website and on worldpress - now that being said, its fun and I am enjoying it - it apparently is the way of the future of real estate.
My question
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website: Vehicle Marketing - tips and suggestions - 07/18/08 09:08 AM
A recent blog by a Karen Otto caught my attention: "CAR"keting" - using your vehicle for marketing your business"
I thought I would add my 2 cents with tips and suggestions.
1. The lettering is only on the windows. My hubby is a car fanatic and did not want lettering on the
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website: Web writing tips—make your website THE place to visit! - 07/18/08 08:38 AM
Last month we talked about putting together a compelling blog. Equally important is having your own great website. Many firms offer their agents a microsite or personal page connected to the company's overall site. This is the perfect place to highlight your listings and videos, promote your background and expertise and
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website: 16Homes.com - 07/17/08 06:34 AM
Hi,
I just launched a new site 16Homes.com (http://16Homes.com). I think it's much more friendly than my other site WellesleyHomesOnline.com (http://wellesleyhomesonline.com). Trying some new things for better search results. Need to still have a few more towns added, also need to give more ways for users to refine their search.
Please let
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website: Step-by-Step: How To Put AdSense On Your Site - 07/16/08 11:51 AM
In the first part of this series, you learned about what AdSense is, how it can be used to monetize your site and some of the main positive and negative effects of implementing it. This second installment will tell you exactly how to set up AdSense on your site from the
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website: Same old...same old leads only to status-quo or decline. - 07/15/08 09:33 AM
If I told you about a product that would get your website address seen hundreds to thousands of times everyday for years for only $39.95 would you buy it? At only $39.95 anyone would buy it, but only if they were convinced the statement was accurate. Remember I said hundreds to
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website: Is It Worth Monetizing Your Site With AdSense? - 07/14/08 12:23 PM
Wow, it’s been quite a while since I put a post up here on my blog. It’s amazing how fast time flies!
Anyways, I thought I would start a little (I’m thinkin’ it will consist of 3 parts) mini-blog series on the topic of AdSense. Within the past month, I have
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website: Website Help, I'm Still a Newbie!!!!! - 07/14/08 09:30 AM
I never gave it much thought until last year to have my own website. I have always used the company's that i worked for. Then I came to Active Rain and noticed the importance o having one of your own.
After hours o trying to find a domain name that was catching,
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website: "DON'T EVEN BOTHER" - 07/13/08 01:24 PM
People are funny. They are all different.
There are happy people and sad people.
Cheerful people and grumpy people.
I noticed this as I was hanging my newsletter this morning in one of my farm areas, Carrolwood in Naperville Illinois.
It was a beautiful day. Sunday morning. People walking their dogs
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website: Omnipresent... Social Networking... - 07/13/08 10:08 AM
It starts with putting yourself out there...
A few months ago, I had a post about My Social Networking Strategy (not linked as it was Member's Only). In the post, I laid out the different portals i was going to leverage for Social Networking. If you don't have a plan... you
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website: 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
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website: New Website for Artisan Custom Estates - 07/13/08 01:51 AM
As a local luxury custom home builder in the Alpharetta and North Atlanta market, we seek to maintain a culture of continuous improvement. In this day and age in the residential real estate industry, there is no better target of continuous improvement for serving customers than a Company's website and core web infrastructure,
We
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website: Low-Cost Website Marketing (edited) - 07/12/08 05:49 PM
I've been asked a lot questions along the lines of "how do I get more hits"...?
Some tried and true methods...
Tell people about your site. Put your site address in the signature of your emails. Sounds obvious, doesn't it? You'd be surprised how many people don't think about this.
Be
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website: Life Sites...? - 07/12/08 10:13 AM
A "Life Site" is a personalized website that celebrates, remembers and appreciates those special people and moments in our lives. Life Sites can be created for almost any reason:
To celebrate a birth and share pictures with friends and family.
As a wedding gift for a bride and groom.
As a
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website: Social Media Anti-Marketing... - 07/12/08 09:05 AM
This is not hard core real estate talk... it is not real estate talk AT ALL...
My wife has been an avid scrapbooker. In fact, she was a Creative Memories Consultant (dealer) for a few years. It is quite fair to say that she really enjoys scrapbooking. And it has been
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website: Out of sight.....out of mind. - 07/11/08 12:52 PM
You've got to hand it to Benjamin Franklin. When it came to adages he gave us all something to think about. I don't know if it was Ben who coined the term "out of sight...out of mind," but it's something that should be in the back of every real estate agent's
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website: Search for Cabot and Central Arkansas Homes at www.joshandkathyschmidt.com - 07/09/08 06:39 PM
We just wanted to give you an opportunity to check out our website and search for homes in the Cabot Real Estate Area and Central Arkansas Real Estate Areas. We have been working hard on our website to make it as easy for you the consumer to use and find
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website: Under promise and over deliver, now that's good advice! - 07/09/08 04:26 PM
I am having website built...no big deal people have them done all the time. I was promised by the company I selected after doing some research in the begining that it would take about 4-6 weeks...did I get that in writing? NO...and a BIG mistake...we are on week 20 now and
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website: Getting known in a tight real estate market can be challenging - 07/09/08 02:48 PM
I'm told that 80% of home buyers consult the internet first before actually viewing a property first hand. This seems to make sense given the high price of gasoline and the limited amout of time today's busy lifestyle affords.
For most real estate agents the internet and their website are indispensable
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website: My Experience with AgentImage: Save your Money - 07/09/08 01:07 PM
It's not in my nature to call out a company so openly on a blog, but it's been a long time coming and I would like to share my experience with AgentImage.com with other real estate professionals, so you can use it (or not) when selecting your own web designer.
At
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website: Pulled the trigger on the OB - 07/08/08 03:13 PM
I have been looking at that little tidbit on my ToDo list for a few days now... and so I finally pulled the trigger for the outside blog.
GwinnettGarageGuy
Hit it up, take a look.
I haven't really had the time to tweak it out, with the change to Diamond Dwellings
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website: Website Grader- learn more about your website and SEO! - 07/08/08 01:05 PM
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to give you a website that grades your website. websitegrader.com analyzes what your website has (and what it doesn't), and spits out a great report that you can look at where your site needs work.
You can also type in additional websites (5 of your competitors) to compare
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website: Tapp's Rentals is now Online! - 07/08/08 12:27 PM
Tapp's Rentals Online
Tapp's Rentals now has a webpage with a
complete list of our rental properties.
Visit us anytime at Tapp's
Rentals!
For more information contact:
Tapp's Rentals
2169 Irvin Cobb Drive
Paducah, KY 42003
phone: 270-575-0061
fax: 270-575-0862
email: info@tappsautosales.com
Tapp's Rentals has many rental
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website: Brand new website for the Patuxent papers in Carroll County - 07/08/08 11:27 AM
As most of you know, Tribune owns the Baltimore Sun and Patuxent Publishing. The Sun's interactive division is great, so they were put to work redesigning all of Patuxent's websites. We have just completed the Eldersburg Eagle and the Westminster Eagle. Content from both can now be found at www.explorecarroll.com
Residents
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website: Teasing and hinting and everything but saying... - 07/08/08 12:02 AM
I joined Diamond Dwellings Realty today. Matt Fagioli and Diamond Dwellings are a finalist for the Inman Innovators Award for a Brokerage or Franchise. Pretty cool.
After talking with Matt over the last few weeks, he has gotten me incredibly excited about the possibilities for this brokerage model. It is designed
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website: Trying to be "unique" just like everyone else? - 07/06/08 02:12 PM
Ever notice how businesses of all types, not just real estate related, sell themselves much like high school kids? They want to be unique... just like everyone else.
Even when honest, the messages often sent don't mean anything to the potential customer. It's great you are customer-focused, honest, experienced, seasoned, been
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website: Embrace the change... - 07/05/08 11:39 PM
Embrace change...
I was looking for the clip in Wayne's World where Rob Lowe's character asks Garth (Dana Carvey) what he thinks of the changes to Wayne's World as it goes corporate. In the clip, Garth replies to Rob Lowe, "Change? We fear change." I see that as all too
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website: Real Estate and Restaurants... - 07/05/08 05:10 PM
Does it seem odd to compare the disparate industries?
Real Estate and Restaurants...
It is actually more of a contrast... There is something that the real estate industry, from the giant franchises all of the way down to hyper-local "Mom and Pop" shops, could learn. And it comes from all sorts
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website: Changing Brokerages? Focus? Just Keeping Up? - 07/05/08 02:45 PM
If you are, you might not have thought about something that is VERY important... Social media and online ads... the old ones.
That's right. I sat down and started looking at everywhere I had promoted myself... and the list started to get long. And when I ran a search in Google,
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website: Mission Impossible? - 07/04/08 11:43 PM
Mr. Bailey, you did a pretty fair job creating a listing blog for a listing that was almost $1m.
So now we have a challenge for you...
Your mission, should you decide to accepti it is to take a more normal priced property... priced under $200k, and create a
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website: Well, I'm Jumping In...The Website is Launched! www.UKENotary.com - 07/02/08 09:15 PM
Well, I'm jumping in...I have officially launched my new website...I am excited. It has been truly a rewarding experience for me. The late nights, brainstorming...deleting pages, starting over from scratch...I am plum tired. Losing all sense of time was the main breakdown for me...debating whether over the color palate and capturing
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website: Which One of These Seven Killer Marketing Strategies Do You Neglect? - 07/02/08 01:53 PM
marketing strategy
Writing
Ads.:
This is an offline marketing tool. The words
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website: Arizona Real Estate Website Introduction - AzSearchForHomes.com - 07/01/08 11:44 AM
Search Arizona Real Estate
Should you have any questions about the Phoenix Arizona real estate market please feel welcome to contact me at 480-247-7244 and I would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about the current market.
Also, should you be interested in buying or selling a home, please
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website: AFFILIATE PROGRAMS - 06/30/08 12:21 PM
Hi all...I've been thinking about adding links to my website to companies that offer affiliate programs for the sale of their products...I figure it might be a good way to offset the cost of the website itself and maybe even make some additional cash...BUT, before I spend a week and forever
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website: Advertising Design Cliches you Don't Want to Make - 06/27/08 05:30 PM
In a previous life before coming to work for Rob, I worked for Ad Agencies, and on the Marketing and Sales side of Condo Projects. These past experiences taught me a LOT about what NOT to do when designing an advertisement.
Rule #1: Just because you are printing in Colour, doesn't
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website: It's aliiiiiiiiiive!!! - 06/27/08 10:19 AM
My new website went live yesterday!! I still need to get in there and do a LOT of customizing as far as the content goes - right now it's the default info provided by my host, which is good info but not specific to my target market - but the important
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website: www.Dashfly.com - Routing Site - 06/27/08 10:06 AM
Here is a great site that a couple of my agents use for mapping homes for their tours, www.Dashfly.com. It's free. You can add many stops in any order, change order and get a map that uses Google mapping that shows the locations, you can also print out the file for yourself
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website: Web 2.0 for Realtors Teleseminar Class - 06/26/08 10:06 AM
Web 2.0 For RealtorsExpand Your Web Presence to Convert More LeadsProgram begins Tuesday, July 15th 3-5pm ESTand runs for six consecutive Tuesdays. Final Check-in is Sept 30 3-4pm
Over 82% of buyers start their search on the web. What do they see when they hit your site? Is there anything compelling other than
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website: Business Leaders Toastmasters has the only web site among the seven Toastmasters clubs - 06/26/08 06:09 AM
Business Leaders Toastmasters has the only web site among the seven Toastmasters clubs on Staten Island! And why is that? It takes a lot of time to manage a web site and most people don't have the amount of free time needed to pursue this endeavor. Our club's webmaster, Arlene Trunzo
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website: Looking for good websites to market real estate listings - 06/25/08 10:27 PM
Hi everyone, I am currently in seek of additional websites to market my Saskatoon real estate listings that I am currently carrying. The Saskatoon real estate market is one of the hottest markets in Canada and North America. As a result we have seen a large number of investors approach us
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website: Is your website a key to your success? - 06/25/08 07:21 PM
Pam and I are considering a website package. Still doing some research on it at this time. What is your take on it?
In today's market, it seems as if many agents are complaining that they just do not have leads, or their listings are not moving. Many of the agents (if
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website: A Tool That Could Help Your Buyers Make a Decision - 06/25/08 08:59 AM
Here is a tool that could help your buyers make a decision on where to move. Especially if they don't know the area or are moving from another state. Certain states are teaming up with the poilice force and tracking where all the crimes are occuring, and what types of crimes
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website: Alexandria247.com - 06/24/08 04:51 PM
Go to www.alexandria247.com!
This is a new website and it has the local businesses information at the end of your fingertips.
If you are looking for real estate, hotels, restaurants, mortgage companies or anything else it is all on this site.
You can even find me, Keary Beck Coffin. I am
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website: FREE for Buyers & Sellers! - 06/24/08 04:44 PM
FREE for Buyers & Sellers!
Buyers:
CMA-Comparable Market Analysis
Hotlist-shows homes for sale in your area
Private Website View for clients
Sellers:
CMA-Comparable Market Analysis
Listing Presentation
CMA's are Comparable Market Analysis' and the give an estimate of what a property is worth. For a buyer it is used when the
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website: CHECK OUT MY NEW WEBSITE! - 06/24/08 04:28 PM
Hey Active Rainers,
I've had a website for awhile but it was just a temporary, tiny site. My new and very IMPROVED website finally went live! It's ben a long time coming but it's finally up and available for viewing.
Please check it out if you get a chance and let
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website: Luba Knows What Works On The Web. See It Here... - 06/24/08 12:45 PM
I just came across the work of Zephyr real estate agent, Luba Muzichenko. As far as marketing is concerned, Luba does two things very well. First she is host to a very valuable and local blog titled "The Avenues Blog." (photo below-www.theavenuesblog.com)
Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!
The Avenues Blog is a
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website: Website Introductions via Voice Talent - 06/24/08 09:14 AM
Voice overs by Jay Allen.
The following is an intro for a real estate website.
Your website can have a professional voice for under $100!
For production rates email
jay@movievoice.net.
Prudential Premier - Website Intro by Jay Allen - Jay Allen
Jay Allen has performed and produced professional voice overs since
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website: Some Videos on AgentXL - 06/24/08 01:26 AM
I thought that I'd post a few videos about the back end of AgentXL
If any of you want to beta test it, simply type in http://yourname.agentxl.com
Still a little rough without some setup, but you can see from the videos that it's quite comprehensive on the back end.
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website: Promoting Your Site On The Web - 06/22/08 11:53 PM
I get a usefull information today about business online management. I’ll tell it for all of you here. Did you know that each cell site on cells or base station can generally handle up to four different tenants wireless? If you already have a cell site or seek to add to
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website: mls.ca changing - 06/21/08 12:00 PM
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website: Flash Animation for the DIY'er in All of Us - an ActiveRain Exclusive - 06/20/08 07:26 AM
A fellow copywriter mentioned this site on Twitter the other day and I wanted to share it with you.
The site is called Sprout and the idea is simple - build your own flash animations without paying an expensive designer.
Now, a word of caution: You should at least be somewhat
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website: 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
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website: Woo hoo... June eNewsletter is out - 06/19/08 03:01 PM
I have finally put the last nail in the June GarageHomesUSA - LaneBailey.com eNewsletter. And it has mailed. There are a couple of really good stories in it.
If you aren't already a subscriber... why? It is free, and a way to catch up on some of the posts from various
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website: Getting Ready to Launch 1 of 2 Websites, Stomach Full of Knots! - 06/19/08 12:59 PM
I have been working diligently on building a website for a while. Well, I got so involved that I started building another website just for one main service that I offer, which be launched some time next week or sooner.
I never knew all the intricate detailing that goes into designing a
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website: But what do I want to look like? - 06/19/08 09:53 AM
Many of the active bloggers here on Active|Rain seem to have outside blogs as well... or they have A|R blogs in addition to their outside effort... whatever...
But, one question I hear a lot is...
What should it LOOK like?
Well heck... It should look cool, not take a month to
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website: Free real estate website with BONUS! - 06/18/08 08:09 PM
Attention all agents:
Yes, another FREE Real Estate Website, but this does offer you something MORE..... You can actually upload VIDEO of your property(s) for FREE. I have uploaded my property videos and it was easy. There is even a step by step to help you. I have also found a rental site that does
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website: 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
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website: Website Feedback - 06/16/08 11:39 PM
I recently posted a blog asking for advice about which web hosting company to use. I research all of the suggestions and decided onrealtysoft.com. I value the feedback form Active Rain members and would love input on my website, and search engine optimization. Feel free to take a look at the preliminary
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website: 10 Seconds to a Great First Impression - 06/16/08 03:14 PM
When buyers are ready to buy and sellers are ready to sell, they no longer use the Yellow Pages to find a real estate professional. Instead, they head straight for their computer and begin their search. When the prospective buyer or seller has found your site, are they going to stay there?
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website: My website - 06/16/08 02:47 PM
To all Agents
I have a website that I am building and would like some fee back from other agents that have a website.
I am new at this.
The website is www.henrybruce.com
Thanks for all that visited the website.
Henry
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website: Website and New Marketing for Todays TOP REALTOR - 06/16/08 12:01 PM
Hello everyone,
We all agree that in order to be on top of todays market we all have to have web presence and be on top of the new technologies.
Here is a list of websites and ideas to be on top of that;
efaxes www.onefax.com or www.popfax.com
Marketing www.buildasign.com
www.Realtor.com
www.REaltor.org
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website: Hubspot Website Grader - 06/15/08 12:28 PM
I've recently learned about a website called Hubspot.com. They have an SEO Website grader. It tells you how many inbound links you have, how well your site is doing on SEO in relation to your targeted keywords, and how you're going overall. You get a grade from 0-100. (After four years
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website: Automatic Valuation Tools... I just picked one up... - 06/14/08 09:59 AM
I just added one to GarageHomesUSA.com the other day. They are great for what they are... as long as the limitations are kept in mind. Here is the direct link. Feel free to wander over in a moment...
AVTs have become all of the rage in the last couple of years.
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website: Blogs Imbedded as a Page on Website? - 06/12/08 11:54 PM
Okay, I'm looking to add my Active Rain blog to my website. I'd like to keep separate the Realtor blogs and the consumer blogs.
I have searched for answers in FAQ and on the Search tool, but cannot figure out how to keep the blogs separate.
Do my blogs in Active
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website: My all encompassing presentation on internet marketing - 06/12/08 03:35 PM
OK, so all encompassing might have been a bit much, but it got you to click didn't it? My goal with this is to show agents the value of having a strong online presence and to give agents the evidence to educate their sellers. The internet is the most used medium
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website: Search for a new Home in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area! - 06/12/08 11:22 AM
Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that we have launched our new website in the Phoenix / Scottsdale area. You can search all available properties at:
http://SearchPhoenixHomesForSale.com
Please try it out and let me know what you think. Thank you for your time and have a great day!
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website: Website advice needed for non-AR REALTOR - 06/12/08 10:48 AM
HELP!!!!
A fellow realtor in my office is planning to initiate, for the first time, a website. I have recommended Advanced Access, but she has expressed an interest in Image Pro primarily due to the cost difference.
Has anyone out there had any experience with Image Pro? Please, with all due
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website: www.explorebaltimorecounty.com has launched! - 06/11/08 03:27 PM
Baltimoresun.com has now launched the website for all of the Patuxent papers in Baltimore County, building on the launch last month of the Howard County site. ExploreBaltimoreCounty.com will have content from eight papers including the Towson Times, the Jeffersonian, the Arbutus Times, & many more. Best of all, if you have
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website: The first of the FREE blog headers is in!! (See inside) - 06/11/08 01:29 AM
CONGRATULATIONS Aida Pinto!!! Hers is the first of the free blog header designs we offered to ActiveRain members in a post about a week or so ago. It came out nicely, dont'cha think?Plus...it looks as though we may be giving Aida a hand in a bit of a "marketing makeover" by bringing
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website: 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
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website: Top 5 Ways to Promote Your Website Offline - 06/09/08 08:38 PM
Top 5 Ways to Promote Your Website Offline
By, Corey Wells
We all know the importance of having a website for online marketing and lead generation. However, there are many ways you can promote your website offline as well. Many times these simple activities are overlooked. Don’t miss out on this
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website: Build a website for your listing? - 06/09/08 02:33 PM
Hi everyone,
I have a nice website for my business and all my listings are always posted there, but for years I have built custom websites with their own URL through GoDaddy.com for each listing. Until now, that is. The GoDaddy website model that I have always used has become too
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website: If every Fortune 500 company does it, why don't you? - 06/07/08 03:07 PM
Every company in the Fortune 500 does it. Technology makes is easier than ever. You'll make more money because of it.
I'm referring to the practice of outsourcing - puchasing or subcontracting services from an outside source or supply.
About a year ago, we began outsourcing some administrative and marketing tasks
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website: What DOES that guy sound like? - 06/06/08 04:59 PM
I did a cheesy one for the contest a while back, but I decided to let actual professionals video me for an agent profile. Similar script, better place than the Gallery (hallway) in my house... And way better sound.
So, here I am...
GarageHomesUSA.com Lane BaileyI'd like to thank
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website: The Bank Addendum - Read it BEFORE Writing - 06/06/08 09:30 AM
Few agents have been able to totally avoid the bank addendum in this market. If you're buyer is going to be writing on an REO (bank-owned property), it's basically a necessary evil and an extra step that you're going to have to deal with.
Here's my advice. Get the addendum before
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website: 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
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website: Exit Short Sales Website - Jules Yates & Matt Hodges - 06/02/08 09:43 PM
For any of you looking for a good site for short sales in the Northern Michigan Area (Traverse City) please check out www.ExitShortSales.com. This site features Short Sale listings offered by both Matt Hodges and myself. We update this site often so please check back often.
If you or someone you
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website: Alamance County Market Conditions - 06/02/08 11:27 AM
Alamance County, North Carolina including Burlington, Mebane, Graham, Haw River, Gibsonville, Whitsett, Elon, and Green Level.
Period: May 26-June 1, 2008
I continurally monitor local real estate statistics to keep my clients informed and ahead of real estate trends. Below you will find statistics for the last week of May.
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website: MagToo... Panorama toy - 05/31/08 11:35 PM
I have been looking around for a good way to put Panorama pictures on my blog and website. I have long been able to just post them flat, but I wanted a rotating display that was more interactive.
While in the search, I just ran across a site called MagToo that
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website: Websites Every Realtor Should Know - 05/30/08 02:21 PM
Studies indicate that over 80% of today's home buyers visit the Internet long before seeking the professional assistance of a REALTOR®. This means that, thanks to popular realty-themed websites that compete for your business, your clients are already armed with more information than ever before.
That's why today's savviest real estate
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website: Trulia vs Zillow, It is A Close Race on the Compete.com Chart - 05/30/08 12:28 PM
Check out this chart from Compete.com on Zillow and Trulia. It looks like they are running neck and neck on people count. Trulia leads by approximately 40,000 people counts.
We market on both Trulia and Zillow, and with the information stated below, I don't think we are wasting time. I don't favor one over the other.
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website: 5 Crucial Steps to Great Exposure for your Listings - 05/29/08 02:41 PM
What really makes a property stand out from the crowd in today's market? Is it price, location, or something else? I have seen numerous listings locally and nationally that are priced great, have a good location, but are just not getting the showings that will allow for an eventual sale. What's
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website: Cool Tool for Buyers! - 05/28/08 09:47 PM
On our newest listing, we have really rolled out the tech. Of course the seller gave us a great canvas, but here are a few of the cool tools we are employing:
Single Property Blog. Instead of a couple of pages, or worse yet, a page, we decided to go whole
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website: The Name of Your Website is Costing you Money....Is your name or keywords working? - 05/28/08 06:34 PM
Is your web domain name too long? A while ago we talked about this. I have some info on why you need a great domain name.
It doesnt matter how simple your website name is....People are going to screw it up!
How hard is it to remember UtahDave.com? How hard is
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website: All New Accelerated Strategies For “SUPER HIGH” Web Site Rankings - 05/28/08 02:05 PM
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Internet,
the mammoth information source is used all over the
world for business and domestic needs. Millions and millions of people
use
popular search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. to get their work
done
quickly. Every organization these days has got its own website and it
is the
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website: Last Week for Website Raffle - 05/27/08 07:10 PM
Here's a reminder that this is the last week to win a Real Estate Webmasters (REW) website, free lifetime hosting and a core IDX solution worth more than $5,000. Plus, by joining the raffle you will be donating to the Eco Preservation Society and helping endangered Costa Rican squirrel monkeys.
If
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website: Free IDX Search Tools (feedback request) - 05/27/08 05:07 PM
We're reviewing the usability of a free generic version of our IDX search tools located at www.nwrealty.com/washington prior to official release later this week. Due to the increase of Buyers seeking owner terms we've included easy access to listings that offer "Lease/Purchase" and "Owner Financing" options. These are provided via buttons at the top right
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website: Please criticize my website: - 05/25/08 11:04 PM
I really appreciate your honest feedback and I would love to do the same for you.
www.homepause.com www.homesnipe.com www.lehighvalleybesthomesale.com
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website: Has anyone else had trouble uploading video using Windows Vista? - 05/24/08 07:41 PM
Has anyone else had trouble uploading video using Windows Vista? Because I sure have. I had been trying to publish a video to our website (www.terryconnelldavis.com) that was created as a ".mov" (quicktime) file with no success, tweaking multiple variables along the way trying to reach a solution before I pulled out my last
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website: Can you feel the (Google) power? - 05/24/08 11:39 AM
I sure can.
Ten hours ago I posted up a blog entry about a listing. This morning, I ran a search on the address. The A|R post rank #1. Trulia was also on the front page at #2. My blog came in #3. Under the #1 ranking there were actually two
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website: The white flag is waving, and... - 05/23/08 09:45 PM
Not the surrender flag, but the white flag denoting the last lap of the race. And it has been a marathon.
It has been a month in the making. There are a lot of details that will only come out over a cold drink in a dark room, but let me
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website: Ritzy Blog Delivers Quick Daily Updates and Photos from the Las Vegas Strip - 05/23/08 12:23 PM
Press Release for LasVegasStripDaily.com
May 23, 2008 - In what he calls a multi-step process for raising the bar in regards to helping readers access relevant Las Vegas Strip development news and information, Aaron Auxier of Luxury Realty Group has launched LasVegasStripDaily, a news and photo based blog site. He
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website: There's an SEO expert in all of us - 05/23/08 10:03 AM
One of the things that is largely overlooked in an agent's website is their tracking ability. Not just their number of visitors but where those visitors come from and what terms they used to find you. I want to show you how to do a little work on your site and
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