website: Papers losing real estate ads to online - 08/17/07 03:11 PM
These articles keep popping up. Check out this one by Seth Sutel from the associated Press. Read Full Article>> Here are some snippets: What’s worse is that a lot of that advertising may never come back to newspapers even if the real estate sector recovers. That’s because a significant chunk of
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website: Lead Generation Transparency - Beta "Disclose" - 08/15/07 12:58 PM
Lead Generation Transparency - It's Not Transparent, It Is Just Full of Holes Sorry AgentMatch, beta disclose. "...view local agents based on criteria such as location, marketing services offered, commission rate, and transaction experience." Reading through Jessica Swesey's article in Inman News, AgentMatch Aims to Add Transparency to Lead Generation, the word "agent" keeps appearing. This is
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website: Welcome to Charlottesville! - 08/15/07 10:04 AM
Welcome to Charlottesville! If you are considering moving out of the busy area you are currently living in I strongly suggest you consider Charlottesville for Fine Homes, Beautiful Land, Real Estate of all types and Blue Ridge Views! I moved her seven years ago and have never looked back. The schools are excellent
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website: Website??? - 08/14/07 06:31 PM
Im looking to find out what Real Estate Website creators you are using. I currently have one through Advanced Access but was looking to find out what you are using. How much did you pay? What are the pro's to the one you use? Are you paying per-click? What is your budget? Sorry so many
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website: Mid month stats are in - 08/13/07 07:41 PM
The new website change over has really been benificial to our market reach. So far we are ranking on page 1 or at the top of page 2 for city + real estate community keywords.Website traffic has quadroupled using quality coding and seo. Review the increases it is difficult to challenge why
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website: Where do listings come from? - 08/13/07 12:27 AM
This is part 2 of a special report on Lead Generation that I am writing. I'd love to hear what you think of it. ================ If you've ever held a job where you had to mail in your resume and cover letter, then you know that the resume wasn't meant to get you the
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website: How a buyer's agent gets leads - 08/12/07 10:42 PM
This is part 1 of a special report on Lead Generation that I am writing. I'd love to hear people's thoughts on it. ========= It's a good idea to decide whether you are targeting buyers or sellers because a buyer and a seller are looking for two different things and will respond to
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website: Blog Your Way To Success - 08/12/07 09:48 AM
What's A Blog?According to wikipedia.com "a blog (or weblog) is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed with the newest at the top. Like other media, blogs often focus on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news. Some blogs function as online
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website: Sunday At The Center - 08/12/07 12:29 AM
NOVEMBER 18th 10:00 am to 4:00 pm A ONE DAY ART SHOW AND SALE WILL BE HELD AT DIAMOND BAR CENTER 1600 S. GRAND AVE. Applications are still being accepted to participatein this event. you can obtain an application on the city of Diamond Bar's web site. www.cityofdiamondbar.com or
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website: SEO for Dummies (me) - 08/11/07 01:02 PM
Okay, I've searched the catalog of posts looking for a sort of "SEO for Dummies" and, being a devoted dummy myself, seemed to get more confused with each entry. So, could someone with way too much time on their hands and the ability to avoid too much jargon please explain some steps
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website: Marketing & Branding: Why My Clients Do It! - 08/11/07 12:34 PM
When I serviced my first real estate client back in 2002, Maryland housing was being to “boom”. Most of the agents had been in the game for a while. It wasn’t until the later part of ’02 that I noticed a lot of new agents. A lot of the “old timers”
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website: Tapping into free tools & marketing! Great resources are out there! - 08/10/07 10:03 PM
Some may say I am cheap... I like to think I'm thrifty. Well, the bottom line is- I just don't have the budget I would like to spend on marketing. Who does? I am always looking for new things to stretch my budget. As time goes on, hopefully my marketing budget
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website: Did Google forget about me? - 08/10/07 09:21 PM
I just started a company and made a huge mistake of hiring my friend to design my website from a template I bought on-line. Then I made mistake #2 of hiring a web placement company to "place" my website on higher ranking pages. It took three weeks but I had 4 seperate links
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website: Changes to Websites are a must do - 08/10/07 06:56 PM
Recently I have been focusing more time and energy to my website, www.realestatewithjody.com. I realize that approximately 80% of buyers are looking online first, and that we all need to have our websites in top notch form. I recently added a market snapshot from Top Marketer, through Top Producer. This is
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website: Our Web Traffic Doubled! - Washington Real Estate - 08/10/07 02:13 PM
We were very please to tie with CB Bain (green line) at 12,000 visitors for the month of June, and we never dreamed that we could out perform the NWMLS public website (red line). But according to compete.com ... WE DID IT!!! (we're the blue line). During the month of July we reached
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website: Update on our market - 08/10/07 08:48 AM
This is a great time to be a buyer! There are choices out there and it is never too late to make it happen. I can direct you to lenders that still do 100% financing with good credit. Our area will continue to grow so I expect the market to start
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website: Bait Sites....Good or Bad? - 08/09/07 11:25 PM
Well, I have read a bunch of different opinions on bait sites. SEO is a big deal when you realize how many buyer's are looking on the Internet before calling an agent. I have been working ever angle I can find to improve my website ranking. I have now added five
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website: Check out the interview with Craig Newmark from Craigslist! - 08/09/07 10:49 AM
Hello Inman News had a great interview with Craig Newman of Craigslist and Alex Perriella of Realogy. It is a little long but offers great insight to the future of internet advertising! http://www.inman.com/hstory.aspx?ID=64162 I watched the whole thing and am spending sometime today checking out Second Life, Yahoo classified and google. If you
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website: Google Webmaster Tools (Part 2) - 08/07/07 12:41 PM
In a previous postI introduced Google's free Webmaster Tools, leaving off with the report of the current top 20 placements for search queries driving traffic to http://www.nwrealty.com/. (Before going further I need to disclose that these were only the top 20 of over 13,000 keywords and most of the top 20 were
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website: Anyone benefiting from IRED? - 08/07/07 12:02 PM
For many years we have considered advertising on IRED.com an investment well worth the $25 annual fee but for the past few months I cannot detect any SEO/back-link benefit. Logs indicate that we do receive a handful of visitors every month, but our motivation is SEO. I've dug around quite a bit
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website: Crappy Website? 25 Signals To Look For - 08/03/07 04:57 PM
25 Signals of Crap ~ Do you have a crappy website? I got this from a thread in Webmasterworld and thought I'd post it. Some of these points apply to real estate sites, some do not. Credit goes to a member over at Webmasterworld using the moniker of "Fribble" Thanks Fribble!
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website: FSBO site - 08/03/07 10:04 AM
I got a lot of positive response to my FSBO website. First off, thanks for taking the time to check it out. As far as what I've done to get it up and running. Not much. Contacted some people I've been talking to about possible listings who mentioned they wanted to try
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website: Have You Yelped Yet? - 08/01/07 12:03 PM
Have you discovered Yelp? It is a relatively new (at least new to me) online community of people writing reviews of establishments they done business with. From their dry cleaners to their favorite eatery, they can review any busienss. As a business owner, you can add your company, if it's not
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website: How to Drive Customers to Your Website (Event) Santa, Ca - 08/01/07 12:56 AM
Seems like a great event to further increase your knowledge about SEO to increase your website traffic. Long Beach's #1 Mobile Notary & Loan Signing Agent - Professional, punctual, precise. Services Guaranteed! Sign up for the new ActiveRain networking group! Share resources & events.
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website: Little to no budget to market? Cheapskate ideas from me to you! - 07/31/07 11:50 PM
Ok, so I am a new agent and I work another full time job to feed my family while I get my Real Estate business going... I don't have the money to invest large amounts in marketing and I am SURE there are many more people out there like me! A
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website: Video on Your Website - Good Idea? - 07/30/07 10:49 PM
Realtor magazine had an article (Motion, sound builds brands). They offered some examples of using video on your website to add more depth. They gave a couple of examples: www.dougdevitre.com www.pasalagroup.com www.amberdowney.com www.lagunabeachretreat.com My question to the AR members.... are you using this type of video? Are you creating the video yourself or having it professionally
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website: More Marketing Material by Center Stage Design - 07/30/07 09:26 PM
Hi All, Last week, I shared with all of you my business card. This week I have come up with a postcard for distribution. Please let me know what you think of it. I hope to start distributing them as soon as my website is ready. I have been really enjoying everyone's marketing
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website: GoDaddy.com Rocks - 07/30/07 09:58 AM
I have spent the last two years with Readyhosting as my hosting company for my website. If you've been following my blog, you'll know that I wasn't too happy with them. Lost emails, changing settings on my emails so that items that forwarded suddenly didn't and got left to languish in unchecked
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website: Opinions Needed for website! - 07/29/07 08:57 PM
We are finishing up development of a new clients website, and we always like to get the opinions of other agents on what they like and dislike on the website. We have recently started using Active Rain, and thought it would be great to throw our new sites out to AR
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website: Search Engine Help!!!!!!! - 07/29/07 05:50 PM
I have been online for a few months. I have been working hard on my SEO and have made some progress. My name (Brad Snyder) happens to be the same as a Cleveland Indians ballplayer and it has made moving up in Google a little tough. I had to pay $1500.00 for
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website: Keyword Stuffing - 07/26/07 01:00 PM
Short and sweet ... I found a comical example of keyword stuffing was posted on Matt Cutts' blog this morning. www.mattcutts.com Matt is a Google employee that shares insites of Googles operations. A good blog to follow for website owners and those interested in SEO. added 8/1 ... Simply put, keyword stuffing is a
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website: NWMLS IDX Solution - 07/26/07 12:56 PM
I browsed the "AR IDX" group and didn't see very many posts so I thought I should post to that group and other groups in Washington State. We've provided websites with NWMLS IDX search solutions since 1999. Adhering to three principles has enabled us to share a significant degree of success with
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website: Keywords - 07/25/07 08:58 PM
First of all, what exactly are keywords? Keywords are words and/or phrases that people type into search engines when they are searching for something in particular. Now, how exactly do you determine the best keywords for your website? Of course, you can use real estate, but something tells me
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website: IDX on your Website - 07/25/07 12:44 AM
Hi everyone! From what I have heard, custom IDX solutions can be costly, and I don't know if I have the money for that yet. But I am looking to see if perhaps there is a good alternative until I do have the money. Which company do you use for MLS/IDX
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website: Would you like an appointment with that? - 07/24/07 02:02 PM
“O.K., I admit it—I worked at McDonald’s once…” Like an estimated one in eight U.S. workers, one of my first jobs was at the local McDonald’s. It wasn’t that bad; I even spent quality time sporting the Hamburglar costume for the kids (which paid an extra 20 bucks, by the way).
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website: PPC Bargain Shopping - 07/24/07 11:42 AM
If a web site is part of your personal promotion, sooner or later you should plan a monthly budget for Google "Pay-Per-Click" advertising (aka Google Adwords or PPC). When that day comes you will face decisions of how much you're willing to spend to acquire one visitor. In Seattle Metro areas like Bellevue, Tacoma,
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website: Web Design Fundamentals - 07/24/07 12:51 AM
Here are some simple, but essential web design fundamentals ... The internet continues to evolve causing website development, design and marketing to becomes more sophisticated and complex. New technologies allow us to create impressive web sites. Keep It Simple! The purpose of all websites is relatively the same. Provide visitors with a fast, efficient, easy to understand and enjoyable online experience. Purpose.
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website: Care and Feeding of Your Domain Name - 07/24/07 12:18 AM
Most site owners don't realize the importance of maintaining accurate, up to date domain records. The most critical item being the Registrant's (the owner) and the Administrative Contact's email address. Several times each year we'll have a new customer that changed their ISP and didn't think to update their domain records. For instance
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website: Website Security - 07/23/07 07:56 AM
While working on our new website, the idea of putting pictures of ourselves was raised. We discussed and debated, and it does raise a security concern. I'm not sure that having a personal photo of myself is a good idea on a website. We go out on consultations after speaking on
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website: When All Else Fails.......RTFM! (read the friendly manual) - 07/22/07 01:28 AM
I'm new to blogging, unless you want to count subscribing to numerous BBS's in the late 80's and posting to forums, message boards and running several different MSN and Yahoo Groups throughout the years as kind of a "pre-blogging". I don't even remember how I stumbled on to Activerain. I think it
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website: My website is temporarily down www.steak-dinner.com - 07/21/07 06:38 PM
My website http://www.steak-dinner.com/is temporarily down. I have recently redesigned the site to include an updated look and design as well as added many new on-line resources. I am really excited to relaunch the site. I am currently in the process of switching over my domain hosting so the site will be down
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website: Link Friendly Site - 07/20/07 10:22 PM
Lately, there has been a number of instances whereby a potential link exchange partner asks for an exchange. I check the person's site to make sure it is relevant, trustworthy, etc., only to find a mess. Here is a great article about what makes a site link friendly. Posted two days
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website: Less Paper - More Web - 07/20/07 03:42 PM
Bloomberg.com reports New York Times Hit as Housing Moves to Web Smith, president of Realogy Corp., the largest residential real estate broker in the U.S., said the portion of his Coldwell Banker and Century 21 branding budget devoted to newspapers will shrink by as much as two-thirds next year from
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website: Website Registration Sites - 07/19/07 05:06 PM
Search Engine Optimization Over time, I've put together this list of websites where you can register your personal site in an effort to increase your search engine optimization. In other words, help you get higher when a search result is returned. Below is a list of many of the sites that I've
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website: Free Easy E-mail Home Search Site in Arkansas - 07/19/07 04:02 PM
Looking for a home in the Garland County area. Whether you've been looking for a while, or just getting started, may I suggest you log onto www.searchhomeshotsprings.com and sign up for the free email service that will send you information on properties that meet YOUR specific criteria. NO need to log
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website: Video Email - Live Broadcast on the Net - As Seen in Realtor Magazine - 07/19/07 12:47 PM
All of us Realtors, know how important it is to stand above our competition. We also know it's even more important to include technology in our marketing to attract our technically savvy consumers. My name is Edy Garcia, I am a Realtor with Exit Realty, I have been using video email
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website: Web Analytics - 07/19/07 12:46 AM
If you haven’t done so yet, it’s absolutely crucial that you get some sort of web analytics on your website and start tracking traffic NOW. Google offers a free analytics tool that is absolutely amazing. Go to http://analytics.google.com, set up a free account and it spits out some tracking code
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website: Project Search Engine Optimization - 07/18/07 09:18 PM
Aloha All,Okay, I bit the bullet and am about to take the plunge into Search Engine Optimization (SEO). I am working with a well-known company that is currently hosting my website, http://www.YourWaikikiRealtor.com, and the price is not insignificant, but the rewards promised (and guaranteed, I might add) seem really great! If
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website: Your website is different than your cell phone, treat it that way! - 07/17/07 11:51 PM
While your website and your cell phone share the common characteristic that they are both pieces of technology you use for your business, there are some key differences between the two. However, in speaking with most Realtors, they treat one no differently than they treat the other. For example,
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website: SEO Rankings: What my hosting company told me. - 07/17/07 11:25 AM
Rainers I could use your help. I have been researching several new option for updating my website. Some companies offer template websites that make it easy to change your content. Alot of them offer mortgage calculators and other pretty cool functions but do not charge a high price tag. My dilemma
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website: Our Days are Numbered - 07/17/07 09:28 AM
Visit http://www.builtaroundyou.com/ by Wilshire Homes and you’ll see why I’m looking over my shoulder. OK, maybe I’m not that worried about my job but this is a cool feature! They created a microsite to encourage interaction with a “Virtual” Online Sales Counselor named Sheila. Wilshire reports that online leads have increased
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website: SEO 101 - title tags - 07/17/07 12:42 AM
Today I am going to discuss what title tags are, how you should use them and why they are important. Some things to keep in mind about the title tag: It is not a part of the viewable web page.It appears in the browsers title bar at the very top
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website: Free website to Post or View Real Estate Video Listings! - 07/16/07 08:13 PM
"If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much more is a video worth?" Clicking Image above takes you to his MySpace Page
YourVideoViews.com was created with YOU in mind. Trying to sell or rent your property? Check out YourVideoViews.com, the first FREE website to showcase real-estate properties with video and
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website: Burbank for AD Space - 07/12/07 12:46 PM
Burbank Ca is the next on the list of PDN's, or prominent domain names, released to the real estate professionals of the area. VisitAllHomes.Com is a website dedicated to the real estate on-line community and business owners within. It started years ago when 2 highly ambitious and motivated individuals decided to invest into
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website: Branded vs unBranded - 07/12/07 12:20 PM
We had a interesting discussion regarding branded and un-branded data in our MLS. Branded meaning: linking data back to the listing agent. I wanted to see if other agents have the same issues in their MLS. What I am referring to specifically is that in our public remarks we are not allowed
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website: POLL: Website Visitors and Leads - 07/12/07 11:50 AM
Hello Everyone! I am looking into a "serious" website, upgrading from my current one. But I would love to get feedback from everyone on how well their website works. If you don't mind taking the poll, it is informal but the information I need to figure my cost versus return. If
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website: Bring 30 agents min. to your listings at once!! - 07/12/07 09:59 AM
In Temecula, Ca, we meet weekly for our board "marketing" meeting where we share listings on the movie screen at a local theater and plug for " wants and needs", etc.... Usually there are bout 100 agents/affiliates at these meetings. Along with that, there has always been homes that you could go see
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website: I'm Back... Where I've been and what I'm up to. - 07/11/07 02:42 PM
Hi Everyone, I felt the need to do a post explaining my whereabouts since it's been a little bit since my last post on July 2nd, geesh. I just realized how long it's been. Goodness. Where to start... Ok. Well, my last post was two Monday's ago. I'm not going to lie, I
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website: Housing Slump - Yes or No? Make up your mind. - 07/11/07 12:40 PM
I thought this to be a little ironic. I am burning through my feeds from all of the latest real estate news and at the end I see 2 articles. Just a tiny bit contradictory. No matter what the market does - the recent leveling off has required agents to tighten up
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website: We are Live - 07/10/07 08:52 PM
In previous posts I've eluded to a project that has been taking my time and that project is finally live. Back in May I started constructing our new real estate blogsite which has been fully rewritten, a new IDX implemented and a host of other attributes. I am so happy to
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website: To web or not to web...that is the question... - 07/09/07 06:41 PM
In my role as Marketing Director, I'm often approached, somewhat gingerly, by agents who aren't always sure, but think they might need a website and if so how much will it cost etc etc.
Many of the current industry magazines and newsletters encourage, in fact some almost insist, that an agent
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website: New Blog/Website Widget - 07/09/07 02:37 PM
myClosingSPACE.com has developed a new tool that will allow users to get a title insurance quote online. This is the first version and it has just been added to the My Closing Space Blog. To see it in action visit the My Closing Space Blog. If you would like to add
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website: New Website - 07/05/07 06:55 PM
I have had my IT guy working on a new website. www.tuprealty.com will be back up tonight and I am extatic. The site is fresh and clean and really loks great. The biggest reason for the overhaul is because of the things www.websitegrader.com recomended doing. These were things we were aware
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website: Take a Chance, Save a Few Bucks - 07/05/07 12:31 PM
How does getting your own web page for only$10 a month (not $30-$100) sound? It's much easier than you probably think. There is a relatively new domain that is offering websites at start-up prices, so instead of NewYorkRealEstate.com (which is obviously gone), you can get yourdomain.ws. The good names haven't
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website: Our New Adventure, Part 2 - 07/03/07 10:43 PM
Okay, so there's no part one on this blog site. But this blog cannot adequately be called "Part 1" because of all that has come before it. In other words, we've been here a while. 'Way before the Internet went commercial (does anyone besides me remember that?), our company was on Compuserve.
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website: Blogging the wrong way - 07/02/07 01:17 PM
This is a short blog post ... I see more and more Agents blogging today the wrong way. You need to be aware that blogging is one sure way of getting your website ranking in the search engine but you do have to have the proper Anchor text. I mean how can potential
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website: Have you shopped for a home lately? - 06/27/07 02:46 PM
You might think about jumping online and searching for a new home in your area. One of the benefits of marketing online is the rate at which you can change directions and strategy, but it is a double edged sword. If you fail to keep up with the market you
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website: The Story of Joe and the SEO No-no’s - 06/27/07 01:06 PM
This is a how-not-to-do-it post featuring some of the currently frowned upon SEO tactics that if you are caught using will get your URL banned, blacklisted and completely ignored by search engines. This post is filled with doom and gloom wrapped up in a nice little story. While it may seem
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website: A Touch Of The Ol’ Real Estate Speculation - 06/27/07 01:02 PM
I was just reading through a post I put up a couple of days ago (Set up, get in or loose out) which dealt with the importance of setting up real estate websites sooner then later in order to start the process of building history. The main point of the article,
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website: How to Improve Relationships with Prospects and Clients on the Web - 06/27/07 09:06 AM
This morning I got an email from a man in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. (He had just purchased my Listing Presentation Book and wanted to say "thanks".) Vietnam. I got an email from Vietnam. I think that's just amazing. And then I realized that last month I spent over an
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website: New Name & New Website - 06/26/07 11:40 PM
I am so excited! I have my new business name and website. I put it together kind of quickly so please let me know if anything looks odd or if any of you have any suggestions. I know so many of you have such beautiful websites and I would love you
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website: The Flypaper Of Real Estate - 06/26/07 10:42 PM
This post is to ask for advise rather than give. My dilemna: I have been really putting a focus on learning more about getting web presence and have so much to learn. My mind spins with all the information available and all the different avenues one can choose to
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website: Websites=confusion! - 06/26/07 07:57 PM
Have you ever been on a website where you get lost?? Where everything is so confusing that you feel like you are going around in circles. I have recently hired a professional to create a website for me. Or a "cover page" to the current website that I had. I like
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website: Making Your Post, A Mini - Webpage - 06/25/07 11:46 PM
Over 20 Years Experience and Resources, Helping You Provide Your Clients, The American Dream! View My ProfileMemoirs of a BloggerView My AssociatesGet Linked InSearch Active Rain Real Estate Technology GroupTarget Marketing Group The Title and Escrow GroupSolano County Network Group My Corporate Office Property Comp Information Realtor Designations Bay Area Real Estate Tech
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website: IT's Not The LEAD. It's What You Do With It! - 06/24/07 11:53 PM
Wow! I am at a stage many would only dream of... - 100+ qualified leads a day and increasing daily! - Google Ranking without paying a cent!- Exposure and Referrals have started to flow my way. But there is one thing I have a problem with: WHAT TO DO WITH THEM!The realities
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website: County Property Appraiser Websites - A Great Free Resource for Sellers, Buyers, and Homeowners - 06/24/07 03:12 PM
Sometimes we complain that government entities are useless! However, for buyers, sellers, and homeowners in general, there is a great resource out there at your fingertips. And it is free and convenient! It is offered by your local county property appraiser. Their internet sites have a variety of functions that offer
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website: Searching Online Listings - 06/24/07 07:12 AM
What to Look for in an Online Listing Ouote from National Association of REALTORS, "86% of home buyers used the Internet as their information source for finding homes." Online real estate listings have revolutionized the way buyers locate property, compare prices and find real estate professionals. But before you log on, make sure
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website: Free Blog Coming To Realtors?! - Through Realtor.com - Video From Inman News - 06/21/07 09:15 AM
I'm about to run off to Rhode Island to visit some in-laws so I won't be posting for about a week. Here's my last post for likely a week
Inman News has a series of great blogging videos on YouTube (finally a good reason to visit) here's the latest all
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website: KISS Principal and Real Estate Websites - 06/19/07 10:21 PM
I come from a software engineering background. Through my years being a programmer I found that whenever something got so complex that it was difficult to debug a problem, I would scrap it and redesign it. That usually happened with amazing good results. Better functionality, better usability and better maintainability. No,
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website: RESA's Website will be down for a bit - 06/19/07 05:07 PM
Hello RESA Members: As most of you know we have not been happy with the RESA website or the service of the web designers. Sharon and I have checked out a new site and system and have implemented it during the last week. The current website will be down from now until
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website: Online Marketing - Quick Start Guide - 06/19/07 01:10 PM
I am often asked “How and where should I spend my online marketing dollars?” With so many options - I wanted to give a “quick start” guide for builders. After you decide on a budget (I would recommend at least 25% of your total marketing budget) you need get to
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website: Visit my Notary Talk World Website - 06/16/07 11:41 PM
I have set up a great website through ning.com Ning networks I have created include one called Notary Talk World. I hope you visit this site and leave comments for me on active rain. I would really appreciate that. Since ning.com is currently doing maintenence to the network, you can find me most any
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website: website opinions - 06/16/07 11:38 PM
We have finally gotten our website up and running. We have spent a lot of time trying to find one that is useful for consumers and one that will best serve our business. I would love for any of you that would to visit this site and give some feedback. All
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website: Why Sexy Isn't Always Best On Real Estate Websites - 06/16/07 07:03 PM
I have a client with a real estate website that is absolutely beautiful. It is almost a work of art. There are two problems however: #1 - Google No Likee 100% Flash: The site in question is written 100% in Flash. The SEO issues are so bad that the client cannot specifically
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website: Why Are Real Estate Agent Websites So Ugly? - 06/16/07 12:20 AM
As an observer of the real estate industry from a technology standpoint, I’ve always marveled at the relative ugliness of agent websites. Now, before we go any further, I’d like to clarify a few things – first, that I certainly don’t want to paint every agent with the same brush;
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website: 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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website: Real Estate Training - Learn to Capture Internet Prospects - 06/14/07 03:44 AM
All real estate training is not created equal. Having a healthy skepticism about what types of real estate training courses you take can be a good thing. Nowadays, online real estate training is absolutely essential to your career. One of the best things you can do to leverage your online real
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website: New Home Buyer and Home Builder Survey - 06/13/07 01:15 PM
I wanted to add a post for the market study by the NAHB’s Institute of Residential Marketing and Harris Interactive. It was conducted in association with Move.com and wrapped up in late 2005. It has been mentioned frequently in the industry and is a great resource when analyzing your own program
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website: Do you have to be under 30 to use technology? - 06/13/07 08:10 AM
The National Association of Realtors recently announced the "30 under 30" awards and one of the main criteria was the use of technology in their business. You can read the whole article here: REALTORS® Under 30 Remake Real Estate Services The vibe of the article is that the younger Realtors seem to
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website: National Property Inspections Launches Improved Website - 06/12/07 11:10 AM
OMAHA, Neb. - National Property Inspections Inc. has launched a reformatted website making it easier to connect residential and commercial clients with inspectors. "We know clients are looking online to locate home and commercial inspectors in their area," NPI Vice President Bill Erickson said. "To help connect them with an inspector,
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website: Estimated home sales from the Internet - 06/11/07 01:11 PM
Most builders and Realtors have the same questions about the success rate of an Online Sales Program. How many leads do you get each month? How many of those are converted to an appointment? How many appointments end up on contract? What are your statistics etc… I would like to share
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website: Web Site Advice - 06/10/07 10:00 PM
Can anyone give me any advice of how to create my personal web site or how to get help for creating one. Thanks
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website: How to list your homes online for free - 06/10/07 10:40 AM
Looking for ways to drive traffic to your listings? Try posting in one (if not all) of the free listing services available online. The leader of the pack is Craigslist. It may not be pretty but it has a large amount of traffic. I have seen great results through our posts
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website: Could NOW be a good time to purchase a home? YES!!! Am I Right? or Wrong? - 06/09/07 03:31 PM
Yesterday I posted a notice about interest rates going up substantially within one 24-hour period. As a Realtor, I have been posting blogs on my website at: www.TeriEllis.com suggesting that buyers may want "not" to keep waiting to purchase a home. I think the mindsets of both sellers and buyers had
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website: Friday Night fun...its a stress reliever - 06/08/07 11:44 PM
I came across this site and it is absolutely useless... does absolutely nothing productive. There is no intellectual purpose to the site. But man, is it fun??? just a little stress reliever. Go to Net disasters and plug in your favorite website and blast away, burn it, pee on it whatever
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website: What percentage of your business comes from the internet? - 06/08/07 07:51 PM
I am just curious how many of you are making money from the internet. I get about 80-90% of my business through my website. I started focusing on the internet for business back in 2003 and it is been my best lead and income producer ever since. I am currently penalized in Google
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website: Home shoppers do their hunting online - who needs a Realtor? - 06/08/07 09:49 AM
A recent USA Today article “Home shoppers do their hunting online” details the journey one couple had purchasing their home online. It is an interesting article on many levels. One of the first observations made in the article: "Technology is shifting knowledge and power to buyers and sellers." This is a
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website: Increase Online Sales by using the Phone - 06/08/07 07:55 AM
With an effective Online Sales Program in place – you will see a good amount of phone-in leads from your exposure on the web. Just because they found you online doesn’t mean they will always communicate via email. There will be an occasion when you exchange a few emails back and
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website: Should I get a new website? - 06/07/07 11:59 PM
I have been thinking of getting a new website because I know how to drive traffic to it, but the website does not convert prospects like it is supposed to. Instead, I have had to spend a lot of time to make sure it is working. Please visit my website and
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website: Why your builder should love the internet - 06/07/07 11:10 AM
Hopefully, you do not need convincing as to why you need to implement or improve your online sales program. However, it is always good to look at the facts and forecast the future to adapt your program for things to come. Let’s take a look at a few of these facts
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