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Website is Up and Running

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Real Estate Agent with Home Grown Real Estate - Buy Sell Remodel Build

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Website is Up and Running!

 

Today, I would like to introduce to you our brand new website:

http://www.homegrownrealestate.net/


And yes, I did it myself. I worked hard on it, too. I think that for being a complete inexperienced beginner at building websites, it turned out rather nicely. I did have a quote for a website that was going to end up costing us somewhere in the neighborhood of $13,000, but I did this one for less than $1,000... and that is with paying myself hourly to build it! There are still a couple of bugs to work out (my forms still don't work), but for now it is functional enough for us to send out to the public!

Some of the highlights are that you'll find links to all of our other locations on the web at the bottom of every page, including Facebook, Twitter, and this blog! You'll also find some interesting information for buyers and sellers of real estate to consider... all written from the perspective of our current market situation. Also, you'll see before and after pictures of our previous construction jobs...some of which are pretty impressive when you see the changes that we did. And finally, you'll find information exclusively for Real estate agents looking for a new and exciting place to hang their license. It's got a lot of stuff there! So, go on and take a look around, and tell me what you think!

Joshua Pettus
President, Associate Broker, and Web Master Extraordinaire
Home Grown Real Estate

http://www.homegrownrealestate.net

http://homegrownrealestate.blogspot.com

 

Peggy Chirico
Prudential CT Realty - Manchester, CT
REALTOR® 860-748-8900, Hartford & Tolland County Real Estate

I like it - it's very uncluttered. I'm not a fan, though, of the enlarging picture in the upper right (sorry, you asked for opinions).  It's very distracting when you are trying to read the content.  The ones on the bottom right are better--people can always click for more information if they want it.  What did you use to create your website and blog?  Good luck with it!

Nov 03, 2009 07:33 AM
Joshua Pettus
Home Grown Real Estate - Buy Sell Remodel Build - Florence, AL
Realtor, Florence, Alabama Real Estate

Thanks for the feedback!  No need to apologize.. I'm constantly looking for ways to improve things, and most of the times friends and family will say, "Oh, its great!!!" without really telling me what they liked or disliked.  I hate that... simply because I'm really needing some real feedback, and they aren't giving me any.

I used Microsoft Expression to create the website.  Its a great tool.  I used Microsoft Frontpage in High School when building a dumb personal page years ago, but Expression is the new thing that Microsoft has out.  Its easy to use for the most part, but if you've never had any experience making websites it might be a little overwhelming at first.  The blog was done with Blogger on one of their templates. Nothing special there. 

Nov 03, 2009 07:39 AM