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How ActiveRain and SEO Helped My Gardener

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I often here from members who suffer from "Bloggers-Block" and I always tell them to write about their favorite local businesses.  

Not only are you promoting their business by getting them to the 1st page of google but your also spreading your own brand hyper-locally.  When you promote the community, the community will promote you.

Original content by Bill Burchard DRE# 01864774

How ActiveRain and SEO Helped My Gardener.

Your Murrieta lawn and garden need help? Need lawns mowed, or sprinkler systems installed? For your lawncare needs, call Jose Franco Murrieta Lawn Maintenance Services (951-287-0704), one of the best gardeners there is.ActiveRain combined with SEO is pretty amazing.

My gardener, Jose Franco, has nurtured and manicured my yard and garden for years. He’s meticulous and reliable, showing up every week, rain or shine.

No joke... rain or shine. He showed up one rainy day during a downpour to trim trees, clip bushes, and weed planters. (He couldn’t mow the lawn because it was one large puddle.)  

I love Jose’s dedication, but I felt it was okay for him to take the day-off. So I went outside to thank him for coming despite the rain, and a pleasant conversation ensued.

That’s when he confessed his plight.

For so many small business in our current economy, the need for products and services has dwindled. And like so many small service-oriented businesses, Jose’s clientele list has dropped off significantly in the past couple of years.

To earn more income, Jose offered me other services. He could clean out my garage, refinish my garage doors... he even offered to wash my windows.  

Jose wasn’t looking for charity. He’s a hard worker and wants to earn his living to support himself and his family.

But even if I employ his other services... cleaning my garage, refinishing my garage doors, washing my windows... I only need those services rarely.

So I offered to do something that Jose couldn’t: Post about his services on ActiveRain.  I’m getting pretty good at incorporating SEO into my posts, and when combined with Google’s love of ActiveRain, I felt I might be able to get him new clients.

And it worked!

I posted this article about Jose’s service last Monday, “Professional Gardener Provides Excellent Murrieta Lawn Care Service, Rain or Shine.” By Friday he had several calls... and by Saturday, he had a new client!

Wow! A new client within a few days of my post. It made me feel great that I was able to help Jose find a new client.

Your Murrieta lawn and garden need help? Need lawns mowed, or sprinkler systems installed? For your lawncare needs, call Jose Franco Murrieta Lawn Maintenance Services (951-287-0704), one of the best gardeners there is.Oh... and how do I know it was my article that connected him with his new client? Because his new client said that he read Jose’s online post and liked the photos. Jose explained that he didn’t write the article... that one of his customers wrote it for him. The new client responded, “Oh! So is that the real estate guy?”

Hmmm... So not only did I help Jose connect with a new client, but I also got the attention of a local community member, too.  (I think we ActiveRainer’s call that "Localism!")

I plan to write a few more posts about Jose’s services, replacing “Murrieta” in the title with the other local areas that Jose serves. Hopefully, when someone needs a new gardener, they’ll use Google to search their local community for “lawn care services.”

By the way, if you need a great gardener, just Google “Murrieta lawn”, or “Murrieta lawn care”, or “Murrieta lawn service”, or “Murrieta lawn maintenance”, or... well, you get the idea. The link to my ActiveRain post should pop-up on page one of Google’s search results where you’ll find contact info for Jose Franco, as well as for “the real estate guy” who posted the article.


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Murrieta is a young, affluent community, boasting an educated, high-income population that's comparable to communities in San Diego and Orange Counties. Murrieta offers a wide range of new shopping, dining and recreational options, a diverse choice in housing, and a world-class education system. Incorporated in 1991 and with a population of just over 100,000, Murrieta was recently recognized as the safest city in Riverside and San Diego Counties.Murrieta is a young, affluent community, boasting an educated, high-income population that's comparable to communities in San Diego and Orange Counties. Murrieta offers a wide range of new shopping, dining and recreational options, a diverse choice in housing, and a world-class education system. Incorporated in 1991 and with a population of just over 100,000, Murrieta was recently recognized as the safest city in Riverside and San Diego Counties.

Cradled within the junction of the I-15 and I-215 freeways, Murrieta is centrally located to businesses in Riverside, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties. New retail centers, industrial buildings, and Class A offices have been completed with more in the planning process. With over 2,000 acres of additional available land, Murrieta is attracting upscale retail centers and quality hotels, as well as research and development/medical technology firms and first-rate healthcare facilities. Murrieta is an ideal place to locate, invest, develop and expand as it is destined to become the premier business hub for the region.Cradled within the junction of the I-15 and I-215 freeways, Murrieta is centrally located to businesses in Riverside, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties. New retail centers, industrial buildings, and Class A offices have been completed with more in the planning process. With over 2,000 acres of additional available land, Murrieta is attracting upscale retail centers and quality hotels, as well as research and development/medical technology firms and first-rate healthcare facilities. Murrieta is an ideal place to locate, invest, develop and expand as it is destined to become the premier business hub for the region.

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Comments (4)

Ronald DiLalla
Century 21 Discovery DRE 01813824 - Anaheim, CA
No. Orange Cty Real Estate

Sort of like paying it forward....I'm, sure that eventually you will capature some clients with this approach...nice gesture on your part.

Apr 12, 2011 06:41 PM
Steven Wright
Home Real Estate - Aurora, CO
CRS - Home Real Estate - 720-989-5283

That a great service you did for Jose.  Glad to see it worked and hope he gets more business.  The picture is beautiful and he seems amazing.  Good luck to Jose and you.

Apr 12, 2011 07:11 PM
Pamela Seley
West Coast Realty Division - Murrieta, CA
Residential Real Estate Agent serving SW RivCo CA

Thanks for posting and bringing this to my attention.

Apr 12, 2011 08:17 PM