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Mortgage and Lending with Oak Valley Mortgage-California Home Loans and Refinancing

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS CALIFORNIA ONLY REAL ESTATE BLOG OPPORTUNITY!!!! CALL ME TODAY at 530-592-8362 or email me at Scott@OakValleyMortgage.com

Hello Everyone,

As you may have noticed, I've been taking some time off of Active Rain to embark on an adventure. Over the past month, I've been putting a website together, which will feature California Real Estate Blogs by City. The concept is to direct the blogs and content directly to the consumer. I have several real estate agents that have already jumped on board in California on the project and I'm looking for more that are interested! Here's the scoop...

The domain name is: CARealEstateBlog.com

I kept the website clean, professional and simple with a clear message! (Google isn't successful for nothing!)

ALL California Cities are represented in an easy to navigate drop down box.

I just submitted a sitemap of the entire website to Google,Yahoo,MSN and other major search engines to get maximum exposure of the website and to help the crawlers find everyone that participates.

ALL Url paths are very specific (State,County,City)...The search engines are beginning to index the site and it will increase the search rankings of each individual city.

The website is already placing out on the #1 page of several searches I have performed for various cities in California, like this one with 7.8 million hits a year on Yahoo!

Each city will have 1 Real Estate Agent that has Exclusivity on the content for that city. I love Active Rain, but this helps to avoid your voice being lost amongst several other competitors in your area and makes YOU stick out!

That agent will receive ALL of the "How much is my home worth?" requests the same day they come in for their city(ies), which will provide you with immediate CMA requests. I'm a firm believer that if you provide something of value to a potential client, they are more likely to use you to list their home if they decide to move forward!

A link to your RSS feed will be included on the page below your blogs!

The website updates automatically with your blogs! This means that there is no need for double entry of your material, yet your works get out there to a larger audience that it targeted faster! If you deem a blog on Active Rain or your own personal real estate blog as "public", the blog will be posted to the California Real Estate Blog immediatly as well!

All I need is your RSS Feed and the rest will be done for you!

I currently have my company information on each of the home loan links, but I'm open to lenders participating with a DIRECT LINK to their website or any page they desire. Click on Direct Link and you can see what I'm saying. The cost will be $25/month or $250/year per city for lenders to have a link. Team up with agents in your area that you have relationships with???

Each city has:

Updated hourly weather reports

A real estate agents blog...Connect with your California City!

Your blog RSS link so the person can "subscribe" to your blog feed!

Apply for a California Home Loan Link

Find out what my California home is worth link

A large interactive Google Map for your city.

"Self updating" Trulia properties as they come in so consumers can search properties.

I am open-minded to ideas,suggestions and "tweaking things" to your liking for a specific city.

The cost will be $20/month or $200/year for agents to have their blog featured in a city with their personal rss link (If you obtain several cities, I will give discounts)

The hard work and dedication that I'm putting into the website will certainly make it a success in California. If you get one listing or sell one home off of the website in 10 years, it's still justified by the small cost!

I ask that you buy into my vision and reap the rewards. Many of you have seen my hard work on AR and it will cross over to this project as well...Remember, I seek Win-Win relationships!

The idea is to increase exposure and business for ALL that participate.

Feel free to check out the site and contact me if you would like to participate. I would love to get the ball rolling today and help you lock up your city.

I will write out a receipt and contract to state your exclusivity for the determined time period. You will have FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL when the time comes to renew your city.

Simple enough?

Give me a shot and let's make 2007 a successful year together in California!

My favorite quote still remains anomyous, but remains...

"Some people make things happen, some people watch things happen and some people wonder...what happened?!"

Scott Gormley
Broker/Owner
Oak Valley Mortgage
2006 Chico Assoc. of Realtors Affiliate Chairman
Direct: 530.592.8362
Fax: 530.267.5555

Website: http://www.CALoan.com

Blog: CARealEstateBlog.com

"You find the perfect home, we'll find the perfect loan!"

Anonymous
Sandi Bauman

Whoo hoo!  Go Scott!!

You've done a fabulous job setting up and launching your website-- I'm excited to see it grow and evolve.  May it bring many opportunities for you as well as the lucky individuals fortunate enough to be along for the ride.  Thanks for all of your hard work...  I especially like the main logo  :)

Best wishes,

Feb 27, 2007 05:02 AM
#1
Gena Riede
Riede Real Estate, Lic. 01310792 - Sacramento, CA
Real Estate Broker - Sacramento CA Real Estate (916) 417-2699
Scott, looks like a great idea and you've done a lot of work. What do you do about someone who takes care of more than one area?
Feb 27, 2007 07:29 AM
Scott Gormley
Oak Valley Mortgage-California Home Loans and Refinancing - Chico, CA

Hi Gena,

Here are the tiers for multiple city discounts:

1 City Exclusively = $20/month or $200/year

2 Cities Exclusively =10% off base rate.

3 Cities Exclusively =20% off base rate.

4-5 Cities Exclusively =25% off base rate.

6+ Cities Exclusively = Call me to work something out... 

Let me know what you would like to do! I've been reading your blogs for some time now and I think you would be a great addition to CARealEstateBlog.com!

Scott

Feb 27, 2007 08:34 AM
Anonymous
Ryan Vaught

Looks great Scott. I am excited to see how it progresses!

Ryan Vaught, Realtor
Keller Williams Chico CA
Office Phone: (530) 343-2959
Cell Phone: (530) 519-1044

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  • Feb 27, 2007 03:27 PM
    #4
    Eddy Martinez
    Nationwide Funding Group - Highland Park, CA

    Scott I am very interested email me so we can discuss in more detail.

    Eddy

    Feb 28, 2007 12:08 PM
    Ed Brophy
    Ed Brophy, REALTOR® - Palm Springs, CA
    Realtor - DRE #01344385
    Scott:  How are you Obtaining the listings for the page?  I just happened to take a look at Rancho Mirage and noticed that my house and a few others are missing from your page.  Are you using an IDX feed?

    Curious 
    Mar 01, 2007 04:45 AM
    Eddy Martinez
    Nationwide Funding Group - Highland Park, CA

    I recommend all of you give this a shot. I am signing up for this. The least you can go is try it.

    Eddy

    Mar 01, 2007 06:15 AM
    Scott Gormley
    Oak Valley Mortgage-California Home Loans and Refinancing - Chico, CA

    Hi Ed,

    These are Trulia feeds. Your agent would need to put it into that database. Feel free to let me know if you would like to participate on the site itself. I would give you a direct link to the cities in your market :)

    Scott

    Mar 01, 2007 06:18 AM
    Scott Gormley
    Oak Valley Mortgage-California Home Loans and Refinancing - Chico, CA

    Thanks Eddy!

    I appreciate the kind words :)

    I know that this website is going to be great for all involved...Buy into my vision and reap the rewards!

    P.S.  I did a search this morning on Yahoo for:

    California Real Estate Blog

    It pops up on the number one page with over 12 million hits! hmmmmm

    Do you want to be in front of those people for your city for your profession exclusively?

    Mar 01, 2007 06:20 AM
    Eddy Martinez
    Nationwide Funding Group - Highland Park, CA

    I Think may have got an email from a client, i asked them how did they get in contact with me and they said "some california blog website". Looks great so far brother!!!!

    Eddy  

    Mar 03, 2007 04:27 AM