Gainesville Florida Real Estate Webmaster Blog

First of all, if you don't have a website, get one! (If you have one already, skip the next paragraph.) What are you waiting for? All your marketing dollars are not being used to their fullest without a website for your potential customers to visit and contact you. If you're an agent, your broker...

I'm still seeing some rather obsurd SEO advice on the web. Here are two direct quotes from a fairly well respected web design blog, and they are fairly common beliefs about SEO that are just wrong. “You’ll already get a slight increase in rankings from a validated site, without even taking conten...

Sending out an email newsletter on a monthly basis is a great way to keep your name in the back of the minds of your clients. It can also be a great way to keep people coming back to your website. Add a newsletter sign-up form to increase the effectiveness of your personal website. When you go to...

Being in web marketing, I get asked this question a lot. The simplest answer is it's all about customer service. Talk to your customers using the medium they prefer. Social Websites Are All About Communication I know many people that would rather chat on Facebook than email! It's becoming a very ...

Hey check it out. Here is a video slide show I made that will be played through a projector at our trade booth for an upcoming home show here in town. I'm still perfecting my video skills, it's a new thing I've decided to learn. I'm not sure I've got the whole web optimization aspect of it comple...

I previously posted about Open Source Software, well I've found an even better resource. This one outlines all major business softwares and gives the best fee alternatives. I've used some of them, and they are quite good.In my opinion, no one should waste any money on Microsoft Office suite, Open...

Everyone is being totally cliche, the term "Web 2.0" has been around since like 1999! Stop saying Web 2.0, and Real Estate 2.0!We need to come up with some new buzzwords to describe the "new" internet, and internet real estate marketing. And don't say Web 3.0! I don't know what those buzzwords wo...

I usually try to mention an Open Source alternative whenever I reccomend someone buy some software. Though OS software isn't usually as high quality as the professional stuff, it usually works great for people who are not professionals. There is usually tons literature out there on OS Software, a...

There is one thing all blog readers expect to get from reading every blog post, they expect to receive some form of information or advice for free. If you are writing sales pitches or just talking about how great your product is, you are failing as a blog writer! I am seeing this kind of behavior...

Search engines are not mystical beings that are moved by the correct sequence of cerimonial rituals. Search engines are simply trying to bring the best results to their users for their searches. If you just use some basic logic as to how a search engine might determine the best results you can ru...