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Seeing as this is about video blogging I've recorded a video instead of writing about it! Makes sense really. In the video I discuss examples of where video blogging is working successfully and wonder why I can't find any estate agents that are really making it work for them. Am I missing somethi...
08/11/2010
I was with a new SEO client recently who has a really good business and has established an excellent reputation over the years. I was trying to explain to him how powerful testimonials are on a website if they are real and are used properly. He was having a hard time understanding the benefits of...
07/31/2010
A while back on here I did some free in-depth reviews of some suggested real estate websites. Having spent the last few months helping several new businesses launch their sites in this sector I thought that some people may like to use our latest knowledge in giving your website a once over. We ha...
06/01/2010
Over the past year I've been playing around with Twitter and Facebook not just on a social level but also on a business level. I wanted to understand if these social networking sites can really help to increase traffic and conversions for my sites. What I did was that I put a couple of buttons on...
02/01/2010
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This week we launched a new daily online TV show called The Siesta Show for our website. I have spent a huge amount of time getting my head around this whole video thing and what it can do for traffic and conversions. It's early days for us but here are some tips I've gathered so far. 1. Keep t...
01/21/2009
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I know very few people in the real estate world who have not been affected in some way by the worldwide economic climate. Many of my realtor friends have shut up shop whilst others are hanging on for dear life hoping things will improve soon. However, what I have noticed is that so many are not c...
11/05/2008
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I am very heavily involved in the overseas property markets. I run some "social" sites and I've been observing over the past few months how some of the real estate agents have been coping in collapsing markets. One thing stands out above all else. Those that are active on forums, e-communities ...
07/01/2008
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If you're not building an email list of potential clients then you are seriously missing out on a highly effective marketing avenue. If you're wondering why then you need to do some research into this ASAP. On one of my sites I proactively try to grab as many people as possible to register for m...
05/25/2008
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I was with a new client this morning and we were going through the review process of his website. He has a real estate website focusing on some very specific golf resorts.The website is packed with really great information, videos and images, but his lead generation is very poor. Only 2% of vis...
04/18/2008
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Blogging is great. We're all on here blogging away and I'm sure most of us actually enjoy it. It can be time consuming sometimes and often we may lack inspiration but blogging is very important for your business. Here are the top 10 reasons why you should start blogging (hello to the lurkers) ...
04/11/2008