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Tips and commentary on using the Internet and technology tools to manage and market a real estate business.
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We're always hearing about thinking outside the box for innovative ideas and new business concepts.  And, many website designers and real estate professionals are very focused on links coming into their sites from other sources for SEO, Search Engine Optimization. Incoming links are quite importa...
03/27/2012
Whether you understand the Czech language or not, you are doing business in Czechoslovakia.  And, even if you don't speak Chinese, you're being watched in Hong Kong.  It's not called the World Wide Web for nothing. No, this isn't a post about learning two dozen languages so that you can sell hous...
03/19/2012
We've all read plenty of content about websites, blogs, and keeping them current to make the search engines happy.  However, it's more important to keep your visitors involved as well.  And, bloggers know that they benefit from regular new posts with updated content.  Are you curating local news ...
03/11/2012
We real estate professionals are "independent contractors," and sometimes we take that independence to levels that aren't helpful.  I'm the worst, as I want total control of everything in my business, including my website and all of my technology. You're taking a trip across the country, and of c...
03/06/2012
There are stages that buyers and sellers go through before they're ready to buy or list real estate.  Knowing that these stages exist is part of the puzzle.  However, knowing what to make available to them and when they're likely to want it could just help you to identify the very best leads for ...
02/16/2012
I don't know if you've even looked at Google+ yet, as it's still not even a year old.  However, in that year the user base grew to more than 100 million.  Google+ reached 10 million users in just 16 days as invitation only.  It took both Twitter and Facebook more than 2 years to reach that level....
02/14/2012
I'm not going to be mean to somebody here or talk bad about anyone.  I'm talking about me!  I tell this to real estate professionals all of the time ... I'm the worst at what most people find works for them in their real estate business. No, I don't wear a suit, and I don't sleep in my car, but I...
02/02/2012
Just read on the Web:  "If you give someone a program, you'll frustrate them for a day.  If you teach them how to program, you'll frustrate them for a lifetime."  I always know that I'm in trouble when I yell at my software and it yells back!   It doesn't have to be that way when you're trying to...
01/27/2012
How many SEO experts does it take to change a light bulb, light-bulb, light_bulb, light.bulb, lightbulb?  That's a little joke going around the Web related to the many strategies SEO gurus use to promote websites to the search engines.   Strategy, HTML, Keywords, ... more.  It's all a part of SEO...
01/20/2012
Listing syndication is the publication of your listings and their details and images in various other real estate portals and websites.  This increases the number of "impressions," how many times your listing is exposed to potential buyers out there.  It's also considered by many real estate prof...
01/17/2012
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Tips and commentary on using the Internet and technology tools to manage and market a real estate business.