Thoughts on Real Estate Marketing…

When we write, we know what we mean to say. But sometimes the way we arrange the words makes it difficult for a reader to know what we mean. For example: Yesterday I got a Google alert that one of my articles had been picked up for someone’s blog. This time the article and my [...]

Some of the old myths about search engine optimization are still floating around, causing website owners to display copy that not only can’t be read, but seems to annoy the search engines. Why does it annoy? Because the search engines have gotten smart enough to recognize “keyword stuffing” – and they don’t appreciate it! But [...]

Public relations campaigns are created to generate good will for your company, along with name recognition and a perception of expertise or industry leadership. Most of the time, public relations campaigns center around press releases and the preparation of “media kits.” These media kits are several pages of information about your company’s background, products, services, [...]

A copywriter charges as much to write a simple postcard as he or she charges to write a two-page letter. It doesn’t seem right, does it? But there’s a reason for that. The reason is that it can sometimes take longer to write a postcard than it does to write a letter – even a [...]

Some Internet marketers are making three big mistakes that can cost them business. And all three mistakes stem from the belief that “Everyone has high speed.” Nothing could be farther from the truth. So unless your target audience is limited only to high-income city dwellers, creating your site for high speed is costing you sales. [...]

This is a marketing ploy you don’t know about unless you visit a web page and say “no” to the offer. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this, but every time I do it makes me take a mental note to delete everything from that marketer in the future. What’s the practice? It’s [...]

Do you list older homes in your community? If so, some of them have a history that could help you sell them. I realize that some people are only interested in “new” and don’t give a hoot about who lived in a home in the past. But those aren’t the people who will buy your [...]