Thoughts on Real Estate Marketing…

A few days ago I received a series of emails from someone whose name is well known as a marketer of “how to make money on line” programs. Once again, he was promising the sun, moon, and stars to anyone who signed up for his latest and greatest. I have no idea why I read [...]

Today more and more people are using social networking sites and personal blogs to get their message out to potential clients and customers. Unfortunately, many of them are “shooting themselves in the foot” with the way their messages are presented. If you’re using these methods to reach and expand your audience, stop and think about [...]

A few weeks ago I told you I was working on a new e-book for real estate agents that would help. It’s finished now, and you can read all about it at www.promotemyrealestatecareer.com. In it, you’ll find 107 ways to promote your career, and all but about a dozen of those ways are either completely [...]

I had never heard of it until this morning – and now I’ve just spent 4 hours fooling with it! Darn new technology anyway. Tammy Emineth is a SEO expert who blogs on Active Rain, and this morning she was explaining  Google +1 – It’s Google’s answer to Facebook’s “like.” If you’re interested, I suggest [...]

Video is the wave of the future – I know, because “everyone” says so. But guess what? It’s not the be-all and end-all that some proclaim. Why? Because people like me will never see it, never hear it. We’re that bunch who live away from the cities – away from easy access to high speed [...]

Lately some of the major websites are using a tricky method to expose us to more and more ads. They’re taking a 200-300 word article and breaking it into 6 or 8 small pieces – each on it’s own page, surrounded by ads. Some entrepreneur sites are doing much the same. They give us part [...]

Do you know why homeowners come to your real estate website? Everyone has their own reasons, but they probably loosely fit into two categories. * They want to check the pricing on other homes. * They want to find a good agent. They can learn about the listing prices of homes in their neighborhood by [...]

When someone clicks on your web page, does it automatically start playing music? That might not be a good idea. It hadn’t occurred to me until today, when I got a political email with a bold warning – twice. Warning: When this page opens, music will be playing. At first I just thought that was [...]

Today I got an email that read as follows: Urgent, Just add this to your Paypal account and your done. Expect to start receiving your checks from paypal *or clickbank with 1 more click: <email address was here> Please configure this immediately to get paid before this expires. Sincerely, Payment Support Team The subject line [...]

Last night I wrote an Active Rain post about foreign investors buying residential real estate in the U.S. In the year ending in April 2010, their purchases had accounted for 7% of the sales – and predictions are that this year that number will be higher. Thus, real estate agents in the communities they prefer [...]