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Six Video Interviews to Drive More Traffic to Your Website

As I a follow-up to my last post, I wanted to make another suggestion on how you can pay kindness forward… But I also wanted to share a conviction that I hold firmly, and it’s this: when you do good things to others good things will happen to you. Call it karma, destiny, aura, fate [...]

7 Correct Ways Real Estate Agents Use Social Media

Do you know what a good real estate blog looks like? Could you spot an influential social media marketer? And what makes a real estate agent like Trey Pennington a successful online networker? If you answered “no,” “no” and “I don’t know” to the previous question, then this blog post for you. While social media [...]

Gimpy Website? 5 Techniques to Create a Killer One

Okay. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if you’re a real estate agent, you probably have a website. No surprise there. But let me go even further out on that limb and say you’re probably not sure if it’s a good website or not… First of all, you’re not sure [...]

Real Estate Blogging: 14 Profound Ideas to Increase Links to Your Blog

Linkbait. Just sounds evil. But it’s not. It’s nothing more than a label for a content-rich, useful blog content…a blog post that people not only love to read, but more importantly, share. “Once a great site, great application or trendy post is written about somewhere, it gets picked up and dragged across the web. Social [...]

Resurrect Your Real Estate Blog: The Best Idea You’ll Ever Hear

Let me ask you a question: Got a blog yet? Maybe you do. But it’s languishing. No hits. No comments. No subscribers. That’s a good indicator you’ve got a lackluster yawn-fest. So, without even looking at your blog, I can guess what’s wrong with it. It’s one of three–if not all–of these factors:  1. You don’t [...]

How a Cocky, Obsessive CEO of GE Can Make You a World-Class Blogger

To say Jack Welch is cocky is a gross understatement. Legend has it that some twelve years after he joined GE, Welch announced at his annual performance review his plan to become CEO.   And that was in fact just what the brazen, young engineer did. In 1981, Welch stepped into the roll of GE’s [...]

The 3 Best Social Media Ideas for Improving Your Sales You’ll Ever Read

Leads are like molecules. They’re a billion of them, but all so small and insignificant you don’t even pay attention to them. Leads are like molecules in another way, too. Without molecules, you wouldn’t exist. Same is true for leads. But maybe you don’t have a billion leads coming in. Would you like a billion [...]

Social Media Does Matter: Selling Houses During Hard Times

Everyone knows that in today’s market, it’s not enough just to get the listing—you need to have an aggressive marketing plan. While printed flyers, signage and the basics will always have their place, we all know that over 80% of home buyers begin their search for a new home online. In fact, second only to [...]

8 Guidelines for Writing Meaningful Links That Woo Potential Clients

Links play a huge part in online content. When people scan web pages they automatically look at headlines, sub-headlines and links to judge whether the page holds any interest for them. Based on what they see in the headlines, sub-headlines and links will determine whether they stay or leave. [See, you are doing it now.] [...]