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5 Tips on Choosing The Right Days to Market Your Real Estate Services Online
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Very informative post by Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing ConsultantVia Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing Consultant (Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision): How to Choose the Right Days to Market your Real Estate Services Online Effective real estate marketing online has a lot to do with timing.  There has been a lot of research conducted, mainly for industries outside of real estate (i.e.retail, hospitality, automotive) on the best days and times to market se... Read Full Story
All online rental ads are not created equal
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In fact, many factors determine whether a rental ad will be successful at attracting renter leads. With so much information and so many choices on the internet, rental marketers need to make sure their ads catch - and hold - the attention of potential renters. This week, we're highlighting one of our members' ads that received over 40 phone and email leads in one month... 40! For those who like to keep track of the numbers, that's less than a buck a lead (Single-family rental ad = $29.99). Le... Read Full Story
Twitter + Google and Twitter + Bing = Good SEO
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With today’s announcement of the Google-Twitter search deal and the Bing- Twitter search deal, it is more evident than ever that Twitter should be an important part of your SEO strategy.  Why? Well, if Twitter results are going to appear in Google and Bing search results, don’t you think it’s a good idea you get your important information on Twitter?  Google is going to pull in what people have tweeted on Twitter. For example, if you search for "San Francisco Homes" in Google, you may see som... Read Full Story
I Choose Not To Fail
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I choose not to fail… … in my business, because I know I have employees that count on me and because my family’s livelihood depends on it. … when life throws me challenges, because I know what it feels like to conquer those challenges. … in being happy, because the alternative is not acceptable. … as a parent, because I want my son to know he should choose "not to fail". … as a daughter, because my father deserves to see the rewards from the values he taught me as a child. … as a wife, beca... Read Full Story
Rental Advertising – A Goldmine For Investors
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Online rental advertising services are essential for serious real estate investors. The key to making money in real estate is to buy the property and let the renters pay off the loan. So if you have several apartments, you would want to keep them fully rented at all times. Online rental advertising services are being used by rich investors to market their apartments.  Rental advertising websites provide the maximum exposure for your property to renters. The rental industry is huge so get... Read Full Story
Mortgage Delinquencies - The Coming Storm
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Great post by Jeff Geoghan MBA - Lancaster PA Real Estate Expert.  Really shows what is coming.Via Jeff Geoghan MBA - Lancaster PA Real Estate Expert (The Jeff Geoghan Realty Group, Coldwell Banker Lancaster PA):This is one of those posts where I wish I didn't have to write it, but felt it was so important to my readers that I would be remiss not to at least talk about it. Everyone out there probably knows somebody who is behind on their mortgage payments, looking for alternatives and li... Read Full Story
This is for all of those long tail SEO skeptics
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I am a big proponent on targeting long tail keywords.  Sure a single long tail phrase may bring in less traffic than a single short phrase, but long tail keywords are so much easier to convert.  The screenshot below shows just how powerful long tail SEO is.  This is long tail "organic search" traffic that came into one of our sites for a campaign we did for a client.  As you can see from this screenshot, this campaign drew in 8,424 visits from 8,186 different search phrases in 1 month.  Yes y... Read Full Story
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Ebay Sellers Get a Visibility Boost
Since we launched our eBay store advertising tool last year, we've expanded the web visibility of thousands of products outside of the eBay marketplace, providing sellers with the added views and leads for new and otherwise lost sales. Now, we've made this feature even better.Ebay seller's products will now automatically be matched with the most appropriate category on each site, ensuring targeted and relevant exposure. In addition, eBay store owners will now be able to control and update the... Read Full Story
Home Crisis Investigation - Very Funny
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Funny video from The Daily Show. "If Timothy Geithner is as bad at handling the economy as he is at picking bathroom tiles, he won't need to sell his house." Make sure and watch the entire video to see the bathroom. www.thedailyshow.com Read Full Story