Posted on 03 March 2010. Tags: Local Real Estate Investor Websites, Local Search, Real Estate Blog, Real Estate Investor Websites, real estate websites
This was actually REALLY cool!
As I was creating the first training video, I went through the EXACT same process I teach you live (and without prior research). And I just happened to use Austin as my local area search criteria. I wound up finding the domain “houseaustin.com”. Now, I know you’re probably thinking, “that sounds kind of stupid”, BUT, there are over 100,000 searches on that keyword term a month, and 40,500 on the specific phrase. Now, from an SEO standpoint and traffic standpoint, there’s some stuff we can surely do with it
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I always have people that get bogged down or overwhelmed with some of the basic elements required to get websites up and running. So… I’ve gone ahead and put together 3 specific videos on: Read the full story
Posted in Getting Started, Technology
Posted on 27 February 2010. Tags: Real Estate Investor Websites, Real Estate Sites, Using Video In Real Estate, Video for Real Estate
So, the past week has been a little shaky at best!
We had to move all of our company’s web servers to a new hosting account. I’ll save you all the technical details and leave it at this: if you’re ever changing websites and/or hosting accounts, HIRE IT OUT!
At any rate, there was an interesting experience that arose from going through the process of upgrading our servers. I felt frustrated and overwhelmed the whole time and was operating in a reactive state. More than once, I simply tried to cancel the upgrade and was determined to go to another company.
I didn’t know what had happened already. I didn’t know what to expect next. Read the full story
Posted in Sales & Marketing, Success, Technology
Posted on 26 October 2007. Tags: How to Find Buyers for Real Estate, Internet marketing, Motivated Sellers, Real Estate Investor Websites
By now you know that you need a website, blog or some sort of web presence, I hope!
But, it’s simply not enough to have a website if you’re not getting visitors and/or not getting visitors to leave their information so that you can follow up with them. So… how do you capture their info?
Nowadays, it’s easier said than done. You see, several years ago, you could pop a page on the web, tell someone they couldn’t go anywhere until they gave you their information and that was it. But now, people are tired of spam and junk mail and don’t want to give out their email address if they don’t “know” what’s on the other side. Not to mention, just about everybody I know has an entirely separate email account for forced opt ins
So… how do you get your visitor to give you their PRIMARY name and email?
You’ve got to give them something SO irresistible or so unique, that they’d be stupid to say no to your offer.
Here are a couple of unique ideas for things you can offer to your niche market: Read the full story
Posted in Sales & Marketing, Technology