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5 SEO tips for business blogging

5 SEO tips for business blogging

Here’s some more great advice by the SEO-guru’s at SEOmoz. If you are considering adding a blog to your website, watch this short video to avoid making some common SEO mistakes. Note: the audio on this video is not so good but it gets better….

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The "Miranda Rights" of Real Estate

The "Miranda Rights" of Real Estate

We are all familiar with the Miranda Rights (some of us more than others) that are given to a suspect when they are arrested, right?? here is the FULL version below (not the stripped down version you see on TV)… You have the right to…

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Real Estate Video Hosting – Viral Websites

Real Estate Video Hosting – Viral Websites

With all the video hosting sites available on the Internet today, and many of them for FREE, which one is the best site to be hosting your “Real Estate Videos?” That’s simple. Youtube right? Why not Google or Yahoo? I have been looking into many…

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Tips to Using Video to Help Sell Properties

Tips to Using Video to Help Sell Properties

Doug Heddings, who covers the Manhattan market at True Gotham, has built a great brand for himself with the help of video. However, he gets more than branding from his video efforts — he actually uses video to help move properties. Doug was a guest…

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Increasing Business By Defaults

Increasing Business By Defaults

In August of 2005, the real estate market began to shift and adjust. Notice of Default recordings were on the rise, Trustees Sales began to emerge, then the Foreclosures, REO’s, (Bank Owned) and Real Estate Auctions started to dominate many of our markets across the…

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The Bar is Rising For Real Estate Photography

The Bar is Rising For Real Estate Photography

Last Friday (April 25) we put on what I think is the first ever Real Estate Photography workshop. The sign-up process was a good indication of the current popularity of this subject. We sold out a week in advance. We sold several canceled seats almost…

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A word of advice to Real Estate Agents who Blog, the power of social networking can be a “double-edged sword”

A word of advice to Real Estate Agents who Blog, the power of social networking can be a “double-edged sword”

In what can only be described as an amazing commentary on the true power of Social Networking, one incredibly ignorant RedFin representative, Carol Hian, wrote a scathing Blog post on her RedFin Blog about a fellow “Twitterer” and Facebook friend, Kris Berg and her husband…

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Light, Bright Real Estate Photos Without Lighting

Light, Bright Real Estate Photos Without Lighting

On my last shoot of a home in Issaquah, I tried a technique that is becoming popular with real estate photographers. It’s called High Dynamic Range (HDR for short) or Exposure Fusion. This technique allows you to produce interior photos that are light and bright…

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Kudos to a Creative Marketing Twist

Kudos to a Creative Marketing Twist

Image from here. I have been brainstorming creative ways to approach marketing from a real estate standpoint and for some inspiration, regularly read my Bloglines feed. I came across this post on BloodhoundBlog by Greg Swann and had to smile as it’s a great example…

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"Link Love", Peace, and Real Estate 2.0!!!

"Link Love", Peace, and Real Estate 2.0!!!

Some weeks are just better than others when it comes to reaping the benefits of Blogging and Blog-Surfing. Over the past 5 days I have found MakeUseof.com, a fantastic post by Matt Rathbun, and a web 2.0 tool that every stinkin Realtor/Real Estate Agent/Anybody in…

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