For those of you on XM Radio, I invite you to consider adding channel 041 to your presets.  It’s a station dubbed “Hair Nation“.  It plays some of the greatest collections of music of all time.  Greatest, that is, if you like such bands as Poison, White Snake, Guns N’ Roses, Firehouse and more.   They play just absolute classic songs, including some of the biggest monster ballads of all time.  When you dial into Hair Nation, you just can’t help but turn the music... 

Blogging isn’t for everyone. In fact you might be reading this right now and thinking that it is for you but really you aren’t going to ever be successful at real estate blogging. It isn’t your fault though. You see we all do different things well. Some of us are better in person, some of us are better on the phone, and some of us are better with the written word. So is real estate blogging for you? We created this short video that will answer the questions you may not have thought... 

Snoop Dogg has always represented “cool” in the music industry.  I am not just saying this because he hails from Long Beach and that is where our real estate team operates, but truly Snoop is the epitome of cool.  Snoop always comes off as cool for a few simple reasons: He makes up words - If you have ever listened to an interview or the lyrics of a rap song by Snoop you already know.  He brought to the main stream phrases like “fo shizzle” and “fo sheezy”. ... 

As you grow your online presence one of the big goals is to get a visitor to stay longer so they can see the true value in your real estate blog or website.  Better yet, they stay longer, see the value, and then contact you for help!  The real trick to keeping visitors on your website and blog is to provide an experience where they are enriched and don’t feel like they can’t find the information.  How do we do this?  One of the ways we that we can keep visitors staying and interacting... 

Everyone is always talking about getting more traffic to their blogs but what should you do with that traffic? Using your traffic for different purposes is critical to having the highest level of success possible. You can send your blog traffic in many different directions but where do you want them to go. You have some options: Your competitors (not a great idea) Back to Google (I don’t think this a great one either) Other blog posts To your website To your free MLS system It is the bottom... 

What is the favorite type of business that every real estate professional always talks about that is their favorite? Think about it before you answer. Think about what is the nicest, easiest, and best part of real estate that you like or a friend of yours likes. Is it referral business? According to studies by NAR (national association of Realtors) and other associations well over 40% of clients find the real estate agent that is going to help them by asking a friend for a referral. So how do we... 

Oh these famous words.  You might have heard this from other real estate professionals in your area.  Maybe, these words even crept into the back of your mind when you didn’t quite hit your goals for the month.  It almost makes you think that you should go back to the “old ways” because the blog is just taking up too much of your time. I have heard this from agents all over the country.  From many in the market in which we operate, Long Beach, and even throughout the many cities... 

I was watching Jurassic Park last weekend and oddly enough it reminded me of real estate. These powerful animals roamed the earth for millions of years, yes with some evolution, but with little change.  Eventually, as we know, the dinosaurs became extinct.  Sadly, I don’t think there is a John Hammond out there working on bringing them back either.  Some died in the tar pits while others could NOT adapt to an environment that radically changed. We have been experiencing some radical change... 

Do you want to be the blogger in your area that everyone chases? We interviewed one of the best bloggers around to find out what it takes to truly be successful at blogging. What you will hear on this interview will shock and amaze some. If you want to know what it takes to truly be successful you will want to tune in to this interview that we did with Jay. We are going to answer some of the questions that may have prevented you from being successful on the Internet. Some of the question that we... 

Have you ever wondered if you can really compete online with some of the best bloggers out on the Internet? Many of us live in cities where some say it is impossible to compete and that there is a real estate blogger that is getting all of the business. Maybe you live in the Seattle area where RCG(Rain City Guide) or Phoenix and Phoenix Real Estate Guy. You also might live in an area where you type in real estate blog and your cities name and you can’t find anyone that has a following out there...