If someone asked you a question in real estate and you were face to face with them would you be able to give them an answer? I’ll bet that you would be able to give them an answer because you know the answer to their question and you want to be helpful so how come many real estate professionals have trouble with blogging? When James and I are coaching, teaching, or giving a seminar inevitably someone will mention that they would have more pages on their website or write more blog posts but... 

As we have been teaching throughout different markets in the last few months, I have still found it amazing that one of the biggest fears in starting to do Internet marketing is around “lead quality”.  Most of the time the question is posed in such as fashion as “I know you guys generates 100’s of leads a month, BUT what is the quality of your leads?”. The question is an odd one, as we usually probe and ask “Do you mean valid phone numbers? or Valid e-mail addresses?”,... 

Everybody seems to think they know what keywords are about and everyone seems to have a different opinion about what keywords do or do not do for your website. Let’s be clear that you have to write for people first and then for the search engines. If you don’t do this you will be disappointed with your results for sure. What exactly are keywords and how can you use them? Keywords are extremely important when you have decided to do pay per click advertising. Some bloggers even target specific... 

Succeeding on the Internet in real estate is about focus and making sure you know how to succeed. We continue our series of interviews with the top names on the Internet who are successful in their own right as well as they help others succeed online and in business as well. In this interview with Tony Clark of www.TeachingSells.com and www.SuccessfromtheNest.com we discuss with Tony what it takes to be successful on the Internet and more importantly how to start a successful business from your home. The... 

Finding buyers and sellers is a challenge for every real estate professional. You can use social networking to help others do the finding for you. Today I am not going to be speaking about facebook.com or myspace.com and how to use those but a fairly new website called BeatYouThere.com. This website allows users to comment on properties and search REO, FSBO, and properties by agents. Think of it as a place where all the potential buyers who enjoy social networking can go and post feedback of a property... 

Occasionally we are asked to set-up a seminar where we go over how all those involved in real estate can improve their websites and their online marketing efforts. Now when we say all those in real estate we literally mean anyone who has anything to do with real estate. So if you are occupation is one of the following: Real Estate Agent Lender or Broker of Loans Escrow Officer Title Officer Home Inspector Termite Company or Inspector If you work in real estate and will be in Orange County, CA on...