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”. ... 

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... 

These famous words spoken by Yoda, to a young Luke Skywalker truly demonstrate what experience can see in youth.  Luke honestly didn’t realize what power he possessed inside and had to train with Yoda to bring out his true talents.  I truly believe that the force is within many real estate agents, but they are having trouble getting it out.  Attending different real estate training events or listening to webinars is great, but that is only one element of training.   In order to bring out... 

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... 

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... 

What can a comedian teach real estate agents about social networking? He can teach all of us quite a bit. Dane Cook may be more known for his stand-up comedy, roles in movies, and just being really funny but he was and is an early adopter of social networking. In particular Dane Cook is social networker with his website at myspace. Many people are familiar with myspace and attribute it only to teens having fun, putting up pictures, and watching videos. Myspace is much more than that and Dane Cook... 

What do readers of your blog or website crave? They crave up to date information on real estate. In part 3 in our series of “Making Your Website or Blog a Destination” we are going to give you some post idea concepts thatthey crave. You see they want to have their pulse on the real estate market just like you do.  Users of the Internet demand up to date information so they can feel confident in the decision they are making. So you have two choices: Give them the information they want... 

I have one question for everyone “Would you rather build equity in your own asset or that of someone else?“.  Think about your answer and also note this is the same question we ask many would be first time home buyers so they can see that renting is only building wealth for someone else. So if you would rather be the owner instead of the renter why do so many real estate agents flock to Trulia voices? Trulia is an aggregator of real estate listings(the ones real estate professionals... 

Do you have a website? Does your website generate enough leads so are closing 2 deals each and every month? If you aren’t closing 2 deals a month from your website then you don’t have a working website you have a bill that comes every month. Your website or blog needs to work for you and not you for it. How do you know the difference? If you are closing business each and every month then you have a website that works for you. If you have a website that you pay the bill every month but...