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Christian Real Estate Network BlogChristian Real Estate Network BlogReal estate news, advice, and insight, with a special emphasis on real estate specific marketing and SEO techniques for budding real estate marketers. Our passion is to help RE agents be more successful. Articles
Awesome New Tool for Agents? Gotta Love Free Stuff
2011-03-30 22:10:00 Wanted to share a resource with you guys that I’m pretty excited about… It’s called the U.S. Inspect “Agent Resource Center“, and it’s basically an online resource that provides free content for real estate professionals. There are print, web, and … Continue reading → More About: Love , Free Stuff , Agents , Awesome , Free
Bing & Facebook Integration? Social SERPS Are Here!
2010-11-11 07:18:00 Just noticed this… it may be old news but I found it to be pretty interesting. Bing looks to be heavily integrating Facebook ’s API’s into it’s search results. I haven’t done a search on Bing for a few weeks, but … Continue reading → More About: Social , Integration
SEO Question & Answer
2009-08-11 23:34:00 A while back on Searching Solutions, we launched a free service that let people ask SEO questions for free. Unfortunately, we let it lapse and enter obscurity. Oops! This is a great tool for when you get stuck on a certain topic like pay per click, meta data, canonical URL’s, dup content, rankings or whatever. ...ShareThis Related posts:Are you Worthy of a Referral??Search Engine Marketing Question s & Answer sCompetitive Website Research Analysis | 10 Free Tools More About: How-To
New Product Launch: Property Indexer
2009-07-17 20:24:00 Check out Property Indexer.com for more information… ShareThis More About: Product , Launch
My Personal Experience with Getting Real Estate Listings Indexed By Google
2009-07-03 21:25:00 Just wanted to share a recent experience I had creating a RE website. Granted, I don’t have a huge amount of experience building or designing websites, but I was up for the challenge and wanted to get my hands dirty with some of the new technologies available with RSS, IDX, social media, etc… Luckily the client ...ShareThis Related posts:THE Ultimate Guide to TOP ranking in Local Real Estate SearchesGoogle Launches New Blogger Friendly Search ServiceWordpress Rocks the House More About: Personal , Real Estate , Listings
Local SEO Tips: Address Citations Can Improve Search Engine Ranking
2009-06-25 09:21:00 A quick post tonight for the small business out there interested in how they can rank well for local searches… There has been alot of data out lately (and I have confirmed this in my personal tests) that seems to show a huge shift in ranking factors for local search queries. My personal opinion is that ...ShareThis Related posts:4 Do It Yourself Local Search Marketing Tips Optimizing Local Search Results with ReviewsTHE Ultimate Guide to TOP ranking in Local Real Estate Searches More About: Search Engine , How-To
3 Simple Steps for Geo Targeting Your Web Page
2009-05-08 10:37:00 There are alot of these types of tips online, but I’ve found that many of them are outdated or just plain don’t work. These 3 steps are proven tactics that I’ve used to help small businesses rank better for local search terms. Before you dive in, remember that a site that targets local customers can be ...ShareThis Related posts:Local SEO Tips: Address Citations Can Improve Search Engine RankingWhat Sites Are Used the Most for Local Search?THE Ultimate Guide to TOP ranking in Local Real Estate Searches More About: Page , Simple
REBarCamp Denver 2009
2009-03-31 23:39:00 Kristal Kraft asked me to make this short video about REBarCamp Denver 2009. Enjoy! REBarCamp Denver from Justin Smith on Vimeo. Related posts:Video Tutorial: Practical Competitive Keyword ResearchThe Value of Social Networking RelationshipsSEO Video Tutorial: How to Identify No-Follow LinksShareThis Related posts:Video Tutorial: Practical Competitive Keyword ResearchThe Value of Social Networking RelationshipsSEO Video Tutorial: How to Identify No-Follow Links
Guest Blogging to Gain Traffic And Links
2009-03-24 22:57:00 So I’m right in the middle of a link building campaign for a large site, and one of the tactics is guest blog articles. If you’re not familiar with this, it’s a great way to build traffic and links, and all you have to do is create some quality content and be willing to give ...ShareThis Related posts:Is the Stress of Blogging Literally Killing You?THE Ultimate Guide To BloggingHow to Avoid Suffering From Blogging & Social Media Overload More About: Traffic , Links , Guest
Video Tutorial: Practical Competitive Keyword Research
2009-03-11 22:13:00 In this video, I talk about a couple of simple ways you can find out how popular a keyword phrase is, and the general level of competition. This is done through Google’s keyword research tool, and a simple check of the titles in the Google results for that query. By the way, here are a ...ShareThis Related posts:Competitive Website Research Analysis | 10 Free ToolsUsing Unique Google Queries to Build Incoming LinksSEO Video Tutorial : How to Identify No-Follow Links More About: Search Engine Optimization , How-To
SEO Video Tutorial: How to Identify No-Follow Links
2009-03-05 18:35:00 In this short video, I’ll explain how you can identify a no-follow link using a special plugin for Firefox called: Search Status. Enjoy! Related posts:Video Tutorial : Practical Competitive Keyword ResearchFollow-Up Post on Building Incoming Links to Your SiteHelpful SEO/M Links for the Week of July 27thShareThis Related posts:Video Tutorial: Practical Competitive Keyword ResearchFollow-Up Post on Building Incoming Links to Your SiteHelpful SEO/M Links for the Week of July 27th More About: Media , Search Engine Optimization
New Search Engine Long Tail Statistics
2009-02-25 23:23:00 Hot off the press… Hitwise just published updated statistics on long tail queries and search engine market share. Have a look! *** Based on the percentage changes above, we can see that long tail searches are dominating on the search engines. People are starting to realize that they can get better results on more ...ShareThis Related posts:Interesting Search Engine & Blogging Statistics Long Tail Keywords vs. Short Tail KeywordsNew Search Engine : Quintura - Will we have to rethink SEO?
How to Build Links to a Real Estate Blog
2008-05-20 00:15:00 It seems like there has been alot of talk about link building lately… maybe it’s just me, but most SEO’s know that quality link building is a pretty important part of offsite optimization. So, I thought I’d share something that has helped me quite a bit. There is a great seo link building tool put ... More About: A Real Estate , Estate , Real Estate , Links , Blog
Search Engine & Blogging Statistics
2008-05-14 23:48:00 Here are some fun search engine and blogging statistics I pulled up. I like doing this about once a year to see what is going on in the search space to see if there are any trends I?m missing. Plus, it?s just really interesting data to look at. Most comes from comscore, ... More About: Blogging , Search , Search Engine , Statistics , Engine
Back to Our Roots?
2008-05-07 16:40:00 Ok, Ok… I know what you’re going to say: “Justin, why can’t you just decide on a title for your blog and stick with it?” As you can see… we are back to using the Christian Real Estate Network title for the blog. I have always had a hard time trying to decide what ... More About: Back , Roots
Long Tail Keywords vs. Short Tail Keywords
2008-04-23 00:24:00 LOL… this is yet another post that was first a comment on another blog, but got so long that I decided to write a post instead. Mary wrote an interesting post on why she believes that the long tail does not work well for real estate bloggers. I found it to be an interesting read… ... More About: Blogging , Keywords , Long , Short , Long tail
Defining the Linkerati
2008-04-11 16:45:00 If you haven’t seen this… watch it. It’s become a classic video that helps define the “Linkerati”.
Wordpress Rocks the House
2008-04-10 22:29:00 I am seriously falling in love with wordpress. It is hands down the best blogging platform out there, but I’m discovering that it’s pretty darn good as a general website design platform as well. I’ve had a couple of clients lately that I’ve built sites for based on wordpress, and it was really ... More About: Wordpress , House , Rocks , The House
Daily Junk Email in the Life of a Blogger
2008-04-09 22:18:00 I wanted to give people that may be new to blogging an idea of what their inbox may look like after a year of blogging. So I compiled a short list of some of the junk emails I receive on nearly a daily basis because of all the social networks, comments, subscriptions, etc… ... More About: Life , Daily , Blogger , Email , Junk
Is the Stress of Blogging Literally Killing You?
2008-04-08 18:07:00 I found this short little article interesting: Blogging As Fast As We Can It’s a story about how 2 prominent bloggers died recently because of heart attacks supposedly directly related to stress. I feel that! I know I haven’t been blogging regularly in the last couple months, but I have definitely been at that ... More About: Stress , Literally , Killing
?spam fest? - Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World
2008-02-16 02:33:00 Many of you may have seen this seo “competition” for who can rank for the phrase: “greatest real estate agent in the world”. I’m officially dropping out. It was short lived. I’m just really sick of people giving me a hard time and claiming that I’m using spamming to get the results I’m getting. One ... More About: Agent , Spam , World , Estate , Real Estate
Multiple Categories and Onsite Duplicate Content
2008-01-17 20:52:00 This post was sparked from an article I read on ActiveRain called: Beware of Duplicate Content Penalties on your Blog by Roberta Murphy Based on the comments in the article, there seems to be alot of confusion about duplicate content. There is a huge difference between onsite duplicate content vs. offsite duplicate content Many of the ... More About: Categories
8 Unique Ways to Use Google Alerts To Capture New Customers
2007-12-19 06:25:00 ====== What are Google Alerts? I’ve heard some talk lately about Google alerts, and I was interested to find that there seemed to be quite a few people that have never used them before or didn’t know how to use them properly. If you do have Google Alerts already set up, don’t tune me out yet! There ... More About: Customers , Unique , Capture
Ahhhh? Active Rain MeMe?s Are Back!
2007-12-05 00:34:00 ====== Just got Meme ’d by Margaret Woda. If you don’t know what a MeMe is, try this link. Here are a few things you may have not known about me… and I’m including some pics at the bottom of this post too. I am 27, and have a beautiful wife named Lori. I have two girls: Caley: ... More About: Rain , Back , Active
How to Blog About Your Real Estate Listings ? Effectively.
2007-11-28 00:45:00 ====== I’ve found that this is a hot button topic among many real estate agents and brokers. Maybe someone can enlighten me, but I just can’t seem to understand why more agents don’t blog about their listings. You have a free opportunity to let the world know about one of your properties… what are ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Blogging , Blog , Listings
How I Sold My ActiveRain Profile for $6,750.00
2007-11-15 23:51:00 You heard it here folks. Damion Foxworthy is now the proud new owner of my ActiveRain profile. The story behind the sale follows…I’m sure many of you have heard the controversy about the sale of MMORPG characters and goods. It is quite an industry actually, complete with overseas sweatshops where workers will spend hours mining ... More About: Blogging , Profile , Sold
Your Blog is a balancing Act
2007-10-29 19:14:00 This post was stirred on by a post from Joel Burslem over at FutureofRealEstateMarketing.com. He was writing about the death of the multi author blog, and it really got me thinking about local real estate blogs. Joel pointed out that he is often overwhelmed by the multi author blogs simply because of the large amount ... More About: Blogging , Real Estate Marketing , Blog
How to add a feedburner feed into your email signature
2007-10-16 22:22:00 Syndicating your content is pretty important these days. My students often get overwhelmed when I tell them all the places they need to submit their blog to including social bookmarking sites, activerain, carnivals… the list goes on and on. Things can get more complicated when you try to... Continue Reading at The Real Estate Marketing Tools Blog More About: Email , Feedburner , Feed , Signature , Burn
The Big Pink Toilet of Death
More articles from this author:2007-10-09 17:20:00 _______________________________________ Here’s a perfect example of why I don’t put Google ads on my site. I found this on the Future of Real Estate Marketing blog this morning as I was browsing. The big pink toilet just stuck out like a sore thumb while I was reading about Zolve.com! Joel has... Continue Reading at The Real Estate Marketing Tools Blog More About: Pink , Death , Toilet 1, 2, 3, 4 |
