http://realestatemarketingblog.com Marketing and Tips for Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Investors and Virtual Real Estate Professionals Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:06:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the main areas of the real estate marketing business that I have been teaching now for almost 14 years is the essential need to set up an infrastructure in your business for long term success. A lot of people have ignored this advice over the years because ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/10/18/real-estate-marketing-blog-tips-series-setting-up-bap/ Ok, I have just went over my analytics this morning for the new BAP Blogs. There seems to be a trend happening which involves YouTube videos embedded into the BAP Blog posts. Google is indexing the posts with videos slightly faster than those without the YouTube videos. This tells ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/10/17/real-estate-marketing-blog-tips-youtube-with-bap/ I have been receiving a lot of calls the past few months from agents and mortgage brokers asking me what they can do right now to start closing deals tomorrow. Unfortunately, I always have to say the same thing and that is that there is no magic pill I ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/10/16/real-estate-marketing-blog-tips-series-do-it-now/ After just a few weeks testing The BusyAgentpro.com Real Estate Websites and Publishing System vs. ActiveRain just for blogging and SEO results alone, I was astounded. listen below for exactly what I did. I was able to achieve a first page Google listing at # 8 as ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/10/14/real-estate-marketing-blog-tips-series-bap-and-activerain/ Own Your MarketShareThis http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/10/09/real-estate-marketing-podcast-seris-own-your-market/ One of the most important things you can do to generate leads in a down economy is get back to the basics. What do i mean by basics? Get out there and shake hands, hand out business cards and get networking, but with one caveat. Make sure ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/10/04/real-estate-marketing-tips-series-brian-rodgers/ I've been talking a lot lately about the importance of joining the local conversations in your markets going on about real estate. One of the best ways to do this is with audio and video as opposed to text. The video below does a great job of accomplishing this, ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/07/02/real-estate-blog-series-great-example-of-joing-in-a-local-real-estate-conversation/ ShareThis http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/06/26/brian-rodgers-is-making-a-run-at-president-of-the-united-states-in-2008/      One of the most cost effective ways to generate revenue for your firm, is to have other business professionals refer you business. When this happens, it's like having a sales force out there working for you without having them on your payroll. The only way you can get other ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/05/28/making-networks-work-for-you/ One way to build tremendous credibility—fast—is to focus on positioning. That is, find a way to position yourself so that good, solid, qualified prospects find out about you... and seek you out... to obtain your expert advice and assistance in solving their needs. Prosper positioning is very powerful. It separates you ... http://realestatemarketingblog.com/2008/05/25/real-estate-marketing-coach-brandon-patrick-discusses-the-secret-to-a-30-minute-listing-presentation/