http://webnewsforus.com/blog Tips for the Real Estate Industry in Black and White Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:52:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I hear time and time again "if only X number of leads turn to sales then the service will have paid for itself" when agents talk about Home Gain, House Values, or any other lead generation site/service. There is one major flaw in thinking like this. There is a ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/real-estate-leads-2/62 After returning from PubCon this year I had put learning more about Digg on a short list of things to do. The amount of traffic Digg can generate for a site is simply amazing and who can't use more traffic. Most of the SEO's agreed that it is very hard ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/digg-basics-your-profile-adding-friends-and-shouts/81 REALTORS have so many jobs that they have to do, but none more important then lead generation. New agents (and many seasoned agents) have argued with me many times that lead generation isn't the most important thing and my answer is always simple. Without leads you don't have anything else ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/real-estate-leads/66 In the past few years web 2.0 has engulfed the way people interact on and with the internet. From the most basic of platforms to the content rich blogsites, there is now an engagement never before experienced on the internet and as a result consumers are looking for that interactivity ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/wordpress-real-estate-website/76 Being a real estate blogger and research enthusiast, I have had the privilege of watching news reports, reading blogs and articles on a range of topics. Within the last two years, my efforts have been concentrated on the real estate industry, from a business professional viewpoint and natural intrigue to ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/stop-thinking-big-picture-and-starting-thinking-micro-markets/74 If you are a REALTOR in the following states Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, or another state where real estate taxes are collected “in arrears” you might want to consider looking over your closings for the years of 2004 to 2006, especially if you ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/real-estate-taxes/73 If you went through any type of “agent” training, most of the training classes out there available to Realtors(R) talk about your sphere of influence. By that we’re talking about your friends, family, past co-workers, your significant other’s co-workers, etc. As the sphere expands, you list your friends’ friends, their ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/inexpensive-marketing-ideas-part-one/72 The Famous Agents blog has generated some heated discussion with a few of their blog posts. Following their own advice from "21 Key to Link Bait Success" the staff at Famous Agents has created news by buying a site that was designed to cheat the system at Digg (Digg Cheaters ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/famous-agents-real-estate-blog/68 Normally this blog is only about helping agents, today I need to give my team a huge pat on the back!!! Without selling multiple homes to one investor our team sold 14 units today. This was our grand opening for our Skokie Condo Conversion and we had a good turnout, but ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/14-sales-in-7-hours/71 As many of you already know the my real estate team, Suburban House Hunters, is involved with condo conversions in the Chicagoland area. Our newest project which we are kicking off the grand opening for this week is Old Orchard Condominiums in Skokie, IL. This project is 216 units and ... http://webnewsforus.com/blog/skokie-il-condos/70