Marketing Savvy Vital For Real Estate Agents Today

John Benson — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:20:56 -0400

Real estate agents constantly need to adjust to the changes in the real estate industry. With 83% of consumers with real estate needs starting their research online and an equal 80% or more of consumers working with the first agent that establishes contact, the competition to occupy online "real estate" for real estate agents has never been more important.

Tips For Bloggers Looking For Free Syndication

John Benson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:04:23 -0400

In my role as a consultant, I work very closely with real estate agents looking to create a better presence for themselves online.

Recently, I came across a motivation and coaching blog for realtors called RorySteveAndDave.com. These guys do a great job at offering cost effective tips to realtors (and what realtors don't need to be cost effective with the housing market the way it is?)

Search Numbers Available In Keyword Selector Tool

John Benson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:34:44 -0400

Some of my consultant work involves managing Pay Per Click campaigns in AdWords.

Like many, I spent a lot of time trying to decipher those little green bars on Google's Keyword Selector Tool... but no longer!

I logged on to their keyword tool today, and for the first time, saw SEARCH VOLUME IN NUMBERS!!

Comment on Node ant

John Benson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:10:42 -0400

Blackberry's also throw a whole new wrench into this, because e-mails are then typed like IMs, but can be sent directly to inboxes. One of my former coworkers used to communicate by e-mail from his BB using only the subject line. Effective, but difficult to get used to.

Awesome Words from Around the Blogworld

John Benson — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:40:03 -0400

I've always found Fridays a tough day to come up with something productive to talk about on a blog, especially during the summer months.

However, there are some people out there doing productive work in the blogosphere. Perhaps it's not a bad idea to give some of them a shout?

Do yourself a favor and check out some great articles...

Re: reCareered - The Duel

John Benson — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:38:41 -0400

I checked out Phil Rosenberg's post yesterday afternoon about the pros/cons of using LinkedIn and Facebook for your career search. As a recent job searcher attempting to relocate to a new area, I have to admit that I feel both networks do an inadequate at providing solid job leads.