The Homebuyer Tax Credit and New Home Construction
on Nov 14, 2009 in Uncategorized Whether you’re thinking of building a new home, or marketing new home construction, you should know that the new Homebuyer Tax Credit does extend to new construction. Remember, this isn’t just for first-time buyers any more – and fi...

Build Trust With Prospects by Revealing Your Identity
on Nov 7, 2009 in advertising marketing marketing your real estate services self-promotion trust in marketing web marketing business marketing marketing on line Huge companies can get away without having a “personality” at the helm, but small business marketers who try to hide are making a big mistake. If successful, those huge companies have built a reputation over the years – for good quality merchan...

If you’re in business – get blogging!
on Nov 5, 2009 in inexpensive marketing internet marketing marketing self-promotion Have you avoided blogging because it seems like a lot of nonsense? If so, you’ve been reading the wrong blogs, and getting the wrong impression. It’s true that a whole lot of people write about nonsense. They blog the details of their lives that...

The Reason For Advertising
on Nov 4, 2009 in Uncategorized Do you know the reason for advertising? Some folks, especially those high-powered ad agency types, seem to have forgotten it. It is to create sales, which mean income, which hopefully mean profits for the business or individual. Period. That’s it.

Snarling about Payloadz.com
on Nov 3, 2009 in Uncategorized Ever have a customer who wanted to buy – and the salesman refused to let them? That’s pretty much what happened to me today, with the Real Estate Career Builder Course and with the Fundraising Primer. And I’m so fed up with Payloadz that I’m...

If You Use Wordpress…
on Nov 1, 2009 in web pages wordpress I nearly missed the notice that said it was time to update… and that would not be a good thing. So, in case you use Wordpress, this is a reminder. If you don’t update, you could end up like I did a few weeks ago, with a nasty worm running...

Returning Phone Calls & E-mails
on Oct 30, 2009 in customer contact customer relations customer retention customer service marketing advertising This week I volunteered to make some calls for my son while he was at work.  One of them was to find out about a mortgage program that he keeps hearing advertised on the radio when he goes back and forth to work. So, I called. What I got was a recor...

Does Your Website Suffer From Content Rot?
on Oct 27, 2009 in web copy web pages That’s a new term I picked up last week in a fundraising magazine – and it sure fits me today. This has been such a busy last couple of weeks that I haven’t even gotten here to post. Sorry! But back to content rot… That’...

Computer Crashes Are Not Good for Marketing
on Oct 26, 2009 in Uncategorized What a week this has been! But hopefully my troubles can carry some lessons for me – and for you as well. After my computer crashed a year and a half ago, I bought an external hard drive, and started using it – sometimes. This time I was...

Plan to buy land? Join me on October 9
on Oct 7, 2009 in buying land That’s this Friday – only 2 days away, so short notice, I know. But, I just got the details, so couldn’t tell you sooner. If you have any plans to buy land in the future, you’re invited to join me on Friday night, when I’...