I wrote our first ActiveRain post back in 2010. Since then, I've added over 4,000 more. A lot of those early ones were written with blogging training wheels, they didn't accomplish much! Maybe too close to a rant, no reason for a consumer to reach out to us, not a lot (if any) eye candy. Ther
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02/06/2024
While this could be about the more expensive veggies at the grocer, it's not.It's not even about an option of how you might grow your own veggies in your back yard.In this case, the organic I'm referencing is a type of SEO.Organic SEO is ranking WITHOUT paying for ads or hired ranking in the sear
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01/30/2024
The very short answer: of course not, you can now continue about your day :)But, "it depends" is also a correct answer.One of the primary questions for any blogger to ask and answer is "Who is your target market?"Group 1: People that already know you are a real estate agent and already trust yo
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01/23/2024
Once upon a time in the early days of ActiveRain you could post and find yourself on page 1 of Google in short order.Now, not just any old blog post is going to get you found. Has ActiveRain totally lost it's mojo?I'm not some SEO guru, but I don't believe any drop off in SEO results is strictly
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01/16/2024
Why are you in real estate?Why are you here in the Rain?Why do you blog?Why, why, why??And if you're like me, the whys can change over the years.Why am I in real estate? I'm in real estate because 22 years ago Liz became an agent and after a couple of years working on a team she wanted some help
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01/09/2024
I'm not a New Year's resolution type of guy. I figure if something needs done, it should just be done no matter the time of year. Now whether or not I'll actually follow through is a whole 'nother thing!But there are a couple of things that do happen every year around NYD that forces me to look
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01/02/2024
2024 is right around the corner, but this post isn't about business plans, goals, or even the fact that we get an extra day in February.No, in this case, thinking ahead is about preventing pain to yourself later in your career by taking care of some big picture items early.Your current brokerage
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12/26/2023
Points are a genius idea...and the bane of this community.The philosophy behind points is pretty straight forward:Do the RIGHT things in the community to participate and you get a reward of points that helps the Type A competitive types track their progress up the Leaderboard, gaining at city, co
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12/19/2023
Some things in Life you have to learn the hard way to fully understand why you shouldn't do them.For instance, if you have a house full of dogs and cats, it's not advisable to walk down a dark hallway. You might get away with it many times, and you can do everything you can to keep a home immacu
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12/12/2023
You work for years producing content, IDX pages, refining your website, seeking that page 1 placement for key search results, all with one goal: to attract business.The phone rings, text dings, email "you've got mail", the start of (hopefully) a productive relationship.BUT...now all leads develo
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12/05/2023
