We have lost one of the greatest marketers
Gary Halbert, a man who was a living direct response legend has passed. Another legend, John Carlton said,..And he truly was a great man. He single-handedly changed the nature of modern direct response advertising… and through his teachings, spawned three generations (and still counting) of...
Seven More Hours
I am raising the stakes from 25 links to 50 links! Yes you get 50 links if you answer the easy questions. More links equal more traffic and more leads for you.Read the original post, listen to the video, and get 50 links. Who knows, one of those links may be what pushes your site over the edge to...
“Spam Killer?”
Have you ever heard of Spam Arrest. The idea is that you sign up in a websites form and that person in order to send you email has to fill out a captcha in order to send you, what you requested. Personally, I think this is ridiculous to force someone to do this, especially since you have requested...
Get Free Links
A Retraction Last Sunday I made a April Fools Joke. But no one really got it... oh well. So the video is my retraction that Spider Juice Technologies in fact had nothing to do with the sale of a home in Appalachia Lake front, which happened to be the most expensive sale of a home ever! So to make...
What Kind of Form Get the Most Leads?
Less Traffic But More ROI? One "point of view" that I have struggled with because it seems common sense to me. Is that you must make your listings freely available to your visitors. My assistant put the argument to rest after running some interesting numbers from a couple client websites. Both are...
Spider Juice Technologies gets Props for Heavy Load
Dateline: April 1, 2007 Appalachian Mansion Breaks Home Price Record. In an event very uncharacteristic of this struggling marketplace, an Appalachian home just recently fetched an unprecedented $774,000,987. Making it the most expensive home to sell in the US ever. The Estate was owned by Cletis...
Free Wifi From Google
If you are tired of paying your local cariier for DSL, or your local Cable Company for Broadband then Google to the rescue. Google always the innovator, has made a very generous offer of Free, thats right Free Broadband Internet Access. http://www.google.com/tisp/ From the Tisp Web Page: Google...
A Question About Getting into Google
We are having a hard time getting him good web optimization. I've had a hard time getting him up on Google. Got him on Yahoo but his name is somewhat problematic and he's in a saturated market. It is always: 1.pages with keywords that represent your market 2. get the pages indexed 3. send in the...
The Anti Web 2.0
Joel Stein Rants at the LA Times about the implied entitlement to interactivity in today's society. (If too many days go by you may have to register.). So much for Web 2.0."That address on the bottom of this column? That is the pathetic, confused death knell of the once-proud newspaper industry,...
“THE SECRET & Real Estate”
Earl Nightingale said that "we become what we think about." If you have not heard of the SECRET then you have either had your head in the cultural sand, or too busy selling real estate. This movie has taken the self help world by storm. It has stacked online and off line self help and metaphysical...
A Question From Manhattan Beach
Thanks Tim. I have been checking out your blogs. Nice stuff. My problem is consistently on those things. consistency and relevancy are the hardest part of blogging. Tim
A Question from NY
We get a ton of questions and I am usually pretty good about answering. If the agents allows me to post the question and my answer I give them a link. Got a burning question? Send us a Q! The post below is edited for readability and to keep it concise. Mine is new, and I just try and focus on the...
“Politics Leads the Way We Blog”
"Blogs, Videos, and the Political Season" Politics has led the new media revolution. And this year is promising already to be cutting edge. Hillary Clinton does not typically show good numbers across all demographics when making public appearances. She has brilliantly counteracted that by having...
“#3 Blog Myth:Google Loves a Blog! Really.”
You gotta Blog if you are going to Survive Online The Search Engines like blogs better than a website. A Blog Is easier to get traffic from engines. I can write anything on my blog The Blogosphere matters A Blog Is about You Social Media and Web 2.0 is the future of the web This one will be short...
“One More Blog Myth”
"THE SEVEN REAL ESTATE BLOG MYTHS" You gotta Blog if you are going to Survive Online The Search Engines like blogs better than a website. A Blog Is easier to get traffic from engines. I can write anything on my blog The Blogoshpere matters A Blog Is about You Social Media and Web 2.0 is the future...
“Housing Prices”
I read this in a University of the Pacific Eberhardt School of Business alumni magazine.The author was referencing the California & Metro Forecast.Housing prices will continue to decline until excess inventory can be worked down. Current worst case scenarios for some areas put declines in the...
“SEVEN MYTHS ABOUT REALTY BLOGS”
So after I finished the Ten Myths of SEO, I promised a Ten Myths of Blog Marketing. I can only come up with 7. I find myself at a creative block on these as this is stuff I have said a million other ways. So I have to come up with a new way of saying it, without redundancy. I will fill these in...
More Cialdini
OKAY I went on an Ice cream run last night for the kiddies. ( I admit it I indulged also!) I got to check out what this new supermarket was all about. (see my last post on Social Proof). Turns out it is an Asian Market. Torrance has a huge Asian community and well there ya go. So maybe the cars...
“How To Be more Successful than Reality”
I recently was on my daily walk and went past a new Super Market that just opened. I am actually pretty excited as it is literally a block and a half away. The Albertsons closed down about a year ago and we have had to drive about 3 miles to the closest market. Anyway, I was walking across the...
Political Blogs
Or What Not To Do..... Presidential candidate John Edwards hired two bloggers to "man" his blog which supports his Presidential bid. His tale is the same that many corporations have traversed in trying to figure out this blog thing. Instead of hiring staffers who at least can sing the Edwards...