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Reliberation.com

12/31/09, Final Day of Reliberation »»

12/30/09, Good BYE again, RELIB »»

12/25/09, It's been swell »»

12/17/09, How to World Real Estate Blogging! »»

12/15/09, Now Its Time To Say Goodbye To All Our Family »»

12/14/09, Contact Info... »»

12/10/09, Very sad to see RELIB go... »»

12/8/09, Hello, friends »»

12/6/09, SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM PUERTO RICO »»

12/4/09, Maybe this is part of the problem »»

12/3/09, Say it isn't SO...The Ending of Reliberation »»

Can't see the forest through the trees? it takes more than hits... make the most of your traffic!

12/3/09, Say it isn't SO...New Friends found...soon gone »»

12/2/09, My Favorite Reliberation Memories »»

12/1/09, Goodbye Reliberation »»

11/30/09, EagleOpenHouses.com »»

11/26/09, Domain Names and Trademark Infringement. »»

11/23/09, The Perfect Holiday gift for Your Real Estate Agent!! »»

11/21/09, My website is worth #%@*!(^)!!!! »»

11/20/09, Inherited Property in the Bahamas »»

11/19/09, Ninja Selling Webinars »»

11/18/09, Realtor.com's "Search Assist" product -- any one using it? Results? »»

11/15/09, Hello All »»

11/14/09, Don't count calories, or chloresterol--just enjoy »»

11/14/09, Problem Solving For Dummies »»

11/14/09, What Is Taken So Long To Get The Deal Done "The Office Chair" »»

Inman Blog

9/9/10, Real estate agent: Will work for food »»

9/9/10, A roadworthy real estate website »»

9/9/10, Title company offers smart phone apps »»

9/8/10, Near-record affordability in real estate »»

9/8/10, Purchase-loan demand picking up »»

9/8/10, Feds award $1B to buy up REOs »»

9/8/10, Dive into the link stream »»

9/8/10, California, FHA offer 4% loans »»

9/7/10, 3 ripe real estate opportunities »»

9/7/10, 47% of home sellers slash list prices »»

9/7/10, Most bankers don't see credit easing »»

9/3/10, Homebuyer tax credit off the radar »»

9/3/10, Economic genie is out of wishes »»

9/3/10, Control your online destiny »»

9/3/10, Fannie cracks the foreclosure whip »»

RISMedia

9/9/10, Today’s News at a Glance »»

9/9/10, Analyzing Your Web Strategy – Tips to Reach More Buyers as They Begin Their Home Search Online »»

9/9/10, 3 Areas to Cutback, Rethink or Undo as We Work Through Today’s Economy »»

9/9/10, Regional Spotlight: Hudson Valley Real Estate Sales Surge in Second Quarter 2010 »»

9/9/10, 5 Reasons Why Electronic Lockboxes Make Sense in Today’s Market »»

9/9/10, HUD Offers $110 Million in Grants to Clean Up Lead Hazards »»

9/9/10, Pro Step Marketing Attending 2010 Five Star Conference »»

9/9/10, Top 10 Words of Summer 2010 »»

9/9/10, Sale Leaseback Transactions Today: Monetizing Real Estate Assets »»

9/9/10, Mortgage Purchase Applications Up, Refinance Applications Fall Slightly »»

9/9/10, An Entrepreneurial Spirit Provides Uniquely Personalized Experience »»

9/9/10, Today’s News at a Glance »»

9/9/10, 10 Questions to Ask Your Short Sale Certification Provider »»

9/9/10, NAR Pulse: This Week’s Top Stories from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS »»

9/9/10, It’s a Manager’s Market, Not a Buyer’s or Seller’s Market – Tips to Lead Your Company to Success »»

9/9/10, Prudential Florida Realty Hosts Florida Social Media Summit Presented by Allan Dalton »»

9/9/10, 5 Ways to Use Mobile to Your Advantage »»

9/9/10, FHFA Establishes New Housing Goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac »»

9/9/10, America’s Most Stressed Cities »»

9/9/10, Social Media Rules: Risks and Records, Policies and Procedures »»

RealTown

9/8/10, Re: www.listitonrealtor.com »»

9/8/10, Multiple offers in California »»

9/8/10, HUD Secretary Announces National First Look Program »»

9/8/10, Fewer mortgages are in default »»

9/8/10, Install Internet Explorer on the iPad?? »»

9/8/10, How effective are postcards? »»

9/8/10, 5 Ways Blogging is Like Bran: Good For You »»

Blogging is good for you.

Since you've been loyally reading all the bran posts up till now you probably already know this.

Your blog is the center of the universe.

Well your universe.

The epicenter or hub of your social media and community building strategy should be your blog. (Not sure what to do with social media? You're not alone. But, that's a topic for another post, or two, or ten.)

People may think that with the rise in social media tools like Facebook and Twitter - you know, the 'big ones' - means that blogging has gone the way of the dodo bird. Extinct. Pointless. Done.

Not true.

Blogging works alongside your other social media efforts, and is not replaced by them.

Consider this. Blogging allows you to carry on a conversation more in depth than what may be possible with something like Twitter. It's a lot harder to give a complete explanation or opinion in just 140 characters. But, blog about it and you can easily condense the gist of the post (say, the title, for example) and a link to it in 140 characters or less.

See how they work hand-in-hand?

More importantly, people are still reading blogs. By blogging for your business, you have the potential to make contact with people that you might otherwise not have done through other more traditional or not-so-traditional mediums.

Read This:

Are Blogging and Commenting Still Important Tools in Social Media?

But wait, there's more!

S to the E to the O

Search engines love blogs.

Why?

Basically, for the same reasons people do. Because there is always new, fresh, and very relevant content being added to a blog. Search engines love that stuff.

I'm going to keep it short and sweet and list off just a few points. Click through to the links for the expert explanations.

Keyword-rich content.
Fresh and frequently updated content.
Lots of links - of all kinds.

Read This:

There you have it. Bran is good for you, and now you know blogging is too.

How else is blogging like bran?

Well, let's recap…

It's 100% Natural, Full of Fiber, Keeps You Regular, Tastes Good, and It's Good For You!

Well that's the end of this (not-so-)little mini-series. I hope it was as informative and fun for you to read along, as it was for me writing it.

I'm not going to lie, I probably could have come up with 10 Ways Blogging Is Like Bran - bran is just that good. But, hopefully these 5 tips will stick with you (just like a good bowl of bran gets you through the day) and help you craft the next great blog post.

Have you put these tips into action? I'd love to see some of your new and improved blog posts. Send them my way: blogging@point2.com.

by Megan Lust, Communications Coordinator
Point2 Technologies, Inc.

9/8/10, 19 ways your website presence sucks | 99 percent chance it applies »»

You post all your best stuff to a remote aggregate (AR) without posting fist on your own web property (Internet Real Estate)
Because you do not understand 1 above, you do not bookmark your original posts to make sure Google and the others know that you are the source
When you re-post your best articles, you post the whole thing including a gaudy signature file, so the moderator never approves your posts, and you get banned from groups
Because you do not understand the above, you leave nothing to the imagination and no reason for th reader to click through to YOUR INTERNET REAL ESTATE to read the 'rest of the story'
Even if you do the above, you do not take the time to put in contextual links back to you ">>for more information about click here>>
You like to do everything yourself, and you do not understand the above, so you are only getting half the business you could be getting.
You are doing parts of the above, but your website pages and posts are not optimized for the contextual links back to match the optimization on the individual pages, so you are not getting search engine organic rankings for long tail searches
You do not understand the above, so you do not get organic search traffic from anybody but spam
You do not know how to automate anti spam on your blog, so spam is a problem
Because you do not understand 9 above, you do not allow comments or participation from your visitors or local allies, so you have to create all the content yourself.
Because of 10 above, you cannot compete and cannot rank on Google for competitive searches, only long tail.
Because of all these things, you think you are smart to pay per lead or per click, because you do not think that the other stuff works (really you wish it di not work because you do not want to do it)
Because of twelve above, the necessary maintenance and attention to detail is missed.
Because of all of the above, you are afraid to spend money or hire a professional, and you do not know who do believe.
Your website (really) could generate ten times the leads it generates now (if it even generates leads at all) if not for these 15 mistakes.

Welcome to my world. At least educate yourself, it is free: 16, 17, 18 and 19 are here!

9/8/10, 19 ways your website presence sucks | 99 percent chance it applies »»

You post all your best stuff to a remote aggregate (AR) without posting fist on your own web property (Internet Real Estate)
Because you do not understand 1 above, you do not bookmark your original posts to make sure Google and the others know that you are the source
When you re-post your best articles, you post the whole thing including a gaudy signature file, so the moderator never approves your posts, and you get banned from groups
Because you do not understand the above, you leave nothing to the imagination and no reason for th reader to click through to YOUR INTERNET REAL ESTATE to read the 'rest of the story'
Even if you do the above, you do not take the time to put in contextual links back to you ">>for more information about click here>>
You like to do everything yourself, and you do not understand the above, so you are only getting half the business you could be getting.
You are doing parts of the above, but your website pages and posts are not optimized for the contextual links back to match the optimization on the individual pages, so you are not getting search engine organic rankings for long tail searches
You do not understand the above, so you do not get organic search traffic from anybody but spam
You do not know how to automate anti spam on your blog, so spam is a problem
Because yo do not understand 9 above, you do not allow comments or participation from your visitors or local allies, so you have to create all the content yourself.
Because of 10 above, you cannot compete and cannot rank on Google for competitive searches, only long tail.
Because of all these things, you think you are smart to pay per lead or per click, because you do not think that the other stuff works (really you wish it di not work because you do not want to do it)
Because of twelve above, the necessary maintainence and attention to detail is missed.
Becasue of all of the above, you are afraid to spend money or hire a professional, and you do not know who do believe.
Your website (really) could generate ten times the leads it generates now (if it even generates leads at all) if not for these 15 mistakes.

Welcome to my world. At least educate yourself, it is free: 16, 17, 18 and 19 are here!

9/8/10, Old Brokerage Model = Underwood Typewriter - One and the Same »»

In this article I want to address the different business models in the Real Estate Industry today. Obviously I will have a biased opinion, but I promise to try my best to be opinion neutral.

Let’s start with the 100% model that came out 30+ years ago. They were a game-changer 30 years ago. They essentially sat the Real Estate Industry on its head. ow?I’ll never forget the first time they tried to recruit me. I was a hotshot young Realtor® in my 20’s living in Colorado. At the time I couldn’t wrap my head around their business model.

That model has always delivered an exceptional product to their Realtors®. And by doing so they attracted the best of the best.

What’s changed recently though is due to a “perfect storm” in our industry. This perfect storm is the economic crisis, the housing meltdown, and the rise of technology, which all came together at the same time. As a result, many of their agents are finding it harder and harder to pay out the top fees to associate with a Brick and Mortar office, and this business model was conceived around Brick and Mortar. This will have to change in the future for this model to hold onto their number one position in our industry.

Now let’s take a look at the fairly new Profit Sharing Companies. They took off quickly and built almost a cult following. Many of us have heard one off their agents say they bleed their colors.

Their problem once again is high Realtor® fees. The Profit Sharing agents must pay $18,000+ yearly before they get to keep 100% of their commission. That just doesn’t work in today’s reality. As a result you see it in the numbers. They have lower production numbers than many of their competitors because the better Realtors® are going where they can keep 100% of their commissions from day one.

The more traditional model companies are facing some very difficult and trying times. Realtors® just are not willing to pay 20%, 30% or even 50% of their commissions any longer to a Broker. There is no reason to do that in today’s world. How these more traditional companies will survive is anyone’s guess. As I have stated many times -you can’t pay the Realtor® 100% and pay the rent. It just can’t be done.

All of these companies are run by the very best management in the industry. Some will make the changes that today’s reality requires and others won’t. Only time will tell.

Now we move on to today’s game changer, the VIRTUAL CULTURE. The VIRTUAL CULTURE wasn’t feasible just 5 years ago. Only through Internet technology has it become a feasible business model. In the VIRTUAL CULTURE, Realtors® work from their home, or use an executive suite, or even open their own office. In exchange they get to keep 100% of their commission for a small monthly fee. Because of technology, the VIRTUAL CULTURE can give the very same support as the more traditional models, only via the Internet.

But the VIRTUAL CULTURE also took into account the Broker in creating the model. The Broker in the VIRTUAL CULTURE has zero expenses and everything he or she makes is pure net profit.

It will be interesting to see how all these dynamics play out over the next five years.

James A. Crumbaugh III is CEO of Allison James Estates and Homes, a National Internet Based Real Estate Brokerage. You may reach Mr. Crumbaugh at jcrumbaugh@allisonjames.net

9/8/10, NOW YOU CAN MARKET YOUR REAL ESTATE FOR FREE ON WWW.REALESTATEANDFUNDING.COM »»

9/8/10, NOW YOU CAN MARKET YOUR PROPERTIES FOR FREE ON WWW.REALESTATEANDFUNDING.COM »»

9/8/10, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MARKET YOUR REAL ESTATE FOR FREE »»

9/8/10, FREE real estate advertising »»

9/7/10, Multiple Vendor Blues | The New Media Song »»

9/7/10, The jobs are not coming back, and the money is not getting spent »»

9/7/10, Social Media Not Cutting Edge - it has become mainstream. »»

9/7/10, Changing name part of my blog »»

9/7/10, unlisted phone numbers and e-mail address »»

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.

John Naisbitt

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