Ever wondered how some photographers get their subjects in sharp focus while the rest of the photo is softly out of focus? Or how they get such great photos in near darkness? If you have a DSLR camera (and the kit lens that came with it) and you are longing to get portraits like you see in magazines, you might just be a mere $135.00 away from your goal. The kit lenses … [Read more...]
Why I Moved my Blog to WordPress from Blogger
I’m so happy to have finished migrating all of our Blog content from blogger.com to a newly completed WordPress website business blog. Even though I teach technology, I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know everything, and I make mistakes. I thought that because Google owned Blogger, that blogging on their platform would have been the best choice for search engine … [Read more...]
The SECRET To Managing Social Media – Stop Making Excuses!
I see it again, and again, and AGAIN! Agents confused by social media and confused by how to manage the time necessary for social media. They have every excuse in the book NOT to do social media and they want a magic silver bullet to do it for them. First, WHY Social Media? If you have any doubts about WHY you should be on Social Networks as a Realtor, consider this. NAR … [Read more...]
Twitter is Stupid, I don’t have the time for Twitter!
That is a direct quote from a Small Business Owner I met on Friday. . When I asked him how much time he spent on Twitter before making that generalization he told me that he signed up, typed in what he was doing, and no one ever responded and he NEVER got any leads from Twitter. So I guess it must be true!. The reality is that Social Networking (including Twitter) is the … [Read more...]
How To Use Twitter for Business
Twitter! It's everywhere! Ever since Oprah talked about it, you can't read the paper, go to a website, or even watch your evening news without being invited to follow them on Twitter. So what's the big deal, and why are so many businesses embracing Twitter? The first thing you need to know: There is a right way and a wrong way to use Twitter, especially if you are … [Read more...]
Video – How to Use Twitter for Business Professionals
I'm preparing for a class that I'm going to be teaching tomorrow on Twitter to a local Real Estate Company so I started putting together an outline for my presentation. I also wanted to teach myself some new software. The video below is the combination of the two. This is my first stab at doing a "how to video". I know it's a little blurry - I am still learning the software … [Read more...]
What’s so Social about LinkedIn Anyway?
Ok, so as a Realtor, it's getting drummed into your head over and over .... "You need to be on SOCIAL networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn". So, I think Facebook is the easiest to conquer. Twitter made sense to me after I got Tweetdeck, and now I am trying to figure out LinkedIn.I have been on LinkedIn for years. I added my old boss and a bunch of people from my … [Read more...]
Google Page 1 (#5 of 86,700,000 results)
I finally did it. I made it to page 1 on Google If you have ANY doubt about the power of Videos and SEO, I'm here to tell you that it works. Along with social media and a dedicated blogging campaign, video has helped me to achieve the holy grail of SEO .... Page 1 on Google for my keywords. So what does all this mean? Well, I checked my website statistics since getting to … [Read more...]