Archive for November, 2009

November ’09: Best Search/Marketing Posts

| November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during November. If you’re new to this blog, this is a monthly feature that began way back in 2007. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the archives: 2008 Best Posts and 2007 Best Posts. I never include my own [...]

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Video Soon to be No. 1 Real Estate Marketing Tool

Video Soon to be No. 1 Real Estate Marketing Tool

| November 30, 2009 | 7 Comments

The folks at WellcomeMat, a video portal (of sorts) for the real estate industry, have put together an interesting report on the state of video marketing in real estate. According to the survey, “the use of video by real estate professionals and companies is up 95% in the first half of 2009 relative to the [...]

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Cyber Monday offers from my sponsors

| November 29, 2009

It’s “Cyber Monday” and in the spirit of holiday discounts, all four sponsors of this blog are offering special deals. Read the details carefully for the correct coupon code or for information about expiration dates. A couple of these offers are only available on Monday! Thanks to my sponsors for sharing these offers. Cyber Monday [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

| November 25, 2009 | 0 Comments

If I started to make a list of all the things I’m thankful for, I’d probably miss dinner tomorrow with family and friends because I’d still be writing. Longest. Blog post. Ever. Suffice to say, for the purposes of this blog, I’m thankful for you — the great readers and commenters who visit regularly, read [...]

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Google has the Real Estate Industry on Borrowed Time

Google has the Real Estate Industry on Borrowed Time

| November 20, 2009 | 8 Comments

As you probably know by now, real estate is a subject that’s near and dear to my heart — quite literally. My wife is a real estate agent. My sister is a real estate agent. My dad opened his own agency in the 1950s and still works from a home office today as he approaches [...]

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SBS Flashback: November 2008

| November 19, 2009 | 0 Comments

For those of you who are new SBSM readers & subscribers, here’s a list of noteworthy posts you probably missed from one year ago. I try to put together a post like this each month to introduce new readers to old content that might be worth reading. Small Business Attitude: Survival or Successful? Keywordfinder: New [...]

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SearchFest 2010 = Amazing Value

SearchFest 2010 = Amazing Value

| November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment

I know it’s not happening for another four months or so, but SEMpdx is already offering early-early-early-bird registration for the 2010 edition of their annual SearchFest conference. The event is scheduled for March 9, 2010, at the Governor Hotel in downtown Portland, and you can register now for only $139. SEMpdx is selling a limited [...]

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Cheap SEO is Cheap SEO

| November 13, 2009 | 15 Comments

Dear small business owners, Please promise me that if you ever get this same email that I got, you’ll have a hearty laugh and then hit the DELETE button: Hi: Affordable SEO services starting. 50 Social Bookmarking Your sites are bookmarked on 50 different sets(PR 4+). Completion Time: ~3 Days $5.00 100 High PR Directory [...]

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