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This is another mile stone for my new real estate web site. It had a meager start and a did all that was needed to optimize the web site and its pages. I Choose mambo for the web site because it is a easy system and free to drive a site with a data base. Since I am not a asp guru I have always stuck with GNU type systems.

Now I am related in Google with some major web site that deal with real estate. The number of pages are about 27 or so. Which is a great start. My number 1 rank seems to be holding for a long key word phrase of Find Real Estate in Mobile Alabama. Also my profile page at activerain is making a steady climb for the more competitive string of Real Estate Mobile Al. I try not to just post junk in my blog simply for points. I do what I can to post relevant content and information that is useful to either the public or my fellow Real Estate Webmasters.

I have posted several invitations on my blog for others to add my link to their web site in order to join my indexing in the major search engines. Doing so will improve their page rank which can mean better presence in the SERP's which will translate into more web traffic. Some have taken me up on the offer at other web sites. Like Land Lord 2 Land Lord and Move info , Seems like the real estate agents don't get it. But I give them the benefit of the doubt because they are not in tune with what it means to rank well in the search engines. Their web sites are still just something they have been told they need. They either pay for one and or use a cookie cutter system and or something off other resources. With 80% or more now searching on the web for real estate and comps. It is must to have a web site. But the type of web site is very important.

Many don't realize a viable web presence can mean workable leads if done right. I have gotten a few leads so far but it is early in the game as I build my web presence. Once traffic has increase to around 3000 unique visitors a month I think I will see some real good leads captured with my sites. I am far from that mark but my unique grow month over month. Having a great moth last month with 600 + unique visitors. My personal experience has shown me it take several years to reach a steady volume of unique. Especially when I am just a little guy. Jut one web site abut real estate out of billions on the web. But have done it before and now as a real estate site I know over time it will grow in numbers. As I promote my sites in the brick and mortar world I get a warm fuzzy knowing that every piece of material I distribute that has my URL on it means at some point it will turn into web traffic. Seeing as I don't have 100k to punt into a web site marketing campaign. But hey who needs that to get on top!! All it takes are some good tags and some key words of relevance with some good cross linking for good measure.]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=12 Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:45:31 -0500 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=11 If I should say so myself June 2007 was a great month. Three transactions were completed. 2 listings sold and I managed to work them well enough to get both sides of the transactions. That meant more income generated for me. With the other transaction being a large 200k deal that came to me from persistence or just plan luck. Either way I don't care as long as it meant a deal that closed. Actually the client knowing inside their mind that I was their Realtor made the difference in that deal. Which is a good thing. My total gross sale for the month over 360k. Not to sabby.

I am moving right along however knowing 3 transactions in one month can be wiped away if I go several more moths without any other transactions. I don't have much of a pipe line per say with a current listing not moving and another that is in a horrible location. Another that would be a great one if it was not in such need of repair. Being a commercial building is great but it is in bad shape.

As I sit here writing about my successful month. I am also deep in thought on how to continue the momentum. It seems as if I really don't have much to go on. Having now learned that Real Estate is truly a business of referrals. Dealing with all in who you know and having well established contacts. Of which I actually have none. Being forced to go out in hunt down business. One thing I have refused to do is chase around and deal with rejection. I am above that and will not be moved with the crap of arrogant stubborn people that I am surrounded by in this town. But I won't go into details here. I will save it for another part of my blog. ]]> Real Estate Sucess http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=11 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:20:52 -0500 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=10
In fact and truth the system is straight line. There are no down lines and it is not multi-level marketing. No one under anyone else. Residuals are paid out straight line. Another part of the program is that the residuals are not paid out of the sponsored agents commission. It is taken right off the top. Its actually paid from the brokers side of the transaction that is sent to corporate. It is a system the may be copied but never duplicated. It is the component of Exit that provides a additional stream of income. A way to bring in extra money for retirement and or investment. It is paid up to the point of 100,000 per year.

I am riding high right now because I intensified my recruiting for new agents. Building information material and telling everyone I know about my fantastic company. My brokerage is the best in Alabama being the first in Alabama. Its training is top notch. As I increased my efforts they have begun to pay off. I have my first sponsor! She has great potential and is very personable, coachable and intelligent. I look forward to doing what I do best. That is mentoring her to be successful in her new Real Estate career. That is the other aspect of sponsoring. One has a vested interest in the success of those who sponsor because a payout from corporate is guaranteed when they close on transactions.

I will be helping Nikki establish a web presence and begin her on a successful journey in Real Estate. I have high hopes for her and feel she will do fine. She is a class act and very intelligent. I feel lucky having the opportunity to guide her and teach her the game.]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=10 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:06:11 -0500 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=9
I believe in selling myself also for continued business. But I also know I have to produce results instead of lip service. Talk is cheap and results matter. My goals are to reach financial independence not being a wage slave. I know as time goes by and my work is recognized this will happen for me. Paying the bills is a real task because as I grow the bills don't stop. Lucky for me I have a zero debt concepts that I am very close to reaching.

I am using the internet to its full potential unlike many in the industry. They just don't have a clue to the power of the net. I know its power and my web site and other areas of presence is fast gaining prominence on the web. Actually faster than expected. I am sure I will begin capturing leads from inquiries as the year progresses. That being the ultimate goal of having a online presence. I will gain a edge in my market.

I see my success being well in hand. ]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=9 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:09:48 -0500 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=8

When I first started my Real Estate web site a few months ago. I knew the keyword competition would be intense. Having been a self taught Master of the web for about 15 years and knowing how good it feels to rank on the front page of the Search Engines and in the bench mark Google out of 30 million pages.

I stepped out with confidence when I built my real estate web site www.jprealestate.info. I went with the same concept I used with some of my original domains. Giving a person a place to go that had questions about the web. I would meet them on the job and they would ask questions and I would simply refer them to my old domain of www.jgp-distribution.com . Awww those were the days. The web information resource for newbie's. It reached its high point then fell from grace after being hacked and defaced then parked for about a year. It has been around for at least 10 years but may never reach the top page of the engines again.It still lives but as a sub-domain and still with most of its content that I could restore. I simply no longer have time to punch it back up there.It taught me how to protect my web site from the evil people that are on the net. Those that hack and deface for no reason. Just for the thrill and inconsiderate meanness that they call having fun. Since now I am on my second career of Real Estate, having put away my technician screw driver and tool box. Stepping out on my own as my own boss and enjoying people like I always have. Still helping others but now helping them sell their homes and netting big profits. I am enjoying having my own world of real estate online. Now I have a place to refer people to when I meet them in the brick and mortar world and don't have time to answer a question and or formally introduce myself to them.

But I am getting off track...... back to the topic of the intense competition in the SERPS. I knew the key words of Real Estate , Homes, Property, Houses, FSBO, For Sale By Owner, Realtor and a few others would most likely be totally out of reach. So I began looking for specialized regional words to use for my key words. I am now using worlds related to real estate but also include words of my local area and state. These being Mobile and Alabama. In addition to some of the URLS 's of sites that dominate the front page for particular key words. I see my only way of reacing the front page is by true back links. True back links are key. Not link farms, or duplicate link site that you see online. On top of that I am a best practice person. I care about search engine return queries. I try not to muddy up the content pages with duplicate content or meaninless pages. many don't care, but the bots filter them none the less.

I thought for sure I would be sand boxed for a while in Google but it never happened. I was surprised to see my domain indexed on its own in about 2 weeks !! I guess Google Bot figured I would be around for awhile. Because of my best practice robot text files, Google Bot visits me on a regular basis and updates my indexed pages and content. I sure plan to be. After I got over the initial thrill of seeing my domain show up. I went about the task of being ranked. Knowing one of the most important things was back linking. I did a full Search Engine Report and analysis with my software on the sights I am in competition with. The sites have a Page Rank of about 4/10. They have about 5 different domains and around 56 to 65 back links. I would find them popping up every where and seeing the different domains belonged to the same person. Knowing all of this I began my reciprocal link campaign. Reaching out to other good web sites with page rank that were willing to exchange links with mine. Since I have a full web infrastructure in place with my real estate site. It was easy for me to entice them with a 4 to 1 link exchange. Me giving multiple links for their one. It did not take me long to fill up my front page link table with some great web sites. Active Rain being one of them. Active Rain could see the potential of my web infrastructure. My link partner sites have a permanent link on my front index page. Some have additonal links all over my web pages.

With that step out of the way I begin to build several different directories of my own for others. This is my way of helping others that have the savvy and skills to build a web presence a place to grow. They all are now in place and I eagerly await the day when they begin being seen and used by other Real Estate agents. The draw back to such directories is that they are worth less unless they generate return links. It is a fact of web life that many surf the web but the majority of web users do not have a clue on how to use the power of the web. Or some want to place their link but will not or refuse to put a link back. I give most the benefit of the doubt because they are either using a template cookie cutter site and have absolutely no control over it. Or they simply do not have the skills to add a small snippet of HTML code to their web sites. So is the way of the web and its users.

www.jprealestate.info has been around about 3 months now. I am still looking for that beautiful red bar to move over and show I have Page Rank. But I am still at 0/0. Achieving Page Rank takes time and relevance.My old domain is finally showing a page rank of 1/0 after dropping from 4/10 in its hay day. It is a slow build to web traffic. But I am happy that my unique visitor count has doubled month over month. Even though it is dismal at around 250 unique with a total visit count of around 456. I do have a high percentage of book mark hits and plenty of page views on several unique. That tells me my site is sticky and holds the attention of the visitor. My contact forms have moderate protection and I have had the occasional prankster show up but thier IP gets captured and they get banned immediately. My goals are reasonable and achievable. I know I need at least 3000 minimum visits and around 2000 uniques per month before my site will generate leads from its visitors. I have the infrastructure in place. I have built it and I know they will come.

Do you know how to put html code on your web site? Do you know the true power of viral web marketing? Do you care about how well your web site ranks in the major search engines? Would you like to join me in my indexing in Google? Do you know about the importance of web traffic? Do you know the difference between a hit and a visitor? Do you want to grow with me as I climb onto the front page of the SERPs? Then comment and or contact me.
]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=8 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:52:13 -0500 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=7
Very few in the real estate business know the value of a strong web presence. I am one that know the need of web exposure. now days most begin the search for Real Estate Information online. Gone are the days of talking to a agent for answers. The public has all the information they need at the click of their mouse. Agents that are not up to speed will be left behind.]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=7 Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:19:50 -0600 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=6
Habitat for Humanity Build Slide Show]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=6 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:02:59 -0600 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=5 grew up in the team work concepts of business. Work groups
established to make things more efficient and productive.

I bring those concepts with me as I am on my journey as a real estate practitioner. I know I am in a select group of individuals call Realtors. Those held bound to a code of ethics and the promise to maintain a high level of integrity. I believe in those concepts and put them in to practice every day. I will continueto hold true to the concepts while on my journey in real estate.

I believe in working with my peers and others in the industry. In a way that compliments my work and give a high level of service to my clients. I will work with and approach any other Agent in different companies with a helping hand or helpful information. Helping them move their inventory if possible.

However I have unfortunately had first hand experience with a situation in the area of recruitment that has really sent me reeling. I will leave the company un-named because it is not my intent to cause issue while exposing the truth in my blog. My company has the best concepts
in the industry for its agents. With its compensation structure, its use of technology, its ability to provide additional income stream for retirement with its residuals. Its high quality training program and over all concepts of team work and mentoring. Hands down the concepts are far superior than the rest. Those examples are the very reason why I am with the company.

It will fully disclose all of its concepts from beginning to end. All information in the area of financials for its agents compensation, splits and residuals are always fully disclosed. They never keep anything hidden from agents and are always sure to provide clear and concise explanations in all aspects of the business.

In saying all of this I had the dishearting experience of seeing and hearing first had how other companies spread dis information about my company to get agents to leave. Many individuals don't have a clue how the company works what they do and how they do it. It is unfortunate individual that are bound by a code of ethics would literally tell lies about my company and spread mis information to other agents in their own environment and out side their environments to
either keep their agents or bring in others.

I have and always will be a man of my word. Honest and truthful in regards to information I share about my company to other. We don't believe in telling lies.We don't use fast talking pressure tatics. We only encourage interest and then let the wonderful concepts speak for themselves. We believe in honesty and let our concepts speak for themselves. We don't believe in brain washing our agents. Nor are we confrontational in regards to sharing who and what we are.

If you want to learn about my company. Get it from the horses mouth!! Or if you allow someone that is not in my company tell you about it. Hear their words but then come to the source to hear the truth!! Don't listen to the lies. A lie does not care who tells it. ]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=5 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:05:37 -0600 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=4
I have learned that some times people say one thing that will get me ready to close a deal. Then they will turn right around doing 180 and not following up with what they have said. I have noticed that a lot in the environment I am in. Personally I am a man of my word and when I say I will do this or that I follow thru with my promise.

I have encountered many however that will say anything. With total disregard that what they have said. Not even thinking that the words they use are in the form of a promise. Be it big or small a promises just that and should be kept. It has taken some doing for me to get used to the fact that some peoples words mean nothing. That I have to just take them as words and that they don't intend to keep their word. It is a sad state of affairs. I have taken this fact and turned it into a positive for myself. I now have a advantage know that what people say to me really has no substance. But words that I use have substance and value.]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=4 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:34:02 -0600 http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=3
My up beat demeanor is from the fact of my having completed setting up the presence I will have on the internet. Since I come from the technical field and was a tech for 25 years. It is not that
difficult setting up and maintaining my web sites. I have been online for a very long time and realize the power of the internet.I actually think a large majority of real estate agents can't even use email. Much less have a web site and have web traffic. Fads of all types come and go
on the net, But the net it self will never go away.

There will always be web servers in some form out there. I am surprised how many do not truly know how powerful use of the internet can be.Especially when it comes to marketing and promotion. Even more so with the world of real estate. Despite things really happen in the brick and mortar world and that is where the transactions happen. People are still all over the internet. Now more and more people start their search for homes online. The only trick is what pages come up when they type in a particular key word or string of words as they search in the various search engines.

Most set up sites and think out of no where they will begin to have visitors. I am not one of those individuals. Having been down that road I know what it take to build a viable web presence. I have lots of experience in reaching the top of the search engines with my sites. I have done it before but lost some position during some down periods. My real estate presence is new but in side a year I feel it will be where I want it to be. Because of my knowledge in web marketing it is already indexed in the majors and well on its way to rank and relevance.

Yeah things are right in the world for my web activity since I have had a little time on my hand as I transition to the new year of 2007. One day and one client at a time is my motto. Leaving satisfied people as I go. It is my hope those that visit the different areas of my sites will benefit from the content they view. Some may even be lucky enough to realize actually how good I am and become clients!]]> Realtor ® Chronicles http://jprealestate.info/reblog/index.php?itemid=3 Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:50:28 -0600