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Re: New NAR Initiative Forces Realtors to Update Avatars

dowelltaggart — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:24:31 -0000

You mean I will need to get rid of my rental family?

Re: Top 5 Web Design Mistakes Small Businesses Make

dowelltaggart — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:37:24 -0000

Awesome list. My original website makes 4 out of 5 of these mistakes. Rather than rebuild a high ranking site that gets great ROI, I have added more websites. Still can't equal the ROI off of the original website.

Re: Sellers Are Yellers!

dowelltaggart — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:15:52 -0000

I'm not yelling. Like your post. I think more sellers are frustrated because they are upside down. They need someone to vent to.

Re: Ann Arbor Buyers Preparing for the “Final Walk-Through”

dowelltaggart — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:31:04 -0000

Good checklist and steps for a walkthrough. I would add the items requested to be fixed during the inspection period.

Re: Top 5 Facebook Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make

dowelltaggart — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:56:12 -0000

So true. I like the list.

Re: 10 Hilarious Vintage Cellphone Commercials [VIDEOS]

dowelltaggart — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:33:00 -0000

I remember the bag cell phones. My bill was high because all of my friends used it (they didn't have one). The worst is the BT ad.

Re: RockMelt Reboots Its Social Web Browser With New Beta Version

dowelltaggart — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:57:03 -0000

Not a fan of rockmelt yet. Still using Hootsuite, but I have been looking.

Re: QR Codes – The Data Doesn't Support The Hype

dowelltaggart — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:42:41 -0000

Great idea, John. I ran 17 different call to actions in addition to have qr codes connected to the price, or website or promotion or special message. Tried many different ideas. Do you have any more? I even had a attachment on my brochure detailing what qr codes are. Still didn't work. I have 3 other tech savvy Realtor friends use qr codes. They didn't get hits either.

Re: Facebook Is Not the House

dowelltaggart — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:35:24 -0000

I agree, John. There are so many teaching that a Facebook Page is all you need. When Facebook changes the rules, will they affect your site. At least with your site and blog you have control. I'm not putting my eggs all in one basket or in the Facebook basket in this case.

Re: Mobile Marketing for the Real Estate Professional

dowelltaggart — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:17:12 -0000

I have been using QR codes for 9 months. After spending lots of time promoting my QR Code I would like to share all of the prospects I have received with this new technology. Whoops, there is nothing to share. Yep, after having QR codes on my facebook page, twitter page, website, marketing materials and brochures I have had 9 people use the qr codes ( I actually have them assigned to a url shortener to view traffic). 8 of the people using the qr code were me. I'm scratching my head on the 9th. Maybe it was another agent checking it out?

Re: FullyFollow.Me Social Media One Stop Linking for Followers

dowelltaggart — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:09:40 -0000

I'm checking out FullyFollow.me to see if it works. Sent you an invite.

Re: New Google Tool Tells You How to Make Your Site Faster

dowelltaggart — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:47:07 -0000

Should I be happy that my site is a 69?

Re: Stumbleupon Mass Traffic Training Video

dowelltaggart — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:18:09 -0000

I'm going to need to further check this out. I have had my website on StumbleUpon. I haven't seen extra traffic. Maybe my blog would do better.

Re: Tweeting Often and on Weekends is More Effective, Suggests Data

dowelltaggart — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:19:54 -0000

Dan's webinar was very good and you could tell he had done a lot of research. The video doesn't do his webinar justice.

Re: HOW TO: Launch Any Product Using Social Media

dowelltaggart — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:14:42 -0000

Wow, what a powerful way of marketing. Could be adapted to many products and services.

Re: And the Winner of Google’s Ultra High-Speed Internet Is …

dowelltaggart — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:12:01 -0000

This it really cool for Kansas City. I'm excited about the future.

Re: The Rules of Social Media Engagement

dowelltaggart — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:57:52 -0000

Great guidelines, Brian. I'm surprised at how many people are still unprofessional on social media. Many businesses can really use your guidelines.

Re: Sprint Kicks Off the War Against AT&T’s Acquisition of T-Mobile

dowelltaggart — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:53:18 -0000

As a T-mobile customer for all of last decade, I'm not excited about this merger. I won't be one of the ones that will jump and run for Sprint. I know how their phone service works (or doesn't work). If bigger means better and faster service with more technology and a huge wi-fi dome over the city, I'm for it.

Re: HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Google AdWords

dowelltaggart — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:27:24 -0000

I agree with Foolish Sage. Google Adwords should work on keywords that you want but also keywords that you don't rank good on organically.

Re: Bing Grabbing Market Share from Google

dowelltaggart — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:34:52 -0000

My search engine traffic is still lead by google. By a HUUUGE margin. I agree with Victor, I believe that Bing is artificially juicing their numbers.

Re: How to Get Your Marketing In Shape

dowelltaggart — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:39:48 -0000

Scheduling is great for marketing. I started a schedule for my marketing and SEO a year and a half a go and measure the results monthly. It is working.

Re: Worst Business Advice Contest Winners

dowelltaggart — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:35:13 -0000

Interesting . . . I was told by a real estate broker that I don't need a website, just use theirs. They said real estate can't be sold over the web. Hmm . . . I meet a lot of people on the web and people buy real estate.

Re: Blogging Basics – Learn To Use The WYSIWYG Properly | Real Estate Tomato.com

dowelltaggart — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:51:25 -0000

Good blog post. I get sucked into copy and paste and forget until it is to late. Now I use a html editor.

Re: Suberra: Durable Recycled Cork Slabs

dowelltaggart — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:17:12 -0000

Sounds like a good material.

Re: Bubble Meter: The housing market keeps getting worse

dowelltaggart — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:58:32 -0000

Our sales volume and average sales price is up in Johnson County, Kansas. It is not ALL bad.