Our Marketing Manager, Borden Rhyno was meeting with a local car dealership (no names mentioned) about the possibility of doing some online marketing and SEO work for them. So as my customary first step, I “Googled” the business name.  This is usually the simplest search term that people would use to find the business. 

Having a great website that people will keep coming back to requires fresh content.  Having a website that search engines keep coming back to requires fresh content.  So guess what...you need fresh content!

Just posted a blog post on Real Town on how to use Facebook Marketing to enhance your online real estate presence. Check it out.

Well I have always been told to practice what you preach.  That is why Top Search Result will now be bringing in customers the same way we do for our real estate clients, through Google Adwords.  Now TSR should have been doing this for a while but as a start-up, cash is always tight.  I finally came to an Eureka moment and realized that you have to spend money to make money.  Thank you business degree!

I received an email today from a real estate broker informing me of a free internet marketing webinar. It is put on by Inman News which has done some great real estate content to date. Not sure exactly what it all entails but you might want to check it out for yourself!

Interesting Stats - Information Age

This was sent to me from a real estate broker:

http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=x7aVOMrlfkkijQwcLllwk6WjB5JE0zrF

Interesting facts on technology and population growth.  Some things that every business should keep in mind.

Similar to my post on PEI real estate sources I have compiled a least of content that I have developed for online marketing for my Vancouver client.  Since this is a relatively new client I don't have as much developed as I did for PEI real estate.

Search Engines - Simple Guide

This is a great little video if you don't quite understand search engines.  Of course if you found this website I would hope you would know about search engines but none the less, check it out.  There are a lot of these videos on different topics so I suggest if you're getting confused with a topic to look for a video explanation on YouTube. 

There are various other videos here:

Top Search Result Launches New Service

We have just started offering individual web domains for listing pages.  For example www.14mariondrive.com now corresponds with the listing page on the Century21.ca platform.  Our price for this service is $25 per domain (1yr domain registration plus forwarding of domain). It usually takes 24 hrs before it is up and running.

ACTIVE RAIN

Active Rain is a great unique way to expand your brand image.  Being “seen” on the internet is a sign of credibility. Agents can use this to their advantage to increase sales. You can use it to demonstrate to potential listing clients that you're up to date on technology.  It’s also free.