Anna Baron's (annabaron) Blog

Thursday, May 21st at 3:00pm EDT The Top 3 Marketing Services REALTOR®S Really Need Help with Today with Frances Palaschuk Register for this *F_R_E_E* teleclass at http://revainstitute.com/real-estate-virtual-assistant-training/reva-institute-teleseminars It's not a secret that the people within ...

It's not just a 3-day weekend, it's a time to remember those who have fought for our country and for our freedom.  From ages nineteen to ninety, the men and women who have served in and on our military forces deserve your respect and appreciation this weekend.  To my brother, Ranger Graves - you ...

Since Google acquired Performics, many SEO guru's have been concerned about the ethics involved with Google acquiring the company’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) division.  Google has just announced that while they intend to keep the affiliate marketing division, they have decided to sell the ...

An associate of mine contacted me a few weeks ago asking me to handle a PPC campaign for her and I refused.  I don't do PPC!  PPC is a temporary (and expensive) fix to having your site found in the search engines - and more often than not, your ROI is rarely recouped. I told her if her client wan...

I’m not sure how many of you have seen this new search engine that is in beta testing right now – but it looks freakin’ amazing. http://www.searchme.com/   The importance of a good design is going to be an essential part of marketing your site in the future.  Now that SearchMe is coming out, I se...

An important thing to remember in search engine optimization is that using the word "and" in a page title means you should have two different pages as opposed to combining two phrases on one page.What does this mean?If you're an agent who supports many cities in a particular area/county, you (or ...

Google has acquired DoubleClick Performics (http://www.performics.com).  So what does this mean?  There's no sure-fire way to tell at this point, however I have heard both good, bad and indifferent comments regarding the acquisition.Amongst talk groups, I've seen comment such as "who said a searc...

I must of missed something somewhere.  I just heard that SettlementRoom was sold about a month ago. Has anyone heard anything about this?  We think it was sold to Emphasystems but I can't find anything on the actual sale to verify that.  Has anyone else heard about this or have any additional inf...

A post by one of our IREAA members has certainly caught our attention, it reads: Recently, I was encountered by a situation relating to one of my client's "For Sale" listings, that I had posted on Craig's list. It's a long story, but I'll try to sum it up.   Someone had taken the post that I crea...

Have you heard of the Real Estate Webographer certification? REW offers three different certifications for Agents, Brokers and Virtual Assistants. This Real Estate Technology Certification program has come highly recommended to me by another member of IREAA.I've personally started this certificat...