Why do you live where you do, what to do for fun in Houlton Maine, anywhere on the spinning planet is important to locals and area visitors.The local jobs, schools, your real estate location, property prices, the lifestyle needs to be part of the property listing presentations. Don't leave it to the local chamber of commerce. Forget making the real estate buyer online from far away have to travel all that distance.To spend time, money, be delayed getting the local community flavor you can so so easily provide as the local expert because of where you already live in the real estate market.Serve up the local fresh information on what's it like, what to do for fun in Houlton Maine, etc.You are the local resource with insider information about what's it like where you live.You know as the l... 01/05/2022

Lost cost land in Maine.Near lakes, on ITS snowmobile trails. Looking for cheap Maine land for vacation use, maybe more down the road? Surveyed 3.24 acres is a corner property, bordering both Drews Lake RD and Bangor RD (US RT 2A) for over 800'! Low cost land in Maine on the ITS snowmobile trails.Climb on your snow sled, the  groomed ITS 83 trail is at your doorstep.Build small, think big.Use this low cost land in Maine for snowmobiling, hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, camping.Plus don't forget being close to the Meduxnekeag River, Nickerson Lake, Drews Lake too! As close to being on the waterfront in Maine without actually dipping your toe to make it wet.One sweet land location for this new listing up in Maine. Being parked on a corner adds extra value and more building options if yo... 12/29/2021

YouTube Thursday on ActiveRain, this week's channel installment dives into creating worthwhile video content. Off camera, real estate professionals in their jobs provide worthwhile content all day long.Into the evening hours, it's our job to help out, to guide and save time for real estate buyers and sellers. Videos introduce the online viewer listening in to your unique local area channel what's it like where you list and sell real estate.So real estate video channel worthwhile content.It all starts with one question needing to be asked BEFORE firing up your video camera. Who is going to benefit from this video? Don't think about trying to attract hundreds of thousands of YouTube channel viewers and subscribers. Forget trying to impress or be very clever.Just think of one person from a... 12/15/2021

Programming LED digital outdoor real estate signs.You see a lot of vendors peddling LED digital real estate signs but not so many putting in the same effort for programming them. This blog post is about programming LED digital outdoor real estate signs.Like all real estate marketing, the medium you are using dictates certain ground rules. Outdoor advertising is trying to catch the corner of a motorist's eye.Way different animal than a print ad on a place mat where the reader is killing time waiting to place or receive a meal order.LED digital advertising is not the same as a 30 minute television commercial or a newspaper ad.There are all forms of marketing but the application differs. Because the audience you are targeting has certain restraints.The driver on the receiving end of your L... 12/14/2021

Soap box derby race in Maine, why wait until you are sixteen to drive a car?The "thrill of the hill" is June 11th, 2022 in Houlton Maine. This Houlton Maine race is the state venue location for the soap box derby program. Soap box derby racing has come along way since the first one in Akron Ohio back in 1934.Early soap box derby races were pretty much here's a set of wheels, axles and good luck. Use your imagination and make sure to remember it's safety first, fair competition and no cheating.Taking a walk through Derby Downs at the All American Soap Box Derby museum shows you how far racing has come today.Gravity racing with kit cars sponsored by local businesses and guided with the family member pit crew.Building a car from scratch but with instructions, lots of parts, plenty of begin... 12/09/2021

Real estate videos, run and gun simple but highly effective.Your property buyer is overbooked, and way too busy. This blog post is all about little things that help your real estate video channel garden grow and prosper.Videos show the house hunter more information quick and easy using full motion with natural sound video .Home listings with video get four times the exposure.Over 90% of property buyers say they want to work with agents using real estate video.You and I search for everything else using the YouTube video channel, why leave real estate out? But it takes way way more than just setting up a YouTube real estate video channel and then expecting dividends to simply fall in your lap. So, what's that? You already have a real estate video channel?Set it up years ago and now dust i... 11/24/2021

Real estate video.Don't waste the chance to weave in the area around the property. As the local expert who lives where the listing does, make sure to showcase the area flavor. What is it like where you live, where the property is located? It's huge to someone new to your home town location and pretty much in the dark. Help them.One example of a new property listing using real estate video where the Maine lake loons tune up and do a duet.Before you fire up the real estate video camera, think who are you going to be talking with one on one in the audience? Who out in the wild blue yonder would be a good match for this new property listing? Don't read to them, don't bore them, just talk to them. Look what is new to the local real estate market. Tell them a story from a local insider's pers... 10/10/2021

Videos for real estate listings, open house virtual tours on demand.Those are what your a little stressed for time real estate buyers want . It's what your seller's expect and properties deserve. And for new to your market real estate buyers, show them what it is like living where you do with video.Simple videos for real estate listings and local community flavor done one after another. No big production crew, not all approached like only your most expensive properties that drip with luxury ooze.Meat and potato simple but helpful video to get your real estate buyers in and out of more property listings.To give them the red carpet local tour of where you love where you live as the local insider in the community. That's what videos for real estate listings and the local community are all ... 09/19/2021

Videos for real estate, nothing does the show and tell easier.Videos expand the reach and increase the frequency of the marketing message too. Simple, run and gun and not over the top videos are the meat and potatoes of any real estate marketing program. Sneak and peek. Here are a couple of simple videos for real estate we whipped together.  Or come on, the front door is open and did you bring your swimsuit? Here is a Maine lakefront property real estate video. frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen> Just a couple real estate videos without a wall of words to struggle through for the audience. Videos, toggle the player in the center and sit back, watch, take the real estate property and community f... 08/28/2021

Real estate videos, tell a story to find property buyer.No one wants to be sold something... or hustled. But if you are a good listener, a match maker to suggest what about this listing, or that property? Trying it on and finding the best real estate fit for the budget. Nothing works better than real estate videos to help the selection process and speed things up.Real estate videos, who out in the audience would want to buy this new property listing? That's is always the question a real estate broker or agent should consider before rushing in and cranking out the same old tired, predictable blah presentation.Your property listing deserves real estate to open up the exposure exponentially. Sellers expect and should get a video presentation to round out the hard working image gallery and ... 06/06/2021

Real estate videos, open house on demand.The battle to boost your real estate marketing signal to gain greater reach and frequency. Round the clock, no matter where your real estate buyer is located, real estate videos deliver. It's like the front door to a new home listing is unlocked, the lights inside all on and let's bring them in from the curb. Right now, no delay, no fuss no muss.Since COVID, and city living ground to a halt the way most people were used to, the online searches using real estate videos is way way up. Going online to check out new places to prepare for the eventual relocation move. Folks scrambling to find a better quality of living with the ability to now telecommute to work remotely. Thay's given the real estate video channel a big boost for anyone on the hunt fo... 05/28/2021

Real estate videos, only do those for your most expensive listings right? Where did that myth come from and nothing could be further from the best practices. Unless you hire out most of what you do as a real estate professional, real estate videos should be happening for all your property listings. The community events for the show and tell of what's it like where the real estate listings are location is pretty darn important too.Unless you only want to list and sell to local real estate buyers, videos put the community and what happens around the what's for sale today on the map.The outside your local market area real estate buyers can watch your video broadcast too if you have a strong, robust real estate video channel. So if real estate video is so helpful and what property buyers wa... 03/12/2021

Real estate video, don't just use it on your most expensive listings. Only luxury properties deserve video, that is real estate myth #1. Where does that real estate video myth come from anyway? It's prevalent in circles of real estate agents and brokers who hired out the tasks. Someone reasoning that the bigger price tag properties makes the "do a video" necessary or a worthwhile expense.But what if you don't hire out everything from sign placement, image collecting, heck even real estate copy writing? When you live in a market where stagers are not hired for the make it look pretty for the date with the real estate buyer online wolf whistling at what he or she sees. In small rural real estate markets, the practical stuff is what is ooh la la. Low to the ground the ground price, new roo... 03/12/2021

Only luxury properties deserve video, that is real estate myth #1. Where does that real estate video myth come from anyway? It's prevalent in circles of real estate agents and brokers who hired out the tasks. Someone reasoning that the bigger price tag properties makes the "do a video" necessary or a worthwhile expense.But what if you don't hire out everything from sign placement, image collecting, heck even real estate copy writing? When you live in a market where stagers are not hired for the make it look pretty for the date with the real estate buyer online wolf whistling at what he or she sees. In small rural real estate markets, the practical stuff is what is ooh la la. Low to the ground the ground price, new roof, updated heating system and a garage trumps the granite counter top ... 03/12/2021

Real estate video myth number one. The thinking only luxury property listings deserve video treatment for the show and tell. Nothing could be further from the truth using real estate video for marketing what you list and need to sell. So where did that real estate video myth come from? Well, if you are used to hiring out most of your real estate photo, video, heck even property listing sign planting and retrieval. Then only your most expensive property listings can justify the expense of lights, camera, action to produce a real full motion property listing video. Or the myth that only your most expensive real estate listings deserve the video treatment could be that's the majority of what you see shot, edited, rendered and posted online. So why would someone hire out the video for a 196... 03/11/2021

Moosestompers Weekend, Houlton ME celebrates winter. What is Moosestompers? Sounds like something the animal abuse folks would get up in arms about right? No, Moosestompers Weekend happens every year the first weekend in February. It started up at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone.The B-52 SAC air base is gone but the commmander of the moth balled Loring AFB Alan Bean ended up becoming our Houlton ME town manager. Bean brought the idea of "the moose is loose" with him to revive the even in Southern Aroostook County to continue the  winter.The whole idea of Moosestompers Weekend is family fun, a chance to get out and enjoy new fresh white snow with clean air outdoor fun. We celebrate, not dread winter. Headig outside, getting off the couch and socializing with friends and neighbors. Kid... 02/03/2021

Cheaper priced homes in Maine! Like this real estate video example for 20 Charles ST Houlton ME property listing shows you! The size and quality of the home can't be beat for the money. The $50's price bracket shows you how much you get for very little up here in Maine. Can you buy a home where you live this low priced?The quality of life is "richer" in small town communities in Maine too! Folks are friendlier, kids are respectful, we work hard to help others. Volunteering and pitching in to make a difference in where we live is a life skill taught to all from an early age. Since COVID hit and life changed, folks have been thinking more and more about moving, relocating to Maine. This new home listing in Maine for sale priced in the $50's, why would you even consider renting for another... 01/30/2021

Real estate videos, they work around the clock showing properties, your area. Gone are the days of physically showing a property one at a time. With video, it's like cloning you the listing and showing agent.The time of day or night, the great or lousy weather in your or the real estate buyer's locaton do not matter with video. Nothing stops the real estate video delivery show from going on. The buyer takes one after another tour of your property listings and the out of your area folks tap the community channel. For the local flavor of what's it like living in the area where the real estate listing populate?Here are some simple but helpful examples of local real estate videos you can make yourself. Video for real estate property listings.Are you using the most powerful and far reaching ... 12/19/2020

Youtube Thursday, slipping into your video channel console to study the purple bar analytics.When you want your video channel to do the heavy lifting in your marketing efforts, you study and strive to achieve top performance. Like most marketing, lack of time put into keeping up and growing your video channel hurts listings and sales.Sneaking a peek at your Youtube real estate video channel analytics is an eye opener.Travel behind the wall, down into the engine room of your YouTube channel. Your channel's analytics shines a spotlight on the dotted line your need to follow for the best results.If you want to steadily improve your Youtube real estate channel's horsepower, not more blindfold or gut feeling only through trial and error.Analytics and lots of reading and study is how you do i... 08/06/2020

Real estate videos, nothing helps market properties round the  clock better. Around the spinning globe, videos do the best job exposing properties for sale and the areas they populate. Why are listing videos for what's for sale and local community information so powerful?Real estate videos transports buyers to the property listing instantly.No delay. Videos are "open house on demand" for a busy buyer with no time to waste. The next owner of your real estate listing has little free time and is on a very important mission. Joe and Jane House Buyer look for the agents or brokers that take the time to shoot, edited, upload real estate videos.Not just videos for the most expensive listings in your current inventory either. Today's information providing in the real estate service industry not... 06/19/2020