The question is “What is the most important part of a real estate listing ad?” Is it the price? photo? text? headline? the broker’s Realtor logo? the media placements? Maybe it’s the smiling agent’s face?
According to NAR, and most advertising experts, the headline is the most important element in an ad’s success. (Photo is second–dang!). [...]
Archive for March, 2006
How To Write An Ad That Sells Real Estate
Published by March 31st, 2006 in Real Estate Classified Ads. CommentsWhois Your Daddy & What Does He Do?
Published by March 31st, 2006 in Cool Tools and Technology. CommentsHere is a Tool which gives you ownership/registration information on any website you visit. You simply drag the “whois” icon to your toolbar and when you visit a new site click it to see who’s behind the curtain.
Update: Whois SOurce is now DomainTools.
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fblog.sellsiusrealestate.com%2Fcool-tools%2Fwhats-your-name-whois-your-daddy%2F2006%2F03%2F31%2F’;
addthis_title = [...]
Domain Name Search Tool: DomainsBot
Published by March 31st, 2006 in Branding/ Marketing, Cool Tools and Cool Websites. CommentsIf you want a real estate website, you have to register a domain name. Everyone knows the frustration of picking out a great name only to discover that it’s taken. So you go back and plug in another name, taken again– an endless series of rejections. Well, you may want to try DomainsBot.com to [...]
Alexa Ranks Sellsius°
Published by March 30th, 2006 in Blogging, Branding/ Marketing and Press Releases. CommentsWhen we first set up our coming soon page late last year, we were ranked somewhere above 5,000,000 on Alexa. After creating our blog in late January, we’re happy to report that our ranking on Alexa has continued to improve every month.
Currently, we are ranked 583,194 153,757 137,901 in the world of websites which isn’t [...]
SEOmoz’s Web 2.0 Awards - Sellsius Receives Honorable Mention
Published by March 28th, 2006 in Awards, Community/ Web 2.0, Cool Tools, Cool Websites, Press Releases and Technology. CommentsSEOmoz, a consulting, Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization company just announced the winners of their Web 2.0 Awards. This is a truly well thought out list of the next generation of user friendly technology companies. Since we haven’t launched our site yet, I was pleasantly surprised to find Sellsius listed in the Real [...]
How To Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection
Published by March 26th, 2006 in Residential Real Estate and Tips & Useful Links. CommentsGoya, The Inquisition Tribunal
Has this ever happened to you or your client? It happened to Richard Nixon, Madonna and other famous indiviudals.
They were not allowed to purchase cooperative apartments in New York City because their applications were rejected by the Board of Directors. Clearly, it was not due to money. Security was the reason given. [...]
NYC Public Pay Toilets: Pit Stops For A Pittance
Published by March 26th, 2006 in Hot News, Random Posts, Technology and Weird News. CommentsMarcel Duchamp, Fountain 1917
New York City, after many attempts to go, will finally leave something on the street. The relief will be in the form of 20 hi-tech potties from CEMUSA, makers of fine outdoor furniture. Twenty-five cents will buy you 15 minutes of private reading time. No word yet on the TP they plan [...]
Branding: What’s In A Name?
Published by March 26th, 2006 in Advertising, Branding/ Marketing and Random Posts. CommentsSaw a comment in dustbury (via Samantha Burns) which linked to Wikipedia’s List of Company Name Etymologies. For those of you who find the origin of company names interesting, this Wiki is a must read.
Though some accounts may be disputed, there’s no disputing that people spend a lot of time trying to pick a good [...]
BoingBoing Charges Exploitation By Pixel Ad Site To Lure Bloggers
Published by March 26th, 2006 in Advertising, Blogging and Hot News. Comments There’s no such thing as bad publicity
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On our way to lunch, high pitched sirens of NYC’S Bravest & Finest caught our attention. Upon investigation we saw firemen rushing to the scene of a garage roof collapse in the Waldorf Astoria parking facility. We were able to get in for a quick snapshot and were literally standing upon the rubble of the [...]
