Building a Foundation for Success: New Digital Marketing Services

SEO, by and far one of the most popular buzzwords at real estate conventions, can no longer be your only digital marketing tactic. It’s about more than that.

According to a study by Google and the National Association of Realtors, 70 percent of homebuyers only contacted a single agent before selecting one to assist them with the purchase of their home. Homebuyers do not have the patience to interview dozens of local agents in search of the right fit. Instead, they are more likely to follow the path of least resistance and choose an agent that is already top of mind or easy to find.

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Off-Site Recommendation: Blogging

If you’re having trouble sticking to a weekly blogging schedule, read on. Regularly adding valuable, unique content to your site will benefit you now more than ever before.

Google’s most recent algorithms – Penguin, Panda, and Hummingbird – may sound cute and cuddly, but they pack a suckerpunch of power when it comes to planning SEO strategies. The company’s most recent algorithm updates are designed to aggressively attack the low-quality, spammy content that has overrun the Internet. SEO strategies that were once effective, like creating many similar pages with only a few words tweaked, no longer fly. (Does “keyword overuse” ring a bell, anyone?)

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Avoiding Thin Content on Your Site

Ever since Google’s Panda Update last year, many website owners have become concerned about duplicate content–which they should be, but there is more to it than that.

At the heart of what Google does, is ensure that quality results are shown for searchers. Part of the drive behind the Panda Update was to eliminate not only duplicate content but also “thin content” that has little or no value.

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