When you have your professional photo taken, do you roll right out of bed and get your photo taken without showering or getting dressed in your professional clothes? Do you go there without brushing your teeth or brushing your hair? Of course not. You want your picture to look like you at your best. You want to look put together, professional and respectable. Can you say the same about your website? Your website is your professional representation of yourself on the web. It is where prospects go to learn who you are and in some cases it is where your
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How to Participate in a Twitter Chat

Up until July of this year I resisted and flat out refused to use Twitter. I truly did not get it. What was the point of saying something in just 140 characters. And what was I going to say and who was I going to chat with? I’m in the Midwest and Twitter has yet to really catch on here so none of my friends or clients use it. But I had been taking a class about online marketing and one of the things they taught was how to get involved on Twitter and how to meet other people. I
11 Unique Closing Gift Ideas

*This post contains affiliate links The closing gift. It’s hard to find just the right gift isn’t it? You want it to be unique, not take a lot of work and you really don’t want it to cost you a small fortune. While clients don’t expect a closing gift, it is a nice touch at the end of your transaction and a great way to end it on a high note! Are you stuck for good ideas for real estate closing gifts? Here are 11 ideas that your clients and your bank account are sure to love! 1. Moving Day Survival
#RealtorsUnite Chat: Education

On Tuesday evenings at 6pm central time, I am fortunate to be a part of a Twitter chat with Real Estate Agents across the country. It is a fun, lively group of Real Estate Agents that comes together to share ideas on what they are doing to grow their business, what is working, what isn’t working and even talking at times about how to protect themselves when showing homes to strangers. All Real Estate Agents are invited to participate and I highly recommend you do! Such valuable information is being shared every Tuesday and the camaraderie is inspiring! Check it out
Boost Your Social Media Posts with Easy Made Graphics

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and I think that is even more true when it comes to social media. Maybe on social media a picture is worth a million words? That being said, one of the best things you can do to promote your content on social media is to post or tweet photos with your message. My favorite tool to post images on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn is ShareAsImage. ShareAsImage allows you to create custom graphics with text that you can easily post on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+ and Pinterest. You can also use these