Hi Subscriber; 

Iit dawned on me that I didn't tell you that I now have a real estate marketing blog, on which I make near daily entries.  On it I post a lot of marketing strategies and point readers to tips, tools and resources that I discover while exploring the Internet.  Please take a moment to add it to your MSN or Yahoo start page, or even book mark it so that you can take a quick peek at it you log on to your computer every day.

Finally, I recently spoke with the author of Find And Assign, an ebook that outlines how to profit from real estate by finding and assigning real estate properties to others for personal profit, and am very excited about learning the techniques to turn deals through his method.  Simply stated, the idea is to control properties long enough to flip them. 

Click here to sign up for the eleven lesson ecourse!

I'm going through the book now and look forward to getting started.  And you can join me, as he gave me an 11 lesson ecourse that is comprised of actual chapters from the book.  Yes, you can check it out along with me, and perhaps we can even exchage thoughts about it.  You can click here to sign up for it. 

Now, without further ado!

Featured Article: "Do You Need A Website?"
By Lanard Perry

Whether you prefer to do-it-yourself or have your real estate web site  professionally created, the main thing is to get yourself in front of thousands of potential customers with your own web site. Here is some information, as well as a few viable options that will quickly get you started.

Your web site will need to be coded in a special language, known as HTML (hyper text markup language). So in order to create your own real estate web site and save on development fees, you have three choices. You can either learn basic HTML, purchase a specific software package that will convert your copy into a HTML format, or sign up for a web site with a built in HTML converter that will automatically convert your copy as you enter it.  

1. Learn basic HTML -- To avoid ongoing maintenance costs, learning a little HTML is a good idea. That way you'll be able to update and maintain your own web site when your contents should be changed. There are many resources on the Internet, which can easily be found simply by searching "learn HTML" in your search engine. 
   
   In a matter of hours, you can quickly teach yourself the basics of HTML and learn how to code you own basic web site using HTML. You'll find that many tutorials are FREE, or at least reasonably priced. Check out your local night school courses, many offer reasonably prices HTML workshops where you can learn the basics.
   
   
2. Purchase an HTML editor -- Another cost-effective option for building a real estate web site would be to purchase an HTML editor. HTML editing software can be downloaded to your computer, so that after you write your copy in Word or even a text file format, you will be able to convert it into an HTML format.
   
   Some of the most popular options are: Dream Weaver and Microsoft's FrontPage, but there are many others that are available as well. HTML editors do vary in price, but most are under $100 to purchase. To find out more, search the Internet or browse through your local stationary or computer software store.
   
   
3. Build your own real estate web site -- There are many web site builders available that provide all the tools you will need to build your own real estate web site, quickly and inexpensively. These comprehensive sites are fully automated, so you simple go through a menu selection and in a matter of minutes your real estate web site can be up and running. To find out more, search "build a web site" on the Internet.
   

The best do it yourself site building service I know of is so good it's almost scary. I've been building and promoting web sites for 3 -- 4 years now and find nothing that even comes close.  Download a FREE Copy of a book that tells you more about it. But be forewarned. It's 200 or so pages of amazing stuff.

For example, there are more than 55 million web sites on the Internet.  I used the information in the book to build my Real Estate Marketing Talk web site and it's ranked around 849,000, and is poised to move up in the next week, It truly is amazing!

Click here to get a complementary copy of the book.

Whatever you do you should provide great web site content -- High search engine ranking web sites typically have hundreds of pages of good, interesting information. And search engines love great content, so the more content pages you have the more often they visit and index them.

You can slow build hundreds of pages and literally take 6 -- 8 months to do it, or you can fast track your web site building efforts by using prewritten, high quality, great content articles!

I've put together a mega pack of 125 real estate web site content articles to help you fast track to success; 50 real estate articles, 50 real estate mortgage financing articles and 25 Credit Card/Debt Conslidation type articles.  Plus, you'll receive an additional 150 articles on things like gardening, dog training and the like.

Click here to read more about them!

As you may know, content is king when it comes to having a good web site.  However, good quality material is hard to come by, until now.

If cost is not a factor, you might consider delegating the responsibility to a professional. There are many web developers that are skilled at creating a fully functional and professional real estate web site. Although they vary in price, a real estate web site can be created for less than $1000.

However, if you do hire a professional web site designer, it's wise to have them create a template for your web site. A template will allow you to quickly and easily make changes yourself. Of course there is certainly a few things to learn, but within a few hours you will be ready to change your images and copy as often as you like.

Finally, check with your local business support center to find a qualified web site designer in your area to build a web site for you. Chambers of Commerce, Rotary Clubs and the like are generally in close contact with business owners and can recommend suitable web site designers that will meet your needs and budget.

Freebies!

Affiliate Marketing Ebook - best marketing book I ever read. It has absolutely nothing to do with real estate, but everything to do with marketing in general, including real estate. It is unequivocally the best resource on building websites that I know of  and it's my gift to you for being a valued mailing list subscriber.

Find And Assign - here's an 11 lesson ecourse on how to make money buying and selling real estate for personal profit and gain, while lsiting and selling problems like other real estate agents.

Recommendations 

Prospect Generator.  Find out why prospects choose to do business with you.  Then repeat what you're doing, over and over until it stops being effective.

125 Real Estate Web Site Content Articles.  50 real estate, 50 financing  and 25 Credit Card/Debt Conslidation type articles.  Plus, you'll receive an additional 150 articles; 50 on time management, 50 about making your lawn green and 50 on setting up and running home business.

Farming Expired Listings. 

Call me any time about any thing!

Sincerely,
Lanard

Lanard Perry
352-283-9316 cell