I have taken the week off and not spent any real time with the contest in the last week as I have been quite busy with the actual real estate part of my job. That's a good thing. I've fallen back to 5th place in the contest in that week as I see lots of others have kept quite busy by participating in online blog discussions, writing articles and more. So, my strategy for the last week has been to watch and see what others are doing/have done and see if there is anything new to learn.

So far, it seems to be those who have strong domains to start with and adding some extra link pop to a post with the aforementioned methods. One entry however, has quite a different approach. Eric Blackwell has gone the 'team' route and it seems to be working well as he sits…

This contest has taken on a mind of its own now and entries are pouring in and the competition is extremely stiff. No telling who has the best chance to win at this point, but, I still think that it will be fun and a learning experience. To that learning experience - In my first REW blog post about this, I talked about the importance of utilizing the categories within the blog.

Today, I think I will talk about some of the more mundane aspects, but, probably the most important. For me, the best way to get links for so meting is that of truly unsolicited because the person linking to you is doing so simply because they want to. This is where you should ask yourself. So when you write, do you write things that that people want to read> Is it funny, helpful…

And I'm In!

Here is my entry in the greatest real estate agent in the world contest.

I'm excited about the opportunity to learn and share what works and what doesn't as the contest unfolds and I hope that everyone involved is willing to share as well. I think this is a great opportunity for all of us to learn how best to use the internet to market for our clients as well as ourselves.

So with that in mind, as the contest moves forward, I will post some of the techniques that I am using to try and help me rank my entry as high as possible. So here is the first tip:

I have entered this entry into my strongest category on the blog because I want it to have the most punch pointing a link back to my entry. What's the lesson here? Well, it's simple...We need…

The next few posts will be about the area within Atlanta that I live, Alpharetta. For quite some time, Alpharetta has been used as a general area which now consists of two additional cities; John's Creek and Milton. So, from now on I will separate statistics as best as is possible into the correct areas because agents are beginning to list homes in the correct cities making the statistics more and more accurate. Alpharetta (not John's Creek and Milton), can still be broken in to 2 different areas and three different zip codes; East Alpharetta (30022 and 30005) and West Alpharetta (30004) and is separated basically by Georgia 400 which runs north and south from Atlanta up through Cumming and beyond. Personally, I think it would be more accurate to talk…

The slower sales of real estate has increased inventory of homes across Metro Atlanta and Alpharetta is no exception. Interestingly, many buyers seem to be catching on to the idea that there are more homes to choose from and we have seen much more interest in the last few weeks on the part of buyers. A couple of interesting notes of interest as I have been out with buyers;

Currently I have three buyers looking at homes for sale in Alpharetta and have looked at quite a few homes in the last two weeks. Most of these homes have major problems impeding a sale.…

Haynes Landing - John's Creek

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Don't miss this great opportunity in the Haynes Landing neighborhood of John's Creek located off of Haynes Bridge Road and Old Alabama. Watch the video tour of this home.

MLS Listing#: 3623517

Property Details:

10605 Timberstone Road, Haynes landing - John’s Creek

4 Bedrooms

3 bathrooms

$335,000

Description:

Located off of Haynes Bridge Road and Alvin Road and bordering the southeastern side of Alpharetta, the neighborhood of Haynes landing has long been a very popular neighborhood in an excellent school district and close to excellent shopping and dining.

This home has been completely…

Alpharetta is definitely the premier Atlanta suburb of Atlanta and will continue to become more so as new projects in development reach completion. Alpharetta can boast to be the only place outside of Atlanta with a full gammet of cultural attractions on par or better than what can be found in Atlanta. When complete in summer of 2008, Encore Park will be home to summer concerts rivaling Chastain Park, Prospect Park will boast one of, if not the finest hotel accommodations anywhere in Metro Atlanta, the Stanbury and shopping will rival anything found in the southeast region if not the country. Combine that with superior public education and a local economy that hosts numerous Fortune 500 companies and you will see that Alpharetta can in fact stand alone…

Many of you who have read my blog know that I keep up with statistics and try to post regularly so that you have an "in" source for your information that is much better than what you get from the local paper or news reports. While I recognize (as most do) that the market is not what it was a year ago, we still have much to be happy about - at least in Alpharetta. Homes still sell and the ones that aren't selling are really homes that are overpriced for their condition. At the end of the day, it's always about price. It's just a matter of whether a seller can afford to sell at the price required to make it happen. Wow! I have digressed and I'm sorry. Anyway, here are the statistics for the Alpharetta real estate market for October in 2007 compared with…