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Colleen received her award today for earning River Realty's second quarter top producer. River Realty is a Pasco Washington office of about 18 agents brokered by Carrie Chambers. Amidst a team of great agents, Colleen, relatively new to the office, out-paced them all for the second quarter Top Producer award. Colleen Lane Is All About Customer Service Search engine optimization is bantered about often online, however, Colleen's clients are coming to her from referral. Colleen defies the typic... Read Full Post

Matt Cutts was the keynote speaker for the Web 2.0 Expo held in San Francisco on April 22-25, 2008. This video is Matt's keynote address about Google's spam policy and is a great introduction to search engine spam for beginners, as well as a relevant reminder for seo veterans. I hope you find this 10 minute video useful! You can find other 2008 Web 2.0 Expo videos of keynote presentations here. Read Full Post

Mayhill Fowler went form obscurity to the national stage and possibly changed the course of the presidential election. Fowler, a 61 year old self proclaimed journalistic blogger, recorded Obama's now famous Bittergate speech, blogged about it, and the rest is history. To everyone's surprise, Fowler received more attention for her piece than possibly imagined. You can read about Mayhill Fowler and her Bittergate blogging here. Goes to show what blogging can accomplish when posting information ... Read Full Post

The Tri-Cities Washington Salvation Army’s Annual Civic Dinner will have as its theme, “Joining Forces.” In appreciation of the outstanding volunteer service to local organization and the community, The Salvation Army wishes to give recognition to selected groups that have partnered with them in service this past year. They include: the Kiwanis Clubs of the Tri-Cities, Columbia Center Mall, Dean Dental, Bank of the West, Les Schwab Tire Centers, Liberty Christian School, and KNDU-TV. Re... Read Full Post

Here's a cool free tool for your blogging toolbox. The pixel ruler! When needing to know the width of your content area, simply paste the following code in your blog entry then post to your blog, Squidoo page, HubPage, etc: <p align="left"><img src="http://www.joelane.com/images/pixel-ruler.jpg" alt="Pixel Ruler" width="653" height="21" /></p> You'll end up with a ruler like this: I'll use the pixel ruler to determine the width of my content area to let me know how wide an i... Read Full Post

Washington Realtors® are printing first time homebuyers brochures and making them available to all Washington Realtor® members free of charge. Stop by your local association and get a few before they run out, as the promotion is limited to the supply that is available. Washington Realtor® will be running radio commercials the entire month of April encouraging first time homebuyers to get the facts about buying their first home and to contact a Realtor® for a free brochure. Be that real es... Read Full Post

Our local newspaper reports, "Tri-City educators are working hard to ensure students are meeting and exceeding learning standards and are prepared for life beyond high school. That's what the Kennewick, Pasco and Richland school superintendents said Wednesday during the annual Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce State of Education address in Richland." Kudos for the education system in place for Tri Cities Washington students. Certainly the reason why our community stands above the rest. Ho... Read Full Post

Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index shows a 11.4 percent decline... In today's real estate section, the Associated Press reports, "Home prices in many cities continued to plunge by record levels in January as sellers cut their asking bids and rising foreclosures took their toll, new data showed Tuesday. While the spring selling season usually gives the market a bounce, some analysts say any notable improvement may not come until well into the summer. U.S. home prices fell 10.7 percent ... Read Full Post

The process of buying your first home can be overwhelming. Consider this "top 10" list to keep yourself focused on your new home purchase: Seek a qualified loan representative and get pre-approved. Research the neighborhoods and prices before you start working with a real estate agent. Know crime rates, school information, etc. Find a real estate agent who has experience in the neighborhoods that interest you. [cough!] When you first start looking, see several properties. Look past the green ... Read Full Post

Happy Easter everyone. Consider the true meaning of Easter today. A YouTube Easter music video for you. Again, may you have a wonder full Easter day! Read Full Post