When I started working on websites, I was heavily focused on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to get traffic to our business websites.  Then I had my eyes opened to the idea of having a marketing campaign online (aka Google’s AdWords, PPC, etc) and how that mixed with fundamental SEO led to great traffic (all at a cost obviously).

When asked why I don’t focus on SEO like my good friends over at SEO-Alien, I like to explain that to be fully keyed into great Site SEO, you need to essentially pay attention to all the changes and fluctuations that occur.  One simply change by Google can knock your SEO rating down by volumes, thus forcing you to possibly start the work all over again.

SEO is sort of like a long drawn out War.   Read the rest of this entry

In April, I wrote the first part of this three part article about how I would go about starting my Real Estate business today on a budget.  In part 1, I covered the basics of creating a business plan, setting up an LLC, and setting up a business bank account.  After you have set up your basic business, it’s now time to create the professional image that will jump your business ahead of the competition (for a newbie Real Estate Investor, the average life expectancy of their business is only 7 months!  Often these drop outs are folks who haven’t taken the time to establish their new business as a true business and treat it more along the lines of a hobby)

To give your business the professional edge over your competition, you need to have the modern equivalent to an office or store front and everything that goes along those lines.  Essentially creating a virtual office space that gives the impression of a real world business location.  So how do you go about doing that without spending Read the rest of this entry