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June 11, 2021
The Lede: Most Real Estate Websites Fail To Produce Leads Because They Make The Same Mistakes The Mistakes: They lack a strategy to gain traffic. They lack high impact messaging. They offer nothing unique as a call to action. They have weak content. 1. They lack a strategy to gain […]
May 13, 2021
Styrofoam: Empty calorie words that simply fill in for cogent, meaningful content. The Goal: Find language that better connects the dots to what you really need to say/communicate. Examples of Styrofoam Words: Above and Beyond Expert Results Change Expertise Service Cutting Edge Less Specialist Dreams More State of the […]
May 4, 2021
The Lede: Without a clear understanding of what needs to be accomplished with the homepage we’re bound to miss the mark. Let’s look at how one might use particular text and images to tell The Story. 1. Recognize Our Visitor’s Challenges We recognize that you have an issue/ a challenge […]
April 30, 2021
The Lede: If the story being told on the homepage is that there is a challenge to be solved by using your services, then who should we make as the Hero? There is only one Hero in the homepage story we are telling. Who is it? Is it you, and […]
April 28, 2021
The Lede: In an instant your audience decides whether to stay or go from your website. The goal is to keep them there so that you have the opportunity to show them that you’re the best option to solve their challenges. The Decisions: We focus on getting the following affirmatives: […]
April 28, 2021
Why it matters: The Hero Image, when chosen properly, is your most effective story-telling tool. Its origins come from the Hero Prop in plays. The large, easy to see stage prop that sets the scene… the scene where we empathize with the main character (the hero). The Hero Image should […]
July 8, 2020
The following is a post written by Hans Skillrud, Cofounder Termageddon LLC. We have recently partneted with Termageddon to help Real Estate Tomato clients maintain compliance with ever-changing Privacy Laws. If you work in real estate, you have probably experienced the satisfaction of helping clients navigate the various challenges of […]
July 12, 2019
Recent internet privacy laws have been passed that affect every website looking to capture information from their visitors. If your site has a contact form, requiring personal info (name, email, etc), then there is a good chance you are in violation of these laws. Here are the passed Privacy Laws […]
December 1, 2017
When your site is the #1 search result you have a chance at having Google sitelinks appear below your listing. This is what they look like: Sitelinks are shortcuts or a table of contents meant to help users navigate your site quickly as opposed to having to load the homepage […]