Real Estate Website
& Blogging Advice

The Real Juice

Real Estate Website & Blogging Advice

The Real Juice


The Real Estate Tomato Blog covers topics such as WordPress Real Estate Blogging, Blogging SEO Advice, Real Estate Website Design, Story Branding, Homepage Design, Content Marketing, Lead Generation, and Company Announcements. The best Realtor blogs are those that are publishing regulary.

August 10, 2007
Real Estate Blog Traffic, How Many Hits Should I Expect ?

Real Estate Blog Traffic, How Many Hits Should I Expect ?

Blog Visitor Statistics – Don’t Drink The Kool-Aid At Bloggers Connect 2007, a woman from the audience during the panel I spoke on (Show Me The Leads) asked a great question. A question that I hear everyday.  A question that I know every new and soon to be blogger is […]
August 1, 2007
How Does Real Estate Blogging Actually Generate Leads?

How Does Real Estate Blogging Actually Generate Leads?

I am here in San Francisco at the Inman Bloggers Connect Conference, about to go on stage to discuss the topic of lead generation through real estate blogging.  The most important question, that I know we are about to be asked is: What makes a real estate blog generated lead […]
March 25, 2007
Real Estate Blogging And The Art Of War

Real Estate Blogging And The Art Of War

Guest Author Jonathan Green presents: Real Estate Blogging And The Art Of War Jim once wrote a post about how your blog is an Army, which got me thinking. If blogs are comparable to armies, and posts to soldiers, then the time-tested rules of employing an army may have some […]
March 21, 2007
9 Examples Of How Blogging Will Have You Overcoming Real Estate Objections

9 Examples Of How Blogging Will Have You Overcoming Real Estate Objections

The Obvious: The most effective way to overcome objections is to handle them before they become a hurdle in the sales process. The new agent routinely looks for the solution to providing the right answers to their clients’ concerns. The questions they ask, the fears they present, the roadblocks they […]
February 19, 2007
Local Blog Traffic, The Old Fashioned Way

Local Blog Traffic, The Old Fashioned Way

I didn’t coin it (Burke Smith did), but I love to use it: Technology won’t replace agents; agents with technology will replace agents. There’s a ton of talk about the next generation of Realtors and their unique approach to the business.  The most common theme is that their use of […]
December 13, 2006
Business Plan 2007: Blog For Leads

Business Plan 2007: Blog For Leads

Break out of the same ol’, same ol’ Teresa Boardman is back! Last week we were in the trenches with her, examining the challenges of embracing the technological side of real estate. Today we gain some perspective on why business blogging needs to be a big part of your marketing […]
October 22, 2006
3 Soft Barriers – How To Generate Leads Through Blogging

3 Soft Barriers – How To Generate Leads Through Blogging

The Soft Barrier is a lead generating, online form that asks for as little personal information as possible. The strategy is to have the visitor exchange their personal info in order to access information worth the exchange.  “Name and email required” is the info one needs to effectively include the […]
October 14, 2006
Your Blog Is Bait – How To Use Blogging To Generate Leads

Your Blog Is Bait – How To Use Blogging To Generate Leads

A comment by a left by reader (we’ll call her Angie) inspired this article. In her comment, Angie expressed that her blog, although “noteworthy” (30+ hits a day) on a daily traffic scale, was failing to produce leads.  So much so, that after more than a year of regular blogging, […]
August 26, 2006
Don’t Be The Ignored Real Estate Blog, How to Avoid The Starbucks Mistake

Don’t Be The Ignored Real Estate Blog, How to Avoid The Starbucks Mistake

Is it safe to assume that you’ve have been to a Starbucks, and are familiar with the ubiquitous white cup with the round, green logo on it? Somewhere on that cup is their web address: www.Starbucks.com. How many of you have been to Starbucks.com? The response is almost always “none.” […]