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.

March 30, 2008
Writing Your Real Estate Blog Primarily to Google is a Squandered Opportunity.

Writing Your Real Estate Blog Primarily to Google is a Squandered Opportunity.

Thanks to the recent frequency and quality of guest posts, I’ve had the pleasure of taking a little time off from shouldering the content on the Tomato.  Keeping in stride, we have another treat for you.  Todd Carpenter, ubiquitous RE.net participant, and owner and author of the globally appreciated mariah.com (a web 2.0 real estate […]
March 26, 2008
All You Ever Needed To Know About Blogging SEO, But Were Afraid To Say So

All You Ever Needed To Know About Blogging SEO, But Were Afraid To Say So

I know what you are thinking…”not another SEO article, please…” SEO focused companies have secrets. They want you to think that you need them to get you to the top of the search engines. They want you to think that you need to learn the complex details or you will fail. […]
February 8, 2008
Why Worrying About SEO Is Detrimental to Your Real Estate Blog

Why Worrying About SEO Is Detrimental to Your Real Estate Blog

Last year I wrote a post called 96% of All Real Estate Blogs Will Fail. It has become more and more clear that I failed to mention another clear reason why real estate bloggers are bound to abandon their blogging efforts. S.E.O. :  Search Engine Optimization Realtors help buyers buy property. […]
January 22, 2008
Three Letters I Don’t Think About When Writing A Post For My Real Estate Blog

Three Letters I Don’t Think About When Writing A Post For My Real Estate Blog

Our favorite “Tell-it-like-it-is” correspondent from the real estate blogosphere, Teresa Boardman, is back with her first Tomato contribution of 2008.  Recently there has been some discussion as to what approach we should take when it comes to considering the search engines with a real estate blog article writing style. Teresa, a proven success with […]
January 17, 2008
Dichotomy of the Real Estate Blog – Do You Please the Readers or Search Engines?

Dichotomy of the Real Estate Blog – Do You Please the Readers or Search Engines?

A little knowledge is dangerous thing, as can be a lot of it The Challenge: How to be found in Valley of Search and write Compelling Content that has you building relationships with your readers. This article is not about helping you be more compelling of an author, but rather […]
July 29, 2007
Real Estate Blogging And Search Engines – The News Source Theory

Real Estate Blogging And Search Engines – The News Source Theory

I have a theory about the effectiveness of our blogging that is supported as I look for its effect in the search engines (read: Google). Regular Blogging + Core Focus + Ping = News Source Recognition in Google. I have to maintain that this is a theory, because I am […]
June 18, 2007
White Hat SEO for Real Estate Blogging and the Reciprocal Link

White Hat SEO for Real Estate Blogging and the Reciprocal Link

Chris Hotz, the director of our education is back with some insight on a topic that has turning up quite regularly lately: Reciprocal Linking and it’s effect on Search Engine results. White Hat SEO For Real Estate Blogging By Chris Hotz I never played on a baseball team growing up, […]
June 14, 2007
How Google Reads Your Real Estate Blog

How Google Reads Your Real Estate Blog

Everyone wants their real estate blog to appear on the first page of a Google’s SERP. Why not? You’re the best real estate agent in your area on the web, right? Of course you are… Yet when you consider that a search of “real estate” in Google currently brings up […]
April 10, 2007
7 Compelling Reasons Google AdSense Will Ruin Your Real Estate Blog

7 Compelling Reasons Google AdSense Will Ruin Your Real Estate Blog

1. Advertisements Will Cheapen Your Blog Nothing makes you look cheesier than having a bunch of ads next to your honest message.  Especially ads that you really have no supreme control over.  I can forgive some solid sponsorship that directly relates to the visitor’s needs and interest. 2.  Lack Of […]