Sell My House Now! With home prices peaking and beginning to flatten, and with the economy showing some weakness, quite a few homeowners are wondering if right now is the best time to sell their house or condo. Selling your house fast for cash has always held connotations, but recently, the business model of companies…
You Can Save Your Small Business If you’ve noticed your Google rankings sinking this year, you’re not alone. Small business continues to get hammered by Google who continues to enjoy a monopoly on web search. Small businesses are seeing their visibility universe shrink slowly and silently each month. Many toil with minor issues but lose…
Fighting for Lower Prices and More Housing? Those looking for homes for sale are shocked and perplexed at the list prices. Some actually ask why home prices are so high. They’re smart, because few are explaining it transparently. Instead, the answer is confused with symptoms of high home prices. Home prices are set for yet…
US Cities with the Lowest House Prices You might say there is still an affordable housing migration going on. People are moving to find cheaper housing in their city or in other cities across the US. As international travel opens up, we may even find more people selling their home and moving internationally. With respect…
AI Real Estate Agent Solutions For many years, the media have told us that all of our jobs are jeopardy from software, automation and AI. The great news is that they’re wrong. The future of marketing involves Artificial intelligence platforms. The fact is, artificial intelligence tools are being used by real estate agents to improve…
How to Rebrand your Content The phrase “content rebranding” is being discussed more online now due to the economic recovery. If your content is your face to customers and the brand they consume, then it must change too. And your content is vital to your company’s success. Some businesses (e.g., restaurants) have already gone through this…
Finding Homes For Sale House hunting has changed. It’s self-directed and much better. A severe housing shortage has enabled all of this and it’s good. Realtors and brokerages are becoming redundant. The housing market has changed and a whole new approach of DIY home hunting is where it’s at now. To get you warmed up…
The Tesla Battery Tesla’s battery day came and went. The event had been hyped for a while by Elon Musk brought considerable media exposure. The media’s interpretation of the event was a little negative, perhaps expecting a real battery to look at. They said it’s more science fiction for them rather than here and now….
Winning in the Post Pandemic Market What can you do when the economy sucks and sales are slow? Work harder? How about preparing to be the market leader when the economy has its turnaround? Crises are actually opportunities to prepare for the next growth wave where consumers have a different mood and the competitive playing…
The Number One Problem with Google The number one problem with Google happens to be their latest secret weapon against small business. And it’s the top threat to marketers as well. If you’ve been in business online a while, you’ve likely suffered a reduction of clicks to your website from Google. In fact, it’s likely…
Should You Buy Facebook Stock? Facebook has fared much better than most companies in 2020 despite the pandemic shutdown. And experts feel 2021 will be a phenomenal year for the FB stock and earnings. With a slate of new, hot products, the social media giant is competing in all the right places. FB’s stock price…
Okanagan Real Estate 35 years ago I rode my bike across the Rocky Mountains and down into the Okanagan Valley where it was 112 F or 42 C. It was 90 miles of scorching heat but it was the best experience, I loved the character of the region. An experience I won’t forget. I could…
What Will Google Look Like after it is Broken Up? Forecast: Google will be broken up. Why? It’s the only viable solution to stop a Trillion dollar company from dominating everything it wants, undermining small business and competition, because it can. But don’t feel sorry for Google. The founders got to live their dream and…
What Signals Does Google Use to Calculate Your Content Quality Score? Every once in a blue moon, Google makes major changes in its algorithm. The Mountainview behemoth has used silence and cloaking very to keep SEO pros off balance. Hidden in the shadows of its new RankBrain algo update, could be a new approach to…
Your Best Clients may not be in your Home City They might be anywhere out there, and you’ll need a plan/strategy to reach them and work with them. Have you avoided doing this because you couldn’t visualize how to do it? Well, let’s fix that shall we. Creating new clients in remote locations seems daunting…
Your Software and Your SEO Could Be Giving Google a Bad Impression Has your search engine optimizer gone bananas and done a machine-like optimization of your website? Well, it could be the reason your rankings and traffic are suffering. We’re all told that more is better, but Google doesn’t seem to like it. The overoptimization…
Hotel SEO Excellence The Corona Virus pandemic devastated the travel industry in 2021. From hotels to cruise ships to Airbnb rentals, and restaurants to airlines, companies have teetered on the verge of bankruptcy. And just in the nick of time perhaps is this spring’s huge wave of travel and hotel demand. In fact, yesterday (March…
Mountain Biking – Is There Any Better Sport? I don’t think so! Are you not into mountain biking? You’re crazy, this is the best sport, except maybe kitesurfing , wingsuit flying, or paragliding, but we can’t do everything can we? Take a look at this well done video that shows some hot doggin BC bikers….
Property Management – An Intelligent Strategy for Realtors While market health varies across US, Canada, UK and Australia, there is one certainty in the world of real estate — there are too many real estate agents and brokers. This situation is being resolved as we speak. As mentioned in the post on the future of…
Best Party Room Ideas Whether it’s a pool patio, rooftop deck, indoor courtyard, or living area with a spectacular view of the city, the top designers likely enjoy their jobs best when they can design a living area where parties or get togethers are going to happen. Do these rooms and spaces make it more…