By Eric Blackwell on Feb 10, 2008 in Life | 0 Comments
EDITOR’S NOTE- Judy Orr’s response to my question of what defines the Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World is one of the reasons why i like her so much and consider her a good friend. I would hire her if I was moving to her neck of the woods because she gets it. [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Feb 10, 2008 in Life | 1 Comment
In real estate, greatness is defined by your ability to execute and turn an opportunity into success. The greatest real estate lead in the world will turn into the biggest waste of time if your agent does not understand the importance of paying attention to the potential clients and determines which piece of property to [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Feb 8, 2008 in Life | 0 Comments
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ken Smith is a great guy, and i consider him to be a solid friend. Here he tackles the issue of how EXPERIENCE helps to make a real estate agent the greatest.
Could any agent be “The Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World“? While there are many great agents I seriously doubt any [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Feb 8, 2008 in Blogging, Life | 3 Comments
I just noticed last night that I had been MEME’d by Lydia Taylor (a REALTOR from Savannah Ga) to post 7 interesting things about myself and then send on the challenge to 7 other unsuspecting souls…
So (if that’s how it works-grin), here goes…
Things that you might find interesting about me…
#1) My wife Jen and I [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Feb 2, 2008 in Search Engine Optimization | 3 Comments
Since Southern Indiana Web Works is devoted to web development and online marketing, it only makes sense to analyze the news this morning of Microsoft’s offer to buy Yahoo! Rumors had been going around for awhile and many in the industry were hoping for a rival to Google, but now the offer is on the [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Jan 29, 2008 in Online Reputation Management, Resources, Search Engine Optimization, Uncategorized, Websites | 4 Comments
I get asked occasionally from Search Engine Optimization clients about my recommendation that they “ping” Google after each addition of content to their site. “Why do I need to do that after each post or page?” “How do I do it?’
With WordPress as your blogging platform or website CMS, pinging could not be simpler, but [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Jan 22, 2008 in Life, Search Engine Optimization, Websites | 1 Comment
With the news breaking this morning that Yahoo will reportedly layoff hundreds in an effort at retaining profitability. WOW. What caused this, in an industry that is generating a stagggering increase year after year in advertising revenue? How can you have layoffs in such a great environment?
Here’s my take:
This is a CLASSIC example of [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Jan 21, 2008 in Southern Indiana, Websites | 0 Comments
Southern Indiana Web Works is going to grow in 2008! More importantly, our goal is to grow with LOCAL websites. One of the ways to get more people to try our great websites, blogs, forums, hosting, SEO and all the other great services we offer is to lower the price!
From now until Valentine’s Day, we [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Jan 16, 2008 in Uncategorized | 13 Comments
I try to avoid political issues, but I find myself hard pressed to explain what the Greater Clark County School Board is up to. They have the authority to spend $99 Million to renovate an aging Jeffersonville high school. You’d think that they would seek input from everywhere.
The school board has instead opted to get [...]
By Eric Blackwell on Jan 11, 2008 in Blogging, Resources, Search Engine Optimization | 5 Comments
Southern Indiana web works has clients looking for local domains in a variety of industries. Domains have value. If you are closing down a shop, shifting to a new line of work, retiring, or otherwise in for a change, your website and its domain can have value to others. Here are a few tips to [...]