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"So,when exactly is Web 2.0 coming out?"
We're planning on launching another blog in April just for real
estate pros who ask these questions! Education is the key to success--quite literally...stay tuned!
Yesterday, I was on a panel discussion about SEO at the REtechSouth conference for real estate professionals. I learned so much and want to share some great take-aways which can help any business on the web. Here are a few of my favorites:
A couple of missing points yesterday:
Sorry this was a long post, but this conference could have gone on for a week. There was so much great information there. I'm already looking forward to 2009!
Well, I've been preaching about putting videos on websites for over a year and now I've finally followed my own advice:
Our new video is finally up on our site and on YouTube! (I'd like to thank Michael Forrester at Forrester Media for his help in shooting and producing this video. Thanks to Elizabeth for editing!)
http://www.bellawebdesign.com/intromovie/movie.html for a better quality version or click below! Hope you enjoy. Please leave feedback for me!
This chart is making the rounds on the Internet so I thought it would be ok to post it for my audience. It gives us a little bit of an idea of who's doing what with social media. I think the inactive category might be bigger, but it will shrink pretty soon. The creatives will grow as well as the joiners. (I'm both!) Click the image for a bigger version.
As many of you know, we've been working with Realtors since 1998 when we first started our company. (Our first 2 clients were Realtors!) We have a long history of helping real estate professionals from Realtors to mortgage companies to builders become successful on the web.
In tradition of that history, Bella Web Design is proud to announce our sponsorship of REtech South in Atlanta on March 27, 2008. REtech South is Atlanta's first conference for real estate professionals (and anyone interested in learning more about Web 2.0) built completely around sharing information through blogging, videos, email marketing, LinkedIn and so much more. REtechSouth is a conference designed for industry professionals to engage in a conversation about real estate technology, web 2.0, and the future of the industry. (Real estate professionals are calling it Real Estate 2.0. Very exciting!)
The entire day is only $99 and you get a lot of information such as:
"Been There, Blogged That. What's Next?"
"Video: Getting Past PLAY!"
"SEO has Left the Building" (That, should be interesting!)
"The Web 2.0 Mindset"
The conference has been created from the brain of one of our clients, Brad Nix from Maxsell Real Estate. Here is a short video describing the event:
We're very excited to be part of this inaugural event and hope you can attend. Please go to www.retechsouth.com to register and make sure you put Bella Web Design as the referrer. We'll see you there!
There are many types of sites out there: ecommerce, web brochure, informational, data. The ones that bring business to their owners are ultimately the sites that educate their audience.
So ask yourself, are you educating your audience? Five signs of a good educational website:
If you're not doing any of these, start on at least one this month, then slowly move into the others. Customers can get frustrated with a lot of fluff. They don't have time for it.
Education is information which is currency in today's business market. Enpowering customers enpowers your business.


We received some great "press" today from our friends at Constant Contact. They featured us in their monthly "Hints and Tips" newsletter as a Success Story. Please click here to read the article. We're very proud!
We have been a Business Affiliate with Constant Contact for a few years and we recommend them for all of our client's email marketing needs. (We're also going to be featured in their Connect Up! forum as a featured business. Link coming soon!)

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