Wednesday, October 6, 2010

It Works!

Okay, it should not take rocket science to figure this one out.  Over the years I have purchased many domain names in hopes of capturing prospective clients.  I consider myself to be technologically savvy so I design and develop most of my own websites.

http://www.LandHomesVA.com


Well, over the past few months my goal with my websites has been Search Engine Optimization (SEO).  I think I finally have it figured out what works best for me.
For instance, to attract clients interested in buying houses having domain names with housing related terms definitely works.  When I checked the stats last to my LynneRuffin.com website via the old way of checking them it was 7,000 plus hits to my site from my website www.House1st.com. It needs some work so please don't go take a look at it today or probably any time this week!  You know it is like when you are deep cleaning your house you have to tear everything up to get things the way you want them.  Well, that is the state of my www.House1st.com domain right about now.  I'm working on sprucing it up because since I have maximized the domains potential of having content resident on the site rather than having the site forwarded I realize I have a diamond in the rough.  If it is directing great traffic to my LynneRuffin.com in the state it was just imagine how much traffic I could get if it spent the time to get it looking great!

Well, then I realized there is  another domain I own which is probably valuable real estate, www.LandHomesVA.com  and I set it up as a flash site.  I am still working on that as well.  I have already set up some great pages for it.  One which is not live yet is a flash of HUD Homes for Sale.  It is going to be great as well.

It is amazing how sometimes the tools we need to succeed are staring us right in the face (everything I look at my Domain Manger of domains I own) and fail to use them to their maximum potential.

My encouragement to everyone is to search for those tools in your possession or within your reach and utilize them to their fullest potential.  What good is it to have stuff around and you're not going to put it to good use.  Use it or you just may lose it!

I'm off to the post office to try and convince mail a letter to convince this homeowner to let me sell her land.  I hope she sees my LandHomesVA.com website and thinks now that's impressive.  Here's hoping!

You have a great day and if you are ever in need of a real estate agent to relocate, buy, sell, or rent your property contact me direct at Lynne@LynneRuffin.com or via text or phone at (757) 309-2763.

Lynne Ruffin
REALTOR®
Long & Foster, Norfolk
2000-13 Colonial Avenue
Norfolk, VA. 23517
Direct (757) 309-2763
lynne@lynneruffin.com
Licensed in Virginia