Welcome Jim,

No, it's the same in good ol' California... I think as people realize that the economy is going to stay strong...even after the adjustable rate mess... We will start to see a recovery... Business is already picking up in the more affluent and high net worth markets

I'm interested in your ppc stats.. so, you were seeing a pretty good return?

Welcome to AR Jim.  Its a pleasure to have you with us.

As far as PPC campaigns, my opinion on them is that they are great for short and intermediate runs, not necessarily as long term advertising.

There are a couple of things you will want to work at.

1.  Organic SEO - Let the search engines find you without paying them.

2.  Check to see how often your ad pops up on a PPC campaign.  If someone is paying more than you per click, they will get precedent over you.

Happy Hunting! 

Jim - Welcome to Active Rain!  It is always good to see some real estate professionals from Va Beach!  Let me know if you need anything!  Active Rain is a wonderful tool for your business!

Glad to have you with Active Rain. I am fairly new to this also, and I am still learning, but there is alot of great posts on here that can help.

Hi "Tex',

Thanks for the blog; my 1st one.

I started with ppc about 3 years ago. with looksmart when they were pretty strong, then "graduated" to Google and Yahoo. For a long time I was getting a great response ie a lot of hits, some with questions about a property or properties, and a few that became successful clients. It was a numbers game like any other advertising, but successful. I'm not sure what happened in the last few months---I'm looking for some thoughts on this as it's really a quick and strange phenomina (sp).  

Thanks again,

Jim from Va Beach 

Hi also to Daniel, Naoma, and Kim also for the blog--

Much appreciated. i look forward to being a part of this new world of blogging.

Jim from Va Beach 

Hi Jim,

Welcome to Active Rain! The opportunities to learn and network are incredible here. Best of luck to ya!

-Keith

Jim, welcome to activerain and congratulations on your first post!

Welcome to ActiveRain, Jim! Writing good, consistent (3-5 times per week) posts per week will give the search engines plenty of new material to find. Many Rainers can tell you that sometimes it literally only takes hours for a new post here to find it's way onto page one of Google. That authority with the search engines combined with your PPC knowledge should be a great combination to drive more traffic to your sites and generate some great leads.

Hi Jim 

I see this is your first post on Active Rain.  Congratulations!!  I just wanted to welcome you to a fantastic Real Estate Industry Network! 

Welcome aboard, I hope you'll continue to blog, and invite others.  Wishing you all the success the industry has to offer.

Enjoy!!

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