Does ANYONE really Know What Makes Google Work?by John Occhi, Hemet CA RealtorHemet CA Real EstateI recently wrote a blog post about the great success I found with ActiveRain - achieving a first page ranking for my most coveted key phrase, "Hemet CA Real Estate". That was the early morning hours
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01/13/2007
How Do You Deal With a Request for a Rate Reduction?by John Occhi, Hemet CA REALTOR®Hemet CA Real EstateOnce you have a listing and it has been on the market for a short time, yet there really hasn't been very much activity, you will probably approach your client to discuss a reduction in the ask
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01/12/2007
Are You Worth Your Commission?by John Occhi, Hemet CA REALTOR®Hemet CA Real EstateA professional REALTOR® is worth every dime of the commission paid them. Unfortunately for some REALTORS® they believe they can cut their commission and still offer a full service to their clients. Maybe in the sh
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01/12/2007
My Rant - continued - Absentee Realtors and Listingsby John Occhi, Hemet CA REALTOR®Hemet CA Real EstateEarlier I wrote a Blog Post on my ActiveRain Hemet Real Estate Blog about a breed of REALTOR that I dubbed the "Absentee REALTOR®". In that article, I covered a few of my own deficiencies as w
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01/12/2007
Another One of My Rants: Why a Local Realtor® By John Occhi, Hemet REALTOR® Hemet CA Real Estate As a Hemet California Realtor I work with both buyers and sellers when it comes to buying and selling of a home in the Hemet Real Estate market.I choose to not go outside of my market area of the "He
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01/12/2007
UPDATE: CHECK OUT MY RECENT ARTICLE: ACTIVE RAIN COMMENTS ARE INDEXED BY GOOGLE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How ActiveRain Took me to Page 1 on Google in 15 Days or Less and you can too!by John Occhi, Hemet REALTOR®Hemet CA Real EstateLast night I got pretty
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01/11/2007
Whooo Hooo - Page 1 GOOGLE RESULTS - You Can Too!by John Occhi, Hemet REALTOR®Hemet CA Real Estate Well, I was ready to call it a night and I thought I would do a quick check on Google to see where I am ranking on a couple of my favorite key phrases, such as ‘Hemet Real Estate', ‘Hemet Realtor' a
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01/10/2007
"Is Google Evil?"by John Occhi, Hemet REALTOR®Hemet CA Real EstateDanny Sullivan has long been an icon when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as a former editor of SEARCH ENGINE WATCH and now running his own site/business at SEARCH ENGINE LAND.Danny posted an article on January first a
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01/10/2007
Email Etiquette - Are You a Professional?by John Occhi, Hemet REALTOR®Hemet CA Real EstateEmail is such an important aspect of both business and personal relationships in the year 2007.That is so profound; I will risk saying it again, at the risk of losing interested readers...Email is such an im
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01/10/2007
OT - Optimized Text: What is it and How Do you get It?by John Occhi, Hemet REALTOR®Hemet CA Real EstateI just read a great post in a newsletter on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on the "Search Engine Guide" newsletter. The article is titled, "Guide for Writing Optimized Pages" by Stoney deGey
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01/10/2007