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Taking Your Office on the Go: 5 Gadgets to Run Your Business From Anywhere

February 3, 2012 by Laura · Leave a Comment 

Picture yourself on a beach, soaking up the sun… or at a real estate conference soaking up new and exciting ways to amp up your business…or amping up your smart-phone in your car to meet your buyers for their neighborhood home tour…there is no question about it: you are a mobile professional.  Whether you have [...]

Do’s and Don’t of Social Media for Business (Apply directly to real estate.)

July 14, 2011 by Laura · Leave a Comment 

One of the things I love about infographics, is that they usually make it easy to “get the picture” in a concept that would take longer to explain. Copy, print, and hang it up and you have a handy reminder. I loved this one as its a very concise visual on the how to for using [...]

Real Estate Facebook Page and Blog Posts-5 Ideas for Summer!

May 11, 2011 by Laura · Leave a Comment 

I’ve been brainstorming some fresh ideas for real estate social media campaigns, you know the ones that aren’t about listings, or real estate, but the ones that residents in your community might find helpful. These are ideas either for a real estate Facebook Business Page, or even for your blog. Having a busy family myself, [...]

“Creating a Virtual Real Estate Team”: Laura Monroe to Speak at RE Tech South Real Estate Technology Conference

March 20, 2011 by Laura · Leave a Comment 

As one of the most innovative and exciting real estate conferences in the country, RETechSouth will be the stage where I am excited to announce my first national speaking engagement. I can’t possibly explain how honored and excited I am to be a part of what will surely be the highlight of my year. Here [...]

Automate & Organize Your Real Estate Blog Posts with The WordPress Editorial Calendar Plug-in

October 1, 2010 by Laura · 1 Comment 

Just a quick little blog post to let you know I happened to stumble across this WordPress plug-in that creates an interactive Editorial Calendar for your blog posts! Schedule, create and publish from 1-5 weeks out and see it all on your calendar. There is a great screen-cast below to see how it works. This [...]

10 Tips for Choosing the RIGHT WordPress Theme for Real Estate

August 29, 2010 by Laura · 6 Comments 

Whether you are new to blogging, are ready to upgrade from WordPress.com, to .org, or are moving an old website to the WordPress platform, it can be intimidating and overwhelming to find and choose a theme, even for the best “do-it-your-selfers!” With so many choices and considerations, a little preparation can mean the difference between [...]

Top Ten List of Search Engine Optimization for Realtors by Tribus Real Estate

July 26, 2010 by Laura · 3 Comments 

SEO. I have a love/hate relationship with SEO. I can’t seem to get enough, and yet it’s always changing. As more and more real estate professionals turn to using WordPress as their real estate website and/or blog, and have more control over their content, their interest in learning and analyzing their Search Engine Optimization practices [...]

Tips & Tools for Managing Your Real Estate Business “Virtually”

May 26, 2010 by Laura · 3 Comments 

Today I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar for the Active Rain University titled, “Tips and Tools for Managing Your Real Estate Business Virtually”. With over 200 attendees registered its quite apparent that this is one hot real estate topic!  As a real estate virtual assistant I was able to share some of the [...]

20 Tools to Bring Your Real Estate Business to The Cloud

April 13, 2010 by Laura · 1 Comment 

via scribd.com Real Estate Virtual Assistant Tip- Working in the cloud means bringing as many tools and applications together in a streamlined process that automates your systems and productivity. Today’s real estate technology has some astounding tools that work together. As Joel Burslem shows in his presentation…there is lots to choose from! Fabulous reference collection [...]

Turn Your Real Estate WordPress Website or Blog into a CRM Powerhouse

April 3, 2010 by Laura · 10 Comments 

Have you thought about using WordPress as your main real estate website or blog? Are you concerned about not having the lead capture forms and automated contact management system built in? Well, I might have a solution for you! I recently moved my real estate virtual assistant website from a standard site, and jumped in [...]

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