About a month ago I wrote a blog called I need to build it so they will come. I basically was at a cross roads in terms of building a new site and was not sure which way to turn. I had looked at several options and was looking for direction.
I made the decision to purchase a new professional Point2Agent site. I then found Active Rain member Kathleen Allardyce which I contracted with to design the home page of my new site and write 10 new pages.
I also wrote several new pages on my own at the advice of my friend Karen George. Karen had written a post earlier in the year and strongly advised us to write as many good quality pages as possible to attract visitors and get the attention of the search engines.
My new site Search Idaho Homes was completed about 3 weeks ago. Last week I hired my friend Don Robinson of Lead Home Designers to begin optimizing my new site by submitting it to the top 500,000 search engines on a regular schedule.
The result has been that my new site has already generated 13 new leads in those 3 weeks and they are starting to come in almost daily. My site is also climbing the search engine ladders weekly. Without Active Rain and it's wonderful members I would still be fumbling around wondering what I should do.
To Active Rain, Kathleen, Don and my dear friend Karen......
Hi George - what a great success story to read about your site!! I've just started on my P2A site, and haven't made heads or tails out of it yet. But I will - I just reached out to someone tonight about it.
Good for you for finding that kind of success with yours already!!
Ann
Website looks great and it is nice to hear that it is working out well for you!
George that is fantastic. I checked out the website and it is really great. I wish you continued success with your website.
Wow, George! That's one terrific looking site! Congratulations!
I hope your successes are many. Great job!
George,
Congrats on the new site. Great job getting the right people in the right places to make it happen for you. Now, go make some sales!!
Exellent, George. Congratulations on your hard work that is now paying off. Off to check it out.
Jeff
George,
I really like your site. Congrats!!!
Good morning to you all and "THANK YOU!" Missy, we did start with a blank page. I started by writing several pages like the Foreclosure, Short sales, Interest Rate Chart, Home staging, Credit Repair, Homeowner taxes, Builders, Subdivisions, Schools and the Newsletter. Kathleen wrote all the cities pages and layed out my home page.
I appreciate all of your comments and I wish you all the best. Have a wonderful day!
Howdy George
Congrats my friend on your new web site doing will.
I'll take a look at it.
Have a good one
Howdy George
A very good looking site. One of the very best I have ever seen.
Have a good one
Awesome!!!!
Anytime you can stay ahead of the curve instead of playing catch up is a good day!!!
It's pretty obvious you put some thought into it.....looks great!!!
George - Sorry to be late to the party! I wanted to thank you for the fun we had working together to get your site looking good and search-engine ready. And, thanks for mentioning me on your blog, too!
Wishing you lots of Internet sales,
Kathleen
Kathleen - Thank you so very much for everything!
Rosemary - Good luck to you
I am interested in finding out more about point2agent. Would anyone know if you are allowed to have your own exsiting website or do you have to use their templates?
The main thing is I really do not like how their sites look. Also has anyone else had success integrating their content with their website?
Congrats and continued success!!!
Thanks for sharing, good post!
David - Thank you very much!
Armando - Thanks for the good wishes and have a great day!
George
Good for you I am glad to see you are doing so well with the change over, there are lots of experienced people to tap for knowledge here.
Thanks for sharing this information. It really is a gem of info for everyone who wants to advance in the search engine world and drive more traffic to their websites. You are truly a "friend" in the business.
George, it's great to see that you have a found a site that both works for you and that fits your personality. I just got done visiting your site, and I love seeing that your personality is sprinkled throughout the site (i.e.: fishing and out door picks look great).
I also have been using the Point2 site, and although I am still working on it, it seems to be very stable and flexible.
So once again, thank you for all that you do over here at ActiveRain. You area very active and big part of this community, and we all appreciate everything that you do and all of your input and insight.
DJ Breckheimer
www.djBreck.com
Congratulations George ! Sounds like it is really working.... I need to see what you have going and work on mine as well..
Keep up the good job !
DJ - Thank you so very much and I wish you well.
Roland - Thank you and I hope all works well for you.
George - nice job with your new site! I like the layout - the tags at the bottom of the home page make it easy to navigate.
Kelsie
www.TriangleChoiceRealty.com
It's hard to maintain 2 web sites. I signed up for the free version of Point2Agents so I can syndicate my listings. We'll see.
Tracy - Good luck to you and let me know if I can help you in any way.