Are you looking forward to a lazy summer of reading books on the beach? Have you thought how much easier it would be to keep up with your favorite books, newsletters and social media sites from one device? You can do all of this from one device with an iPad. And if you have not purchased one yet, you are in luck!  This summer Atlanta’s favorite Atlanta real estate blog is giving away an Apple iPad* and iTunes gift cards at the end of each month.  Wouldn’t it be awesome to win an iPad and save all of that money? Well, thanks to this promotion, winning could be easy!

To enter, all you have to do is subscribe to the site’s daily email! Here are the steps:

1) Visit www.AtlantaRealEstateForum.com

2) Click on the “Subscribe” tab at the top of the page.

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These days, life is just too hectic to spend precious time searching various resources for the continuing education and industry specific classes you need to stay current in your field. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a website for building professionals that made it easy to search for information about professional development courses? Well, now there is. mRELEVANCE, a leader in home builder marketing, has just launched a new interactive site that helps busy professionals like you find the information you need at a pace that fits your lifestyle at www.HomeBuildersUniversityBlog.com.

Built by mRELEVANCE, the blog provides residential contractors and builders with a resource that contains information about how to improve building and business skills, what industry specific training you need to stay Read the rest of this entry »

The Homebuilder’s Association of Greater Chicago (HBAGC) recently awarded 43 Key and SAMMY awards honoring the best in the Chicago real estate industry. It is no surprise that one of our favorite Top Builder Blogs was a recipient! Congratulations to the mRELEVANCE blog, Chicagoland Real Estate Forum for receiving a sought-after SAMMY Award for outstanding coverage of the Chicago real estate industry. It is easy to see why this real estate blog won. In addition to posting real estate news 365 days a year, Chicagoland Real Estate Forum exhibited its dedication to the industry by posting the winners the night of the event as they accepted their coveted awards. In fact, you can find all the winners at ChicagolandRealEstateForum.com/awards!

The Key and SAMMY Awards are presented annually to outstanding leaders in the Chicago real estate industry  for excellence in new construction, renovation, interior design and marketing. This year marked the 38th annual awards ceremony.

If you would like more information on how mRELEVANCE can help your home building company take its marketing to a whole new level with a Top Builder Blog, then you are on the right blog! The team at mRELEVANCE is  here to help make all of your Read the rest of this entry »

Looking for all the OBIE winners? Atlanta’s favorite news blog and only source for Atlanta real estate information 365 days a year, Atlanta Real Estate Forum is featuring all of the winners recognized by the Atlanta Sales and Marketing Council of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association at its 2010 OBIE Awards presentations.

The OBIEs, which are the highest honor industry participants can receive, will be awarded on Saturday (November 13) at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead. Featuring more than 100 building, remodeling, marketing and personal achievement categories, the OBIE Awards have been bestowed on the industry’s most innovative, successful and reputable participants for 30 years. To see all of the OBIEs winners, visit www.AtlantaRealEstateForum.com/OBIEs.

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Homebuyers in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland will now be able to find affordable, new energy efficient homes more easily thanks to the launch of the new S&A Homes social media program. Best of all, buyers will be able to interact with the builder on multiple sites.

The SA Homes blog is the engine of the builders program providing news and updates on communities and incentives. At present the builder is running a Realtor Facebook special where the first 200 Realtors who ‘like’ their page and write on the wall will win a $10 Sheetz card.

Connect with the energy-efficient homebuilder online:

SA Homes blog
S&A Homes Facebook
S&A Homes Twitter

S&A Homes has helped more than 15,000 families make their dreams a reality by focusing value, customer service and superior construction.

School Days. . .  School Days. . . Hey home builders are you still trying to figure out social media? The kids are back in school, maybe it is time for you to do a quick home school program?

Social media does not have to be overwhelming. Once you put the proper building blocks in place it can be easy. Author of NAHB BuildersBooks’ number one selling book in 2010, Carol Flammer guides you step-by-step, block-by-block through setting up your program in her book, “Social Media for Home Builders: It’s Easier Than You Think.”

Now builders, developers and remodelers have the opportunity to win a signed copy of “Social Media for Home Builders: It’s Easier Than You Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever wondered how much traffic the sites you use in your home builder marketing program really get?  Well stop wondering and research instead! Lots of sites make claims they can’t support. Lots of blogs and websites are built improperly and the search engines can’t even see them. Make sure to do your homework and check them out yourself.

Atlanta’s favorite real estate blog is proud to show off its data. As the top Atlanta new homes blog in the market this site shares real estate news, trends, incentives and more. Here is today’s Quantcast chart for Atlanta Real Estate Forum. As you can see the site has more than 24,000 unique visitors a month. This is a lot of traffic. Some of the site’s “competitors” receive less than 3,000 unique visitors a month. It is important to determine why you are using the sites you are using. If getting more traffic (especially reaching potential home buyers) to your website is key, a site like Atlanta Real Estate Forum is the way to go.

Every third party data collection site measures traffic a bit differently, so make sure to check all of your advertising sources in the same rank checkers.  Another good one is Alexa – http://www.alexa.com/ and a fun one where you can go to find out what your domain is worth is called DNScoop – http://www.dnscoop.com, so get the full scoop on the sites where you are spending money!

Stay up-to-date with the latest news from Atlanta Real Estate Forum.

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We’ve found that WordPress is incredibly versatile, as well as flexible. For many website design and development projects utilizing a blog platform provides the best of all worlds – great design and ease of use. We recently launched the new GVG Hold website.

This site showcases all of the many and varied offerings from the Greater Valley Group. This real estate development company is dedicated to building beautiful neighborhoods, recruiting desirable retail and improving an already excellent quality of life in the counties and communities of east Alabama and west Georgia near West Read the rest of this entry »

Have you started your Cyber Monday online shopping? Well you are in luck because the best deals really are online! mRELEVANCE is offering FREE SEO. Take advantage of a free month of search engine optimization services when you commit to a one year plan in December 2009.  This offer is limited to one company, so like all Cyber Monday specials, you’d better hurry while supplies last.

This may not be your typical holiday blockbuster but it will keep money in your pocket while increasing site traffic, lead potentials,  search engine rankings and a higher probability of profit! Our custom seo plans work, it’s that simple. Read our search engine optimization case studies or contact us for more information to be the first one to obtain a free month of search Read the rest of this entry »

mRELEVANCE recently launched Real Estate Sites Hub, a new FREE blogging platform designed specifically for those in the real estate industry. Real Estate Sites Hub is a practical and low cost blogging option for home builders, developers, real estate agents, real estate sales and marketing professionals and others in the industry. This easy to use site allows you to create, manage and moderate a blog designed to grow with the needs of your company, listings, brokerage and/or communities.

Real Estate Sites Hub offers a nice alternative to other free blogging platforms because it gives users more control over title tags, meta data and organic search results. A Real Estate Sites Hub blog is completely customizable with eye-catching themes, helpful widgets, podcasts, videos, photos and more. Having your own blog is the perfect way to increase your company’s online visibility and send traffic directly to your web site.

Best of all the mRELEVANCE team will be available to help you every step of the way. As industry professionals, we understand have the expertise to help you blog effectively and stand out online. A well-built and effectively used blog Read the rest of this entry »