So Where Did the Coffee Go? (Part 1)

Have you ever gone to the grocery store to buy, let's just say, a can of Folger's Decaf, and when you got to the aisle where the coffee's supposed to be, it wasn't there, it was moved? It might feel like that for some of you who visit the Sugar Pine Realty blog. In case you haven't noticed, it has gone through a sort of metamorphosis over the past couple of weeks from two columns to three columns, for one thing. But beyond that, there have been a number of new links added as well as many of the old links have either been moved or deleted. And so today I want to fill you in on where the "Folger's Decaf" has gone when it comes to the Sugar Pine Realty blog. And maybe along with that I can point out some of the bells and whistles that the Sugar Pine Realty blog affords especially Sugar Pine Realty agents. The first thing I want you to notice is the Home of the Week which is always found in the right sidebar near the top of the blog. (See the clickable thumbnail on the right.) Of course, this rotates weekly and if you would like any or all of your listings to rotate here, please don't hesitate to let me know. I'll be happy to move you up to the top of the list. The second thing I want you to notice is right below the Home of the Week. (See clickable thumbnail on the above right again.) It's a graph from compete.com measuring the unique visitors per month to sugarpinerealty.com. The definition of a unique visitor (as compete.com has it on their site) is this: "The Unique Visitors metric only counts a person once no matter how many times they visit a site in a given month. Unique Visitors are typically used to determine how popular a site is." The third and final thing I want you to notice - if you page down in the right sidebar (I counted 7 times on my page down button) you'll discover a section entitled: Market Your Listings. (See also the clickable thumbnail on the above left.) Here you'll find a number of sites where you can promote each of your listed properties. And most of these sites are for free! Check it out - from free podcasting (Odiogo) to free flyers (vFlyer) to free videos (Animoto), etc. It's a no-brainer in a challenging market. That does it for today. I'll be back soon with another installment of "So Where Did the Coffee Go?" (This is the first part in a series reintroducing the Sugar Pine Realty blog.)