“Chicago Real Estate” is a popular search term for potential home buyers and Realtors in the Chicago and International market. Ranking high on search engines with such a popular search term as Chicago is a tough task but in the recent months, this search criteria has paid off for Rubloff Residential Properties. After being on their new site for only two months, they have seen a very positive and noticeable improvement in their search engine rankings and analytics, showing success with the general Internet user.

Rubloff’s success story – within less than one month of going live on their new website, there were 18 page one results on Google for Rubloff Residential Properties when ‘Chicago Real Estate’ was searched.

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Podcasting is a superb way for marketers to reach highly targeted niche audiences. Active Website’s fundamental view on the future of podcasting has not altered since last year. As the medium breaks away from its progenitor, Apple Inc., podcasting is becoming a mobile technology that’s popularity continues to grow. Millions are plugging in to download audio files for listening and communicating.

According to eMarketers, “the podcast audience will continue to grow at an impressive rate into the next decade. Podcasts will reach 18 million regular subscribers in 2011, with a total potential audience that year of 55 million people.” (more…)

Active Website’s Annual Enterprise Network Conference has been scheduled! The conference will be held in the beautiful mountain resort town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Just a short drive from the city of Denver, Breckenridge provides a picturesque setting for what we hope will be an invaluable learning opportunity for our Enterprise Network Members. The event is open only to Members of the Active Website Enterprise Network.

When: October 9-10, 2008

Where: Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, CO

The conference will focus on the major technology trends in the market today and how Enterprise Members can incorporate those into their business. (more…)

Will you be in San Francisco for the annual Inman Conference? Several members of the Active Website team will be attending and would love to meet with you. 

If you are going to be there and would like more details or would like to schedule a time to meet with us, please contact John Sable, Enterprise Team Leader, at johns@activewebsite.com. (more…)

With the continuing demand for Eco-friendly products and services, one company is taking steps to educate Real Estate Industry
professionals. EcoBroker is the first and only green educational curriculum and certification for licensed real estate professionals.

The goal of EcoBroker is to help Real Estate agents stay informed and up to date on the growing green real estate market and the benefits it provides. It helps expand an agent’s knowledge about the increasing green trends and how they can incorporate them into their business so that they can build on this potential market base. (more…)