October 3, 2007 2 Comments

Lochmere Tennis Club Wins League

Lochmere Tennis Club
There’s some serious tennis talent in Lochmere. Team Duke won the local league division and is heading to the US Tennis Association state championship.

Congratulations to everyone on the team. Thanks to Jane Godwin for sending over the photo.

The new courts at the Lochmere Swim and Tennis Club are shaping up as well. For anyone interested in a great Cary community where you can do everything from kayaking, trail running, wine-tasting parties, and summer carnivals, come down and check out homes in Lochmere.

And if you’re not local, click here to view Lochmere pictures.

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October 3, 2007 Leave a Comment

Amazing real estate ad in News & Observer

Did you see that ad in the real estate section of the News & Observer last weekend when you were shopping for homes? You missed it?! How could you miss it? It was the one I made up to make a point.

According to the National Association of Realtors, more than 75% of people are starting their real estate search online.

So why are all the other real estate agents advertising in the newspaper? Do they think the ads sell homes? Have you EVER heard of ANYONE who bought a home they first saw in a newspaper?

Who knows! Who cares? Well, I do. My goal is to be the opposite of “all the other real estate agents”.

How am I different? Do a Google search on “Cary real estate”. (Go ahead, I’ll wait right here).

And now here is point of this article. I spend a LOT of time and energy and money to create a great online experience for people who visit my site – that includes the heavily customized WordPress blog you are viewing right now – as well as paying consultants who help me with SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

We started building this website at the beginning of this year. Once we had the design figured out, we moved to the architecture (completely 100% WordPress-based). Then we installed and debugged, and then finally in approximately late July, we started writing content.

In under 2 months, we went from zero to “First Page” on Google. Ask people who know – that is impressive. I am quite proud to say this website knocked HPW.com off of first page. How did we do it? Consistent, quality (if I do say so myself) blogging, pics, interviews with local businesses, email campaigns, RSS feeds, too many miles driving around in our cars and lots of phone calls.

So when you are interviewing an agent to sell your Cary home, ask the agent what their online strategy is. A cheesy template website with *15!* mortgage calculators and a post on Craigslist is not an online marketing strategy.

Just remember, the techie from the Bay Area in California who is moving to Cary is probably searching Google to learn about the area. Oh, and he also missed that real estate ad in the N&O.

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October 2, 2007 Leave a Comment

2007 Parade of Homes

2007 Wake County Parade of Homes

The Wake County Home Builders Association is proud to present the 2007 Parade of Homes running the first two weekends of October, from noon to 5 PM. With over 391 homes on the tour, the Parade of Homes is an opportunity for the public to gain access to beautiful and state of the art homes and for builders to showcase new trends and creative styles. For example one home on the tour has a beautiful Brazilian hardwood floor with intricate offsetting color palettes and an optical illusion mosaic built right in.

Bring a camera and note pad to record all the innovative and breathtaking features that you will want in your next home. Fill out our contact form to set an appointment to see any of these beautiful homes.

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