Katie Van Nes ~ Real Estate Consultant ~ Keller Williams Elite Realty

ANNOUNCMENT!

We are so excited to have Brian Treliving on our team.

He brings to the team great ideas and energy! We are a month into this partnership with Brian and feel blessed to have him on board. The month has shown great success and that hasn't come without it's challenges.

Brian has shown tremendous resolve in what some would say were high stress situations. Let's face it! Real Estate can be stressful, with the longer hours and unpredictability of a negotiation, you never know....

But what I love about having Brian on our team is the way he has grasped our systems and models, both in Keller Williams Realty and in the Van Nes Group - and he's run with them.

Thanks Brian ~ it's great to have you as part of our team!

Katie :)

A great big thank you to KW Elite! I really enjoyed teaching Internet Lead Generation to the class today, you guys were great and thank you for your participation.

I wanted to share ---

We had a discussion today regarding what I would call Link Backs. I looked into this a bit more because I thought that there was so much more on this topic to explore. Sure enough I found many different definitions and explainations of what this means to link with another website. Here is some of what I found... to name only a few

A reciprocal link is a mutual link between two objects, commonly between two websites to ensure mutual traffic.

Multi-way linking is a technique used for website promotion whereby websites may create similar one-way links that each involves 3 or more partner sites. This provides each website with a one-way non-reciprocal link. This technique has evolved from reciprocal linking. The latest search algorithms have evolved to hold less favor towards websites that contain a high percentage of reciprocated links, and a higher favor towards websites that maintain a high level of incoming non-reciprocated (one way) links. How to filter out excessive reciprocal link schemes is even being mentioned in anti link spam patents.^[1].

The term multi-way simply refers to the fact that the link exchange is between 3 or more websites, however each link is singular by only pointing to one other website. Other means of linking that may increase your web presence may also include other indirect methods such as loading images, videos, content or RSS feeds from a third partners website.

Link campaigns are a form of online marketing and SEO. A business seeking to increase the number of visitors to its web site can ask its strategic partners, professional organizations, chambers of commerce, suppliers, and customers to add links from their web sites. A link campaign may involve mutual links back and forth between related sites, but it doesn't have to require the reciprocation of links.

So as a result of my research, I am on a mission to find websites in Canada dedicated to real estate, that are free to post in their Realtor Directory, and free to post my listings...

So far I've found these four websites, and they seem to be free, however the third one does require... YOU GUESSED IT! ~ A Link Back to their site! LOL

http://www.homezilla.ca
http://www.realestatechannel.ca
http://www.openrealestate.ca
http://www.snapuprealestate.ca

Any more suggestions...?

I am so pleased to announce that we have a new domain name for Tapadera Estates.

You may be wondering why this is so exciting... It just so happens that nearly two years ago I tried to buy www.TapaderaEstates.com and it unfortunately was not available. I looked it up and I'm not even 100% sure where it was owned/located.

BUT... Jennifer our wonderful Office Manager was online the other night... and found it was now available!!!!!

{Much to my mother's dismay ~ we were having a web domain purchasing spree!!!}

Do you ever get those!?

Lets all say it together....

We love buying Domain Names

It feels like a lifetime has passed since I've written something worthy of 'the Rain'...

The early spring brought many changes, and if you asked I would without a doubt say I LOVE CHANGE! And I'll add that I find it hard to believe anyone would not love change... maybe I suffer from being a mover and a shaker and change allows me to feel one with my environment :)

I find calm in the chaotic... and am often at my best when I'm in the throws of a challenging situation!

Moving from a single agent to the Rainmaker of a wonderful, vibrant team at Keller Williams Valley Realty in Abbotsford BC was without a doubt the best decision I have made this year to date, not to mention extremely well timed. When other teams and companies were making cut backs my focus was growth. I felt that growth in a down market would give us the opportunity of time. Time is a grace that a fast paced market doesn't allow for. We have taken this grace and implemented systems and procedures. Meeting weekly to go over our goals, individually and as a team, not leaving out the personal goals that are so important... the reason why we work as hard as we do.

Never for a moment have I thought that business would be better without these wonderful ladies, Sita Mulder (Buyer Specialist) and Jennifer Lal (Technology / Admin Extraordinaire). Having an opportunity to truly specialise, to focus and hone in on our own individual strengths has brought about a tremendous realisation of our weaknesses... and it is realising those weaknesses in ourselves and sometimes in each other that lends us to growth.

When others fear growth... Think opportunity to grow.

The roots of a tree expand to the reach of its branches.

New Listing! 34462 Marcliffe Place, Abbotsford, BC - ONLY $519,700 INCLUDING GST!

Carefee family living at the Quarry! Fully finished basement entry style home quality built by E. Schmidt Construction. Chef's dream kitchen with a huge granite island (will seat five!), large dining area and double sided floor to ceiling rock F/P with custom built in millwork. This brand new home features beautiful crown molding, high quality 3/4 inch hardwood flooring throughout the main and luxurious carpeting in the 4 bedrooms. Finishing second to none! This energy smart home features 2x6 construction, low E windows, high efficiency furnace and hot water tank. Enjoy year round bbq's on your South facing partially covered patio featuring natural gas hookup. Fully landscaped lot. Move in today! Call me for more information at 604.855.8228