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Now that Twitter and Bing are married, your micro blogging can actually score you some major SEO brownie points.

I tweet my blogs to increase my web presence. I simply go over to my outside AR blog roll on a regular basis, pull up an old post, shorten its browser address by using the bit.ly service, then Tweet it with an enticing by-line. I go back afterwards and analyze my statistics (Bit.ly will show you exactly how many people have clicked on that particular link). It works! Here is an example: Price it Well. Stage it well. Watch it Sell! http://bit.ly/E2xqT #RealEstate #p2

Now that your Twitter presence gives you Bing exposure, it’s a shame not to use it to drive traffic to your ActiveRain blog and to your website. BTW, if your blog roll is still called “Annie’s Blog” (or Suzy, or Stan), it’s time you change it to let people know what you do and where. Mine is Myrtle Beach Real Estate by Mirela Monte. Yours should certainly denote your area of expertise and your location.

How do I know this works? For starters, you can “Bing” Myrtle Beach Connection and find me on the first page. I got there by using this method. Easy recipe: Blog on AR. Tweet your blogs. Watch your business explode. Just today I got two new leads from my Internet exposure. You want to know the best part about it? It is the most cost effective marketing I have in my arsenal!

For those of you still on the fence about paying the AR monthly dues to become a Rainmaker, think again! For every hour you’re wasting, there goes another potential client! No more excuses! Become a Rainmaker NOW! If you have no clue what Twitter is, here is a link to a blog where you can learn all about it. Please come back here and let us know just how well this works!

Mirela Monte, Your Myrtle Beach Real Estate Connection Join The Optimist Group!

I probably follow the most fascinating people on Twitter, for I am presented with the most extraordinary information on a daily basis. I decided to post a weekly blog on AR comprised of the most important information gleaned on Twitter that week. I know that my AR family will appreciate that. Please click on the link following the brief description of each article. Enjoy!

Small Businesses that blog have 55% More Traffic, 97% More Inbound Links http://bit.ly/27WAJ5

10 Free SEO Tools We Use Every Day http://bit.ly/RHkKv

10 Tips For Using Keywords In Your Articles - http://bit.ly/5KCne

Does the Ownership of Redirected URLs Matter to Search Engines? http://bit.ly/3WolxJ

Eye opening New York Times exposé of America's Toxic Waters. http://bit.ly/1DOtQx

Consumer Guide to Water Filters: http://bit.ly/191dgV

HOW TO: Make Facebook Your Company Newsroom http://viigo.im/0VKr

Is your water safe to drink? This map finds water polluters near you http://bit.ly/4FkVAw

Blockbuster Closing Up to 960 Stores By End of 2010 http://viigo.im/0TH3

DUI Info - Everything you wanted to know about it &; more - Please share! Drive responsibly! http://bit.ly/zhhkD

Twitter's new rules: Summary: http://tinyurl.com/oakwej

In response to requests from its members, and the regularity of short sales and foreclosure-related transactions, the National Association of Realtors has launched a Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource Certification

Gearing up for short sales and REOs http://bit.ly/i9p1y

How to use Facebook's new tag feature. Easy Video Tutorial http://bit.ly/SXquK

Health Insurance premiums up 131% in Last 10 Years http://tinyurl.com/nkqsth

Why should I do a short sale when my credit is damaged anyway? http://budurl.com/5gck

Two Major Lenders Step Up Mortgage Modifications http://bit.ly/iwtC2

How To: Backup Your Tweets and Make Them Searchable with Google Calendar http://j.mp/33Nvjl

A link building rule to cut out and keep http://is.gd/3ghYL

17 ways search engines judge the value of a link http://is.gd/36zsn

Social Media & SEO http://bit.ly/12Wlc2

Homes Underwater http://bit.ly/RGzpR

Help kids learn how to manage money: http://bit.ly/1ZwxjO

Top keyword advice from the monkey! http://bit.ly/d2O3s

5 Tips To Achieve Alignment Between SEO Keyword Strategy &; Content - http://bit.ly/XxWz2

The 5 Remaining Things Facebook Can Steal From Twitter. « Tremendous News! http://j.mp/3K66U8

What is the best time of the day to do cardio for maximum fat loss, and why. http://bit.ly/2AxV5g

Regular Midday Snoozes Tied to a Healthier Heart http://bit.ly/4Gf53M

The research and truth about exercise and human growth hormone releasers http://tinyurl.com/ljcx8b

100 Ways To Improve Your Blog http://bit.ly/q9ynE

Please give me some feedback I can use for next week’s post!

Mirela Monte, Your Myrtle Beach Connection Join The Optimist Group!

Best I-Phone App of the Week:

After trying a bevy of mortgage calculator applications I finally had a Eureka moment this week when I found my one and only, hands down the Best Mortgage Calculator around. It’s called CalcsFree – Mortgage Calculator - With Estimated Tax Savings, from Mortal Geek LLC.

This thing is remarkably easy to use, yet it is packed with everything you could possibly need. Simply put: it makes me look good. I can zoom through and paint an accurate financial picture, which I can immediately e-mail to my client. You can whip out a 5, 7, 10 year financial analysis showing interest and principal paid, pre-tax, after tax, the whole nine yards. You can include all other costs associated with ownership, so your client can know exactly how much money to budget for the property he's considering.

I am deleting all other mortgage calculators from my I-Phone. I will need no others. CalcsFree is now my one and only! I would gladly pay quite a bit for this little gismo, but you know what? I don’t have to, because it’s free! Go ahead and see for yourself! If you can find a better mortgage calculator, I want to know about it! I do believe I’ve tried them all.

The Worst I-Phone App of the Week:

The loser this week is VoiceThis, a voice recognition application that is supposed to give you instant voice dialing. It cost me 99 cents and I should not only get a refund, but should actually charge for the numerous attempts I’ve made to use this lame excuse for a voice recognition app. I say Tomato, it says Tomato and that’s fine by me, but when I ask for Thomas Cunningham and it dials Donna Long, I have a problem! Just don’t do it! Don’t waste your dollar on this lame application!

Mirela Monte, I-Phone Application Addict Proud Optimist!

After you create your Twitter profile, this is what you need to know: the magic on Twitter only unfolds AFTER you follow some interesting people and entities. Your Twitter experience rests solely on that. If you follow silly people who text each other banal messages, you will simply have that limited experience. If, however, you are like me, a hog for information, and you follow the right Twitterers, you too will have an extraordinarily enjoyable experience and learn a lot in the process. Here are some valuable websites that will help you maximize your Twitter experience:

http://wefollow.com/ Shows who's who on Twitter in all areas of interest and all niches.

http://twitterholic.com/ Find out who the top Twitter users are; it even shows your own ranking. It was intriguing to discover that with around 1,200 followers I am ranked nr. 7 for the Myrtle Beach Area. Not too shabby!

http://www.twellow.com/ Connect with others based on niche and interests.

http://justtweetit.com/ Connect with others based on niche and interests.

http://friendorfollow.com/ Who is and who isn't following you.

http://twitterless.com/ Notifies you by e-mail when someone stops following you.

http://useqwitter.com/users Notifies you by e-mail when someone stops following you.

http://twitpic.com/ Use this site to post your pictures to twitter.

http://tweetake.com/ Use this to back up your Twitterings.

http://twittercounter.com/ My most favorite tool, this is so user friendly: just plug in your user name and it will show your exact Twitter stats by week, month and since inception. It will also predict the number of followers you will have in the next 30 days. I'm a sucker for this one; you know just how much I love statistics...

http://tweetstats.com/ Another favorite toy: this shows some extraordinarily detailed stats: your Twitter habits are carefully analyzed. Easy to use and so much fun.

http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/ Twitter application for the I-Phone.

http://twitterfon.net/ Twitter application for the I-Phone. This is the one I have and I love it. It's simple and very easy to use. It has features that are not present in the computer application. As I've learnt from my Tweetstats, I do most of my Twitting from my I-Phone.

http://www.orangatame.com/products/twitterberry/ TwitterBerry: Crackberry users seem to love this one.

Phew! I'm tired now. That's enough Twitter for one day. Enjoy!

Mirela Monte, ActiveRain and Twitter Addict Join Me on The Optimist Group!

For more Twitter magic, also read:

Taking The Mystery out of Twitter: What is Twitter and How Do You Use It?

What's All The Fuss About This Twitter Thing? Part II - Play It Again, Sam!

What's All The Fuss About This Twitter Thing? Part III - Feed your AR Blog to Twitter:

What's All The Fuss About This Twitter Thing? Fitting It All Into 140 Characters:

For Up To The Minute News, It's Twitter, Not CNN that Delivers the Goods!

CAROLINA WATERWAY PLANTATION - TOTAL SALES JANURARY 1, 2009 - MAY 29, 2009

Carolina Waterway Plantation - Summary Statistics
	High	Low	Average	Median
List Price:	$350,000	$264,900	$294,966	$270,000
Sold Price:	$310,000	$226,000	$268,666	$270,000

Price	EstSqFtUR	BR	Appx Age	ADDRESS	Total SQFT	DOM	LP	$/Total SQFT	SP	$/Total SQFT
$226,000	22 3001-3100	3	3	955 SHIPMASTER AVENUE	3130	32	$264,900	$84.63	$226,000	$72.20
$270,000	21 2901-3000	4	1 YR	939 SHIPMASTER AVENUE	2901	170	$270,000	$93.07	$270,000	$93.07
$310,000	31 3901-4000	4	NEW	970 SHIPMASTER AVE	4000	121	$350,000	$87.50	$310,000	$77.50
				Total Listings		Avg	Avg	Avg	Avg	Avg
				3		107	$294,966	$88	$268,666	$80

EstSqFtUR	= Estimated sq. ft. under roof
BR	= Nr. Of Bedrooms
Total SQFT	= Total sq. ft.
DOM	= Days on the Market
LP	= List Price
SP	= Sold Price
$/TotalSQFT	= Cost per sq. ft. base on the sales price

CAROLINA WATERWAY PLANTATION - TOTAL AVAILABLE LISTINGS - MAY 2009

RESIDENTIAL Summary Statistics
	High	Low	Average	Median
List Price:	$1,700,000	$249,900	$540,243	$499,000

Price	EstSqFtUR	BR	Appx Age	ADDRESS	LP
$249,900	17 2501-2600	3	2	969 Shipmaster	$249,900
$295,000	17 2501-2600	3	5	990 SHIPMASTER AVENUE	$295,000
$318,155	22 3001-3100	4	2	1527 Biltmore Dr	$318,155
$339,000	19 2701-2800	3	NEW	953 Shipmaster Avenue	$339,000
$349,921	23 3101-3200	3	0-2yrs.	905 Waterton Avenue	$349,921
$369,000	26 3401-3500	3	NNO	1215 Bentcreek Lane	$369,000
$369,000	29 3701-3800	4	NEW	1112 BLUFFTON CT	$369,000
$374,000	16 2401-2500	4	3	1414 Bohicket Ct	$374,000
$399,900	19 2701-2800	3	2	914 Shipmaster	$399,900
$444,000	24 3201-3300	4	NEW	1210 Bentcreek	$444,000
$499,000	32 4001-4100	4	NNOC	999 Shipmaster Avenue	$499,000
$525,000	34 4201-4300	4	0-2	973 Shipmaster Avenue	$525,000
$529,900	45 5301-5400	5	New	819 Waterton Drive	$529,900
$539,910	42 5001-5100	5	4	1533 Biltmore Drive	$539,910
$559,900	31 3901-4000	4	3	879 WATERTON AVENUE	$559,900
$655,000	40 4801-4900	4	0-2 yrs	924 Shipmaster	$655,000
$655,500	25 3301-3400	5	0-2	945 SHIPMASTER AVENUE	$655,500
$679,021	34 4201-4300	4	NEW	829 Waterton Avenue	$679,021
$699,000	34 4201-4300	5	New	802 Waterton Avenue	$699,000
$795,000	42 5001-5100	4	6	867 Waterton Ave	$795,000
$1,700,000	52 Over 6000	5	3	856 Waterton Avenue	$1,700,000
				Total Listings	Avg
				21	$540,243

Mirela Monte, Your Myrtle Beach Real Estate Connection