Holiday guerrilla marketing tactics

on December 8, 2005

Guerrilla marketing is loosely defined as any unconventional or creative way that small businesses market their services.  The concept, which was popularized by Jay Conrad Levinson in his book Guerrilla Marketing, was originally used by small businesses operating on tight budgets.  But today most businesses – big and small – incorporate some kind of guerilla […]

Season’s Greetings: Getting prospects to read your e-mails

on December 5, 2005

During the holidays your prospects’ e-mail inboxes are bombarded with seasonal deals and coupons from retailers and you may be wondering how effective your e-mail marketing is this time of year.  The rule of thumb used to be to avoid sending email marketing at all during the holiday season – roughly November through the first […]

How to write dynamic web content

on November 23, 2005

As you know, your XSite comes with unlimited professionally-written content pages, which you can edit as needed to make them more personal or more geared towards your market.  But you may also want to write your own content pages from time to time.  But writing content for the web is different than writing an essay […]

How to write effective web content

on November 21, 2005

As you know, your XSite comes with more than 75 (20 for XSites Standard level) professionally-written content pages.  You can edit them as needed to make them more personal or more geared towards your market.  But you may also want to write your own content pages from time to time.  But writing content for the […]

Appraiser prevails in copyright infringement case

on November 17, 2005

Tim Vining, a commercial/agricultural appraiser from eastern Washington state, won a historical victory in court last month.  Since we at a la mode began telling you that your work product, including your appraisal reports, is your intellectual property, we’ve (and you’ve) heard all sorts of arguments why you can’t copyright your work.  We — and […]

Three marketing mistakes agents make — and how to correct them

on November 10, 2005

“Every year, more money is spent on advertising research than medical research.” That’s what Australian real estate marketing guru Julie Ryan told her standing room-only session “Fire Up Your Marketing” at last month’s National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Conference and Expo.  As real estate agents, you’re constantly trying to get into the heads of your […]

Drive more traffic to your XSite with LoanBright

on November 4, 2005

As you may know, plans are underway to provide you with another tool to generate more leads to your Mortgage XSite website. Last week at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Convention & Expo, we announced plans to integrate LoanBright’s Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising and mortgage lead generation services, allowing mortgage brokers like you to drive more […]

a la mode and LoanBright plan to integrate LoanBright’s lead generation tools into Mortgage XSites

on October 25, 2005

ORLANDO, FL — a la mode, inc., developer of multi-market real estate software and online services, announced its plan to integrate the Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising and mortgage lead generation services from LoanBright into the business-building tools of its Mortgage XSite websites and XSellerate automated marketing suite. Mortgage XSites and XSellerate users, particularly mortgage brokers, will […]