I remember one of the 1990’s motivational speakers saying something to the effect of “Most successful people have failed at dozens of business plans before they were able to succeed and what separates them from most people is that 1. They actually try in the first place and 2. They continue to try after repeated failures.” If this is true maybe my third attempt will be a success. I’ve done the keyword research, I’ve checked out the competition and found a supplier to work with. BarSoapNatural.com will be an online Handmade Natural Soap store. I’m a big fan of exact match domain names and I was surprised at how few were available in the soap field. BarSoapNatural may be a mouthful but the traffic is decent and the competition is mild. I’m thankful that most of the other soap sellers are better at making soap than promoting it.
Just Launched. NorthRehoboth.com a real estate website featuring North Rehoboth Homes for Sale and North Rehoboth Real Estate.
Just Launched. SouthRehoboth.com a real estate website featuring South Rehoboth Homes for Sale and South Rehoboth Real Estate.
Realtor Paul Maltaghati launched a new website NewDelawareHomes.com today. The site features New Homes and New Construction Communities throughout Southern Delaware. Whereas most real estate websites will provide you with every type of property imaginable Paul Maltaghati’s site caters to those who don’t wish to sort through mountains of used homes in lackluster condition to locate the cream of the crop. If you are in the market for New Delaware Homes be sure to drop in and take a peek.
Subject: BIG BIG BIG NEWS!!!!
Team, just wanted to let everyone know that last night we won an unprecedented 5 National Awards from the NAHB (National Assoc of Home Builders). These are the most competitive and most prestigious awards that a U.S. Builder can get. We won “Silver” awards and at the Builders Show we will find out if any of our Silvers turn into Golds. They award the Gold Award (only 1 per category) to the best Silver Award winner in each category at the Builders Show every year. Anyway, here’s what we won:
· Best “On the Boards” Single Family Detached Home: The Milton model at Heritage Creek: Congrats to Rebecca on this one . . . . this was all Rebecca and she deserves this award. This is the best looking house I think I have ever seen. I tried for months to design this home and couldn’t get it right . . . Rebecca really rocked it on this one. Great work!!!
· Best Product Design for a Custom Home: Robinson Residence (Echelon): Great work Tim Tice on this one and nice work to Lance and especially Mike Criswell who pretty much lived in this house for 10 months.
· Best Interior Merchandising for a Model Priced Under $500,000: The Marina model at the Retreat at Love Creek: AWESOME JOB Joni . . . this was all you!!! That house looks awesome!
· Best Website for a Builder: Echelon Custom Homes: We have Ivana, Jeremy, and Mike Brown to thank for this. They did an incredible job. I think we have the best website for a custom builder in the country and I would not be the least bit surprised if we win the Gold on this one. Great work guys!!
· Best Clubhouse: Independence Hall at Independence: This was a team effort involving a lot of people. Nice work to Pat Mulligan for building the Clubhouse and Great work to Jordan for the awesome Christmas decorations.
Anyway, I couldn’t be more proud of our company and everything we’ve accomplished together. To put some perspective on this: No other DE builder has won a single National Award in the last 5 years and we won 5 IN ONE YEAR!!!! This is incredible!
This is the life and company I’ve always dreamed we’d have together and I hope all of you are having as much fun as I am.
You guys Rock!!!!
-Chris
Schell Brothers Provides Unique New Home, Delaware Location
Schell Brothers is a leading Delaware home builder located in Rehoboth Beach, a thriving resort town that has become a year round destination driven by low taxes and a high quality of life. Under the leadership of twin brothers Chris and Preston Schell, the company is one of numerous businesses they established to serve the Delaware real estate market. The scope of their business endeavors ranges from offering Delaware homes for sale with renewable energy features to creating innovative commercial ventures. With strong roots in Sussex County, the Schell family has been involved in Delaware real estate since 1997 when Preston Schell and Gene Lankford founded Ocean Atlantic Associates.
As graduates of Harvard Business School, Chris and Preston Schell have combined their business talent with a passion for creating beautiful communities to establish the company as a leading Delaware home builder. Prior to attending Harvard Business School, Chris earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, graduating at the top of his class, while Preston received magna cum laude honors from Amherst College. Chris launched a successful career as a hedge fund manager before pursuing his lifelong dream of building homes – in a beautiful beach environment – and Schell Brothers was born. Offering attractive and efficient Delaware homes for sale has been a priority ever since, and the company has continued to thrive regardless of market fluctuations. For prospects in search of a new home, Delaware provides numerous benefits, including a beautiful coastal environment and one of the lowest tax rates in the nation.
Chris is well-known in the area as an expert on the housing market, providing economic statistics for local Realtors who specialize in Delaware homes for sale. Preston’s reputation as a respected and responsible land developer, combined with the energy and expertise Chris brings to architectural design and homebuilding, have resulted in a truly unique company catering to those in search of a truly unique new home. Delaware is a sought-after destination and Schell Brothers is committed to providing homes with energy efficiency, craftsmanship and curb appeal in communities that have lasting beauty and value.
As a respected Delaware home builder, Schell Brothers takes a leadership role in giving back to the local community. The company has given thousands of dollars and hours of service to various charities including Habitat for Humanity, the Lower Delaware Autism Foundation, the Lewes Delaware Canalfront Park Project, the Sussex County Land Trust, and local firefighters. In addition to building attractive communities and supporting local endeavors, Chris and Preston have set the standard for responsible land use and historical preservation. Together, they have made a positive impact on the landscape of southern Delaware. For more information about Schell Brothers and new home Delaware opportunities, please visit our website at www.schellbrothers.com.
Sometimes a friend needs a little help promoting their website. Occasionally a change on a server from something as simple as http://www.NorthGaLife.com to http://NorthGaLife.com Can make a dramatic change in your search engine results. If you are looking for Lake Lanier Real Estate give my good friend Cal Carter a call at 678-617-7665
I’ve never been into politics. I’d rather work with my hands than my mouth, but enough is enough. I don’t like the socialist road the current administration is taking us down. To tell the truth I was not a big fan of the previous administration either for starting a war for bogus reasons and stealing our personal privacy rights. If you take all of the yearly profits from all of the fortune 500 companies and add them together they do not equal a Trillion Dollars. How will America ever pay back the Trillions of Dollars it is currently borrowing from other countries?
Maybe it’s time to join the Libertarian Party of Delaware?
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Recently we experienced a nasty nor’easter and what felt like two weeks of rain. There was a good deal of Coastal flooding and I myself had a good deal of water pooling in my yard.
As I was about to leave the house this morning I took a look into my crawlspace access and noticed almost a foot of water. This would not be the first time I had rainwater accumulate in this location. To remedy this I took the fountain pump from our pond and stuck it in the access expecting it to take less than two minutes to remove the water. After five minutes and a hundred gallons of water I realized the water level had not gone down at all. Removing the access hatch I realized there was actually a good 12 inches of water under the entire house. To make matters worse one of my five naughty cats decided it would be a good idea to jump into the water filled crawlspace only to land upon the semi-floating plastic moisture barrier which wrapped itself around the cat and started to pull her under water about 15 feet from the access area. I could let the cat drown or go in after her. I ended up crawling in up to my chin in the cold dark crawl space and scooped her up from the water. As thanks she scratched the $hit out of my hand.
All’s well that ends well. The cat is safe. The crawl space is almost dry and we will have a new liner and dehumidifier installed later this week. No damage was done to the house other than the brick getting wet.
Aftermath
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Jeremy and I launched another new site last night at around 9:00pm Friday 13th November 2009. SchellBrothers.com is a website featuring New Delaware Homes for Sale
Why do you want to own a website?
The number one reason tends to be that you have something to promote.
As a web marketer I chat with people every day about websites. I talk to hordes of business owners who tell me “The internet has done nothing for my business. I have a website and nobody has ever used it to contact me.”
When I ask them what keywords they are trying to rank for or where they stand in the search engine result pages I get a blank stare and an answer that sounds something like “But, I have a website”
“Having a website” is only 1/4 the battle.
If you don’t know what your keywords are the chances of you ranking well for them is slim.
Some of my other favorite “Website Owners” quotes include:
- My website ranks #1 on Google for its domain name.
- I advertise my website in the newspaper.
- I tell all of my clients to go to my website.
At first glance these quotes seem like they make sense but to a web marketer they are almost ridiculous.
My website ranks #1 on Google for its domain name. I should hope so! If not your page is not even indexed. What you want to be able to say is “My website ranks #1 on Google for this list of keywords”
I advertise my website in the newspaper. Advertising your website in the newspaper is not a terrible idea but if done it should be a very small part of your marketing mix. The number of people who search newspapers for web addresses is very small. Most of them use search engines like Google.
I tell all of my clients to go to my website. while it’s not a bad idea to send your current clients to your website the real power of the internet is letting the search engines send you NEW clients.
“A website without marketing is like a sailboat without wind. It’s not going to take you anywhere!”
I run a number of my own personal real estate websites on the exact same template that some of my clients run theirs on.
The difference in new visitors is substantial.
My site new visitors for the month of September was 5678 new visitors.
A client site with the exact same template 89 new visitors.
Why are the numbers so different for a site that is more or less the same? I promote my site, they don’t.
At my best this translated to sixty website leads a day vs. their zero. If you don’t promote it no one will know its there.
If you don’t know how to promote a website you can either spend months/years learning and do it yourself or hire someone like me to do it for you. Good promotion is an ongoing task. You can’t expect to promote one month and then forget about it for the rest of the year and achieve great results.
I am available for consultation or hands on search engine marketing & search engine optimization. I have dozens of satisfied clients ranking in top positions for their desired keywords. Call today 302 258 4368
Nothing worth doing well is quick or inexpensive.
1969 Camaro SS
2010 Camaro
After 40 year not much has changed except that the car is now made in Canada instead of the USA. I actually like the classic look a good deal more. In this case I have to vote for Clare Michigan Used Cars