Comments on: Kevin Tomlinson of South Beach WINS Project Blogger Competition http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:47:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jose http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-341998 jose Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:10:03 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-341998 Kevin has a very nice blog, I am a local realtor here in Miami beach and I find it amazing how well his blig is doing! congrats kevin! Kevin has a very nice blog, I am a local realtor here in Miami beach and I find it amazing how well his blig is doing! congrats kevin!

]]> By: Jillayne Schlicke http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-159934 Jillayne Schlicke Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:07:12 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-159934 Well at least she's a hottie. Well at least she’s a hottie.

]]> By: Kevin Tomlinson http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-159846 Kevin Tomlinson Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:14:57 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-159846 Jillayne Thanks---I feel like Tara Conner. :) Jillayne

Thanks—I feel like Tara Conner. :)

]]> By: Jillayne Schlicke http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-154167 Jillayne Schlicke Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:58:53 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-154167 Hey Kevin and Ardell, Congratulations on winning the contest! Hey Kevin and Ardell,

Congratulations on winning the contest!

]]> By: Brad Carroll http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153722 Brad Carroll Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:47:39 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153722 Hi Allen, I thought I would chime in about the blog's rankings in Google. I too have been a little disappointed with the results so far. But I have to remember that terms like South Beach Real Estate are fiercely competitive (that term competes against 21M other pages). Kevin's blog is also on a new domain with brand new content. Many new sites will get "sandboxed" by Google. Early on, I asked Kevin which phase was more important "South Beach Real Estate" and "South Beach Condo." After all, I wanted to have a clear idea for Anchor Text. His reply, "BOTH" (that's why I like working with Kevin so much!) I knew that not focusing on a specific keyphrase would probably hurt in the short term. But we thought a long term, more rounded approach would be best. One thing I have been very pleased with is the sites SEO results for "long tail" terms. In the past 3 weeks, almost 300 unique search terms were used to drive traffic to his site! Now that's a long tail. Search Engines account for about 35% of his traffic and Referring sites account for 55%. Looking down the road, I think that his blog is poised to be very successful. So while I am not thrilled with his SEO results now. I am hopeful for the future. Oh wow, sorry for the long comment! Hi Allen, I thought I would chime in about the blog’s rankings in Google. I too have been a little disappointed with the results so far. But I have to remember that terms like South Beach Real Estate are fiercely competitive (that term competes against 21M other pages). Kevin’s blog is also on a new domain with brand new content. Many new sites will get “sandboxed” by Google.

Early on, I asked Kevin which phase was more important “South Beach Real Estate” and “South Beach Condo.” After all, I wanted to have a clear idea for Anchor Text. His reply, “BOTH” (that’s why I like working with Kevin so much!) I knew that not focusing on a specific keyphrase would probably hurt in the short term. But we thought a long term, more rounded approach would be best.

One thing I have been very pleased with is the sites SEO results for “long tail” terms. In the past 3 weeks, almost 300 unique search terms were used to drive traffic to his site! Now that’s a long tail.

Search Engines account for about 35% of his traffic and Referring sites account for 55%. Looking down the road, I think that his blog is poised to be very successful. So while I am not thrilled with his SEO results now. I am hopeful for the future. Oh wow, sorry for the long comment!

]]> By: Kevin http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153682 Kevin Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:33:18 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153682 Miami has a interesting dynamic with regard to what is considered 'interesting'. As with every market, especially with the shaky state of the condo market, people CRAVE statistics. An agent who doesn't have the perspective and insight to translate the statistics, render the stats useless. I like to be the purveyor of the stats and interpret them for my clients. Topics like BA or fiduciary responsibilites are so NOT sexy and thus would garner zero interest. Miami has a interesting dynamic with regard to what is considered ‘interesting’.

As with every market, especially with the shaky state of the condo market, people CRAVE statistics. An agent who doesn’t have the perspective and insight to translate the statistics, render the stats useless.

I like to be the purveyor of the stats and interpret them for my clients.

Topics like BA or fiduciary responsibilites are so NOT sexy and thus would garner zero interest.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153680 Dustin Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:30:33 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153680 Ardell, I was just having fun with you. I thought about writing a "bait and switch" article on RCG that linked to your post just for the hell of it, but even I could make sense out of the irony... :) Ardell,

I was just having fun with you. I thought about writing a “bait and switch” article on RCG that linked to your post just for the hell of it, but even I could make sense out of the irony… :)

]]> By: Kevin http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153678 Kevin Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:19:34 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153678 Oh man! All the biggies are in the room! Jonathan, As of today my blog was not connected to my website, which is getting 1300-1500 unique vistors per day. I don't know why we didn't link the blog from the website. I'm sure after today it is humming. Thanks for the compliment on the DeVito thing. I don't DO those types of things and only went because I thought it would be really interesting to 'cover'. I so felt like a loser taking pics of Brooke Hogan like a paparazzi---but it was fun. I was bent over with hysterics. Oh man! All the biggies are in the room!

Jonathan,
As of today my blog was not connected to my website, which is getting 1300-1500 unique vistors per day. I don’t know why we didn’t link the blog from the website. I’m sure after today it is humming.

Thanks for the compliment on the DeVito thing. I don’t DO those types of things and only went because I thought it would be really interesting to ‘cover’. I so felt like a loser taking pics of Brooke Hogan like a paparazzi—but it was fun. I was bent over with hysterics.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153664 ARDELL Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:50:23 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153664 Dustin, My main problem as Kevin's Blog Coach has been to get him to stop focusing on the competition, and the other Apprentices, and the Judges. So I figured since I only have 3 weeks or so left to Coach him, and I couldn't get him to stop focusing on whether or not he was going to "win"...I'd just be done with that part now :) Hope it works! Dustin,

My main problem as Kevin’s Blog Coach has been to get him to stop focusing on the competition, and the other Apprentices, and the Judges. So I figured since I only have 3 weeks or so left to Coach him, and I couldn’t get him to stop focusing on whether or not he was going to “win”…I’d just be done with that part now :)

Hope it works!

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153661 Dustin Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:45:12 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/06/27/kevin-tomlinson-of-south-beach-wins-project-blogger-competition/#comment-153661 That's a classic <a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/122603/What-Does-Bait-and" rel="nofollow">bait and switch article</a>... :) That’s a classic bait and switch article… :)

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