If you are reading this then you have a computer. You may even have a printer, a modem, a phone line, a cable line, speaker wires and maybe even a webcam wire, camera UBC wire and a few other wires floating around your desk area.

Chances are you have cord clutter.

One of my favorite non-real estate and non-blogging blogs is www.Unclutterer.com … I read everything they ever write.

I am a high I and a high D … so clutter is a permanent battle with me.

Unclutterer.com just posted an excellent way to manage computer cord clutter:

Plastic card cable organizer

Use your old “membership cards” to organize your computer cords. Brilliant!

Other “cable and cord organizer” posts include:

Creative uses for velcro cable ties – use them for cords and even sandals!

Simple charging station – sweet product to help with all of your chargers…

Make your own earbud caddy – Because we all love music when we work… right?

Hide your desk’s power strip – Great for desks that people can see under easily.

Interesting way to hide powercords – and decorative too!

Reader suggestions: More ways to cure cable clutter

Cable clutter – great video!

If you like these tips … Make sure you subscribe to www.unclutterer.com

Posted By: Mariana Wagner – Colorado Springs Real Estate Agent – Keller Williams MAPS Blog Coach

More and more real estate agents are moving online, are you?

Establishing a strong Web presence isn’t as complicated as it sounds. MAPS coaching provides you with the tools and knowledge necessary to ensure that you gain your virtual market share.

Mariana Wagner, MAPS coach and Keller Williams agent, says, “We have seen awesome results in the search engines for these blogs in under a month in some cases! For example, I set up my Stetson Hills Real Estate Blog through my eAgentC Website and the Website started ranking #1 #2 and #3 for “Stetson Hills Real Estate” on Google™ in just three weeks!

Click here to sign up for the Fast Track Block Coaching program.

Still not sure? Register for the free Blogging Webinar listed

below and find out just how easily you can make the

market-changing jump to the Web.

Click here to see a full schedule of free coaching calls offered by MAPS.

Each of these sessions is a $49 value, but MAPS is offering

them to you for free!

This was taken from the recent This Week in KW eNewsletter
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SEOmoz is an excellent blog for bloggers. Here is a video about PPC (Pay Per Click) from Tom Critchlow - the SEOmoz Global Associate… (love the accent Tom!)

SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday-PPC Basics with Tom Critchlow

from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo.

“The worst thing you can do is not make use of the information you are given to help your customers buy their home.”

This is a great quote that I read in a recent post on the Home Gain blog:

Don’t believe everything you read – Call your Internet real estate leads! By Mitch Ribak

Many agents refuse to call people until they are first called by the prospective client. However, if you have taken the Internet Lead Generation class offered by Keller Williams, then you will know WHY “waiting” will never work…

This article gives some good insight into why this is.

Posted By: Mariana

There is a blogger over at the Harvard Law blog that details the different aspects of SEO – SEO Crimson. Recently, there was a great post about link building, and it included a great visual chart:

Link Building 101 Chart

I really appreciate visual explanations to help me really wrap my mind around the many facets of SEO. This chart hit that spot-on.

Posted by: Mariana Wagner – Keller Williams Blog Coach and Trainer

In case you missed the last FREE blogging webinar, I will be holding another FREE Blogging Webinar on July 7, 2008 from 11am-Noon CST.

Register Today: www.Blogging.RealPropertyOnline.net

This webinar (like the last one) will offer some tips and tricks on being a real estate blogger.

You will also learn more about the EXCLUSIVE Keller Williams Real Estate Blog Coaching Program that will kick off on July 24, 2008!

I am a Blog Coach for Keller Williams Realty International and look forward to seeing you at this free blogging webinar … and in the coaching program.

For more information, you can email me directly: marianawagner@kw.com

Two of the biggest objections to blogging that I hear, as a blog coach are:

1. I don’t have the time.
   
2. I don’t know what to write about.
   

Well, Keller Williams offers a tool for its agents that will help with BOTH of those. Every week you, the Keller Williams agent, receives an email called This Week @ KW:

This email offers all kinds of great news and information from Keller Williams – news stories, up and coming events, and links to all the educational events that Keller Williams offers (like the Free Blogging Webinar that we just had…).

What they have ALSO started offering is an article (almost one a week) that you can copy and paste into your own website or blog. Just look for the “Copy Me/Paste Me” sticker next to the article.

Not only will this help you add new content to your blog (or website), but it will save you a little time as well! Additionally, it will give your blog a wider range of real estate topics that people will find interesting.

Tips:

• Always include the information on the author of the article.
• Add a “call to action” at the end of the post, like “For more information, please contact [your name and contact information]”
• Use this as a SUPPLEMENT to your blog, not as a reason not to write.

See An Example Here: Taming the Jumbo Mortgage - Financing Solutions with David Reed

Thank you, Keller Williams for (once again) making MY life easier!

Posted By: Mariana Wagner – Keller Williams Real Estate Trainer and Blog Coach

Todd Carpenter, over at the Mariah Blog, just posted an updated list of speakers and presenters for the 2008 RE Blog World Convention:

• Jason Berman – JBermangroup.com
• Teresa Boardman, St Paul Real Estate Blog
• Morgan Brown, Blown Mortgage & Turn Here
• Todd Carpenter – Mariah Blog & Lenderama & Bizomi
• Jeff Corbett, The X-Broker
• Jim Duncan, Real Central VA
• Matt Fagioli, Diamond Dwellings
• George Favvas, Smart Hippo
• Dan Green, The Mortgage Reports
• Rich Jacobson, SoundBite Blog & Active Rain
• Kelley Koehler, The House Chick
• Dustin Luther, Rain City Guide & 4Realz
• Mike Mueller, Mike’s Mortgage Minute
• Jan Obrien, Real Estate Coach
• Mike Price, ML Broadcast
• Daniel Rothamel, The Real Estate Zebra
• Dave Smith, Real Estate Blog Lab
• Jeff Turner, Real Estate Shows
• Mariana Wagner, Colorado Springs Real Estate Connection

“By registering for RE BlogWorld, you get full access to BlogWorld on the 20th & 21st, PLUS a full day of Real Estate/Mortgage Specific content on the 19th. This is the largest new media conference and trade show in the world, with about 70 seminars to choose from.” – Todd @ Mariah

Check out the official RE Blog World Site

Part of being a blogger is leaving comments on other blogs. The longer you are in the blogosphere, the more “interesting” comments you will see left here and there. Some “interesting” comments are truly interesting, while other comments are interesting in the “What the…?!?” kind of way. Here is an awesome set of guidelines on how not to be the latter type of interesting:

7 Things to Avoid While Leaving a Blog Comment

Written by Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips … A definite “must subscribe to” blog.

Posted By: Mariana Wagner – Keller Williams Blog Coach
Colorado Springs Real Estate Agent and Trainer