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“Have I told you lately that you’re the greatest thing since sliced cheese? And that at least every other day Matt and I tell each other out loud about how grateful we are to have found you?
You’re a true blessing and are helping us like no other coach to make impactful changes within our business, at a pace that makes sense. And you ‘GET’ technology, too! Coach D, you’re a dream come true. “
- Julia Fishel
"We closed 80 transactions in 2009, started coaching with Darin in 2010, and ended the year with 124 closed transactions." - Incorvaia Team
I wanted to start to build a team and with Darin's coaching I have added 2 full
time buyers agents and a virtual assistant. We are getting so organized
and now I am able to prospect for listings like I should have been doing
before.
Darin is a KICK ASS coach, motivator and a genius. Yes, he has a mind that is incredible.
I feel that Darin is vested in my success both personally and professionally. He is a dear friend and I am excited we are now partners.
- Lisa Archer
"Of the 20 years I've spent in real estate, I've never received the type of training and coaching that truly engages my clients in the way that creates results I was looking for. Darin's strategies are simple, powerful, inexpensive & most of all, productive beyond my expectations." - Stacey McVey 
“Since coaching with Darin, I got refocused and reconnected to my sphere. In the last 40 days I have made $53,000. Just took two new listings and I’m having fun again in business.” – Kris Cantrell
"I have been working with Darin for 10 weeks now, I was looking for a way to take my business to another level going into my second full year of real estate. I closed 32 deals in 2011 and so far with the help, guidance and motivation I am on pace to double my transactions in 2012. The most exciting part about working with Darin is I am able to increase my production without adding hours to my week, Darin has taught me how to leverage my time and use it more efficiently. If you are serious about taking your real estate career to a new level, it is a MUST to start working with Darin Persinger as soon as you possibly can." - Ryan Shields
We have now officially written 35% of last years business, in the first 2 months of 2012. We are on track for 50% of last years business by the end of this month, February. - Chuck & Christina Ethridge
I am the owner of a very young company that was growing faster than I was ready for. I had a head FULL of wonderful ideas and I had a vision. I found myself not being able to accomplish many of my goals, due to the lack of focus. I was jumping from one project to another, while completing none of them. I WAS the shiny object chaser. Thanks to Darin, I don't see shiny objects any longer...I have my eye on the one thing that counts...what works for me and what is best for MY company.
I made the commitment to coaching the moment I knew I could trust Darin. I felt like I needed someone that had been in the trenches and continued to educate themselves. I found all of that in Darin. - Elizabeth Cooper-Golden
"Levels is working great! It's really helping me stay very organized and scheduled. I just listed a house today, I'm doing another listing presentation tomorrow, I did showings Sunday and last night. I should be listing another property this week and a possible offer on a property." - Sonia Lyonnais
"In only 8 weeks, I've increased my bottom line by 27%." - Jonathan Rivera aka Real-Tech Guy of Official Real Estate Referral Group
"When this program had started, I had only 4 deals closed for the entire year. Since starting in Levels, I have added 3 listings, wrote 7 offers and will have closed 3 deals." - Rich Ganim
It’s WordPress Wednesday!!!
For those of you not terribly familiar with WordPress, WordPress is a blogging/website building platform. It got its start in the world as a blogging platform. The one thing you can credit to WordPress is that no matter how big they get or expand their platform, they never forget their roots, which is writing and blogging.
One of the many ways WordPress makes writing simple and easy is the implementation of categories.
Many people don’t fully take advantage of the categories function when blogging and writing on a WordPress website.
Q. Why do I need to use categories?
A. To help your visitors and consumers easily navigate through the hundreds (hopefully) of blogging articles you have written. Also, if you use categories properly, it will help search engines understand what your website is about, and in turn drive traffic to your website.
To properly use categories, it is important to start with the end in mind. What do you want your website to be known for? What keywords do you want people to find you for when using a search engine?
If you are saying, “real estate” or “homes for sale”, you are being too broad. They key to getting quality website traffic is to get focused and narrow your specialty.
“But Gilbert, I don’t want to limit or alienate my clients”. You won’t in any way limit your client base or alienate your clients by writing a set of blogs dedicated to one specific area or city. You are simply going to tell the search engines, “hey, this is what I know a lot about”.
I’ll use my city, Seattle for instance. Within Seattle, there are several districts or communities. Let’s use Ballard, University District, West Seattle, Bell Town and Queen Anne as examples. If I wanted to consistently write about these areas, I would want to create categories named after each one.
So every time I write a blog about Queen Anne, I would mark the blog as belonging to the Queen Anne category. When I do that, WordPress attaches that blog to the Queen Anne category.
There are 4 additional steps that need to be done in order for your WordPress website to recognize these changes and add them to your website. Let’s go over those 4 steps:
1. Change your “Permalinks” under the “Settings” in the WordPress dashboard. You want to click “custom structure” and enter this in the field, /%category%/%postname%/
a. If you have done this right then your blog’s URL will look something like this:http://yourwebsite.com/queen-anne/another-queen-anne-blog-entry/
2. You need to create some categories in WordPress. Under the “Posts” section in the dashboard, click “Categories”. You will be able to create as many categories as you would like. Be careful not to have too many categories, as it will confuse your readers. Start with only a few categories or things you want to specialize in.
a. Choose a category name and a slug. A slug is what will be in the URL for that category; typically write the same thing as in the category, just in lower case. So Queen Anne will be the category name and queen anne will be the slug name.
3. Go to Widgets under the Appearances section of the WordPress Dashboard. Click and drag “Categories” from the available widget area to the widget on the right you want the categories widget to appear in. The appropriate widget will depend on your theme and or skin.
a. If you have done this correctly, then you should see all of the categories you have created. Users can click any category and see ALL posts you have attached to that category.
4. Be sure to choose the appropriate category when writing a new post. You will see the category options on the right the screen when writing a new post.
If this seems like a lot to take in, which I’m sure it will be for a lot of you, please contact me. I am more than happy to explain this in further detail. Just contact us!
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