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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
Thank to Gilbert Peralta of WPChemist.com for dropping by to give us WordPress Wednesday once again.
Using WordPress to Easily Make Your Blogs Eye Catching
The problem with long blog articles or even online news articles is how boring and hard they can be on the eyes and attention span. Personally I get exhausted just looking at a blog entry, when all I see are 5 paragraphs of plain text. Images, large blockquotes, indents, links, highlights, bolds, videos or almost anything else can really help guide the reader and keep their interest sharp.
Many studies have shown that readers have a tendency to “gloss” or “skim” over articles. You can use WordPress’ built in visual editor to easily make the important parts or highlights stand out. That will help those readers who are skimming find the parts you want them to see before they navigate away from the page. The best part is you can easily make those alterations without knowing code. The visual editor in WordPress has dozen of buttons that does all the work for you.
help your reader out by breaking up the page with easy visual editor buttons in WordPress
What are some things I can do to spice things up?
The basic idea when designing the blog article is to visually break up the article; which gives the readers eyes things to focus on so they don’t get bored and click to the next website. As I mentioned before a good blog will have images, large blockquotes, indents, links, highlights, bolds, videos or anything else that can help guide the reader.
Where are all the buttons located?
Please see the screen shot below which will show you where all of these buttons are using the same number label.
1. The Kitchen Sink: The kitchen sink is a button in the WordPress visual editor that opens up all the options in the visual editor for you to use. It’s important to click the button to ensure all of your editing options are available.
2. Images: adding a small thumbnail, like in this blog helps invite the reader to the blog, but also the right image can set the tone or summarize the article before the reader reads anything! WordPress has built in “featured image” link that makes placing an image on your blog only a few clicks away!
3. Large block quotes: Large block quotes are common in newspaper and magazine articles. It’s a good idea to choose something from your blog you want to stand out. A straight forward sentence or powerful statement makes for a good block quote. Simply highlight your and click the blockquote button.
4. Indents: indentation simply provides a grammatical correct way to display your blog, but is also visually appealing when compared to a block of several paragraphs with no indentation. Refrain from using tab; instead use the indent button provided in the visual editor.
5. Links: outgoing links do several things. It makes your blog look and feel alive, gives credit to websites you care about, appeals to search engines, but they can also keep visitors on your website when you link to other articles on your site. Creating a link in WordPress requires no code, but only to know where the link button is.
6. Highlights: increasing the size of your text is important to the reader but also to search engines. Highlighting and increasing text size on certain sentences tells the skimming reader where to skim to. It also sends hints to search engines what is most important about your blog article. Use the “Paragraph” button in WP visual editor.
7. Bold: bolding is similar to highlighting, but should be used to place emphasis on single words; as you don’t want an article in different font size too much. Again it helps keep your reader from losing attention and helps skimmers find important parts of your article before they leave.
8. Video: I shouldn’t have to explain why you should add video periodically to your blogs. Video is fun, grabs your users attention, but it keeps users on your site a lot longer and helps them remember you better. Plus a visitor is more likely to watch a 3 minute video then they are to read every word on a 10 paragraph blog post. Adding video from youtube.com or your computer is easy when using WordPress visual editor.
CLICK ON THE SCREEN SHOT BELOW TO VIEW BUTTON LOCATIONS
There is a lot more to the visual editor in WordPress to help you jazz up your blog posts. Play with the other buttons and see what happens. It’s the best way to learn.
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