August 2008
Monthly Archive
Posted by Jayson Manship on 21 Aug 2008 12:08 pm. Filed under
Networking.
Every morning I hear Rob mumble under his breath, “No…I meant URBaCS.” At first I didn’t know what he was talking about until I too discovered his problem.
His frustration stems from Google. When he searches ‘urbacs’ in Google their genius application suggests that maybe he misspelled his search and really meant to search for ‘urban.’ I’ve explained to him that because we haven’t spread our message yet (on purpose) that we shouldn’t expect Google to recognize our application.
Last week we started marketing URBaCS online and joined many social networks. You can connect with Rob and I on our bio pages.
Before we started…when you typed ‘urbacs’ into Google you would get 669 search results. In less than a week that number has moved up to 727. I’m excited to see our sphere of influence grow and I know Rob is eagerly waiting for the day when Google stops asking him that dreaded question. But until then we will continue to blog, comment and network in various places.
Connect to Jayson
Connect to Rob
Posted by Jayson Manship on 20 Aug 2008 5:06 pm. Filed under
Interesting Links ,
Technology ,
Updates.
Rob and I came back from the Blog Indiana conference with a strong feeling that we are on the right track as a small business. We learned about a bunch of new Web2.0 productivity tools to simplify the way we do things. Some are more useful than others, but here’s the list as it stands now:
We will be posting in-depth reviews of these applications in the next few months. We’d love to hear any recommendations. Let us know if there is something out there that you use that’s not on this list.
Posted by Jayson Manship on 13 Aug 2008 6:18 pm. Filed under
Networking.
This is a big weekend for the city of Indianapolis. In addition to the new Lucas Oil Stadium opening (home of the Colts), we are also playing host to the largest gaming convention in the world, Gen Con. Although I’m thrilled about both I will be spending most of my time on the campus of IUPUI for Blog Indiana 2008.
Rob and I are working very hard to grow our business and want to make sure we go about this growth in the proper way. We have made an internal commitment to blog more often and have brainstormed a series of cool topics to talk about. So when we heard about this conference we felt like it would be a great to hone our skills.
I hope to learn about legal issues with blogging as well as ways to drive traffic through social media and I’m hoping to get tips on SEO and writing. I’m also eager to attend the panel discussion about how social media impacts elections with Barack Obama’s National Blog Editor. This election has been affected by the Internet and the personal blogger more than any in history and we should only assume that this trend will not go away.
Register for Blog Indiana:
I hope to see you on campus! (Or at Gen Con or at Lucas Oil Stadium)
Posted by Jayson Manship on 12 Aug 2008 11:36 am. Filed under
Networking.
Rob and I both joined Active Rain today. It is a free online Real Estate Network to help real estate professionals grow their business. As we continue to expand our online presence we feel this is a great way to link-in with other like-minded professionals. We have included links to our Active Rain profiles on our blogroll and we will update this blog with our findings as we grow in our new community.
Rob’s Active Rain Blog: http://robwagoner877.activerain.com/
Jayson’s Active Rain Blog: http://urbacs.activerain.com/
You can find great local Indianapolis, Indiana real estate information on Localism.com.
Posted by Jayson Manship on 6 Aug 2008 11:28 am. Filed under
Client Profile.
Hallmark Homes is an “on your lot” builder that has operated in Indiana since 1992. They build in Indiana and Ohio (map of counties) and have model homes in the following Indiana towns and cities: Anderson, Kokomo, Lafayette, Lebanon and Edinburgh. They have numerous standard floorplans that they will modify to suit client needs. The team at Hallmark will also begin from scratch to incorporate clients ideas and creativity.
Visit Hallmark’s new URBaCS website at www.ourhallmarkhome.com.
