5 Mortifying Reasons Mortgage Applications End Up in the ‘Reject’ Pile
By Daniel Bortz | Source Realtor.com Picture this nightmare: You apply for a mortgage, but your application gets rejected. Suddenly, you’re hit with an overwhelming wave of embarrassment, shock, and horror. It’s like having your credit card denied at the Shoprite. So. Much. Shame. Sadly, this is a reality for some home buyers. According to […]
8 Strategies to promote positive customer reviews for your brand or business
By Sophia Bernazzani | Source HubSpot There are a lot of factors that go into a customer’s decision to make a purchase from your company. And nowadays, when it’s fast and easy to make purchases online without ever connecting with a sales rep, the internet does the selling for you — and that can have […]
7 Awful first sentences that are killing your outreach emails
By Aja Frost | Source HubSpot Whether you’re at a networking event, a party, a conference, or an office function, walking up to a stranger and introducing yourself can be terrifying. I don’t know about you, but I never stroll over without a detailed plan of what I’ll say and how I’ll say it. After all, […]
America’s 10 Fastest-Growing Suburbs Aren’t ‘Sleepy’ At All: It’s a ‘Burb Boom!
By Lance Lambert | Source realtor.com Americans are falling in love with the ’burbs again. The longstanding romance cooled a bit after the 2008 financial crisis, but as cash makes its way back into personal savings accounts, folks are again indulging their instinctual urge to grab their own piece of the national dream—front and back […]
7 Ways to Kill Yard Weeds, Naturally
By Lisa Kaplan Gordon | Source Houselogic Here are 7 ways to kill weeds with household items. You’ll save money while showing no mercy to these uninvited guests. Nothing ruins your garden or yard like weeds, those uninvited guests that rob your plants of space and nutrients. So murder those weeds most foul, but without […]
Here are America’s Most Profitable Housing Markets: Cash In!
By Lance Lambert | Source realtor.com Throwing down some hard-earned cash on blackjack or craps at the local casino is enough to make some folks break out into a cold sweat. But when it comes time to buy a home, the ante gets raised to truly nerve-racking levels: They’re making the biggest wager of their lives on what’ll […]
Social Listening: How to Increase Conversions Using Social Media Insights
Talia Wolf Webinar | Source GetUpLift Imagine being able to tap into the real conversations people are having about your brand or industry Seeing what they hate, what annoys them, what grabs their attention or what they expect from a solution like yours. It’s insights like these that can give you that killer headline for your landing page… Tell you exactly […]
How to Write High Converting Email Newsletters
By Neil Patel | Source NEILPATEL You don’t sell in an email. That sounds counterintuitive, right? But it’s true! How many times have you purchased something directly in an email? Not often, most likely. Instead, the goal of your email is to get someone to open it and hopefully click on what’s inside. That’s it! […]
Are we in a housing bubble? It depends on who you ask
Despite declines in 3 key housing market indicators, most real estate economists say nay to the bubble — but one argues an ‘apartment bubble’ is gaining momentum By Patrick Kearns | Source Inman It’s a question that resurfaces every economic cycle, creeping into the psyche of the real estate industry like English Ivy along the […]
Philips Hue brings its smart light bulbs outdoors
Hue is launching a line of outdoor lamps just in time for the thaw By Liz Stinson | Source Curbed Just in time for above-freezing temperatures, Philips Hue, everyone’s favorite mood-maker, is releasing a line of smart light bulbs for outdoors. The weatherproof range includes Calla, a soft, round path light that sits atop a bollard; Lily, […]