What really drives the point home on the importance even to think about the SEO implications (getting onto Google Page 1) is the video below:

Holy Twitterfeed and Friendfeed Batman…

Click Play Below Now to see Official Google Video…

There was a fantastic article today on the  Small Business Trends website that really should have all business owners, and individuals concerned about their reputation online…listen up.

This latest Google Announcement is HUGE for Brand SEO

Right from the Official Google Site:

Relevance meets the real-time web

12/07/2009 11:31:00 AM

Search is a natural starting point for discovering the world’s information, and we strive to bring you the freshest, most comprehensive and relevant search results over an ever expanding universe of content on the multitude of devices you use to access it.

That’s why today, at the Computer History Museum, we’re excited to share a few new innovations in the areas of real-time, mobile and social search that we feel are important steps in the evolution of information access.

First, we’re introducing new features that bring your search results to life with a dynamic stream of real-time content from across the web. Now, immediately after conducting a search, you can see live updates from people on popular sites like Twitter and FriendFeed, as well as headlines from news and blog posts published just seconds before. When they are relevant, we’ll rank these latest results to show the freshest information right on the search results page.

This actually is such a timely article since I’ve been releasing the Free Tri-Branding Strategy Formula Webinars where branding online is becoming so fluid and if you are a marketing consultant, having a reputation management offering as part of your services is a big trend to be on the forefront of.

The article discusses…

…how social media such as twitter really interplays with getting onto Google Page One…especially if a bunch of customers start discussing a company’s brand, product or service.  And watch out if it is of a negative nature…

We all know that it is impossible to have every customer satisfied and there will always be an element of the ‘keyboard junkies’ who love to flock to negative remarks…and shoot…what isn’t even discussed is this:

A company’s competitor may create pen names and say negative remarks in the social media arena!

How to address that?

Have a social media strategy in place that has a ‘reputation management’ piece to it.

Why do you have to be so heavy on social media?

Because browsers online first go to social media sites before even your company website to find out about you, your product or service!

Four years ago, social media would never have appeared on the chart below!

Check this graphic out:

source: OTX/DEI Worldwide Report The Impact of Social Media on Purchasing Behaviour

Hope you enjoyed this post, Maria Gudelis

I just did a quick search on their website and found a recent sale of a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo in Miami, Florida sold for $17,436! No – that is not a typo!

Getting a rock bottom deal on real estate isn’t the only thing this site has to offer, I also noticed a variety of assets that the government auctions off, from cars to diamonds to boats! You name it, anything they have seized is up for auction and since not too many people know about this buying source….the deals are a plenty.

If you want to make some Quick CASH – then head on over to the site and sign up! You can do so by Clicking Here!

When you make some profit on this source, come back to my website, Maria Gudelis, and drop a comment on how much you made…I love to hear success stories!

Well, guess one couple didn’t like the end-result of the deal they thought they won at auction…you can read the entire article about the filed lawsuit in the O.C. Register by clicking here. Below is an excerpt:

At an auction in Pomona in March, Juan and Laura Torres made the highest bid €” $146,000 €” for a Corona property, according to the suit. Ms. Torres believed she had opened escrow on the property after signing paperwork at the auction and agreed to pay a 5 percent “buyers premium,” bringing the total price to $153,300. However, 30 days later, she was told that “she would not be able to purchase the property unless she came up with $50,000 more money,” the suit says.

OK, so the first thing you need to do is simply call them to find out their purchase procedures. Yes – it really is that easy! Just tell them you are a real estate investor and you are interested in buying a property at their upcoming auction.

Here is how it worked at a recent auction I phoned about – they simply wanted a cashiers check for $5,000 initially for you to bid, and say if the winning bid was $200,000, then they wanted 5% within 24 hours – meaning I would have to bring in another 5% for a total of $10,000. Then they wanted you to close in 30 days. So you would need to either get a loan or use cash (private hard money lending for instance) within the 30 days to buy.

Sound pretty simple right? Well here is something else Bruce Norris said at the Bill Gatten / Norris conference – can you believe that the lenders are the ones that don’t have their ducks in a row and the closing sometimes goes way over the 30 days as they don’t have all the paperwork ready for you to close! Fancy that – a lender being swamped with paperwork! I’m just joking – we all know their is a mountain of paperwork lenders are facing in today’s foreclosure environment but just wanted to give you a heads up that you may have more time than 30 days to close and what that means, more time to find your retail buyer to flip that house to!