lol pr is a mystery. I just want people to come to my site without payin out the @$$. Just kind of a crapshoot? I got another question. What do you write about in your blogs? The more I use a certain word like my city name the better chance it comes up on search engine right? When writing a blog I see some people write articles and others write a short paragraph on something.. which one to do?

Yes, definitely get rid of the talking avatar. Such devices are effective, but you would make your website visitors more comfortable if you put up a picture of yourself with some play buttons underneath that plays a personal message from you. This looks like a generic, group real estate site to me (which may be the intention), but it could still use a personal touch. Who are you and your group? What types of homebuyers and sellers do you serve. What can you do better than anyone else out there? Those are the things that draw people to do business with you. Also, get rid of the animated monkey. It's cute, but remember, it takes a thousand of those guys to accidentally come up with Shakespeare. What can only one accomplish?

I hope this was helpful. My purpose isn't to offend, but to instruct.

Best,

James

Thanks so much for the help, all criticism is appreciated. Can't make a great site my first time. Got rid of the monkey and talking guy now. Changed my homepage a little bit. I have no clue about seo/pr works so I'm basically using the site as a helpful/referral site for people I meet/prospects to check out. Think it's ok to start putting on flyers, cards etc?

I noticed you are using meebo IM on you site. I added it to mine about a week ago and wondering how it is working out for you?

at this point I don't have anyone coming to my site so it's been very ineffective. Has it been good helpful to you?

Well my husband can IM me from work since he is not suppose to be using yahoo email. But other than that nothing yet. I have traffic but so far no one uses it.

Might be a waste of space then huh?

It might be...I want to give it some more time before I decide.

k20, since it's not taking up valuable space on your regular home page, I would leave it. Being on the Contact Me page makes sense and someone may very well use it.

Don't be discouraged though if people don't - they most likely aren't going to come to your site and want to chat with ya, they want to see what's there.

Go to statcounter.com if you do not have a web traffic analyzer, and install the code (really easy, just cut and paste) on your website. Then you can see how many people are visiting your site, how long they're staying, etc. I check our website on statcounter nearly every day. It's been helpful in deciding which pages to expand, and which ones to just forget about.

I also use statcounter.com and it's great seeing where everyone is coming from. When I run an ad in a paper for example I can see how many of my hits are coming from their online link. It's great to see if it is generating traffic.

It is great but I haven't got any hits from anywhere except people from agentsonline.. but I like statcounter. I'll keep meebo on my contact page, just not on my home page.

Well, your website is still new isn't it?

yes very true. I'm going to have to get some new cards with my website on them now. That will probably help!