“One Post Every Two Weeks” vs. . . . Daily(!) “A good blog needs to publish new, original content on a regular basis . . . As a general rule of thumb, a good blog should be updated with new posts at least once every other week.” –“Today’s Best Real Estate Blogs,” RETipster. Applying the...Read More
Advertising Arbitrage I couldn’t be happier with Google’s search software: type in “Twin Cities Real Estate Blog,” and this site consistently pops up as #1 (by the way, that’s also the result on Bing, Yahoo!, and AOL). On the other hand, I’m a less-than-happy user of Google’s advertising software, called “Adsense.” Google pays me something...Read More
“Golden (Not So) Oldies” As a service to newcomers to this blog (and to jump start hits on the redesigned site), herewith is a “Top Ten” list of previous City Lakes Real Estate posts. Do a keyword search on any of the post titles (below), and you’ll see it pop up in the top 5 hits (or...Read More
“Will the Real Ross Kaplan Please Stand Up?” Yes, I work in real estate. And yes, I used to live on the Upper West side in Manhattan, where this “For Rent” sign appears. But that’s not me co-listing the office space pictured at left (snapped and forwarded to me by my sister). At least, it’s...Read More
“NYC Stoops and Horse Manure” Many suspect it, but I have definitive proof that people’s minds really are in the gutter. Literally. In almost 2,000 posts over 3 years covering everything from Twin Cities real estate to Federal Reserve monetary policy to geothermal energy, the City Lakes blog post getting the most attention on Google...Read More
Which of These Books Would You Buy? [Editor’s Note: This post originally ran last September. I’m updating and re-running it now because Google search no longer retrieves it, even though a number of visitors to this blog have queried “parenting over 40.” Not enough tags, perhaps??] For years, I’ve been threatening to write a book...Read More
