Dominate Your Local Market!

A short while ago, we posted a review of Open-Realty® 2.5, the latest version of the popular real estate listing and website program. (You can read the review here.)

Feedback tells us that there are still quite a few agents and investors who could be using Open-Realty to build their business, but are intimidated by the thought of installing the software, setting up the databases, configuring the application, changing themes (templates), and so on.

I have always felt that technology should level the playing field in most occupations, not set a bar that makes entry or advancement difficult. That is one of the chief reasons that Orange Cat Productions set up the How Do I DO That? Videos website – to make technology easier for folks like you and me to understand and use.

There are a LOT of web hosting companies who offer control panel installation of software and configuration of the databases they run from, but you still need a degree of technical knowledge to keep the process from turning into a nightmare. Many of these accounts sit around doing nothing for their owner, wasting both time and money.

Well, now OrangeCat.net has a solution to that. Hosting accounts with Open-Realty, WordPress or Joomla! Content Management and PHPList list building software already installed and ready to use. Have a look at OrangeCat’s pre-installed hosting solutions here.

No more uploading, installing and configuring software. No more setting up users, passwords and tables to get a database up and running. No searching for and installing templates, themes and plugins to get the most out of your software. It’s all done for you. All you do is add content – which is as easy as creating a letter in Word.

And if that’s not all, OrangeCat.net can manage your site for you from top to bottom. Whether it’s adding, updating or deleting content, listings, products, email addresses or anything else, OrangeCat can do it FOR you. Find out more about OrangeCat’s Done4U Internet Marketing Services.

So now even the most devout technophobe can use the Internet to build their business – no matter what that business may be. And now there’s no reason why you should ever feel intimidated by technology. Make technology work FOR you! Click here to learn more.

I’ve got some news about a special project from OrangeCat.net that could benefit all of you tremendously.

Learning to use new technologies effectively can save you time and money. Lots of time and money. But the learning curve of most software, especially web software can be intimidating.

Tech manuals are written by tech people for tech people. They assume a basic knowledge of the subject that you may not have.

That’s not your fault. The time you spend running your business eats up a large part of your day. You’d rather not spend your precious family and personal time studying how to use the latest whiz-bang software.

I recently had a customer tell me that even though they knew that having a blog could really help them gain new business as well as retain current business, she just didn’t have the time to invest in learning how to setup and use a blog.

Now, that’s something we can all relate to.

That customer’s problem got me to thinking. Why couldn’t there be an easier way for busy business persons to have a website complete with all software set up for them? Why couldn’t it be delivered turn-key and ready-to-go ? Then why couldn’t there be a way to learn to use that software in a user-friendly, time-efficient way backed up by world class service?

Well, now there is. And you are among the first to hear about it.
(It hasn’t been officially launched yet)

OrangeCat.net has put together software and hosting packages that make it easy for you to have your own blog, put your real estate listings online or both – and its all set up for you and accessorized with add-ons to make your website even more effective.

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And how about that easy way to learn we promised?

HowDoIDoThatVideos.com has video sets you can watch at your leisure and learn all about the software on your website. And if that’s not enough, membership in HowDoIDoThatVideos.com is F-R-E-E to all OrangeCat.net hosting customers.

You can join HowDoIDoThatVideos.com without being an OrangeCat customer. See the website for more information.

So what are you waiting for? Your competition is getting ready. Are you?

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Ever feel like quitting? Ever felt like you didn’t have what it takes to reach your goals? This six minute video has something to say to us all.

How to Optimize for Local Search

Today we bring you a video where Dr. Ralph Wilson interviews Frederick Marckini on How to Optimize for Local Search. If you do any kind of business in a specific geographic area, this video is a “must see.”

I hope you enjoyed the video and got some helpful tips from it. I just wanted to add that the time to secure your position in Google Geotargeting is now. Your competitors are already doing it, some by plan, some by accident. But accidental search engine positioning is better than no search engine positioning.

And while Google Pay per Click (PPC) advertising can be incredibly inexpensive for your local markets for most keywords, positioning yourself in the Google organic search is even less so.

What is organic search? Organic search is the unpaid search results that come up whenever you type a keyword into Google, Yahoo, MSN or any other search engine. Your customers are more likely to click on organic search results, but it is harder to get near the top of the listings for your chosen keyword.

There are strategies that you could be using right now to better your position in organic search. We took a client in Houston, TX to the top of her keyword search results because her competition had left themselves vulnerable.

And there is an important lesson in that for all of us. Once a website is well positioned in the organic search results for a given keyword, it is much harder to dislodge them than it would have been to work your way into that position in the first place.

So the time to move is now, before your competition gets any more firmly entrenched ahead of you. Orange Cat Productions has some basic strategies for improving your organic search position in local markets. Contact Orange Cat today and start building your positioning while it is still affordable.

A new addition to OrangeCat.net’s web hosting line-up is the Easy Site web site creation software that can be ordered with any Signature Web Server. Now, creating a professionals looking website is as easy as pie as Easy Site’s web interface does most of the heavy lifting for you.

Over 100 professional website templates for you to choose from, upload your logo, fill in your text and click “Publish” – this is a website management system that ANYONE can use.

Easy Site Signature servers start at just $15.50 per month with FREE setup. There are Pro and Pro Plus upgrade options available so your server cangrow along with your business.

Orange Cat has been in web hosting since 1996 and has hosted some pretty big names along the way so you can be sure that you are in good hands. O’Cat has hosted event, special promotions or main websites for AT&T, Lucent, Rolling Rock Breweries, B&G Foods, Ac’cent, B&M Beans, Underwood Foods, Brer Rabbit, Las Palmas, Emeril’s Originals, Polaner, Regina Vinegars, Vermont Maid and more.

More information is available at OrangeCat.net