Join the Internet's First Network of Business Cards ~ Build, broadcast, and discover business cards on the web.
BusinessCard2 is another great way to add to your online presence. It is similiar to LinkedIn and will be picked up by all the major search engines.
Bill Gassett's BusinessCard2 - here is the link to what my business card looks like on the site. One of the things you will notice while viewing my card is that you are allowed to add as many links as you like to other sites you may have. I have added both my Active Rain blog as well as my other Metrowest Massachusetts Blog. I have also added my Hopkinton Massachusetts Real Estate website.
The fact that you are able to add more than a couple of sites has allowed me to "deep link" some of the interior pages of my website which is a good SEO practice. When you have links to interior pages of your website Google and other search engines view your site as having valuable information. This will help boost the overall page rank of your site over time.
A quick summary of benefits:
For those of you who don't seem to understand SEO, joining sites such as BusinessCard2, Linkedin, ect are not social networking sites like Active Rain where you invest an abundance of time. You will take a few minutes to create a profile and you will be done. If someone contacts you later and they want to join your network or want to do business with you...GREAT! Not only are sites like BusinessCard2 valuable for networking but they will also increase your websites position in search engine results.
** In the Real Estate world it is crucial to have an online presence. I know if I was selling my home I would not want to be using a "secret agent". I would want someone in my corner who knew how to expose my home to the masses online. One of the easiest ways to see if a Realtor will do a good job marketing a home is to see if they have a good online presence.
This can be accomplished by Googling a Realtors name. There should be pages and pages of results!! If you Google a Real Estate agents name and don't come up with much information it means they don't know how or have not invested the time to market themselves on the internet. If they don't know to market themselves, how could you possible expect them to do a good job marketing your home?
An agent connected online is more often than not a successful agent.
Here are a few other business sites you may want to read about:
Connectture for Real estate.
Upworld ~ Professional Network for the Real Estate industry.
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The above information on BusinessCards2 was provided by Bill Gassett, the team leader for the #4
RE/MAX Team in Massachusetts in 2007.
Bill can be reached via email at billgassett@remaxexec.com or by phone at 508-435-5356. Bill has helped people move in and out of many Metrowest towns for the last 22 Years. Bill's office is conveniently located in the center of Hopkinton Massachusetts at 77 Main Street.
I have a passion for Real Estate and love to share my marketing expertise! I would welcome the opportunity to earn your business.
Selling your home in Metrowest Massachusetts see Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate. Want to have MLS access to beat other buyers to your dream home? Sign up with no obligation at my MLS Property Finder Site.
I service the following towns in Metrowest Massachusetts: Hopkinton, Milford, Upton, Southboro, Westboro, Ashland, Holliston, Mendon, Hopedale, Medway, Grafton, Northbridge, Uxbridge, and Framingham MA.
Click here to view Bill Gassett's Real Estate profile.
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Bill - I am simply in awe of your ability to keep up with all of the latest online tools and networking sites. Once again, I learned something new from your blog. Keep up the good work!
Jason - Thanks...I appreciate the compliments. I really enjoy SEO and seeing my website and blog on the 1st page of Google! The business it brings is incredible :)
Great post, thanks for sharing. There are soooooo many different ideas popping up, it's hard to filter through them all.
Rebecca - Good luck with the BusinessCard2 site!
Bill - Thanks for sharing BusinessCard2, I agree with your analysis. This is the type of inbound link that is an easy score on the SEO board. Any time there is an opportunity to set up a public profile with links to your business website is an easy win, especially if it does not require a lot of time or maintenance.
Best wishes!
Bill, as usual you have another great idea!! This is very simple and will give a lot of link love! Thanks again!
IMNJ - Your welcome. Hope BusinessCard2 works for you. Sites like this are really easy to set up and not worry about and never a bad thing for SEO.
Jo - Thanks...Some more link love and internet presence for you!
Bill, I will take a look at the site. Seems pretty interesting.
Darryl - Good luck with BusinessCards2. It is really easy to set up a profile and improve your SEO.
BILL - Anytime that we can appear in more Google searches, we are better off. I will see you over there asap. Thanks for the tip (as usual).
Adam - Your welcome. I know you "get it" my friend!
Bill, I'm blown away by how you manage to keep up with all of these new places that give us a little more "juice" for our business :)
p.s. love the secret agent comment!
Hi Lisa - Ya I know some of my fellow Rainers call me Mr. Social network - LOL Real Estate is probaby one of the few things where you wouldn't want a "secret agent" working with you :)
Wow Bill-- that is so cool. I checked out your card and am fooling around with the site now. Thanks for the tip. Enjoy your day. Regards, C.
C - Best of luck with BusinessCard2. Hope you make some more online connections.
Bill - I got my card! Now, if I can just get my image to upload...
Check out the other two networking sites I have just added as well :) Best of luck with them!
Linda - Is your picture not taking? I did it this morning and did not have any issues with it.
Nope..I'm going to go back over and try again. I don't have any trouble loading it anywhere else. I tried 3 times and it wouldn't load, but I'm not getting any user errors?
Thanks for another tip, Bill. I will go over to BC2.
The Secret Agent test is a good one that I have used and yes, I got the listing!
Hi Bill:
I agree with your assessment concerning an online presence today. It seems every successful agent I've worked with was extensively linked throughout the Internet. Like you mentioned, they have pages of entires within organic search when you Google their name.
Bill, I got it uploaded.. Totally user error! LOL
Thanks for the information.I will check it out.
Linda - Glad you were able to get it worked out :)
Mark - It makes a big difference for the agent and the consumers they work with to have an online presence!
Gita - Good luck with BusinessCards2.
Bill, thanks once again a great post, thanks for the information.
I have tried to gain the techno knowledge but end up falling short. I have joined LinkedIn and ActiveRain but don't know how to really utilize it. Suggesions?
Bill, thanks so much for your sharing of valuable online presence tools - I'm going to check it out. Thanks again!
Okay Bill, how many different toys must I have? ;-) Everytime I check your post, I find something new to join to sign up for, to, to, to??? ;-) Thanks Bill - again. I'll check this out too. ;-)
Bill - Thanks for the tip. I'm a newbie, so I haven't seen all the aforementioned gadgets, but I'll keep an eye on your blog and see if I can keep up.
I went to the BusinessCard2 site and created a card. I'll get it fixed up and send you the results.
Bryan - Your welcome...good luck with BusinessCards2.
Jamie - This is a question that would take quite a long time to explain. Feel free to give me a call and I would be happy to offer you some advice.
Lynn- Your welcome...best of luck with it.
Teri - Keeping you busy am I? :)
Michael - Good luck with BusinessCards2. There is so much great information here at Active Rain. You will be amazed at what you discover.
Hi Bill...Great Tip, I'll be sure to follow up on this. Thanks for Sharing!
Cheers, have a great day!
Thanks, Bill Signed up and looking forward to your next informative post !
Bill, I am in complete awe of you and your SEO knowledge. Question.....do you sleep??? Thanks for a great tool once again!
Tina in Virginia
sounds great! i will have to check it out then and see what this is all about! I love all the free information that we are able to share with each other here on active rain!
Thanks for sharing. I will definitely check it out.
Just joined.....love new websites such as this.
Thanks for sharing this important information -- appreciated!
Li
Li Read, RE/MAX Salt Spring, B.C., Canada
liread33@gmail.com
I use emailideas.com and always receive compliments. People can text from your business card, email, call you, etc. Check it out also and it is sooooooo cheap to do. They have pre-templated info. If I was tech savy I'd connect a link, but I'm still learning how to do all of that good stuff.
It's a great idea to have a card of any type as your signature. Your's looks great Bill!
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Roberts
www.lisasellscypress.com
Bill~ Thanks I will have to log in some time to call and get some tips from you. Thanks!
Bill, Wow you're at it again. Thank you for the information. I am going over now and creating my profile. Thanks again.
Great stuff! Hopefully more clients will find me on there!
Bill, thanks for the reminder. I guess last year I set-up an account over at Connections and forgot all about it. I started a group
to help everyone get together and brainstorm different ways to market their business cards and feel a little bit at home while away from Active Rain.
Please be sure and come on over and join the group. We would love to have your input.
Fred - Your welcome. Best of luck with BusinessCards2 and the other sites mentioned.
Bill - Your welcome :)
Tina - Seo has become a hobby that I love, especially when you see results from it!
Naoma - No doubt Active Rain is a fantastic place to learn more!
Pamela - Your welcome...good luck with BusinessCards2.
Phil & Terry - Me too...anything to help your web presence is a good thing.
Lisa - Thanks for the info :)
Mana - Your welcome...BusinessCards2 is just another place to be found online :)
Chris - Yes hopefully they do!
Gena - Thanks I will have to check it out. Is it at connections or Connectture?
Awesome stuff Bill, I am gonna have to check into setting mine up then!
Jeremy - Good luck with your SEO efforts :) Setting up an account at BusinessCards2 is a small step.
Thank you! I will be checking this out today!
Hi Bill - Well getting this done took care of my afternoon ;-) I tend to be a little pokey though, especially when it involves color selection! I seem to have a little problem as well. I can't see my card, your card, nobody's card. I added the site to my allowed list but still nothing. So I don't know the result of my labor. Can you see me at http://GailMacMillan.businesscard2.com When I first read your post I clicked on your card and it did populate - once only! I appreciate you sharing this, seems like the company is very SEO oriented. Hope you don't me sticking my card in here....need your input. Thanks
Hi Gail - I just went to BusinessCards2 and did see your card there so you should be all set.
Bill-Thanks for the great tip! I already have added my name to BC2.
-Joe
Joe - Glad to help out in your SEO efforts!
Thanks Bill - I just tried your link again and it worked...and so did mine. Today seems to be a day where things only want to work part of the time, thanks for checking it out and for the google juice too! Ha - even the spell checker worked this time ;-)
Bil,
You the man! Thanks for the write-up. For the sake of full disclosure here, we're not just an SEO channel (although we're darn good at helping out in that area). Behind the scenes we're building a technology we call "Identity Broadcasting". In the months to come, we'll have a platform in place where you, or any professional, can go outside of specific walled garden websites and blast your professional self out across the four-corners of the web. Around here we have a true passion for what we're doing. We feel strongly that to help you connect with new potential clients you first need to get in front of those clients. I can't lift the skirt any more at this time, but we have some really cool stuff on the way.
Again, thank you so much for finding us worthy. Best Regards.
- Lief Larson, co-founder
http://lieflarson.businesscard2.com
I was going to blog today. But I am glad that I did because if I didn't I would've missed this blog. Thanks for sharing this information with us Bill.
Lief - I am honered that you have dropped in to say hello! I am excited to hear about your site and the potential it offers. Looking forward to see what is coming next!
Gail - Your welcome. Glad it all worked out :)
Lanre - Glad to help out with your online presence.
Thanks Bill for another great tip on Seo and deep linking. Have a great day
Bill,
Again another great post.
Thanks,
Dave
Bill, sorry. The latter of the two.
Bill, Thank you so much for sharing your tech knowledges. Not everybody is willing to do that. We all in the network appreciate it. Oh.. by the way I already set up my BC2. Thanks to you.
Warms Regards,
Sonia Bravo
RE/MAX Premier Realty
Ocala, Fl 34471
Phone 352-209-4420
Russ - Your welcome my friend :)
Dave - thanks much appreciated.
Hi Gena- I will try to get connected with you over at Connectture :)
Sonai - No problem...I enjoy SEO and social networking and am always happy to share my knowledge.
Thank you for the info. Love learning about nre products and services on Active Rain.
Lisa - Learning about new sites here at AR is great! Best of luck with BusinessCards2.
Bill, thanks for the advice! I went there yesterday and made my own! I also joined the ActiveRain group and may end up joining and or creating a few myself. I think this could be a great networking tool, and I think it is always good that we be findable everywhere.
Stephen - Glad to hear you made it to the site. Best of luck with your SEO efforts.
Thanks, never heard about BussinessCard2, will do!
Carolina - Best of luck in your SEO and with BusinessCards2.
Bill - THanks for the tip. I'll try it out. One thing I really like about active rain is the great ideas that people are willing to share.
Thanks for sharing! I always appreciate it when others share great info! You are the best!
Regards
Rick Goates
Keller Williams Realty
Redding CA
Richard - Thanks. I hope you like BusinessCards2.
great idea! Thanks for sharing.
JACK McSweeney, SRES, e-PRO, PVS, MRA
RE/MAX Palos Verdes Execs
http://JackMcSweeney.com
http://SoBayCalMLS.com
310 346-0391 Cell - 310 861-5045 Fax
Experience...it works every time!
wow I love all this free great information. Thanks so much for taking the time to share it
Jack & Desiree - You are welcome. Hope you like BusinessCards2.
hey Bill, THERE YOU GO AGAIN! From marketing houses to high speed jumping over the moon--- and back to Blogland, bringing the future to us humanoids... geez! my head is spinning!!! You are so wired... thanks for keeping us so connected to what's ahead.
This is great. I'm going to sign up this evening!
Hi Mara I am getting out my universal translator to figure out what you are saying - LOL :)
Darlene- I hope you like BusinessCards2.
Fantastic info Bill - I have added you to my list and am subscribing to your blog!!
Bill - Thanks so much. It looks like a great site. The only thing I noticed is your picture on the card looks a little "squished".
This is GREAT! Thank you for this post...I am going to try to add my information and I am joining your blog
Max - Glad you like my blog and have become a subscriber...I appreciate it. Good luck in your SEO efforts.
Tom - You are welcome my friend.
Ginger - Glad you like BusinessCards2! Thanks for becoming a subscriber.
Bill, thanks for the great information! I can depend on you to find new sites to increase our internet exposure, thanks for the post.
Debbie - Your welcome. Hope you get something out of BusinessCards2.
Bill, once again...all I can say it thank you for keeping us informed. I have joined almost everything you recommended. Honestly, how many do you really keep up with and actively participate in.
Hi Missy - I really don't participate in anything but Active Rain. When I say participate I mean have active interaction. Many of the sites I have mentioned are to create an online presence and increase ones SEO via backlinks. These are not site where you spend lots of time. Many of them you create a profile and that is it :) BusinessCards2 is really just your business card online with enhancements. This is not a social network...hope this makes sense.
Thanks for the great info. I'm definitely going to check this out!
wonderful, I got one of these several days ago!
http://das.businesscard2.com/das
Thanks for the post,
Das
Bill - Thanks so much! I hadn't seen this one before and I am certainly signing up!
Thanks for the information. We need all the help and exposure we can get.
Bonner
I like it! So much to do. So little time. My weekend list is getting longer but I'll be there.
Thanks for sharing!
hey Bill, these business cards are fantastic. Thanks for helping us all get ahead as you continue scouting around and delivering the best back to us!
If you have a new site or are launching a new site consider following these steps and you would end up in gaining huge free traffic. Always submit your site to free search engines. Once the links are indexed, it becomes easy to optimize the site. Write good content and submit your site to social book marking sites as del.ico.us, digg, myspace, simpy, reddit etc. Create blogs on different sites and regularly keep on updating them, Try adding useful and unique content, Visitors are always looking for useful and unique content.
Submit your site to free web directories, search engines, niche directories, and high page rank directories, authority directories as DMOZ, yahoo, and Google directory.
Write articles on your subject and submit in article directories. It is usually seen that articles provide permanent back links. Place adds on free classified sites
Make RSS feeds and syndicate your sites content. Submit your feeds on RSS directories
If any page is missing or is not found or 404 error redirect that page to index page or any other important page
Offer something free on your site be it free newsletter, free articles-books, RSS feeds
Participate in link exchange
Add your site to Google webmasters account
Create xml site map
Leave comments on blogs with your sites link
Create a guest book on your site
You tube and pod casts are also an excellent way to launch viral campaigns.
Send emails with description of your company
Advertise on Craig list and gum tree
Submit in forums with link to your site
Ask bloggers to write about your services or products
Submit in deep link directories
Mara - Your welcome. Glad you are enjoying BusinessCards2.
Palcom - Thanks fpr dropping in. You have offered some really good advice for those wishing to work on their SEO.
Thanks so much Bill! I loved the BusinessCard2 one that you gave. I am off to try this one out! Thanks again!
Hi Leesa - I am glad you like the BusinessCard2 Site.
Thanks Bill. I am going to check out the site. Thanks for taking the time to post.
Ken Jansen REALTOR overland Park
Great idea.... It was really fast to do, only took a few minutes. Thanks!
Your welcome Ken. I hope BusinessCard2 is of help to you.
Sandra - Glad you like the BusinessCard2 site.
Bill, I just don't know how you do it! How do you come up with such amazing blogs full of facts and figures almost every day?? I just can't do it! Very impressive.
Hi Bill,
Thanks so much for the great info. Will be signing up for BusinessCard2 right away!
Best,
Patrick Walsh
Sam - LOL..not all the time. Online Business Cards is just another place to have your name online:)
Patrick - your welcome...good luck with it.
Bill, I am glad I came across this post today. I will sign up . Thanks for sharing.
Gita - takes a few minutes - Good luck!
Bill thank you for yet another very valuable SEO tip. I always learn so much from reading your posts.
Michelle - You are quite welcome...this is an old one:)
Bill,
Here's an article I wrote, which might further assist & was recently published in several trade magazines:
Expanding the Realtor Reach - Five (Free) Building Blocks to Fast Forward Future Sales
Realtors don't need to be reminded how competitive it is to gain new clients, nor do they need to be reminded how the recent economic turmoil affects local transaction activity. Instead, well-healed Realtors are better served focusing on the future and how they can progressively promote their skill sets to attract and retain new clients. Below are five free building blocks to expand the Realtor's reach and gain new clients:
Website - Okay, this may be a bit obvious, but let this be your core - your foundation for the building blocks that follow. Make sure it presents well, personifies your abilities, showcases your listings, and conveys confidence.
Blog - Consider the website your formal business card and your blog is the less formal conversation you have as you exchange business cards. Make sure you have something good to say. Chronicle a unique experience. Feature timely information about the local market that only you know best. Feel free to provide tasteful links to your listings, but don't dilute your blog with that (admittedly important) content. Instead, let that content reside on your website. If your reader likes what you share in your blog, then they will find you and your listings on your website.
Facebook - A nifty profile with lots of friends just isn't enough. Instead, create a fan page and encourage all your friends and past clients to "fan" you. Using this platform, broadcast recent listings (with links, of course), sales, recent blog posts, open houses, and all other meaningful activity.
Twitter - Twitter is now the medium where news breaks first. Think of it as your personal news room. Create an account, follow only those who interest you most (not the whole planet), and encourage your clients and prospective clients to follow you. After all, this is the platform you will use to broadcast the latest listings - in most cases before they surface anywhere else. This is your chance to get a leg-up on the competition. Do not underestimate the power of this free resource!
Village Voyage- The Internet is an abyss of information and you've worked hard to build your brand. Tie it all together with Village Voyage. Similar to Wikipedia, Village Voyage is a wiki and anyone can participate. Think of it as your on-line cocktail party with many different conversations all centered around your community, your target audience, your clients. Create a Village Voyage page to further expand your online presence, while at the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity to add valuable back-links to your website, blog, and other online pages. Beyond that, be bold. Use Village Voyage to meet new clients, build credibility, and differentiate yourself by demonstrating your local market knowledge and expertise. (See the State index to locate the market(s) that interest you most: http://www.villagevoyage.com/wiki/Category:States )