What Our Clients and Fans Have To Say:
In additon to the testimony below, feel free to read the kind words of our fans over at the Real Estate Tomato by clicking the Tomato Juice to the left.
Below you’ll find our most recent testimonials from our blogging clients as well as some kind words from our peers:
Jim
Thanks again for being the single most positive impact on my real estate career.
John C. Coley
Coley Real Estate
LakeMartinVoice.com
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I just wanted to say “Thank you” for everything you and The Real Estate Tomato have done for my business! There is no way we would be enjoying the success we have had without your training.
Charles Woodall
DothanHomeSearch.com
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I feel like I’m a Tomato groupie! Have to remind you I am 2 months into my Tomato training and I can affirm just how great they are. It is almost amazing to be a couple of months into a relationship with a ‘vendor’ and they still treat you like you are a potential customer, even though you have signed on the dotted line. WOW!
Susan Blackmon
Bucking The Real Estate Trend
Thanks to you and your staff I have been able to cut way back on my farming and other outside advertising and focus mainly on my online marketing. I’m finding the blog leads to be far better (more in line with the clients I love to work with) and a much higher price point. I feel I can pinpoint my niche market so much better with blogging instead of throwing the net far and wide as with print and direct mail marketing.
Many thanks to you for your help, intense education and wonderful support. Looking forward to a great tomato blogging future!
Blog On,
Tracey Thomas
Blog Calabasas
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Hi Jim:
Thought you might want to check out the piece I just posted on www.AnnapolisHomeDigest.com. Now that I’m an official tomato grad, I decided to crow about it.
Feel free to use it a a main tomato post if you like. Enjoy, and please help me spread it around!
Thanks to all you guys for getting me started,
Ken Haedrich
410-224-7459 or 800-216-9679
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I really can’t say enough about Jim and the whole crew at The Tomato. Being new to the blogosphere I really had no idea what to expect. From day one they were honest about what it takes to be successful and were clearly there to show me the way.
Nikki and I are so pleased with the look, feel and functionality of the site. Most impressive, however was the training. It was well thought out and directed, yet still allowed time to focus on areas of concern I had at the given time. I can’t imagine getting up to speed without them. Thanks for all of your efforts and guidance!
Eric Ransom
Keller Williams Capital Partners Realty
614-431-0637
RealEstateLaundry.com
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“To anyone reading this, grab Jim now before he’s too busy to create successful websites- it’s just a matter of time, and he’s the BEST to work with.” (Not to worry, Laurie… My team has my back, and they’re the best to work with!).
Laurie Mindich
OptionsRealty.com
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Jim,
Right now I have so much business that I can hardly keep up with it. I literally am having a hard time juggling the people who want to list or buy. I had a pretty good referral business already but the blog has definitely added to it. I don’t do mail outs, or phone calls at all. I do 100% referral and it is exploding. Most of it is from people who read my blog and tell their friends to call.
Marty Van Diest
Wasilla, AK
ValleyMarket.com
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Jim,
You are a true professional and continue to impress me with your work ethic, graphics, and systems.
KUDOS.Aaron Auxier, REALTOR®
“Hollywood’s Connection to Vegas”TM
Luxury Realty Group, LLC
www.VegasCondoScene.com
Direct-702-205-1818
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Hi Jim,
I wanted to drop you a quick note of thanks. I finally reached the end of my Tomato training and obtained the coveted “tomato-graduate” chiclet. It’s a great sense of accomplishment, sort of surprising actually as I didn’t expect to feel so “graduate-like”. I mean, dang, isn’t this just a service I signed up for to improve my web presence? Of course now, I can say the answer to that is a resounding “NO” even hell-no.
I’ve always been a believer in web-based marketing, etc. I really sort of happened upon your site while trying to figure out the blog stuff - like what is a blog, what does it do, etc. I perused your site and things started clicking. I was seeing things that began to help me start gelling some thoughts that were floating around. Filling out your inquiry form was a version of a leap of faith. I tend to be quite cynical of these and expected to get a call from yet another person trying to sell me services that are the “magic formula” for generating real estate success.
After our first conversation I was sold. You didn’t give me the hard sell, didn’t make a lot of crazy claims, didn’t even use any of the typical “closes”. We spoke again the next day, and though I was committing more money than I ever had to any single thing in my real estate business to date, I felt completely at ease with my decision. (still do for that matter)
I was a little concerned when I found out I was not going to be working directly with you, but Chris has been outstanding. I have graduated with a tremendous amount of knowledge about blogging, marketing, etc. Way more than I expected….I really didn’t expect to learn this so completely. You guys have taught me an incredible amount, and given me the tools to keep growing.
So, Jim, an HUGE thank you to you and the entire Tomato staff. I’m still completely pumped about this maybe even more so than after our first conversation. I hope to continue learning and growing in this endeavor, and hope to stay in touch with you guys so you can proudly say, one day, “there’s one of our prize students…”
If you ever need to use me as a referral to someone considering your services….feel free to give them my contact info…
Warm regards,
Brian Miller
AND…. (drum roll please) As of today, Focus on Crofton is now on
page one of a google for Crofton Maryland real estate - from about
page 18 or so…all in less than 3 months from launch
YOU are the best!
Margaret Woda
I get feedback. I get at least one email a day just to thank me for what I’m doing. I can’t go anywhere in my market area without having total strangers tell me they’ve read me, and will use me “someday”. I’m getting referrals from TOTAL Strangers who read me, and tell someone at work to read me. They call and say someone sent me to your site, and I have no clue who it is that sent them.
EVERY one of my last 15 new listings were “come list my house” calls. EVERY other thing I do that’s not on the internet is only geared at driving traffic to the blog. I have 2 listing in escrow that I’m on both sides of. They didn’t even want to see any listings other than mine.
I spend about 2 hours total a day “doing the blog” .. that’s what JJ calls it. “Did you do your blog yet?” I aim for and have with rare exceptions done 3 to 4 posts a day for a year now. I rarely ever write long posts. EVERY one of my last 15 new listings were “come list my house” calls.
And Jim and the Tomatos taught me so much, and fixed or straightened out or re-educated me about what I had been doing wrong.
March 5 will be the one year anniversary of http://www.veryvintagevegas.com Without having started to blog then, I think I’d be managing a Burger King about now.
“Uncle” Jack LeVine
VeryVintageVegas.com
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“Jim helped me create my website and get it to the first page SEO in a few short months. He is an expert in his field and the entire blogging community looks up to him.”
Daniel Bates
MyMcClellanville.net
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WOW. . .what a trip, from green on the vine to a ribbon at the fair, the “St. Louis Real Estate” fair, no less.
Our blogging experiment started with a lot of research on the web that, fortunately for us, found it’s way to a blogging zealot named Jim Cronin at the “Real Estate Tomato”. My first impression was that he was a fast talking guy with all the answers, I was soon to find out that he was a fast talking guy with all the answers and MORE.
The trip was everything that Jim said it would be and he supplied the encouragement when we thought we were wasting our time and not making any progress. We wanted our blog to provide timely and useful information for consumers across the entire St. Louis real estate spectrum. We started posting in March and really struggled through the first 4 months. Then we started making progress in some of the minor keyword searches. . . but we wanted the whole enchilada� tomato. . . St. Louis Real Estate.
Holy Tomato, sometime in early November we were page ranked in Google (four out of ten) and recently are page one, number four, when searching “St Louis Real Estate” using Google.
Our sincere thanks to Jim Cronin and the Tomato Team for coming through with everything they promised and MORE. Thanks Jim, Jason and Molly and the� entire team for helping us stay the course and giving us the tools and encouragement along the way.
Doug Aegerter and Art Wagner
www.StLouisRealEstateVoice.com
Keller Williams Realty Southwest
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Hey Jim,
Truly fantastic job, You are now MORE than ‘the man’! :)
You are extremely talented. A true ‘over-achiever’. I really love it.
It’s cool, sexy, fun, feminine yet works for a guy too I think….very
very good. I love the ‘the fresh’ and ‘the look’ and ‘the luxury’
which brings in the real estate. You are extremely clever - AND
artistic!
You ‘da man!!!! :)
Many, many thanks.
Warmly,
Betsy Coughlan
www.LuxuryUnplugged.com
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Since my days with Tomato, I have had an incredible run on visibility both by clients, the media and the Internet. A website that I’ve had for over 5 years took about 4 years to reach a Google pagerank of 2 and once I had my blog site at Sacramento Real Estate Voice, within just a few months I received a Google pagerank of 3 for my stagnate website.
My blog site only took about 3-4 months and I quickly received a 5 page rank with Google. Absolutely amazing! SacramentoRealEstateVoice has also climbed into uncharted waters by making it onto the first page on Google for Sacramento Real Estate. Along with the ranking, I would say that it took about 6 months of blogging when suddenly I started receiving calls from prospective clients and the news media as well as radio. It has been steady but then again so has my blogging. I just don’t have enough hours in the day to write everything I would like.
My clients have each said when they call that they have been reading my blog for some time and got to know me. It should be noted, however that they never commented. All of this takes time.
Tomato and his team have been diligent and helpful in providing me the initial blogging education and further helping me to be the best that I can be…I am a work in progress.
Thank you Tomato and the artful team!
Gena Riede
SacramentoRealEstateVoice.com
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We have been incredibly happy with our new blogsite designed by the guys at Tomato! We also continue to climb Google rankings and our subscribers are growing as well. Check us out!
Brad Nix
Maxsell.net
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“Jim has put together a class act team of professionals at Real Estate Tomato. Having Blogged about Columbus Area Real Estate for years without much to show for it, I asked Jim if his company could help me redesign and invigorate my blog.
They responded with a quality product at a reasonable cost and have continued to provide excellent resources and mentorship now that it’s up and running.
I would recommend Jim’s work to any one ready to establish or kick up their web presence a notch.”
Joe Peffer
Columbus Homes Blog
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I love the Tomato heads! The training that I am getting from them is invaluable to me. I debated a while before I took the leap- but I’m so glad I did. It’s personal and professional and right on the mark!
What you learn from them is leaps and bounds beyond anything in the epro class or any other real estate class for that matter.
I’m still going thru training with realestatetomato- but I’ve gotten a new buyer from them. It’s been about 3 weeks since I’ve started posting. Which is really good for me. I love my blog and I’m having such fun blogging. I haven’t been this excited about real estate….well since never.
Mary DeLuca
BeltwayRamblings.com
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Just typed “Heritage Wake Forest” into Google and about fell out of my chair when I saw the second article I wrote about this hot neighborhood at the bottom of the first page!!! Composed myself, saw the words “two hours ago” at the end of the post, almost fell out of chair again. I posted this at 4:33 pm and did the search at 8:30 pm.
I can tell you that people will very likely use this term to search in this neighborhood.
I’m continuing to show up for more and more search terms. Can’t believe the speed at which this is happening.
The Tomato Rocks!
Bob Fortner
Keller Williams Realty
919-602-7000
RaleighRealEstateTalk.com
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Jim, Jason, Molly, and anyone else behind “The Tomato”–Congrats to you all. You guys and gals are awesome. You have helped bring me and my business into the new world of blogs and the technology to create them. Thank you. Especially for your patience through the months of mentoring. My vote, obviously is for “The Tomato.” Keep up the great work!!!
Blog On!!
Art Wagner
The St. Louis Real Estate Voice
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“Jim and the gang at Real Estate Tomato are Jedi’s among the galaxy of blogs and websites in the real estate industry. They took my ideas and goals and improved upon them to deliver me a real estate website combined with a blogging platform that is a Google magnet! Jim has also proven the ability to train Padawan bloggers into Master Jedis and I’d love to get a count of his midi-chlorians.”
Brad Nix
Maxsell.net
“Jim Cronin, aka The Real Estate Tomato, is a real estate blogging and IT guru. He is a master at design, a wizard at setting up blogs, and ours at http://www.LuxuryHomeDigest.com owes much to Jim’s expertise. We would heartily recommend his services!”
Roberta Murphy
Luxury Home Digest
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Thank You so much. You guys have been so great with your explanations and timely responses. I am so much happier now that you guys are running my site. It is like night and day compared to my old hosting company. Keep up the great job!
Sean Stark
Options Realty.com
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Jim set up my new blog and when I say new I mean new (just a week old) I am not technically savvy or internet savvy. I had just been struggling along trying to figure out what I could on my own.
Jim, is the most patient and knowledgeable teacher and coach I have ever had! My blog is already successful - The biggest blogger in my area is linking to my new stories everyday. He got 11 comments on my post about needing a dog park in my town! This morning the big blogger guy in my town linked to my scary Halloween Real Estate Story and so far someone already left a comment. I did not expect to have any comments or activity for a long time.
Jim has helped me look like a Pro (and believe me I am not!- hardly have a clue what I am doing) He not only knows how to teach, he knows how to teach Real Estate Agents (Very Difficult to Do!) If you want to be successful blogging in Real Estate and you want to learn from the Best and you want to have FUN - Sign up with the Real Estate Tomato!
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Great stuff Jim. As a new blogger, I appreciate that you and Jason make a such a consistent effort to stay in front of the wave, bringing to our attention lots of usable new stuff. I still feel overwhelmed at times, but your classes make it fun and exciting!
Keep it up!
Marc Brinitzer
LendingClarity
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Jim, Jason and Andrew,
I logged on to my blog this morning and saw the new design. Wow! It looks amazing and it is exactly what I imagined. Andrew really understood my blog vision and put it to pixels in such a short time. I look forward to completing my Tomato Training with Jim so I can “blog on”.
Jim and Jason have made the learning curve painless and fun so that I can spend my time writing blogs and selling real estate instead of trying to figure out how to tweak my back end (of the blog). =) I’ve read several books on blogging but your your tips, tricks and ideas have been priceless. These are the things my Mother never told me about blogging. I feel like I’m so ahead of the game now.
Thank You,
Tracey Thomas, GRI, SRES
Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty
(818) 224-4303
BlogCalabasas.com
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We utilize several sites and none are more effective at generating organic
leads better than our site constructed and trained with Jim and his Tomato
team. While I caution nothing comes free in life, to maximize a blogs
effectiveness, it does take a commitment to be done correctly. In other
words, it is not a plug and go site, but if you want to stand out and
differentiate yourself, I highly urge you to talk to the knowledgeable and
friendly folks at the Tomato. In an industry full of over promises and
under delivery, our hats are off to the Tomato for delivering what they
preach, deliver and definitely understand. JOB WELL DONE TOMATO!
Sincerely,
Rick Stalker, e-pro, e-agent, Master Club
ALC Member, Technical Committee
The HomeStalkers Group @ Keller Williams
Roseville, CA
YourRealEstateVoice.com
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Finally, The Real Estate Tomato is spreading the spaghetti sauce: Jim Cronin has started TomatoBlogs.com, a turn-key real estate weblog vendor. Pre-launch blogs: The Realty Doctor, The Silver Bee and Sacramento Real Estate Voice. All WordPress, and it looks like the Tomato might be hosting them. I’m not the product endorsing type, but I have a great admiration for what Jim has done with The Real Estate Tomato. If you’re an agent or other real estate professional looking for a weblogging solution, TomatoBlogs.com looks like a good place to start.
Jim Cronin is an excellent teacher and The Real Estate Tomato is an excellent teaching web site.
Update:
Here’s the undisputed truth: The weblogs you are producing are beautiful. Up to the owners to rate you on performance, but for look and feel, TomatoBlogs are beyond excellent. So there!
–Greg Swann
BloodhoundBlog
(Greg is not a client. He’s a fellow real estate blogger whom I admire greatly)
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I never plug Jim Cronin’s Real Estate Tomato enough, although they certainly don’t need my plugs…Their content has been tops in the Real Estate Blogosphere here recently, actually for awhile. Jim is offering a comprehensive (training and all) blogsite software package for the real estate professional that looks like the cats meow.
The XBroker
(XBroker is not a client, but rather, the “Insider’s Guide to the Mortgage Industry”)
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I LOVE the LOOK, and the COLORS, and the FORMATTING…… thank you, thank you!! I’m so excited and pumped up!”
Sondra Johnson
ColumbusRealEstateVoice.com
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