Category Archives: Bedford

Weekend in Bedford/Katonah NY | Katonah Realtor

Leave a reply

Whether you’re in search of something fun to do with the kids or you have a babysitter and are planning a night out, look no further because Patch editors have picked a variety of events taking place to help you make the most of your weekend. Click on the headline for more information of each event that’s listed alphabetically by town.

Bedford: Chowder & Marching Tag Sale and Clean Up Weekend

When: Friday-Saturday, May 3-4, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Where: Bedford Highway Yard at Route 22 and Route 172

Cost: Admission is free.

Description: Bedford’s best known tag sale takes place the same weekend that the Chowder & Marching service club picks up unwanted items from locals. Come to the highway yard to find an array of treasures at bargain prices.

Katonah: Spotlight Theater Presents Young Frankenstein

Where: The Harvey School, Katonah

When: May 3-4, May 10-11

Cost: $18

Description: Spotlight Theater presents the Mel Brooks musical. Dr. Frankenstein aims to fulfill his grandfather’s legacy by bringing a corpse back to life. With help and hindrance from servant Igor, buxom assistant Inga and needy fiancée Elizabeth, his experiment yields success and unexpected consequences.

Katonah: Fiber Arts Trunk Show 

When: Saturday May 4, Sun. May 5, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Where: The Red Barn at the John Jay Homestead, 400 Jay Street, Katonah

Cost: Free admission

Description: A sale of Quilts, Fiber Art, Hooked Rugs, Jewelry and more will benefit the Katonah Museum of Art.

 

 

http://bedford.patch.com

We Now Watch 6 Billion Hours of Content A Month on YouTube | Armonk NY Realtor

Leave a reply
We Now Watch 6 Billion Hours of Content A Month on YouTube

YouTube, which is putting on the best face it can during this week’s NewFronts, slipped in an amazing statistic during their announcement of Dreamworks’ acquisition of AwesomenessTV, a network that reaches 14 million subscribers over 55,000 YouTube channels.  Earthlings now watch YouTube to the tune of 6 billion hours a month.  That’s a 50 percent increase year-over-year.  And, they are citing a conclusion from Nielsen that YouTube reaches more people in the 18-34 demographic than any cable network.  That’s some kind of reach.

YouTube: 6 Billion Hours And Counting

As YouTube points out, 6 billion hours in a month is almost an hour for every person who lives on Earth.  Of course, it’s not nearly like that…it is a bunch of people, a little over a billion unique visitors, watching hours of content every month.  The figure was at 4 billion hours, and now it’s at 6 billion…a 50 percent increase.  That’s just mind-blowing.  But it also shows that YouTube has been hard at work finding people everywhere they go, increasing its reach in different countries (70 percent of its traffic comes outside the U.S.) and on almost every device you can think of.

I’m wondering if this time next year, we’ll be talking about 9 billion hours a month.  It was impressive when it was 4 billion.  Just imagine it being more than twice that next year.

Source: We Now Watch 6 Billion Hours of Content A Month on YouTube http://www.reelseo.com/we-watch-6-billion-hours-content-a-month-youtube/#ixzz2SFQPoDWc

Country Legend George Jones’ Estate on the Market for $8 Million | Armonk Homes

Leave a reply

If a good country song tells a story, then George Jones was a master storyteller.

The Country Music Hall of Famer, who passed away April 26 at age 81, spun tales both comical and heart-breaking — from his autobiographical drinking-gone-awry hit “Honky Tonk Song” to the emotionally charged ballad “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” regarded by many to be the greatest country music recording of all time.

Unfortunately, the story of selling Jones’ Franklin, TN estate could be a song in its own right.

First listed for $15 million in March 2011, the 80-acre property at 4025 Nestledown Dr, Franklin, TN 37067 has received a series of price cuts since hitting the market. Jones and his wife even tried dividing the property into five parcels and putting it up for auction, but total bids only reached the $2 million mark, and the couple declined. The price was dropped in late March to its current $8 million — 500 percent more expensive per square foot than a middle-of-the-road Franklin home.

The equestrian estate was built in 1993 and boasts immaculate green pastures, with a 9,704-square-foot main house and several outbuildings. Showcasing its Tennessee character, the 4-bedroom, 7.5-bath mansion also features a grand entryway, long porch and even a personal barber shop.

The for-sale listing for Jones’ longtime residence is held by Bailey & Ivey.

Housing Market Surging says ABC | Bedford Corners Real Estate

Leave a reply

And next, the big news tonight out of the housing market. Home prices surging up 9. 3%, the biggest jump in seven years.

So is it time to buy? Abc’s chief business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis spent the day talking to the experts. Right now it is a very competitive market.

Reporter: Two weeks into the hunt for their first home in san diego, and the robinsons can already see it won’t be easy. In just the few homes that we have looked at, they have sold in a few days. Reporter: Today’s study confirms home prices are up, especially in hot markets like phoenix, las vegas, los angeles, san francisco, atlanta, and dallas.

The problem, a nationwide housing shortage. There there are lots of buyers, 25% more this year than last. But the number of homes for sale is actually down.

Most homes are selling within three to five days. Reporter: Some are taking drastic measures, bidding wars are common. It’s a hot property.

via abcnews.go.com

Developing an Audience-Centric Content Strategy | Bedford Hills Realtor

Leave a reply

Google’s on-going quest to make search results more valuable to the user experience requires refining your content strategy so that it is highly relevant to your audience and potential customers beyond identifying obvious keywords around your products and services.

But how do you develop a solid audience-centric content strategy for the digital age?

Persona Analysis

It begins with a well-defined persona analysis plan…When Find and Convert engages a new client, we do the prerequisite discovery that any respectable digital marketing agency delivers. Before we dive into keyword research though, we begin with an in-depth collaborative persona analysis process to discover direct and indirect audiences that actually live in our client’s digital journey. The objective is to discover highly relevant yet sometimes indirect keywords that are significant to the way in which our clients solve their customer’s needs, and then integrate them into the content across digital assets.

Often times, our clients have a clear perception of their buyers. The objective of the persona analysis is to look beyond the most obvious audiences and discover related verticals that are relevant to the buying journey.  And to keep the discovery smooth and focused, we unveil the process in steps.

via findandconvert.com

Economic Super Bowl Day 1: Weak Data | Bedford NY Homes

Leave a reply

We’re at the start of a furious three-day sprint of data.

All around the world we’re getting jobs reports, manufacturing reports, and central bank activity.

So how’s it going so far? Pretty bad.

Last night for example we got an ugly Korean export report. Korean exports are considered a key barometer of global trade, so that’s bad news. Chinese PMI also came in below expectations, adding to the Asian economic woes. Also, Australian manufacturing hit its lowest levels since the recession.

Europe is mostly closed today (May Day) but there was ugly data in the UK and Ireland. Ireland, which is a “bright spot” saw its PMI drop big, and miss expectations. UK PMI also ame in sub-50.

Finally in the US, the data has been bad to meh. The ADP jobs report was a big whiff. Construction spending registered a big fall. The only good news is that ISM modestly beat expectations, but even this is kind of not fair, since expectations have come dramatically down in the last few days

via businessinsider.com

Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Climb by Most Since May 2006 | Armonk Homes

Leave a reply

Residential real-estate prices increased in February by the most since May 2006, showing the U.S. housing market is strengthening.

The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities rose 9.3 percent from February 2012, more than forecast, after advancing 8.1 percent in the year ended in January, the group said today in New York. The increase exceeded the 9 percent median forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Compared with the prior month, prices rose the most since October 20. 

Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Climb by Most Since May 2006

Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Climb by Most Since May 2006

Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

Higher home prices have also boosted household wealth, which will help underpin consumer spending, in turn, spur economic growth.

Higher home prices have also boosted household wealth, which will help underpin consumer spending, in turn, spur economic growth. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

No `Spring Swoon' for U.S. Economy, Thornberg Says

6:47

Christopher Thornberg, co-founding principal of Beacon Economics LLC, talks about the February S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 U.S. cities and the outlook for the housing market. Thornberg speaks with Erik Schatzker and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg)

 

urther price gains may help alleviate a lack of housing inventory by encouraging more homeowners to put their properties on the market. At the same time, mortgage rates close to all- time lows and an improving labor market are providing a boost for residential real estate, which is a source of strength for the expansion.

via bloomberg.com

Singer Taylor Swift snags $17 million mansion | Bedford Corners Real Estate

Leave a reply

According to Zillow, the white, Cape Cod traditional was previously listed at $24 million back in 2011. Apparently Swift paid in cash, which may have given her the discount on the purchase price. Not that Swift needs to worry about discounts; according to Forbes the 23-year-old is worth $57 million-plus.

See photos of the singer’s new mansion here.

via housingwire.com

Inbound Marketing | Difference Between Tactics and Strategy | Armonk Realtor

Leave a reply

Every marketer wants to open up the inbound marketing floodgates, or so they think. But, when you get down to doing inbound marketing what is tactical and what is strategic? This really begs the question: which inbound marketing tactics can you do relatively quickly and without too much effort versus those that require more effort but offer long term results potential?

Our parents taught us that anything worth doing is worth doing right. We were taught “if _____ was easy everyone would do it.” By no means am I suggesting that inbound marketing is easy. But, let’s look at some inbound marketing activities that might be considered tactical and those considered strategic.

Tactical Inbound Marketing

Pay-per-Click Advertising (PPC)

Some call this SEM. This involves setting up search marketing campaigns in Google Adwords or Bing whereby your ads are displayed for certain keywords for which you bid an amount you’re willing to pay each time someone clicks on your ad. Setting up one or two campaigns properly takes a matter of hours. Getting Google or Bing to approve them also takes hours. Generally within a day or two you can have a few PPC campaigns up and running. Some will argue that PPC is strategic. For those brands that make a serious commitment to PPC with ongoing monitoring and optimization it can be strategic. That said, PPC campaigns could be turned on and off based on need and budget.

Optimizing Current Your Website

Undergoing an “on page” optimization exercise of your existing website content is also tactical because it is focused on the existing content. Depending on the size of your website the effort may take days, or weeks or even months. The result may be improved discoverability of some of your website’s pages in search results, which could result in more traffic to your website.

via findandconvert.com