My Moving Quote

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Everyone is using the Internet these days when in the market for a new home. From finding a realtor, to searching listings to even finding a mortgage, there is a plethora of websites available to assist in the whole process. But what many fail to take into account is planning for the move itself. You've found your dream home online, signed papers for your mortgage and the moving day has been set! That's where mymovingquote.com comes into the picture.

My Moving Quote is a website that covers the entire moving process including local, long distance, and international moving companies, truck rentals, auto transport and storage. The website offers tips and information to help you plan your move as well as a free quote tool. All the user has to do is complete one simple form and a representative from a moving company will contact you with a quote within hours.

Strong Points...

• When you Google the term "moving quote" My Moving Quote ranks number 14 on the search results.
• Form to get "free quote" is at top of home page, which makes it very easy to find. The point of a visitor coming to this site is to get quotes for a move, the other information is nice but not necessary.
• After entering the information about your move, you are taken to a page where you can see the movers that are available for that specific type of service as well as their license numbers and can select a specific mover that you see or get quotes from all of them. This made me feel better that I wouldn't get tons of calls from random movers (unless that is what I want). Seeing the license numbers upfront and information about the company gives the visitor an opportunity to check out the company BEFORE they get a phone call from them.

Weak Points...

• The calendar option to select the service date does not work like I expected it to. All of the dates are crossed out and you cannot select a date directly from the calendar. You can look at it to reference the date, but then have to select the date from the drop down menus.
• Some of the navigation menus on the left are not consistent from page to page. This is not very professional looking and is frustrating to the user when the link you are looking for isn't there because the menu changed from one page to the next.

First Impressions Count When Buying/Selling Homes

Selling a house? There is more to worry about than if your house is tidy and smells nice when prospective buyers come to your open house. Depending on your photos that are included in your online listing, buyers may never stop in to see just how great your house really is. The buyer's first impression used to be made when they drove by or stopped into your open house. It is now made when home seekers look at photos and virtual tours online and homes are eliminated from the running from the computer screen.

To effectively attract the attention of buyers, a house must look good in internet photos. In order for a house to look good in photos, it must be properly prepared or 'staged'. In comes the Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit by DesignStyleTaste. This kit helps people learn how to stage their house so it looks great in photos and will attract potential Buyers.

"I saw a photo on an internet listing where two dogs were fighting in the front yard. Would I want to visit that house in person? Absolutely not...I might get attacked! Unfortunately, a lot of Sellers don't understand the power of the internet. Internet photos will either attract or repel a Buyer, making or breaking a sales opportunity for the Seller."

~Bonnie Dell of DesignStyleTaste.com

A majority of buyers start shopping for a house on the internet first before dealing with any Realtor. If a house meets the buyer's requirements and looks good in the internet photos, chances are good the buyer will want to preview the house in person. If a house looks awful, or dangerous as in the case of the fighting dogs, buyers won't waste their time. There are plenty of other photos of homes that look better and they'll be clicking to those.

The objective of house photos on an internet listing is to promote the features of the house, not the stuff in it. Since Internet photos can be unforgiving, houses for sale should always be staged before they are photographed in order to give potential buyers a favorable first impression and tempt them to call the Realtor to arrange a personal viewing.

Home Staging puts the house in showcase and move-in condition. Staging helps a Buyer see and appreciate the architectural features, space and decorating possibilities of a house so it appeals to the broadest range of potential Buyers. On average, a Staged House spends 50% less time on the market and increases the sale price by 6.9% over an unstaged house.

Toronto design firm, DesignStyleTaste.com, wrote the "Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit" for those who want to understand why and how home staging works. It will help them whether they want to do the work themselves or work with a Professional Stager. The Home Staging Kit also helps the Sellers get more organized and gives them a sense of control and confidence, relieving stress. The Kit helps the Seller maximize the value of their house for a potentially faster sale and a higher price.

The Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit can be purchased at www.Home-Staging-Kit.com in e-book format for $34.95.

10% of the purchase price of the Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit will be donated to DesignStyleTaste's "Kids Helping Kids". This is a program to raise funds for Our Lady's Missionaries, www.OurLadysMissionaries.ca an international community of women who have devoted their lives to service, by sharing life with the poor and least privileged.

DesignStyleTaste.com is a design firm helping Homeowners achieve a more comfortable and enjoyable environment in their home whether to live in it, entertain in it, or sell it. DesignStyleTaste.com has helped Homeowners and Realtors sell over $35 million in real estate in the last three years. DesignStyleTaste.com is an extension of Millennium Dimensions Inc established in 1987 by Bonnie Dell and Marty MacPhail.

Free Mortgage Rate Quotes

Consumers are utilizing the Internet to research and shop for just about everything these days. Mortgages are one thing that typically you'd think that you needed to speak with someone in person or via telephone; however because of sites like FreeRateSearch.com, consumers are in fact able to shop for mortgages online. In just the first month of service, over 10,000 mortgage rate searches have been completed at www.FreeRateSearch.com. This new website helps consumers to "instantly receive mortgage rate quotes, whether their credit is subprime or perfect, while remaining completely anonymous."

"Today consumers are used to being able to get instant quotes for auto insurance, airfare, stock prices and more online. It's only logical that consumers want accurate mortgage rate quotes instantly, without having to first share their personal information with lenders,"


"They are using our service to quickly find out what kind of loan they qualify for."


~Gerri Detweiler, Education Director

Consumers can now use same technology that mortgage bankers use via FreeRateSearch.com to search "thousands of loan program variables from lenders nationwide and find the best mortgage rates available for their individual loan request." Whether seeking a mortgage to purchase or to refinance, a fixed or adjustable rate mortgage, FreeRateSearch.com can provide you with quotes to get you on your way.

"As mortgage shoppers become more aware of our service," says Detweiler, "we expect it will quickly become the first and last place they go to find a rate and lender for their next mortgage loan."