Welcome to SoundBiteBlog.com. This website focuses mainly on providing Real Estate, Mortgage, and Local Area information for consumers and residents in Western Puget Sound, we also share our passions, expertise, and practical insights on Internet marketing and technology, including social media/networking, SEO, website design, and custom web applications. SoundBiteBlog is an award-winning joint venture between Mark Flanders of Pastik Design and Rich Jacobson of Keller William West Sound.

Within the pages of SoundBite is an eclectic collection of articles covering a wide variety of topics we hope you'll find interesting, engaging, and helpful. Rich is committed to relentlessly representing his client's best interests and empowering them to make informed decisions. Mark finally decided what he wanted to do when he grew up and gets excited when the code he's written solves a customer's problem with blinding efficiency!

“The Advent Conspiracy” – a new Christmas Tradition

December 18th, 2009 by Rich Jacobson

Take a moment and watch this video, and perhaps you and your family can start a new Christmas tradition!…

Advent Conspiracy Website

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Rich Jacobson is a licensed real estate professional providing knowledgeable empowerment and relentless representation for his clients of residential properties and vacant land throughout all of Kitsap County WA and portions of Pierce, Mason, and Jefferson Counties. You can also find him at KitsapLife.com, ActiveRain, Crabbing in the Hood, Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail: kitsapagent@gmail.com

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Sparky interviewed by nationally renowned trainer, Natalie Danielson

September 17th, 2009 by Rich Jacobson

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Social Media Meet-Ups at The Global Bean in Silverdale WA

December 11th, 2008 by Rich Jacobson

Have you been wondering how the use of Social Media (blogging, video, podcasting, social networks, etc.) can be effectively implemented into your business model?

Every Thursday morning at 8am, the dynamic blogging duo of Sparky & Buckwheat meet at The Global Bean in Silverdale WA for great coffee and conversation relating to all things social media-wise.

By day, Buckwheat (Mark Flanders) is a Loan Officer with Olympic Northwest Mortgage, and by night, an exceptionally skilled WebMaster and SEO expert. His most recent project has been developing a completely new web/blog site for our local community theatre, C-STOCK.

Sparky (Rich Jacobson) is a licensed real estate professional here in the West Sound, and is also on staff with The ActiveRain Network, an online community of nearly 125,000 real estate professionals throughout the US and Canada. Rich was a speaker this past summer at BlogWorld & Expo in Las Vegas, and is developing a clock-hour course on Social Media/Blogging for WAR (Washington Assoc. of Realtors).

Almost every business can benefit from making social media a part of their overall marketing strategy.

Come Join in the Conversation!

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Sparky & Buckwheat make Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal

March 9th, 2008 by Rich Jacobson

Yours Truly was interviewed and quoted at length in the March 2008 issue of the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal.

Contributing writer, Rodika Tollefson, had contacted me a few weeks ago, and was doing an article on local business blogs. She had found me through the well-known national real estate platform, Activerain.com, and through here at SBB.

It’s exciting to see more and more local business professionals here in Kitsap County WA recognizing the marketing shifts of Web 2.0, and realizing how blogging can be an effective means of connecting with potential consumer clients.

Buckwheat and I get together for coffee every Thursday morning at 8AM up at the new Global Bean Coffee House here in Silverdale WA. We gladly extend the invitation for anyone to join us for a cup ‘o’ Joe and some great conversation.

                                                                                                           See you all there!      Sparky  

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Sparky & Buckwheat win “Magnificent 7″ Top Consumer Articles for 2007!

February 12th, 2008 by Rich Jacobson

Sparky (aka Yours Truly) and Buckwheat (aka Mark Flanders), the duo caped crusaders of SOUNDBITEBLOG, have both received the prestigious Magnificent 7 Award from Larry Cragun of RealEstateUndressed!

larry-cragan.pngEvery year, Larry scours the Blogosphere, looking for the best of the best in consumer-oriented real estate articles. Each month he selects 7 articles from among the hundreds that he reads. At the end of the year, he goes back and selects 7 winning articles from among the 84 that were selected throughout the year.

Mark won for his article, “Ten Commandments for Mortgage Applicants.”

I was chosed for my article, “Putting the Cart before the Horse: Making a Contingent Offer.”

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Five of the Seven winning articles were written by members of the popular Real Estate Network Community, ActiveRain. Those also honored included:

Ardell DellaLoggia, for her Rain City Guide article, “The Flip Side of the Sub-Prime Story.”

Kelly Koehler, the Housechick, for her article, “17 Reasons to have New Construction Homes Inspected.”

Steve Leung, for his article, “Real Estate Myths Home Buyers Fall in Love With!”

And two, count them, Two articles by Rhonda Porter, “Picking your next mortgage by rate shopping? You might as well be playing Liar’s Poker!” and “Mortgage Interest Rate Locks 101.”

Congratulations to all the winners, and our special thanks to Larry Cragun for sponsoring such a valued contest!

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