Travel and Real Estate Websites Hit the Mark with Integration of Social Media

(CAPE CORAL, FL) December 14, 2009 -- Leisure Linx announces the launch of four new websites, aimed at showcasing leisure accommodations and property for sale with social media. These dynamic websites enhance the Internet search experience by socially engaging visitors with the Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages of its lodging and real estate professionals. The online real estate and travel experience is further highlighted with special offers, testimonials, photos, detailed property descriptions, pricing, and booking information, along with website and email links.

Today’s hurried lifestyles call for tranquil escapes that allow an appreciation of nature and a slower pace of life. The Leisure Linx websites highlight this niche travel and real estate segment, providing visitors with easy access to rustic and peaceful settings throughout the U.S., including gated communities, homes and condos, vacation rentals, cabins and cottages, bed and breakfast inns, resorts, and lodges.

With compelling content-rich designs and ease of use, these new websites provide a refreshing alternative to the long lists of inventory and advertising clutter routinely found on mega travel and real estate websites. The new collection includes:

DevelopmentsAndCommunities.com – Exceptional lifestyle communities
VistasAndViews.com – Extraordinary properties in unique settings with captivating views
CabinsandInns.com – The finest directory of cabins, cottages and inns across the U.S.
LogHomeGallery.com - The complete guide to buying, building and renting a log home

With a renewed consumer interest in relocation real estate and travel, Leisure Linx fuses the fragmented relocation and lodging industries by compiling real estate, accommodations, and travel information in an easy to use format. Visitors seeking lodging are often interested in real estate at their destination. And consumers searching for real estate away from home often desire lodging at their destination. Visitors can find it all in one place on a Leisure Linx website.

The new website collection compliments the well- established FloridaHalfbacks.com, an industry stronghold connecting visitors with travel and relocation opportunities throughout the Southeast. What is a Florida Halfback? It's a nickname given to Floridians who originally migrated to Florida from the north, but now prefer to be "halfway back" in the serene and relaxing mountain and lake areas of the Southeast U.S. Visitors can also join the conversation on the Florida Halfbacks social network.

"Our cross-promotional approach combines the power of the Internet and social media," said Mary Anne Baker, owner of Leisure Linx, LLC and sought-after expert on migration trends in the Southeast. "Providing our advertisers with search and social media strategies applies a solid approach to engaging more visitors.” When visitors return, advertisers win. For a small annual fee, Leisure Linx offers developers, real estate agents, homeowners, and managers the most economical and efficient marketing channel for their property. With a renewed interest in relocation and travel, it is no surprise that the Leisure Linx websites are growing rapidly as well.

Spectacular Seasons in the North Georgia Mountains!

Discover the beauty and spendor of the North Georgia mountains. Mild summers provide a cool refuge for those who live further south. Spring is abound with new sprout, new starts, and beautiful floral and fauna color. In the Fall our trees transform from cool greens to flaming colors of splendor, in the clean mountain fresh air. Mild winters in the North Georgia mountains make it a great time to celebrate an authentic Blue Ridge mountain Thanksgiving or Christmas. Curl up by a fire and take in the wonders. You might even stumble upon a crystal white Blue Ridge mountain snowfall.

North Georgia is an ideal setting for the year round lifestyle. Award winning architect/builder Henry Zuckerman designs and builds exceptional custom homes in the North Georgia mountains, and he’s been doing it for more than twenty years. Now, StoneyBrooke Homes is Henry’s latest vision of adapting today’s lifestyle to casual mountain living. StoneyBrooke Homes are earth-friendly and can adopt as much of the latest green technology as you may desire.

North Georgia and it's famed Blue Ridge Mountains hold a multitude of surprise for any lifestyle activities. Quaint antique shops, authentic homestyle dining, whitewater rafting, tubing, and welcoming state parks make this sure stop for Looking for a refuge? Find a cabin or home with an outdoor deck, grab a book and a rocking chair and breathe in the cool mountain air as you gaze over the mountains.

After Century of Growth, Tide Turns in Florida

By DAMIEN CAVE

Published: August 29, 2009

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The smiling couple barreling ahead on the cover of Liberty magazine in 1926 knew exactly where to go. “Florida or Bust,” said the white paint on the car doors. “Four wheels, no brakes.”

So it has been for a century, as Florida welcomed thousands of newcomers every week, year after year, becoming the nation’s fourth-most-populous state with about 16 million people in 2000.

Imagine the shock, then, to discover that traffic is now heading the other way. That’s right, the Sunshine State is shrinking.

Already, the state’s hold on retirees is weakening, with thousands of disenchanted “halfbacks” moving to Georgia and the Carolinas in recent years. Stanley K. Smith at the University of Florida nonetheless predicts modest population increases when the economy picks up — growth of 150,000 to 200,000 people annually.

Special Offers in North Carolina

August is a great time to explore the mountains of Western North Carolina. Cool mountain waterfalls, whitewater escapades, charming bed and breakfast inns, all set amid the natural wonders of the mountains. And with incredible fall rates, golf packages, and other late summer sales, check out the VisitNC list of special offers

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Best Places To Live The Simple Life

Greenville, South Carolina was named one of the best places to live the simple life by AARP Magazine due to its rich culture, great food, and low stress.

Dubbed as family-friendly fun, from "penny candy" to goat-cheese pizza, Greenville's median housing price is just $151,080. When the most relaxing way to spend an afternoon is hiking the pristine mountain woodlands of Jones Gap State Park, just 25 miles outside Greenville and simple fun for less than $10 means grabbing a cup of coffee or an ice-cream cone at Spill the Beans, how could you go wrong?

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