The Senate voted on the extension of the first-time homebuyer’s incentive program in November, therefore people will not have to rush out and try to ‘beat the clock’ and have all their mortgage paperwork completed and filed with their county clerks offices before December 31, 2009.

The first-time homebuyer’s tax credit, which was due to expire at the end of 2009, was credited for the recent upswing in home sales all across the nation.  The first-time homebuyer’s tax credit is given to people who have lived in apartments or other dwellings other than owning their own home for the past three years in a row. This tax credit incentive gave thousands of individuals and families the reason and financial motivation they needed to purchase their first home, even in this downward economy.

Approximately 350,000 of the 1.4 million first-time homebuyers who’ve qualified for the tax incentive program would not have made their purchases had it not been for the tax credit of $8,000 they will be receiving on their 2009 income taxed returns – this according to estimates from the National Association of Realtors.

The Senate also voted to allow a new incentive program for up to $6,500 for repeat homebuyers who have been in their present homes for at least five years.  This will allow many more millions of homeowners to trading in their existing homes for something more affordable, bigger or smaller depending on their family status.

By extending the tax incentive program and adding existing homebuyers, the U.S. Senate is helping to stimulate the economy because more people will be purchasing homes that once sat empty due to foreclosure.  Additionally, Tampa realty and other realtors will have more work and make more money than they had been in the past when no one was purchasing homes.

Even a company that only deals in the real world such as a hearing aids company should have an Internet presence in order to reach those customers who search the Internet for things they need and want.  Today many people are using the Internet instead of their local phone book, newspapers and magazines or radio and television advertising.  The Internet is much faster for finding a business and offers more information than a map to the location and hours of operation.  The Internet provides consumers with information they need to become educated about a product or service so they can make an informed decision on which company to do business with or which product or service to purchase.

A hearing aid company could use search engine optimization or SEO to increase their Internet visibility and ultimately increase their income.  Search engine optimization is the act of placing keyword rich articles on a website in order to attract the three major search engines – MSN, Yahoo!, and Google.  These major search engines send out their “feelers” in order to find the keywords and keyword phrases and then rank the websites according to a special formula.  Keywords and keyword phrases are the words consumers place in the search boxes on the search engines in order to find what they’re looking for.

A hearing aid company could also offer free hearing aid advice on their website in order to attract those customers who need help making a decision on the purchase of a hearing aid.  In addition to helping customers with their purchase of a hearing aid, the hearing aid advice also helps with the search engine ranking because all keywords go toward the search engine optimization formula.

Another Internet marketing method would be to place a blog on a hearing aid company’s website so that potential customers could read what former customers have to say about the best hearing aids they have found through the company.  This would be a sort of testimonial from former customers and these are always appreciated by prospective customers because they would like to know that other people are satisfied with a company’s products and services.

The using keyword rich articles on a hearing aid company’s website in addition to adding hearing aid advice and a blog for testimonials, a hearing aid company will increase their income even in this downward economy.