0 just ask barry: Just Ask Barry- How do I expand my network?
- 11/06/06 02:24 PM
One question I keep receiving over and over again from real estate professionals is “what online services can help me expand my network?” One of my favourite face to face networking sites is www.Meetup.com. It maintains a very active list of over two million people that are categorized into various groups by interest and geography that usually meet once or twice a month. I have literally met hundreds of potential clients and business contacts in friendly dinners and casual gathering focused on topics I have an interest in. For example- just in the Seattle area I belong to the following meetup … (3 comments)
0 just ask barry: Just Ask Barry- What is Technorati?
- 11/06/06 06:21 AM
As part of my Just Ask Barry articles- “I've heard a lot about Technorati, but - what does it do, why should we use it, and then HOW do we use it?” Sharon Simms. What is Technorati? Technorati is a search engine that indexes blogs. When you post an article to ActiveRain (or most blogs in general) the system sends out a message to various blog directories and search engines. This message is called a ‘ping’. When Technorati receives a ping, it sends an automated search spider to take a look at the recent article you just wrote. It … (11 comments)
0 just ask barry: Just Ask Barry- What is link popularity?
- 11/05/06 01:01 PM
As part of my Just Ask Barry line of answers- I shortened the question from a friendly reader here on AR. Link Popularity is the metric of quality AND quality of web sites linking to your site. The number and quality of sites has a good amount of significance in determining where your site ranks in search results. Many SEO companies concentrate a lot of effort on matching search terms and alliances with quality sites that include the terms you are looking to reach. Two very easy tactics for increasing link popularity you should consider added to your blog knowledge- Visit … (2 comments)
0 just ask barry: Blogging 101- Historical Conversation
- 11/05/06 12:37 PM
In a radio interview I recently did, I briefly touched on one of the real benefits of blogging- historical conversation. What is historical conversation? Historical conversation is what happens when an article is taken from a blog and indexed by the major search engines. Very popular phrases and search terms used in a conversation will continue to pull up an article that was written two years ago along with all the commentary and discussion surrounding it. When a new visitor arrives and reads it for the first time, they have the ability to add additional remarks to the previous … (0 comments)
One question I keep receiving over and over again from real estate professionals is “what online services can help me expand my network?” One of my favourite face to face networking sites is www.Meetup.com. It maintains a very active list of over two million people that are categorized into various groups by interest and geography that usually meet once or twice a month. I have literally met hundreds of potential clients and business contacts in friendly dinners and casual gathering focused on topics I have an interest in.
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