blogging advice: 50 Sound Real Estate Blogging Tips - 07/11/09 04:49 PM
50 Sound Real Estate Blogging Tips
Most of my blogging efforts revolve around delivering sound real estate blogging advice. The articles generally take me at least a couple of hours to develop, format, publish and broadcast. I have dozens and dozens of ideas that are just waiting to be developed and published, but as … (21 comments)
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blogging advice: The 11 Most Common Pitfalls For New Real Estate Bloggers - 07/01/09 01:41 PM
The 11 Most Common Pitfalls For New Real Estate Bloggers
We’ve trained hundreds of real estate agents to make the blog an effective marketing tool. We run them through a dozen hours of personal training classes, aiming to keep them on track to success.
The following represent the most common issues that … (11 comments)
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blogging advice: Real Estate and Twitter - Use Hashtags to Dominate a Niche. - 05/12/09 01:26 PM
Success in Real Estate is largely due to who you know.
The more Whos, the more opportunity you create for yourself.
Creating a database of regular contacts has always been a sound strategy for real estate marketing.Mailing Lists Rolodex Walking Farm Past ClientsFriends/FamilyBusiness Contacts Email Database Blog Feed Subscribers Facebook Friends Twitter Followers... and now the Hashtag: #
Why follow … (1 comments)
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blogging advice: Lost In The Crowd: Realtors Fail To Effectively Leverage Social Media. - 03/31/09 07:08 PM
Don't Get Caught On Your Knees Sifting For Gold When You Could Be On Stage, Making A Lasting Impression.
I am so proud of the real estate industry. You've come so far!
In the latter half of the 90's decade, as the Internet promised to be … (15 comments)
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blogging advice: 8 Things That You Are Not Doing On Your Real Estate Blog, But Should Be. - 01/06/09 09:38 AM
1. Microblogging
Twitter is all the rage… and yet most blogging agents aren’t using it becausethey don’t grasp the value.
Here’s another way to approach the Micro-Blog: Instead of catering to the audience in a Twitter Community, consider those that are actually coming to read your blog. Short updates from you … (15 comments)
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blogging advice: Why Should I Blog? - It's About the Value of Being Seen as the Expert in Your Niche - 10/23/08 01:23 PM
As I was standing at the podium at the Christie’s Global Conference talking about the marriage that is Real Estate and Content, an idea struck me that at the time I only had an opportunity to touch on... knowing it deserved more.
The audience I was speaking to deals mostly in … (16 comments)
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blogging advice: Twitter Explained for the Real Estate Blogger - 07/31/08 02:28 PM
I knew that Todd Carpenter's guest post was going to open a can of worms for me. I spent a good part of yesterday fielding questions about "this Twitter". I know I'm not the first to bring an explanation to the interweb, but it's going to save me from having to do … (19 comments)
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blogging advice: Photo Editing For Real Estate Blogs Couldn't Be Simpler - PicNik - 07/31/08 02:22 PM
From time to time we recommend tools and services that are universally handy for your real estate blog. Teresa Boardman, HRH, has a quick one to share with you, that has become a staple in her blogging routine.
Photo Editing For Real Estate Blogs Couldn't Be Simpler
By Teresa Boardman
Nothing … (6 comments)
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blogging advice: A Clever and Effective Way To Gain More Real Estate Blog Subscribers - 06/10/08 11:41 AM
About a month ago I received, in the mail (yes, the kind with real letters, bills and magazines) an envelope with 3 items in it.
The first was a a New Blog Announcement, something like a Baby Announcement: It’s a BLOG!
The second a business card showcasing the Blog Address and contact … (16 comments)
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blogging advice: The Real Estate Broker Blog 2.0 - Plug In To The Solution - 05/28/08 03:15 PM
**Disclaimer**
This post is a blantant pitch for our exciting new product, the Real Estate Broker Blog. Feel free to ignore it completely if you can resist its delicious chocolate chip cookie smell.
**End of Disclaimer**
Last year we launched the first of it's kind Real Estate Broker Blog.
Because … (7 comments)
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blogging advice: Can My Real Estate Blog Help Me Talk Like a Woman? - 03/27/08 01:25 PM
John Coley, still my favorite Lake Martin, Alabama blogger, sent over this gem, and I couldn’t wait to post it for your enjoyment. Can My Real Estate Blog Help Me Talk Like a Woman?By John Coley I recently got rejected on a listing presentation, and it hurt. Unless you're a realtor … (6 comments)
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blogging advice: All You Ever Needed To Know About Blogging SEO, But Were Afraid To Say So. - 03/26/08 01:56 PM
I know what you are thinking…”not another SEO article, please…”
SEO focused companies have secrets.They want you to think that you need them to get you to the top of the search engines.They want you to think that you need to learn the complex details or you will fail.They want you … (14 comments)
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blogging advice: Real Estate Blogging Business Plan For 2008 - Boots On the Ground Will Help You Find and Service Buyers - 03/07/08 12:26 PM
The growth of Real Estate Blogging, although steady and noticeable, still has not lived up to the hype, and it never will. That’s not to say that it is being rejected as a competent means to the end: as an effective lead generation tool. In fact, we’re finding that blogging is … (12 comments)
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blogging advice: Starting A Real Estate Blog? Grab That Email Database, Let's Get You Read - 03/04/08 06:40 PM
When I started the Real Estate Tomato, in June of 2006, I had one reader, me.
Before the first month was over, I was averaging 30 unique visitors a day.Within 2 months it was 135 unique visitors a day.
How did we get out of the gates so quickly?
We did it … (22 comments)
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blogging advice: The Real Estate Business Is Content, Not Home Selling - 02/28/08 10:22 PM
The above might seem like an odd statement, but it couldn’t be more true.
Let me use some examples of other industries to illustrate the point.
The Music Industry The business is content creation; melodies, lyrics, videos, live presentations, etc.The product comes in the form of CD’s, DVD’s, downloads, posters, … (5 comments)
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blogging advice: 7 Reasons Why Your Local Real Estate Blogging Peers Are Not Your Competition - 02/24/08 05:48 PM
Because the clients we work with have such a positive experience with their blogging, they commonly express the concern that they would prefer us to not educate others in their geographic areas of focus. Sometimes they ask in jest, other times they are actually dead serious and willing to pay for exclusivity.
As unwise … (16 comments)
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blogging advice: Is Your Website Working Against Your Real Estate Career? - 02/20/08 05:10 PM
No one is denying that there has been a shake-up in the real estate industry.Empty cubicles, where there once was a waiting list, tell the story better than I could. A thinning of the herd is always a positive thing for those staying put, but the bottom line is that there … (15 comments)
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blogging advice: Why Worrying About SEO Is Detrimental to Your Real Estate Blog - 02/08/08 12:53 PM
Last year I wrote a post called 96% of All Real Estate Blogs Will Fail.
It has become more and more clear that I failed to mention another clear reason why real estate bloggers are bound to abandon their blogging efforts.
S.E.O.Search Engine Optimization
Realtors help buyers buy property.Realtors help … (9 comments)
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blogging advice: Blogging Etiquette - The Blog Comment Policy - Do You Need One? - 02/05/08 01:41 PM
Blogs are meant to be a two-way street. We are blogging for an audience. Engaging that audience to participate is a huge part of the the motivation and an element that can define a blog’s success.
So where do you draw the line?
What do you consider acceptable behavior by … (24 comments)
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blogging advice: Dichotomy of the Real Estate Blog - Do You Please the Readers or Search Engines? - 01/17/08 03:26 PM
A little knowledge is dangerous thing, as can be a lot of itThe Challenge:How to be found in Valley of Search and write Compelling Content that has you building relationships with your readers.This article is not about helping you be more compelling of an author, but rather an effort to … (44 comments)
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