This month's edition of "Texas Realtor", the magazine published by the Texas Association of Realtors, had a really great social networking section. I always look forward to getting mine every month because it is really easy to read, always has relevant and helpful articles, and also includes updates relevant to our profession! The social networking section included some great articles like "Six Harmful Social Networking Habits", "Six Reasons to Start Blogging", "Four Mistakes that Could Land You in Court", and my favorite "Seven Ways to Write a Great Blog". I am still pretty new to blogging and any advice I can get is very welcome, so I thought I would pass on these great tips.
1. Be yourself - Have a great sense of humor? Show it! Are you really good at market analysis? Share your knowledge! If you are an expert in technology...help a sister out!
2. Know Your Audience - decide who you want to target and find out what they want to know!
3. Generate copy consistency - make sure you update regularly and always keep your content fresh and current! Do you know a great inspector, stager, mortgage broker? Ask him/her for tips to include (make sure you include a link to his/her contact info).
4. Get them and keep them - make sure you include a variety of content and modes of delivery (pictures, video, charts, links). Keep the blog entertaining and engaging!
5. Participate in the blogosphere - stay involved in other real estate professionals blogs, make sure you comment and reply to comments left on your blog (of course...if you are reading this, you are on Active Rain and already do this one)!!
6. Tell them who you are - make sure your contact info is easily accessible (again...Active Rain makes this one a no brainer for us)
7. Don't over-promote - Don't be "all business", include personal stories and community happenings!
There are so many amazing bloggers on Active Rain and I know for me personally...I learn so much from reading others' blogs! Many of you probably already follow these tips (and many others) but I really thought these were some great ideas, especially for new bloggers. Hope you all have a great weekend!
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