The St. Augustine Chapter of Women's Council of REALTORS held the first of four training classes to help take the confusion out of blogging and social networking.   

Recognizing that many in our REALTOR community have difficulty understanding the ins and outs of Social Networking, WCR engaged local internet guru, coach and go-to instructor, Dave Hall of Listing Solutions to help us.  During the series, Dave will share proven methods on how to increase search engine optimization by utilizing the power of blogging and Social Networking.

In today's interactive class, Dave discussed the advantages of an Active Rain Membership.  I was surprised at how many in attendance were not involved with Active Rain, not realizing the google juice it offers.  I think a lot of eyes were opened to not only the benefits of blogging but the power of AR membership.   Specializing in selling homes in St. Augustine, I have seen the increase in my google rankings due to my Active Rain activities.

To help us help ourselves Dave gave us "Active Rain" homework.  First he asked us to create an account on AR.  For those of us who had accounts, Dave reminded us to make sure every item in our profile was completed to make sure we got the maximum points.

To get us familiar on how others are blogging, he recommended that we read other members blogs and comment on the ones that interest us.   Our homework here is to comment on 5 blogs.

Next assignment, write our blog and post it on AR.  To hold us accountable, Dave will read and comment on all of our blogs.  He also encouraged us to comment our classmates' blogs as well.  We can earn AR points while learning, that's effective coaching!

I am looking forward to our class next week where Dave will cover Social Bookmarking as well as networking.   Thank you, Women's Council of Realtors, and Dave Hall, for offering such quality education for the local community.

If you would like more information about attending these or future classes, please contact me.

Marjorie Taylor, Watson Realty Corp. is a licensed Real Estate Broker and community leader representing Homes in St. Augustine.   She holds the professional designations of CRS, CSP, e-PRO, GRI, TRC and is passionate about helping clients buy and sell Homes in St. Augustine and Homes in St. Augustine Beach, Florida.
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