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Week of 10/26/09- Real Skillz Freebie Picks- Free Online Reads and Real Estate Marketing Resources for Real Estate Agents and Real Estate Companies- Issue II

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Week of 10/26/09- Real Skillz Freebie Picks- Free Online Reads and Real Estate Marketing Resources for Real Estate Agents and Real Estate Companies- Issue II



  • 10 Ways of Using Posterous at Work or Home- Ideas on using Posterous for collaboration, private blogs, image hosting and more.  I like this article because it puts a focus on how to truly benefit from using this microblogging platform, rather than trying to make posterous another Wordpress/Typepad/Blogger platform.
  • Is Email Marketing Endangered?- Whitepaper from ExactTarget that explains the increase in usage of Email, the real threats posed to email, and how to capitilize on the opportunities email presents in a Web 2.0 marketing world.
  •  Do the Hard Work for Your Readers- A blog post that discusses how doing your homework and writing for your readersreaps rewards by increased exposure and increased blog subscribers.  This is a quick and simple read with a powerful and practical blogging message.
  • Get Your Brand On Every Social Network with KnowEm- An article from Website magazine about KnowEm, A Web 2.0 tool that allows you to scour the net for your username/brand and see if it is available on social networks (broken into categories).  KnowEm will allow you to create a profile and it will then add you these networks and secure your brand name for $99 OR there is a free D.I.Y. version that will check to see if your name is available and then allow you to create your profile on these networks. 
  • Twenty Online Web Apps for Learning- Aside from listening, learning is my favorite marketing tool.  This blog post from Jeanne Meister of New Learning Playbook discusses twenty web 2.0 tools for learning.  Great topic, great tools, and I pocketed three tools I hadn't heard of that I could use to help carry out my online marketing strategy.
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Comments (8)

Susan Neal
RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker

Hi Rebecca - We are so lucky to have you looking out for us.   More great tips and helps, as usual!

Oct 27, 2009 06:37 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Rebecca - this is a great collection of articles. I especaialy like the one talking about doing the hard work for readers. To me that says it all about blogging for consumers.

Jeff

Oct 27, 2009 08:15 AM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

Susan- Thank you...I felt along time ago like I had been adopted into this industry, by my 10th year or so I  knew I was in it for the long haul.

Jeff- It really did, that blog post was spot on and it's so funny that I found it/it found me because that was a big realization in my blogging journey....much as there were things that maybe I wanted to talk about first for business sake I needed to talk about what my readers wanted to know.

Oct 27, 2009 12:17 PM
Dan Edwards 425-276-7008
Keller Williams Realty - Bellevue - Bellevue, WA

Rebecca, you just blew my mind.  I just got on a major drill down session.  I gotta stop befor my brain explodes!  Thanks for all your insight.

Oct 27, 2009 04:26 PM
Bob & Leilani Souza
Souza Realty 916.408.5500 - Roseville, CA
Greater Sacramento Area Homes, Land & Investments

I like your freebie picks, Rebecca...bookmarking this post right now! :)

Leilani

Oct 27, 2009 06:01 PM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

Dan- Wow, well I am glad to hear that.  The amount of things that are possible for a business online to execute blow my mind.

Leilani- Thank you these are some good ones for sure.....great resources online.

Oct 28, 2009 02:16 AM
Monica Bourgeau
Portland, OR
Business Coaching

Rebecca - great information. I used to use another site to check for my usernames but it'd no longer up. I actually like KnowEm better, thanks for the tip!

We also use Posterous and have been on it for quite awhile. I love it for posting photos from my phone to Twitter and Flickr. It's so easy to use. I also love subscribing to other Posterous blogs from people I know and seeing all of their random photos and posts. It's fun because it's not as structured as a traditional blog although I guess it could be.

Oct 28, 2009 02:56 AM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

Monica- I really like this KnowEm site and it makes so much sense. I have blocked time to do it. 

I don't currently have a posterous site because I want to remain focused on some other efforts and I also want my posterous blog identity to serve a purpose....in other words have a theme, and I am tied to many other projects right now.  I do have an account and have explored the funtionality extensively but that is it.

Oct 29, 2009 01:11 AM