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What Do Consumers Want to Learn from You? Find Out with Bit.ly!

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Homes and Estates, Lipman Group #311723

What Do Consumers Want to Learn from You?  Find Out with Bit.ly!

I loved Steve Chain's post about bit.ly!  Bit.ly is a great way to track results and I have another tip for those wanting to take advantage of it!

Whenever I write a blog post, I take the following steps:

  1. I post the long url onto the bit.ly site, which changes it into a shorter, trackable url. 
  2. I then post a comment on both Twitter and Facebook about how I have written a blog post and the subject.  I include the shortened bit.ly url.
  3. I wait 24 hours and then go back to bit.ly and check my results. 

For example:

I wrote a post recently on the extension of the First Time Homebuyer's Tax Credit:

The long url looked like this:  http://activerain.com/blogsview/1324219/home-buyer-s-tax-credit-extended-and-expanded-it-s-official-

 The bit.ly shortened url looks like this:  http://bit.ly/6orKfS 

Here's the bit.ly tracker information:

 

Very cool!  375 people read that particular post! And bit.ly can even track the location of the viewers!

Bit.ly helps me understand what people WANT to read and what they DON'T WANT to read!  My time is more efficiently spent working on posts that consumers will care about!  And who doesn't want to maximize their precious time!?!?

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If you are interested in finding a home in Green Hills, Downtown, 12th South, or Oak Hill area of Nashville, or would like to look at other real estate for sale in the Middle Tennessee area, please search the MLS HERE.  Please note:  You will have to register with my site to be able to search the MLS.  I will contact you initially and all requests thereafter for privacy will be respected.

Looking to move?  Wanting to Invest?  Need help as a First Time Buyer?  Please feel free to call me, Emily Lowe (yes, I'm a Realtor, with The Lipman Group Sotheby's International Realty) at 615.509.1753

 

Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for the tips. Best wishes for continued success!

Dec 07, 2009 07:12 AM
Gene Allen
Fathom Realty - Cary, NC
Realty Consultant for Cary Real Estate

Sounds like a neat tool.  I think I will try it out and see how it works.

Dec 07, 2009 01:29 PM
Melinda (Mel) Peterson
Grants Pass, OR - Bend, OR
The Savvy Broker - ABR, CRS

Great info Emily ~ I laughed when I read your FB status - The feeling is mutual :)

Dec 07, 2009 05:24 PM
Emily Lowe
RE/MAX Homes and Estates, Lipman Group - Nashville, TN
Nashville TN Realtor

Thanks Melinda - This time of the year is TOUGH on the waistline!!!

Thanks for the comment Gene - it's really worth looking into!

Thank you Roy, I appreciate you taking the time to comment!

Dec 08, 2009 07:21 AM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Thanks for the post.I will check out the link.

Dec 08, 2009 11:48 PM
Emily Lowe
RE/MAX Homes and Estates, Lipman Group - Nashville, TN
Nashville TN Realtor

Thanks Gita!  Hope you find it helpful!

Dec 09, 2009 11:59 AM
Paul Guenther - WFG Title
WFG NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY - Flagstaff, AZ
The Extra Mile Is Part Of My Regular Route!

Emily,

 I use bit.ly to track as well..  Kind of weird seeing UK and other places to the east for my readers

Jan 04, 2010 09:13 PM
Emily Lowe
RE/MAX Homes and Estates, Lipman Group - Nashville, TN
Nashville TN Realtor

Hi Paul - I totally agree - it's cool, though, that others around the world are checking out my links as well!

Jan 05, 2010 09:02 AM