real estate brainstorms, marketing in the Rain part 5

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August 7th, 2007...

 this week I'd like to send out a special welcome to all the new members and a BIG thank you to the new bloggers that have added some great content to the marketing group in the past couple of weeks. 

 Before getting into the outstanding marketing posts, since we're still getting a lot of off topic content (i.e. property listings, poetry, outright self promotion, etc...) as well as the occasional spam, I'd like to encourage everyone, especially the newbies to read featured posts & group guidelines

 Speaking of groups, I'd like to give a special thank you to Alexander Harb and Diane Rice for their much appreciated comments & thoughts in The Active Rain Network, Group Founders and their Moderators...... what can they do for you? and Active Rain - GROUP FOUNDERS - Recognition

 The idea of the week for power and simplicity goes to Joan Whitebook for GARBAGE IN ~~ GARBAGE OUT  This is so timely and so on target for all that's happening with the green revolution.

 In no particular order, here are some of the outstanding marketing posts from the past 2 weeks...

 - The Listing Presentation - The Difference between talking about ME and listening to YOU! by Gary Bolen

 - I'm New To Active Rain - Any Advice? by Bobby Carroll

 - The Biggest Mistake That Most Realtors Make  by Matt Anderson

 - Business Card tips -- Part 2 by Jeff Belonger

 - Are You Branded? by Joan Mirantz

 - BRAND Yourself! by Mike Jones

 - Easy way to post your listings on Any Website!!! by Greg Fox

 - How the FREE google calendar can help you get website traffic by Joanne Hanson's

 - People Unite.The Power of Blogging.."NUTS" Part II..Consumer Comments! by Midori Miller is a great example of how blogging can be used to turn individual voices into a powerful influence on a media powerhouse like CBS.

 Here's another great post by Brad Carroll about SEO titled Optimizing Your Active Rain Profile for Search Engines and Visitors  As always, Brad contributes powerful ideas, explained in ways anyone can understand and implement.

 Since I missed this when it was posted on 06/12/2007, I'd also like to point out Brad's The Top Secret Project! ...and other information you didn't know about Google.

 And last but definitely not least, don't forget to check out Brad Andersohn's I Left My Heart (and Blog) in San Francisco for a detailed look and videos from Inman's Real Estate Connect that was held last week in San Francisco.

special mention

 I was totally unaware of Karen George's battle with cancer and was inspired by her post Out of The Rain...for a Little While chronicling what she is going through. Aside from being one of Active Rain's most popular and prolific bloggers, she is also one very brave lady. If you haven't already read Karen's Out Of The Rain post, you definitely should. It's times like these that make us realize how fragile life can be.