NO FAQ'S!...I Want Your Opinion...Help Me Become A Better Real Estate Trainer!

I hope you get a large response. I post about 3-4 times a week on three different blogs. I do not duplicate content so coming up with different topics is a little more of a challenge for me. I will keep an eye out for your responses. I do read blogs and try to comment on as many as I can every day.

I try to blog at least once a week but ma not always sucessful. I currently do not use widgets . I am part of 3 networks and usually but not always depending on content cut and paste my blog so that I can use it in 3 places.

• In your opinion what was the best advice you received from a seasoned blogger? 

 Reciprocate comments, write key word content, be myself.

• How many networks do you belong to?  

About 30 but post in usually 5-6

• How often do you post?

At the most 3 times per week, usually 2

• Do you have trouble maintaining all of your blogs and do you duplicate your content or post different content on each site every time you post? 

I have tried different blogs, but only post regularly here. But, will do more on my outside blog when it is finished.

• What are your favorite widgets 

Vflyer, mybloglog

• Are you receiving the results that you are looking for?

Yes, the SEO from activerain has been tremendous.

I think " Real Estate Professionals really hate doing Internet marketing. Many real estate professionals have difficulty keep up with it and most of all do not experience the level of success on the web that they would envision."  Is a great point and very true.  Mostly because it can seem like a bunch of other tasks which keeps the person tied in front of computer screen.  I believe providing a basic makeup of what "internet marketing" looks like, how to tie it together, and efficient methods of execution needs to become a part of training.  I see many who have even "doubled and tripled up" on many services and don't even see the costs.  Or they have one service and are not fully aware of its functionality and purchase another service to provide that function. 

No pain...no gain is what I always say:)

Not exactly answers to your questions, but some additional thoughts:

Spend time reading and looking at other people's blogs.  Think about what you like/don't like.

Spend time thinking about what you want, and how you search for information, when you are the consumer.  When I'm the consumer, I basically want real information .... not sales pitches .....  I don't want to jump through a bunch of registration hoops to get access to the information .....

• In your opinion what was the best advice you received from aseasoned blogger?  I was taught to take a walk in the rain by some one who roars!!!!!
• How many networks do you belong to?  Just this one.
• How often do you post?Dan Forbes just asked what the dif is between post and blog.  I respond to blogs 4 of 7 days a week.  I might blog 2 times a month...
• What are your favorite widgets  I've just opened up the Widget-Lounge.  Hope every one can park their favorite widgets/widget links there.  I would personally like to figure out the one that scrolls down the titles of your blog, like Dan Forbes has.
• Are you receiving the results that you are looking for?  I'm growing smarter every day and meeting awesome personalities here.  I'm not gaining any clients, but I do feel I'm achieving excellent results!  When I have some one to refer, I'll look here first!

Some of the best advice I receive on the Rain from Great Bloggers is "Just being the best Agent you can be"

• In your opinion what was the best advice you received from a seasoned blogger?
• Points matter.  Get on the leader board and then really blog for business 
• How many networks do you belong to? 
• One now.  In the learning stage I think it's better to be good at one and then learn to replicate your success rather than scattershot out to too much. 
• How often do you post?
• Comments every day and post 3 times a week or so.  Goal is to get to 10
• What are your favorite widgets 
• The only ones I'm using so far are the bloglogroll and feedjit
• Are you receiving the results that you are looking for?
• Yes, I'm learning to do Internet marketing.  Since that was my first goal it's more than being met.  The side result is I'm already smarter at my job because of the collective knowledge and need to articulate my position.  Go figure!

 

Good morning Midori. I'll play!!!!

• In your opinion what was the best advice you received from a seasoned blogger?
• Be yourself and write about what you know. 
• How many networks do you belong to? 
• Only AR and facebook and I rarely make it over to facebook
• How often do you post?
• I have always posted every other day.
• Do you have trouble maintaining all of your blogs and do you duplicate your content or post different content on each site every time you post? 
• I have two blogs and use duplicate content. 
• What are your favorite widgets 
• I don't use widgets 
• Are you receiving the results that you are looking for?
• I write to share. Period. BUT I get tons of business from blogging even though it has never been a goal of mine.

 Best Advice-  Brad Carroll Website Design - Optimizing your AR blog for visitors & Search Engines & Optimizing your AR Profile. Great help for my web site & blog

Honorable mention anything written by Katerina & Nelson you just gotta love them.

I am in  5 Groups

I blog almost every day I re- use articles I write for my newsletter

I blog my listings & have received buyers

I blog my Open Houses & have received sellers &n buyers

A seller I was in touch with years ago found me through my profile #1 Fall River Ma

I also blog from my point 2 agent web site

I do not use widgets

I am amazed at the page 1 search engine expose I  get

Interesting to note:  Several  commenters responded as if the questions were in reference to Active Rain blogs.  Others responded as if the questions were in reference to blogs outside of Active Rain. 

I love Active Rain.  But I also know it is different here than in the outside world.  So I'd think you need to sort the answers into the two different categories.