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Pre-Winter Holiday Plans for Business

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Marte Cliff Copywriting

Deciding what to do to benefit my business during the holiday slow time is a matter of deciding what to do first. 

I have a growing list of things that need to be done - some that I look forward to and others that I pretty much dread.

Google makes me feel like a dunce

First - what I dread: Everything that has to do with learning how to best use Google's for better search rankings. I keep fooling with authorship, trying to put share buttons on my pages, etc. I don't enjoy any of that, and I don't do it very well. It seems like every time I force myself to tackle this, I later go back and un-do something because it doesn't work correctly.  

The whole process makes me feel like a dunce. 

The better stuff -What I look forward to: 

  • Tackle my list of new letter sets. Through summer and fall agents have asked if I have a letter set for this or that purpose and I've had to say "Not yet." This month I hope to polish off that list by getting a few new sets written, along with their appropriate landing pages. 
  • Write some new Kindle books - The little one I did last winter is doing pretty well, so I should do more. 
  • Put together an e-book on writing tips for real estate agents - compiled from dozens of blog posts and articles I've written over the past few years. 
  • Add more letter sets and content to a secondary website that deals only with letters. 
  • Update my primary website - add links to newsletters, etc. 
  • Follow up with past clients. Check their websites and perhaps suggest new pages. 

It's easy to see - I look forward to everything to do with writing. I even enjoy creating new web pages and getting them uploaded.  I don't look forward to figuring out how to interact with Google. 

So - any bets on what gets done first? Like a kid, I'll probably go for the dessert before the veggies. 

Comments(1)

Women of Westchester Working Together
Women of Westchester Working Together - West Harrison, NY
Women helping Women get ahead

I can relate..I have way too many things on my list and tend to gravitate to my comfort zone.

BTW, setting up google authorship is probably THE most important thing for you to do and will have biggest impact on everything you have done and will do online.  I forget how to do it, but I think it only takes about 5-15mins. The buttons are less important.

Nov 30, 2013 08:21 AM