blogging: As If My Blog Wasn't Working Hard Enough Already - 10/23/09 02:25 AM
As If My Blog Wasn't Working Hard Enough Already
After blogging for close to three years, we have developed an extensive library of content on real estate-related articles. Google loves our content and rewards us by ranking us highly for many local real estate terms and neighborhoods.
Our blog works very hard for us, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, helping consumers learn more about the area, find our home search, promoting our listings, and asking them to contact us for their real estate needs. All of this hard work pays off by helping us connect with people who need help … (19 comments)

blogging: I Love Your Local Photos - Would You Please Photograph the Cemetary? - 09/08/09 03:24 AM
I Love Your Local Photos - Would You Please Photograph the Cemetary?
Because we do a lot of blog posts about our local area and include a lot of photos and information, we get quite a few phone calls and email inquiries - both real estate and non-real estate related about the area. We welcome those requests and love to talk about Montana.
The most interesting inquiry we've received was an email inquiry from someone in Florida asking us to photograph the local cemetary:
"I loved the pictures that you posted on your web page. Superior looks beautiful. I just found out today … (7 comments)

blogging: Parental Success - Our Daughter is a Blogger! - 08/04/09 09:30 AM
Parental Success - Our Daughter is a Blogger!
Parents dream that their children will one day become a doctor, a lawyer, an astronaut, a fireman, a nurse, or many other great professions. Well, our daughter Kelsey may still become many of those things as she has her whole life ahead of her.
We are already excited and very proud of her though as she just started her own Blog - www.Krayphish.com, named after her nickname from volleyball. Many of you may already recognize her name as she is also an amazing photographer and we have posted many of her pictures right here on … (8 comments)

blogging: Do You Have a Well Balanced Blog? - 03/10/09 11:55 AM
Do You Have a Well Balanced Blog?
Do you get tired of the same 'ol same 'ol with your blog? Just think how your readers feel. Make sure you're writing a variety of posts to keep things interesting.
You want your Blog to be well balanced, just like your diet. If your blog is getting to be ho hum, spice it up!
Back in January, I attended a Webinar by Rick Burnes at Hubspot on Advanced Business Blogging where he gave names to the different types of Blog posts. They are pretty memorable so I thought I'd share my notes here.
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blogging: Top 10 Ways You Know You're a Blogger If... - 02/23/09 09:21 PM
Top 10 Ways You Know You're a Blogger If..
1.) You won't leave the house without your camera, or better yet, it's attached to you at all times. You never know when you will find inspiration.
2.) You have the thought at least once a day, "Oh that would make a great blog post!"
3.) You keep notes on your desk, stuck to your monitor, or in a file on "Future Blog Post Topics."
4.) You love to read other Blogs. If you're a writer, chances are that you're also a reader, they go hand in hand.
5.) You've been kept awake … (57 comments)

blogging: Active Rain Rocks RE Bar Camp Seattle - 02/14/09 10:47 AM
We just returned from RE Bar Camp in Seattle at 2:00 a.m. this morning and are still psyched about the event. We also attended the Bloodhound Event on Thursday afternoon.
Someone described RE Bar as a
"Spontaneous, Eclectic Event of people who are passionate about what they know and are willing to share freely with those that are hungry to know."
That is definitely the case. We were able to meet a lot of fellow Active Rainers and learned about Blogging, Social Media Marketing, SEO, and Websites from the top in the business.
Some of the Speakers included:
Jim Marks … (22 comments)

blogging: Blogging Can Help You Sell Real Estate..... And Beer? - 01/20/09 04:18 AM
The Internet has become the great equalizer in business. In this medium, small businesses can compete with the largest established corporations. Blogging, Twitter, and Social Networking serve as tools to help you bring your business and its message to the masses.
Blogging can even help you sell Beer as shown by a Scottish beer company, Brewdog in an article from the Sunday Times.
When local sales were slow at coming, Brewdog was able to use Blogging and Social Networking to get the word out about its product. The founder of the company, James Watt, identified prominent Bloggers and sent them a … (10 comments)

blogging: Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks How a Personal Obsession Can Turn Into Big Bucks - 07/20/07 03:23 AM
For all of you blog enthusiasts out there, I just read a really interesting article in Business Week on how to turn blogging into a career. The article is about Eric Nakagawa, a software developer in Hawaii who posted a single photo of a fat, smiling cat he found on the Internet, with the caption, "I can has cheezburger?" in January, 2007, at a Web site he created. It was supposed to be a joke. Soon after he posted a few more images in the same vein: cute cats with funny captions written in a silly, invented hybrid of Internet shorthand and … (15 comments)