Blogging and Leads: The Materialization of Expectations In The Rain

WOW!  This is a good post.  I'm glad I came across your post.  I especially liked the links at the bottom.  I think this is so good because I have had good success with Active Rain and I support anything that promotes it. 

William .. what a great post full of great information. Thanks for sharing the links.

William:

Check out posterous.com You can send your posts to them via email and they will post to your other blogs.  I haven't figured out how to get it to my wordpress blog. 

Thanks for sharing the links.  I now have new reading material.

between my Wordpress web site blog and here, I am getting business. I did an older series on short sales in Edmond, Oklahoma and I got two phone calls to list the properties based on a Google search. I have done 4 parts to the AR series challenge on short sales in Oklahoma City, and two of them are No 2 and 3 on page one of shport sales in Oklahoma City already. As my dear Baptist mother used to say, "Don't hide your light under a bushel basket".

Great post.  I have learned that providing information is critical because it builds creditability with fellow AR participants. Our biggest objective is to find out what others are looking for to expand and maintain their existing businesses.  We link our services through AR, Linked In, WordPress, and Twitter.  We also inform AR readers of post we make to external articles.

It is also important to develop a group of those that follow you.  Other groups may become annoyed with posts if they do not relate to the format of the group.  We are reaching out to our followers to form specific groups that will permit more contact reach articles and posts.

Since we conduct market analysis and project future trends, we have learned that providing prospect lists for potential sellers in the future is critical to agents.  When we provide the lists, we also provide reports on what the market is doing. 

We recently assisted a client in establishing list prices for his project and at the same time were able to point him to AR to find a new agent.  The client is very please and has discovered a new tool in AR.

In the end, it is give and take.  If you give good information and help others, they will purchase services from you.

Great information, but it has to be apart of your overall marketing strategy and you have to be consistent.

I have a current client who came to me after reading a post about trains in Arvada Colorado.

Good stuff - I appreciate the specific info on where to post to generate leads with my AR blog.... I have asked the question many times of those who say they get leads, to-date not one person has responded :(

I have a lot of success with my wordpress blog outside of AR.  Social Media & Blogging are the "new prospecting" and Realtors must use these sites to stay relevant.

I believe the keys to attracting new business with your blog is to:

-Engage Your Consumer

-Provide Relevant Content

-Be "the expert" NOT just another Realtor

Happy Blogging... Feel free to check my blog out here: http://www.WebRealEstateTools.com

Drew

love the Active Rain network, and all the bloggers!!!  yes I know it will help. it seems to already have help my site's ratings a bit. thanks for sharing!

www.charlottelakewyliehomes.com

Well,

It was interesting reading this.  I guess it looks like one has to be really serious about this blogging thing.  A new blog every day?  What the heck can I write about so much and at tyhe end of the day, is it worth all the work?  What if I blog and do not do it just right and get no results?  It seems like a case of do it perfect or never mind.  Any comments?

Very good.  One of my top read post is a series I do on local parks.  It is very local, long tail, but it is not directly real estate related.

I need these success stories to keep me going.  Thanks for all the helpful posts about bloggers who are getting results.

William - I don't blog everyday.  Should I?  Of course, but I don't - and I have closed quite a few transactions directly from my blog.  I have the AR blog and and outside blog.

Plus - You should have some landing pages on your website so that people can go there via a link in your blog and sign up for something.  With me, they sign up for MLS searches.

You must use keywords properly to get the best Search Engine Results, page 2 is not good enough.

Thanks for the link to my Rainmaker post.

I need to come up with a simple format for market updates so I can do one monthly. That would certainly help get more attention, I would think.

WIlliam great post and great tips. Market reports and local information should go along way in attracting consumer attention.

Hardly an old post - and well worth the read, especially for the new bloggers.

Renee is the queen of good market reports, Rita's market reports are fab too.  If you would like to excel with your market reports - check them out.  Aww, mine are good too, so stop by & see them.  I've helped Irene above setup those 'headache giving graphs' that you see!  They are actually easier than you think!

If you want to be the local expert, local content & market reports is the way to go.

Thanks for sharing your idea William. Great comments can also lead to results too.