Blogging
Savor Your Real Estate Blog Community with Comment Relish
Friday, April 11th, 2008Interacting with your real estate blog readers will increase your readership and create a sense of community. One way to reach out to your blog readers is through commenting. Responding to comments made on your blog in a timely fashion is a must. This lets your readers know that you are a real person who [...]
Welcome to MyMarketWare!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Single property Websites are an effective way to win listings, gain exposure for them, and distinguish yourself in your market area. I work closely with agents who have experienced great results by using this type of solution.
Recently, NAR reported that 84% of buyers were searching for homes on the Internet in 2007. With MarketSites, you [...]
Kickstart My Heart…And My New Year at Inman
Sunday, January 6th, 2008I’m pleased to kickstart my New Year at the Inman Real Estate Connect in New York this week. My better half, Reggie Nicolay, will be speaking on the Marketing Your Blog panel on Wednesday. And I have a fun “top secret” task of my own.
If you plan to attend, don’t miss the Beers with Bloggers Reception, [...]
The Cure for Resisting the Real Estate Blog
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Finally, the perfect therapy for the anti-blogging real estate agent – one dose of Realty Blogging by Richard Nacht and Paul Chaney will do the trick! After literally devouring this succinct paperback in just two day’s time and soaking its pages with my trusty yellow highlighter (the one with the handy little sticky tabs built [...]
20 Content Ideas + Posting Plan = Happy Real Estate Blogger!
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Do you schedule your real estate “blog time”? Do you have a plan or just squeeze it in on nights, weekends and between activities? And how do you decide what to write about?
Juggling all our commitments to make time for blogging is a job in itself. But when you’ve finally gotten home from writing a [...]
Yahoo! Alerts Nods Off, but Yahoo! Pipes a Dream
Thursday, October 25th, 2007We previously mentioned the use of Google Alerts for your real estate marketing research, and now Yahoo account users can take advantage of Yahoo! Alerts. But don’t get too excited. Yahoo! Alerts does provide a free information delivery service via email, instant message, pager, or cell phone. And getting alerts by cell phone is pretty [...]
Blog Action Day: When Real Estate Agents Go Green
Monday, October 15th, 2007Have you heard the blogger buzz? Today is the official Environmental Blog Action Day! Today is the day that bloggers from all arenas unite to address “the issue of the environment”.
So exactly what can real estate agents do to make this Earth a happier, healthier planet? Use both sides of the paper when printing [...]
Are you blogging yet?
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Blog, blog, blog….what’s the big deal about blogs? Well it’s no surprise that more and more of your potential clients find themselves online searching for homes before calling you. According to the “Internet vs. Traditional Buyer Report 06-07” provided by C.A.R., those who use the Internet as a significant part of the homebuying process has [...]