Personal agent sites might be a very basic component of web 2.0, but I feel they still fit in because they're encouraging conversation with your clients. They're much more personal than just your bio on the big agency site, and let you provide the real estate information you feel is valuable to your readers.
There's a good post over at Geek Estate Blog that talks about the importance of having a personal agent site. I totally agree. I am partial to using a blog site as your personal site...
This month we’ve talked a lot of blogging for your real estate business. But don’t start a blog just because it seems to be what everybody else is doing. A really good real estate blog is good because of the passion and interest of the agent.
Read more: The long-term, no-pressure close
There can be many reasons [...]
We’ve talked in several web 2.0 wrap-up’s about finding the sites your target market is visiting, and creative ways to get your name out there in front of them.
Read More: Weekend Web 2.0 Wrap-up for 8/10
Jim Cronin over at the Real Estate Tomato wrote a fantastic post a couple days ago on the same topic. [...]
Now, I’m not talking about all the trees you’ll save not sending direct mail advertisements. That’s just a side benefit of blogging.
No, I’m talking about recycling your blogging material. One of the biggest complaints I hear from agents is that blogging is very time consuming, or they’re not good writers.
While the frequency of your posts [...]
In the spirit of blogging and web 2.0 for real estate, today’s post is about a cool new tool you can use on your blog to provide visitors exactly the information they want so they keep coming back to talk to you.
What would you say is one of the most important factors when a family [...]
In addition to listening closely to your clients, make sure you’re speaking to them honestly and openly as well. In fact, this can be the best way to get them talking. People don’t want you to just spout out your marketing message. They want you to be candid, helpful and yourself.
Read More: The basics [...]
Today’s Web 2.0 Wrap-Up is about demographics. Specifically, using demographics to better connect with your readers. When you write content for your website or blog, is it in a style that best connects you with your target market? Would you write differently if you knew it would help you connect better with the type of [...]
Our Web 2.0 Wrap-Up for today is on ways to extend your blogs reach. It continues on the theme from our last Wrap-Up, using creative ways to connect with your clients’ directly through blogging.
Read More: Weekend Wrap-Up for 8/17
There’s a great post at Traffikd on 7 ways to extend your blog. If you’re in an [...]
I decided to throw in an extra post today, to share some interesting information I just found. We’ve talked a lot about the potential of social networking sites. While we haven’t talked much about using social news and social bookmarking sites to improve your site ranking through search optimization, you may have read about it [...]
In the spirit of last weeks Web 2.0 Wrap-Up, today we’ll talk about creative ways to use blogging to connect directly with clients.
Read more: Get Creative to Connect with Clients: Weekend Web 2.0 Wrap-Up for 8/10
Most agents that blog cover topics that provide information to their clients; new listings, mortgages, buying or selling tips, etc. [...]
Monday, October 6, 2008
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