Patty Cunninghan and I pulled a few interested agents and engaged in a great conversation about blogging at the office. We put our brand new gigantic screen TVs to good use - showing first hand how we blog, why we do it and with a little time and determination how anyone can blog.
I Blog
- because I need a web presence when prospects are looking for me
- to get google juice, to pull up my rankings in google searches
- because websites are too stagnant
- because I want some control over what others are reading about me online
- because I have many things to say and real estate knowledge to share
- because I don't have to be tech savvy to do it - just point click and publish
- because I believe social media is the best marketing tool out there
- it is mostly free
I use Blogspot because
- I am a google fan
- I use the android phone, gmail, google docs, Picassa, contact management....all google products perfectly compatible with each other
- It is simple - just point click and publish - add pics, add links, add tags, widgets easily
- It is free (as opposed to options like Activerain which have monthly subscription fees)
- I love their Stats tab which shows which blogs are popular, how many views, what keywords led to the particular clicks...
Next Steps
- learning how to promote the blog
- mobile applications
- increase followers
- encourage comments
Patty uses Wordpress - visit her blog at http://pcunning.wordpress.com/
I Blog
- because I need a web presence when prospects are looking for me
- to get google juice, to pull up my rankings in google searches
- because websites are too stagnant
- because I want some control over what others are reading about me online
- because I have many things to say and real estate knowledge to share
- because I don't have to be tech savvy to do it - just point click and publish
- because I believe social media is the best marketing tool out there
- it is mostly free
I use Blogspot because
- I am a google fan
- I use the android phone, gmail, google docs, Picassa, contact management....all google products perfectly compatible with each other
- It is simple - just point click and publish - add pics, add links, add tags, widgets easily
- It is free (as opposed to options like Activerain which have monthly subscription fees)
- I love their Stats tab which shows which blogs are popular, how many views, what keywords led to the particular clicks...
Next Steps
- learning how to promote the blog
- mobile applications
- increase followers
- encourage comments
Patty uses Wordpress - visit her blog at http://pcunning.wordpress.com/
Good work, Bela. I did a workshop on Blogger last week in GA and did a personal blog. It's so much fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bela & Patty, this was a very informative workshop, I already started my own blog. Let's keep it going!
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