The Power of a Blog in your Business

I believe your blog should be the hub of your online marketing. And you need to write about what is important to you, making it relevant to your readers. And you need to block consistently.

I am a blackberry fan, thinking about the new Google phone, maybe the iphone, but still hooked on the blackberry. And I have written a couple of posts on that.

Last month I received a call from a reporter for the Blackberry Connection Magazine. There were doing an article on cool apps for the blackberry, did a Google Search and found my blog posts. So they thought they would interview me for the article!

Little ole me? herein lies the power of a Blog. Here is my interview in Blackberry Connection Magazine.

Click here to real the article in Blackberry Connection Magazine.

Now this is COOL!

Thank You for the Honor

Kim Wood texted me and congratulated me and I said “For What?”

For being nominated as one of the 2009 Top Twelve Real Estate Women Bloggers. Very cool

I join an illustrious list of bloggers from years past. Joe Ferraro from Sellsius creates this list every year.

I was surprised and very happy.

Click here to read the post on Joe’s blog.

Here is a list of the other fine bloggers I am in the company of:

Sellsius Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers 2009

Colleen Kulikowski BuffaloRealEstateNews

Mary Pope-Handy The Valley of Heart’s Delight

Dru Bloomfield AtHomeInScottsdale

Diane Guercio. a/k/a HeyAmaretto

Amy Chorew The  TechByte

Kaye Thomas. ManhattanBeachRealty

Jessica Riffle Edwards. CarolinasFinest/HotPropertyBlog

Susie Blackmon.  Bucking The Real Estate Trend

Elaine Reese. Central Ohio Real Estate News

Genea (Gena) Riede. Sacramento Real Estate Voice

Kim Wood West of Philly Burbs

Monika McGillicuddy New Hampshire Real Estate Blog.

Are you building trust online?

I just did an in-depth search for where my blog posts are showing up and found this great article by Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS, entitled “Are you building trust online?.

Click here to check it out

You should do a search once in awhile by visiting:

• BlogPulse
• Google BlogSearch
• Technorati
• IceRocket
• BlogDigger
• Sphere

Upcoming Tech Webinar on January 7, 2010

Managing it all: How to Manage Your Time and Your Commitment to Social Media and Get Results

Participating in social media as a business and marketing strategy requires discipline, automation routines and a daily commitment. Learn 5 strategies to keep you organized, inspired and able to build momentum.

1. Balance long term relations and deeper relationships with every day activities
2. Enjoy our systematic approach to make your experience more fruitful.
3. Learn daily, weekly and monthly activities to build a ROI
4. Let us expain why Your blog is the hub of it all
5. Feeds Are Your Secret Weapon
6. You Only Need To Join a Few Key Networks
7. A friend strategy will keep your reputation intact

You will leave this session with a daily, weekly and monthly action plan to help you get results from your social media efforts.

Point and shoot just doesn’t cut it anymore

Wow, I couldn’t have said it any better. By Samantha Elliott Krepps of PAR (Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS(r) ) did a great review of one of my classes at TriplePlay. I spoke on taking better photos. She starts with . . .

One of Amy Chorew’s missions in life is to “rid the world of bad real estate photos.” Click here to read the rest!