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Real Estate Virtual Assistants and Social Networking

Suzanne Roy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:35:39 +0000

Real Estate Virtual Assistants and Social Networking

The times of snail mail, email and postcards are things of the past – social networking for your business growth and resilience is here to stay. But do you have time for it? Well, you should… and you shouldn’t.

It can’t (and shouldn’t!) be ignored – Real Estate Virtual Assistants and Social Networking is a perfect match! My business (and the business of my real estate client’s) has grown ten-fold over the past 6 months alone with the new niche’s of online marketing (via social networking) that I have learned and put into effect for my real estate agent clients. Here is a list of some of the immediate items that I recommend (and can also implement) for my clients when it comes to getting all the T’s crossed and I’s dotted in the real estate social networking and online marketing web of Internet:

Create at least one Fan Page on Facebook (use Facebook’s profile page for your PERSONAL use only!)
Register each blog website with Technorati
Each Blog Post must be added as bookmarks on Digg, Yahoo Buzz, StumbleUpon and Reddit
Utilize Ping.fm for mass updating to the top social networking sites
Add custom applications (such as RSS Feed, NetworkedBlogs, Market Snapshot, etc.,) to your Fan Page on Facebook
Update both Trulia and Zillow sites with Social Networking site links
Create a MyBlogLog account and add social networking site signatures to email account(s)
Add social networking widgets to all Blog Websites (including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Plaxo)
Search engine optimize blogs created with keyword/keyword phrases for consist crawling and increase in ranking

These are the basics that must be carried out (and consistently continued where applicable) when putting all the social networking and online presence into place – there of course is much more to be done all of which can be outsourced to a real estate virtual assistant. This coupled with your own 5-10 minutes a day of your personal input and touches will get you where you need to be and get you what you want to have – more time to make more money.

What has your Real Estate Virtual Assistant done for your Social Networking lately?

Top tips for making blogging worthwhile

Suzanne Roy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:42:19 +0000

Top tips for making blogging worthwhile

There are many aspects and tricks of the trade when it comes to being a successful Real Estate Virtual Assistant. One of them is using tools that are available online at zero cost to you and your clients! A favorite tool that fits this description is an online program/tool called Photobucket. This is a great tool that I use almost daily when creating eye-catching blogs for my real estate clients.

Blogging is an ongoing project that I have been completing for many of my real estate clients for the past few years, and is becoming more and more popular as the months and years go by. Real estate virtual assistants are able to complete hundreds of blogs on behalf of their real estate clients by blogging about dozens of different topics just as easily (if not faster and better!) as the real estate client themselves including:

Local Events
Neighborhood Information
Community Spotlights
Area Attractions

One aspect of blogging is the content and making sure to have backlinks to other web pages within the real estate blog and website, while making sure that the blogs are easy to read – first written for the reader and second for the search engines!

Don’t forget to add bookmarks to websites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, etc., which will provide you with amazing incoming links from high ranking sites into your website – the difference this simple addition to each blog that you write is staggering! It’s a must-do in my books!

Another aspect of blogging that is important is being pleasing to the eye and including some “interactiveness” to the content. To do this I have utilized several online programs, one of which is Photobucket.com which allows me to create slideshows of pictures. An example of how I would do this is when I am highlighting a subdivision within one of my real estate client’s market area and I include a slideshow of photos of several of the homes within the subdivision currently for sale, some photos of the amenities (if applicable) and also of the surrounding area and attractions.

Here is a sample of a Tulsa Real Estate blog slideshow which I created in about 2 minutes using their online program – simple, effective and eye-catching.