10 Ways To Promote Your Business Blog Locally

It’s easy to get caught up in the global aspects of blogging for business in the online world. But, sometimes all that matters is the local market. 

Driving towards Downtown DetroitI came across a great article that discusses the emerging trend of hyperlocal blogging where people are blogging about their neighborhoods, cities, towns, states, and all things that matter locally (humm, a great way for Realtors any other service provider professional to connect with potential clients, huh?).  Read more

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4 Simple One Way Linking Building Tips

Linking Building Tips

Link building is an important part of getting our business blogs to rank well in the search engines.  We don’t just want any kind of links either.  We want high quality, relevant, and trusted links from a variety of sources.  The problem is that link building can be very time consuming. There are, however, some very cool tools out there (see end of post) that can help too. But, first, here are four simple link building tips to get you started.  Read more

Realtors :: Do You Have A Business Blog?

Business Blogging Realtors
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If not, you should. A business blog is the perfect marketing tool for Realtors to grow their client base. Realtors can use a business blog to network with buyers and sellers, to showcase houses (even through video), to keep potential clients informed of the real estate issues in the local area, develop critical contacts both locally and globally, gain referral business, and establish authority.

I live in the Metro Detroit area so I have an idea of how bad the housing market is here. But even with the economy the way it is there are still Realtors who are succeeding. Guess why? Yep, because they are blogging! They understand and use blogging as part of their marketing strategy. Read more