Real estate news and features

Indiana Sifuentes (Las Vegas REALTOR and up-and-coming blogger) emailed me this excellent article from Business Week:  Blogs Will Change Your Business - Look past the yakkers, hobbyists, and political mobs. Your customers and rivals are figuring blogs out. Our advice: Catch up…or catch you later.  The article, written in May 2005,  really drives home the […]

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One of the wonderful features of blogging is the experience of finding your own voice.  I am finding that the more I blog the more I get comfortable with the whole experience and the platform.  I’ve also been working on not being so technical and analytical about my writing - allowing my true personality […]

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A common question for many newbies joining the blogosphere is what is RSS? It stands for Really Simple Syndication.  Simplest answer - it’s a way to subscribe or choose the content, blogs, podcasts, news feeds you want to have access to, when you want it.  From Wikipedia, “RSS makes it possible for people to keep […]

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As I share my passion for blogging with others, I’ve realized that so many people are just becoming aware of blogs and curious about how to really participate.  So this post is all about the how and why of COMMENTS on blogs.  The comment feature of a blog is one of the primary differences between […]

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What an amazing experience Bloggers Connect and Real Connect 2007 in San Francisco was!  I posted my 25 Top Tips & Best Ideas About Blogging on my Active Rain Blog.  I invite you to check out what I gleaned as the best comments from the panelists and experts at Connect.
Here are key highlights from […]

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I’m attending the Real Estate Connect and Bloggers Connect in San Francisco and will be posting reports, updates and the best tips and ideas I gather from the various sessions. 
The first social networking session was held last night at the Thirsty Bear - “Beer with Bloggers”.  The place was jam-packed with bloggers and the […]

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More of the same from AdvancedAccess.com
It has been a very rocky ride for over a year. My appologies to those of you who cannot access my site or the QuickHomes MLS search. I am currently working on a new and improved version of my site- hosted on a different server in addition, a new? Mulitiple Listings? search […]

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Today’s post is about the elements and features of a blog.  We will be covering several of these topics later is the series including the blogging software I recommend - Wordpress, Typepad or Blogger.  I use Typepad for this blog.
Design Options
Most of the blogging platforms have a variety of template designs and format options. […]

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There are a variety of Blog Search Engines to assist you in search of blogs on your favorite subjects.
Two of my favorite sites are:Technorati and Google Blog Search. 
Search tip for Technorati:  Type in the keyword(s) of what you are looking for in the search bar.  Let’s say you were looking for blogs about “Real […]

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Today’s post is about the elements and features of a blog.  We will be covering several of these topics later is the series including the blogging software I recommend - Wordpress, Typepad or Blogger.  I use Typepad for this blog.
Design Options
Most of the blogging platforms have a variety of template designs and format options. […]

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