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This is a lens of Active Rain members real estate blogs, the blogs we have outside of active rain. There are many great blogs out there! If I have missed any please let me know.
Contact Teresa Boardman, St. Paul MN via Active Rain
This lense also includes a live feed from active rain, updated every half hour and a technorati tag search on "real estate" also updated every half hour. Please use the poll on the bottom to let me know if I should continue this project.
Resources for bloggers have been added, links to valuable how to sites and free tools you can use.
Real estate blogs
Active Rain members other blogs
Active Rain members other blogs.
- St. Paul Real Estate Blog
- By Teresa Boardman of St. Paul MN, Keller Williams Realty. Lense Master
- Aging Issues blog
- By Lisa Dunn, Minneapolis, MN Edina Realty
- Columbus Ohio
- Maureen McCabe, Columbus OH,Her Real Living
- Real Estate Snippets
- By Bonnie Erickson of St. Paul, MN The Realty Matrix
- Denver Real Estate Blog
- Kristal Kraft Denver, CO The Berkshire Group Realtors
- The Phoenix Real Estate Guy
- By Jay Thompson, Phoenix AZ, centruy 21
- Move Up to Naperville
- Eileen Landau, Naperville, Illinois, United States
- The Real Estate Tomato
- Jim Cronin, consultant
- North Fulton County (Georgia) Real Estate Blog
- By: Kevin Warmath, North Fulton County GA Kevin Warmath Real Estate Real Estate
- Cherokee Real Estate Blog
- By: Knox Bardeen Ball Ground GA, Keller Knapp, Inc.
- San Diego Re Blog
- By: Jeff Dowler Carlsbad, California, United States
- Relocation A -Z
- By: Jeff Dowler, Carlsbad, CA, United States RE/MAX
- The Eastern CT Real Estate Blog
- By: Linda Davis Eastern Connecticut Real Estate
- Home Staging, Rants & Ravings
- By: Craig Schiller Home Staging, Rants & Ravings
The brain dump of Craig Schiller, - Sell Your Home with Margaret Rome
- By: Margaret Rome Maryland
- Seattle Housing Buzz
- Seattle Real Estate Blog by Seattle real estate specialist by Ben Kakimoto, Realtor, John L Scott WA
- Seattle Condos and Lofts
- Seattle Condo Blog by Seattle real estate specialist. Ben Kakimoto, seattle real estate agent with John L. Scott focuses on selling and buying condos and lofts.
- Delaware Ohio Real Estate From a Dog's View
- By: Sadie Lynn Delaware Ohio Real Estate
- TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com)
- Pat Kitano Transparent RE.com
- RealEstateUndressed
- by Larry Cragun Lillywood, WA, Keller Williams Realty
- Oakland County Michigan
- By: Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky Oakland County, Michigan Real Estate
- Cedar Rapids Iowa Real Estate
- By: Christopher Smith is a Realtor for Skogman Realty in Cedar Rapids. Ia
- A Day In The Life of A Loan Advisor Tommie W. Gibson
- By: Tommie W. Gibson Houton TX, Loan advisor
- RSSPieces- turn-key real estate blogs for Realtors
- By: Mary McKnight Cape Coral FL
- Home Staging Blog
- By: Nickie Rothwell, Mar vista, CA Home stager
- Christian Real Estate Network
- by: Christian Real Estate Network, Castle Rock Co
- Florida Real Estate News
- By: Leanne Paynter, Plantation FL, Homes.com
- (417) DWELLINGS!
- By: Paul Dizmang Springfield, MO Real Estate Broker
- : Knoxville Tennessee Real Estate Blog
- By: Jim Lee
Knoxville Tennessee Real Estate Blog - Cyber Cafe Conversations
- by: Jay & Medford, Active Rains's token geezers Cyber Cafe Conversations
Welcome Friends! Welcome friends, new and old, to our little establishment "Med & Jay's Cyber Café" where the coffee's hot (and always fresh), and the conversation's always stimulating. - Cary NC Real Estate News
- Rama Polefka, NC real estate news
- Santa Clarita Re Blog
- By: Linda Slocum
- Focus On Frederick.com — Musings and information about Real Estate in the Frederick County Area
- By: Bob Carney
- Home Page - miami shores real estate miami beach real estate - Miamism
- Enrique Garcia & Ines Hegedus-Garcia
Real Estate Professionals specializing in the Greater Southeast Florida Real Estate Industry. : Home Page - Darryl Glades New Orleans Real Estate Blog
- By: Darryl Glade
Blogging books and resources
For Realtors
There are many books about blogging, search for more. The long tail is a must read for business blogging.
Realty Blogging
This book would work for anyone starting a blog. Real basic, publsihed July 2006 but not quite obsolete.
Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 07/20/2008)
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/20/2008)
The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get It Right
Amazon Price: $16.29 (as of 07/20/2008)
WordPress 2 (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 07/20/2008)
Great Stuff on Amazon
Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
I love this book - read it!
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/20/2008)
Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/20/2008)
No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog
Amazon Price: $13.59 (as of 07/20/2008)
Blogwild!: A Guide for Small Business Blogging
Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 07/20/2008)
The Digital Photography Book
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 07/20/2008)
Resources for Bloggers
Resources for any blogger.
- Future of Real Estate Marketing
- A blog exploring Real Estate marketing and the impact of the Internet, Web 2.0 and blogging on the Real Estate industry.
- The Real Estate Tomato
- The Real Estate Tomato, juice news for REALTORS
- What's New | Real Estate Blogsites
- The Latest Postings for Real Estate Blogsites
- RSSPieces- turn-key real estate blogs for Realtors
- RSS Pieces premier Realtor and mortgage broker blogs with MLS and auto SEO features:
- Copywriting tips for online marketing success from Copyblogger
- Great resource on writing for blogs and marketing
- Seth's Blog
- Marketing, more general marketing advice, great advice and Ideas I would say . .
- Make Money Online with ProBlogger Blog Tips
- Helping Bloggers earn Money
- BlogWrite for CEOs
- Real estate agents are CEO's of their own companies. this is about business blogging.
- Odeo: Listen to Thousands of Podcasts (and more)
- Record and store Audio for your blog. Make MP3 files for podcast. free, eady to use!
- Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing
- Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos to the world, securely and privately show photos to your friends and family, or blog the photos you take with a cameraphone.
- Talkr -- Letting blogs speak for themselves
- Rss Feed to speach, let your blog speak for its self
- FeedBurner
- A must have for boggers. Track your feed, monetize, and publicize. email a post and a sign up for email updates.
- Zookoda
- Turn your RSS feed into a new letter
- Technorati: Home
- Free directory,claim your blog, track it, ping it and have it appraised.
- Ping-o-Matic!
- Ping-O-MaticHomeStatsBlog - write a post, send a ping to let the world know.
- Site Meter - Counter and Statistics Tracker
- A fast, free Web counter that features custom counters styles. Site Meter creates dynamic 3D charts showing visitors, page views, country maps, visit durations and much more!
- Vizu: Web Polls, Blog Polls, Email Polls, Public Opinion, Research
- Vizu: Interactive Polls, Public Opinion, Research - add a poll to your blog.
- Squidoo Lens
- Free, easy to build, pick a top and make a lens, like this one.
- Sacred Cow Dung: All Things Web 2.0 - "THE LIST"
- All things web 2.0, the most complete list I have seen. Worthy of it's own lense for sure!
- HitTail - Free Long Tail Search Tool
- Writing For The Long Tail of Search - A Practical Alternative to Paying For Your Search Hits - - I highly recommend this one!
- FilmLoop: Create photo slideshows, Share, View
- create and publish your own slideshow with free FilmLoop software. Looks great on your blog!
- YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
- Video for your blog. upload video or use someone elses.
- bLaugh
- Put cartoons on your blog.
Start a free blog
Links to free blog platforms
- WordPress.com ? Get a Free Blog Here
- WordPress.com Blog Hundreds of great features.
- Blogger: Create your Blog Now -- FREE
- Free blogs
- BlogEasy - Free Web Hosting For Your Free Blog. Free Blog Hosting.
- Free Web Hosting For Your Free Blog.
- Live Journal
- LiveJournal.com is a place where you can share your thoughts with the world.
- TypePad Blogs - Blogging Software and Tools for Businesses and Professionals
- The premier blogging service for professionals and small business. - Not free, but inexpensive, a great tool for business bloggers, lots of widgets and add ons available.
- Real Estate Marketing Software Real Estate Websites - Point2 Agent
- Point 2 agent for realtors, a web site and a blog. There is a free version and a paid version
- Internet Domain Name Registration, Domain Transfers. Your domain name search starts here.
- godaddy offers a free web log with the puchase of a domain name. The blog can be upgraded to a paid version.
Directories to add your blog to
Being listed in a directory can help people find your blog
- Real Estate Blogs - Blog Top Sites
- Blog Top Sites?Statistics updated once an hour, this will give your blog a rank as compared to the other real estate blogs in the directory.
- MyBlogLog
- MyBlogLog
- MapStats - free blog stats tracker counter
- Visitor statistics and tracking mixed in with Google Maps
- Blog Rankings - blog directory, create blog, free blog skins
- Blogrankings lists the worlds most popular blog sites. List your blog for free and get more traffic for your blog site.
- UmmYeah.com :: Dear Productivity, It was nice knowing you.
- Blog directory
- Bloggeries Blog Directory
- Blog Directory - A categorized list of blogs from all around the world.
RSS
Feed reader - news aggregator
How to read 100 blogs a day. Use an RSS reader or a news aggregator.
- Homepage | What is RSS Feedreader? | Feedreader - Totally Free RSS / ATOM Newsreader / Aggregator
- What is Feedreader?Feedreader is a free lightweight aggregator that supports RSS and
ATOM formats. - I like it because I can search multiple blogs - FeedRaider - Customizable RSS Aggregator
- FeedRaider - Customizable RSS Aggregator
- Bloglines
- News aggegator
- News Gator
- News aggegator
- Google reader
- News aggegator
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