What is a commitment to Business Blogging doing for others?  

Read what some bloggers have had to say…

• "At four weeks later, I have come up on page 1 in Google when doing a search of Valencia Real Estate News." Connor MacIVOR, Santa Clarita CA
• "…my blog seems to attract folks because it’s perceived as a more forward-thinking, open & honest way to share good information on property & lifestyle in the area. In all, it’s become a great marketing, advertising & public relations tool for my business." Bryan Bomba Hinsdale IL
• "I see blogging today in a position similar to where websites were 17 or 18 years ago. Back then, other agents would ask why I was bothering with a website - what a waste of time and money. Now everyone has a website. It’s the same with blogging - most agents see it as a social network and a waste of time. The world copies what’s successful - our edge is being there before the others." Sharon Simms St Petersburg FL
• "I can trace 3 transactions directly to blogging. One of the buyer agents on my team came back from an initial meeting with a buyer client to say the guy loved our blog and said he just "eats up" the market reports we post." Ann Heitland Flagstaff AZ
• "I’m relatively new to the business so I don’t have a ton of listings. My focus is to Blog about what I have, but I also make an effort to share good information on the more relevant real estate oriented goings- on in Eagle County too. And by the way, writing about properties or the communities they are in is a tactic I’m using to generate more listings too. I was able to get a condo listing by showing the owners I had optimal search engine indexing for several related queries on the area. They concluded that would help to sell the home." Doug Schwartz Edwards CO
• "I have found that about half of the people who visit my IDX site, come from my blog as opposed to my pay per click links. As a result, I have been able to cut my pay per click budget. My Real Estate Blogsite is my vehicle for positioning myself as the area expert." Linda Davis Ledyard CT
• "We really see blogging as a GREAT search engine marketing tool! Our goal with blogging is simple. We’re looking for traffic, leads and to get folks to eventually buy!!!" Kristina Netter Long Island NY
• "We are experts in Real Estate, but recognize the web is where we need to focus our energy. Yes there are free blogs, but the learning curve is at what cost to our business?" Kathy Vallee Tucson AZ
• "We have to have a way for our web presence to float to the top of the search engines. Most client contact in our marketplace is by email or phone, the first time. We get fewer and fewer cold walk-ins every year. You have to be in front of the competition to get ahead and stay there."
  Joe Neill Grand Lake OK

Our commitment to Blogging about Business Blogging products & services between November & December ‘07 shows month to month increases 1.) in pages views of 212%, 2.) in unique users of 269%, 3.) in return users of 667%, 4.) in different search query discoveries to our business of 196% and 5.) in the different states searchers visited from of 146%. Not bad for a relatively new Business Blog 

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