My wife and I attended RainCamp Seattle this week and what follows is our notes. Keep in mind, the notes we took are only the tip of the iceberg, as there was so much to learn, and so much enthusiasm to walk away with. Enjoy...
Via Colleen Lane 509.438.9344 www.LaneRealEstateTeam.com (Kennewick Richland (and West) Pasco WA Homes For Sale):
Ok, I'll be the first to admit the following points will seem a bit random, but the points are some takeaways from Tuesday's ActiveRain RainCamp that I find valuable. I've posted Monday morning's before the break and after the break takeaways, as well as Monday afternoon's takeaways as well. Enjoy...
- Optimize your ActiveRain signature link with your keywords to provide a link back to your ActiveRain profile with your main keywords.
- The meta description (in search results) is pulled from the first sentence of your ActiveRain blog, and occasionally, the last sentence in the blog entry.
- Make blog entries timeless. In other words, write the blog entry so the content is relevant 2 years from now.
- 2 really good ActiveRain University classes tomorrow. Go here to register.
- Takes 1 closed transaction to cover the annual ActiveRain Rainmaker fee!
- You need to limit the amount of time devoted to social media - use it as a tool, not a lifestyle.
- Flavors.me provides accessibility to you for your clients and associates.
- SocialMention.com provides a resource for finding what folks are discussing on a topic you input. Receive free daily email alerts of your brand, company, CEO, marketing campaign, or on a developing news story, a competitor, or the latest on a celebrity.
- Your true worth is determined by how much more you GIVE in value than you TAKE in payment.
- How to unsuck your business:1 be there (show up), 2 be accessible, 3 be responsive, 4 be attentive (listen), 5 be givers, and 6 be valuable.
- "Your true worth is determined by how much more you GIVE in value than you TAKE in payment."
- It's a beautiful day today, have you blogged about it: http://youtu.be/Hzgzim5m7oU
- Blog about restaurants (or other reviews) then copy the post over to Yelp! for additional exposure.
- Remember old school real estate farming? Well, do the same but with your blog.
- Debe Maxwell's market reports are a good example of great market reports.
- My favorite blogging topic suggested: Steps to Selling a Home (checklists)
- Bob Stewart says blogged local events are the highest grossing traffic generators on ActiveRain.
- When re-blogging at ActiveRain, post, the edit, then change the title to make the re-blogged blog more relevant to your area niche.
- Set up Hit Router and Listing Referrals in your ActiveRain profile.
- Want all those cool fonts, colors, sizes, you see folks using at ActiveRain, try Firefox' Scribefire. Or, http://www.online-html-editor.org/
- Wikimedia Commons ~ A database of 10,391,904 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
For anyone who has not attended a RainCamp, we couldn't recommend RainCamp anymore than saying if RainCamp Seattle were held tomorrow (again) we would be here! :-)
Sounds like there was a lot to learn. Thanks for the recap. Didn't know about the Wikipedia Commons.