Transform Transform March 2014 | Page 5

Blog - Even marketers sometimes confuse the difference between a real estate agent’s website and a real estate agent’s blog. They are not the same. For example, your website is more formal and is focused on presenting your credentials and your listings, while a blog, which stands for Web log, is really a personal platform where you let potential clients get to know you and your sales and business philosophies. to say this is that the formal real estate website is more a hard sell, where a real estate blog is a soft sell. On your blog you can post real estate advice, talk about different market trends and financing options in a warm, neighborly fashion. If this all sound complicated and over your head, don’t worry. The goal is to just get you thinking about how you can use everyday technology to build, enhance and grow your brand, which is you, in the real estate marketplace. In subsequent issues, I will give you specific blueprints for building your blog and keeping it filled with quality content. However, in this issue we will explore how you can use social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to build your brand. In addition, we’ll talk about the technology and developing the skills needed to build the most effective virtual tours for your listings. Finally, we’ll touch on how to use YouTube and other video marketing platforms to promote the virtual tours of the listings you created. You can do this in a more informal and friendly manner. Another way 5