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Turbocharge Your Blog Performance with Old Content

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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Are you looking to give your business website's content a boost? Here at iLeads.com, we think it makes good sense to look
at the old blog posts as a valuable resource rather than as something not
likely to see the light of day again. Old content can be a real goldmine of
ideas which can turbocharge your blog’s performance and reduce the stress of
periodically dishing out new content.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some loyal readers might have missed a
blog post because it faded into obscurity behind more recent entries. It might
not occur to them to read back through older archives. </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Refurbishing your content and
republishing it will help you get past the content generation hassles and help
you reach the readers who might have missed past posts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You obviously don’t want to update the
date and publish old posts as they are. Here are some suggestions for
maximizing value of existing content:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Update dated content: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Say you’re working in an industry where algorithm
changes and new strategies are a way of life. Your popular one year old blog
post regarding industrial best practices might not be absolutely relevant
today. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can go back to such posts, update
them according to the current scenario and then republish. It’s a win-win
because your audience gets great new content and you’ve not had to struggle
with a new idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Take the concept further: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adding a 'Part II'
to a blog is another great<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> concept. You can include
additional information about the topic discussed and even express a change of
view if it’s happened. You can give a back reference to your earlier post or
create </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a separate post addressing
a fresh perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you link an old post to a
"Part II" post, you get traffic for both entries and your entire
readership benefits. To use one idea for multiple posts, you could consider
creating a neatly laid out guide with multiple chapters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Create link roundups: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sharing old posts using link roundups is a
popular blogging technique. You can use this to showcase relevant, interesting,
or fun links from all over. This outreach tool allows you to connect with the owners
of other sites and your audience will perceive you as an industry expert. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make sure don't lose your own traffic
to outside links. Including a section titled, "Posts You Might Have
Missed" at the bottom of the roundup can give your earlier posts some
deserving attention and keep people longer on your site.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reference past posts on social media: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though this </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">won’t add to your blog's content per se, it
can help you maximize value of already published content.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You could mark out a day of the week
to promote your blog content on your social channels. For example, you could
post something like a "Throwback Thursday" message regularly on your
social platforms to link to previous blog articles. This provides value to
social followers and prevents your profiles from appearing too
self-promotional.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Change your content formats: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can use various content formats for
getting maximum value out of articles already written. For example, an interesting
and well received blog post can be turned into a cool video. You could even put
together a handful of posts on related topics into a free e-book on your site. Or
you could share the e-book in exchange for signing up for a newsletter or sell
it for improving the site's bottom line. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>

Turbocharge Your Blog Performance with Old Content

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08 Oct 2014

Using Social Media to Build Your Brand

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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A successful real estate agent has a lot on
their plate. From managing clients’ expectations and listings to building a
professional brand, it takes a lot to run a great real estate company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Among the best and simplest means
of boosting and building your brand is the use of an efficient and
cost-effective strategy to target a wider audience. And one of the best ways to
accomplish this is through the effective use of social media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>How your brand and social media can work together</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Real estate agents might be wondering the
reason why social media is quite vital to their brand. Quite simply, social
media use is effective in reaching clients and growing any business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When social media is properly managed, it will
help to build your reputation and establish yourself as industry expert. When
this is achieved, it’s going to be easier to reach potential clients, provide
value, and retain clients for a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Apart from
reputation, social media is also crucial to real estate professionals in terms
of networking. Social media is a potent tool to connect with others in the
niche as well as keeping in connection with past and present clients. This may
lead to referrals. Furthermore, it may offer insights into the way other
professionals in this particular market promote their business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>How can you
effectively use social media?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Basically,
real estate agents have different strategies and choices at their finger tips.
This may make connecting with others, reaching new clients, and building a
brand a walk in the park. Take the example of a Facebook page. How can a real
estate agent use this tool to engage with current clients and potential clients?
They can post relevant and pertinent information on a regular basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The majority
of people are turned off by forced advertising among other clear marketing
ploys. However, companies who comment and post meaningful content and appear as
friendly may become successful in this regard. Whereas a personal page may be
effective, it might help to establish a business fan page. This may lead to
more promotional marketing and listings of foreclosed houses among
others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While
Facebook is among the most popular social media tools, it's not the only fish in the
sea. A social media site like YouTube can also become handy. The site is quite
valuable because professionals can film listings and then post them online.
They can also post a link to their main site and get exposure for their
services.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Need lead
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Using Social Media to Build Your Brand

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04 Sep 2014

Skills that Real Estate Professionals Should Have

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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s
important for real estate agents to gain some important skills for career development
and smooth operation as well as great client interaction. A real estate agent
should be self-promoting and work with professionalism at all times while
upholding a code of ethics. Here’s a look at some other skills a good real
estate professional should have in order to be successful:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Real
estate work involves entrepreneurship and should agents should possess great
sales skills. It’s important to have a professional image and pleasant
personality to create a good impression on clients. Some important sales skills
include the ability to make sales presentations, negotiating skills, qualifying
prospects, and closing deals. When it comes to marketing, an agent should be
proactive with marketing. Marketing is one of the primary effective ways to
find potential clients.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Communication skills<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learning
how to communicate with your clients is important during sales and marketing.
As a real estate professional, you need to listen and interpret the client’s
needs appropriately. Good communication also involves updating your clients
regularly about the progress of the real estate transaction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Organization skills<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
real estate transactions involve a lot of paperwork, thus as a realtor you
should be well organized and exceedingly detail oriented. This is because
crucial legal documents are used and signed; missed forms or errors may lead to
serious consequences such as facing lawsuits or hinder the client from getting
financing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Customer service skills<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Great
customer service skills are absolutely essential in the real estate industry. As
a realtor, you should be able to assist the client throughout the entire home buying
process. The client may be a brand new homebuyer, and they may need you to
relieve their anxiety involved in acquiring or selling property. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Analytical skills<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
real estate market is always changing, and you need to be informed of these
changes. Real estate professionals should be able to analyze current market
trends. This will help give clients all the needed information when
consulted. Real estate involves dealing with numbers, so quick calculation
skills are necessary to help in interest rates, financing and other money
matters. The realtor should also have attained the necessary education
requirements required by National Association of Realtors (NSA).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Time-juggling skills<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As
a realtor you may find yourself busy up and down meeting with clients and
spending hours searching real property in the market. Therefore, learning how
to juggle between job responsibilities and family is important. According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, most realtors will meet their clients in on evening
hours or weekends when the clients are free.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Skills that Real Estate Professionals Should Have

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22 Jul 2014

Social Media Marketing and Small Businesses

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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Social media marketing has been a blessing in disguise for
small businesses with limited resources and which would otherwise not be able
to conduct market research on their products and their targeted customers’
response to them. The publicity, marketing reach, and customer relations made
possible via social media has been an answer for many entrepreneurs and small
businesses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are plenty of avenues to pursue in using social media
as a marketing tool, but it is also a very real possibility to bite off more
than you can chew if you use too many platforms. However, focusing only on one
platform can be just as dangerous if for example the account is deleted or
banned from the site. <br />
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Small businesses need to know what their target audience is and which sites
they are more attracted to in order to tailor their social media marketing to
them. Each site has its strength and a business owner can play to them to reach
a wider target and to relate with his or her customers. For example, Pinterest
provides a very visual platform which can be helpful for some businesses. Twitter
and Facebook provide excellent avenues to communicate with customers and get
feedback.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The platform to use
will depend on the target audience after which it is important to make
connections and keep them up, which means constantly updating your page and
keeping it interesting. In connection to this, one of the most important things
to do with social media is to provide content that is interesting without being
full of fluff. Content posted should be helpful and meaningful without sounding
like excerpts of an encyclopedia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of the content published, 80 percent should be about the
interests of the customers. This would earn them the right to talk about their
products or businesses in the other 20 percent of the content. Consistency is
something that will go a long way in promoting social media marketing for small
businesses and responding to the comments given by the audience will help grow
the community and expand your networks. Despite the fact the relationships
built on social media are sometimes superficial, they help build a small business
as the customers regard you as a friend. </span></div>
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Improving Your Lead Generation Campaign

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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Promoting your brand and services involves an innovative lead
generation campaign that generates targeted traffic to your website. The goal,
of course, is to bring in more business for your company. Not only do you want
traffic, you want website traffic to convert into leads. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A successful lead generation campaign is created around a mining of
customer profiles and a clear knowledge of customers’ buying behavior. You want
to address potential clients in a personalized way that best serves their
needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are some effective ways to improve your lead generation campaign:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Optimize your website.</b> When people
visit your site, they want to know how it can help them with their needs and
solve their problems. It’s a fact that visitors leave a site within ten seconds
if they don’t find anything of value to them and/or if the website is difficult
to navigate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Create free giveaways.</b> You
can gain valuable contact information for a great number of leads when you
offer free giveaways and promotions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Offer white pages. </b>You can
generate a good number of leads by offering white pages with valuable information
for a limited time. You can also do the same with eBooks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Focus on content.</b> Beefing up
your content can do wonders for your lead generation campaign. Regular posting on
social media channels can quickly generate an audience that can quickly grow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Understand your lead.</b> In
order to serve customers’ needs, you must first know what they want. With a
clear understanding of what prospects want, you can target them with content
and incentives so that they will buy your product or services</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lead generation is an important part of any type of business. Let’s
face it: Your business cannot survive without leads. Sprucing up your lead
generation campaign can bring a constant stream of valuable leads that can make
all the difference in your business.</span></div>
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