I am confused and looking for some help.
Having this Blog show up on Active Rain will automatically get some hits from the AR community. However, I've noticed two things. First, when I post a Blog to AR, it will get about two dozen views - on average. Second, when I click the button to have it also feed to "My Outside Blog", which is on a website I bought just to have this blog feed into it, I see that I get 500 or more hits, on a pretty regular basis.
Our office has many properties for sale. They are all listed on our local Multiple Listing Service, and I assume this is the case for most readers who are brokers or agents. However, "My Outside Blog" doesn't seem to have a linkback to Active Rain, nor does it link directly to my office website(s).
Our main office website -- www.livillageproperties.com is now under the final stages of reconstruction.
Our old/backup website - - www.longislandvillageproperties.com
One of our agent's site is - - - www.joshevanshomes.com
And, I'd like to link back to my 'home page' on active rain, which is - - I believe -- www.activerain.com/dvfco
As you can see, I am using this blog not only to ask the question, but also to see if it helps answer the question itself as I will click the Post to My Outside Blog button. But, there should be a better way to get it done and make it look a lot better.
I also seem to have problems adding almost anything to the website other than what comes through this feed. Does anyone have any advice on how to improve or expand my website? It is www.mineolavillageproperties.com
Further, I am about to add these RSS-type feeds to the Active Rain Accounts for my other agents. This way, they will all have a neighborhood name with villageproperties.com following their hometown, or the town in which they do the most business. I just don't want to get started without a little more knowledge in the field.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, even just a kick in the right direction.
Thanks,
David
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David V. Farrell, Broker/Owner
Long Island Village Properties
NYS Certified General Appraiser - #46-16371
David V. Farrell Co., Auctioneers & Appraisers
167 Mineola Boulevard
Mineola, New York 11501
p. (516) 741-7350
c. (516) 987-3329
e-mail: david@davidvfarrell.com
David, I'm far from the expert, but one way to do this is to add links to photos within your blog. If I have 3 photos in a blog post, I will add a different link to each so if so if someone were to click on them they would go to either by main website, my outside blog, my AR blog, my FB page, my AR profile, etc. I hope that helps some.
This seems to be one of the challenges many realtors have. It is one thing to be a great closer, marketer, people person and every other quality that is needed to be a realtor, however it gets dicey when we are required to be “Techies” as well.
David. Give me a call from a land line.
Lenn Harley
Sorry I do not have the answers. I will watch to see what other tell you in this matter.
Do you have a signature at the end of each blog post with a link to your site? On this post you don't have it. Do you have one on your outside blog?
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