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Suggest a Talk

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:03:20 CDT

If you want to show off how smart you are, leave a note here. Say your name and tell us what you want to talk about.

Anne Gardner's suggested topic:

- What gives you inspiration for your Blog, where's the Fodder?

- What do you regret blogging about in Real Estate? Specific posts or a way you structured your first blog, can you tell I am learning here?

Ben Martin's suggested topic:
* The latest CREST blogging survey data.

Candy Lynn -

I love for someone (not me) to walk us thru converting from wordpress.com to wordpress.org also how to set up a wordpress.org from scratch... (I second this one!!)
I'm going to be "covering" the bloggercon so please seek me out for interviews etc

Brian Block's suggested topics:
* "You've Got a Blog -- Now What?" -- How to Blog for Business
* Incorporating Video & Humor in Your Blog

Danilo Bogdanovic

How was your approach to blogging changed since you first started?
What technologies have you incorporated into your blogging efforts in 2008?
What technologies that could be incorporated into your blog/blogging efforts would you like to see come out in the future?

P.S. I'll be "covering" the BloggerCon as well and will be getting everyone's feedback throughout the afternoon.

Matt Wilkins

tips for converting fron diferent blog platforms (typepad,blogger, etc.) to wordpress.org {Thanks, Matt - I have a Typepad that I can't wait to migrate to WP.org, I just don't know what I'm doing. If someone wants to use my site as a test subject, I'm glad to help with that. - Jeremy Hart}
using your blog to effectively connect iwth potential clients
knwoing when it's apprpriate to break out and use multiple blogs

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The following are talks that were suggested for Real Estate BloggerCon 2.0 (Spring 2008)

Danilo Bogdanovic's suggested topics:
* Why do you blog?
* Are you converting lurkers/lookers into clients?
* Which social media sites (could be your blog) are your clients finding you through?
* What feedback have you been getting from clients that found you through your blog or social media sites?
* How does your blog compare to other local agents and their blogs or static sites in search engines?

Frank LLosa's suggested topics:

Shoot like a professional. Kodak v570 tutorial. And edit photos for your MLS listings.
How to make a Washington Post Sunday 2 line ad for $16

Ben Martin's suggested topics:

Stupid blog tricks (set up roundtables for Wordpress, Typepad, Blogger and Active Rain blogging platforms, and learn from your peers about how to trick out your blog)
Real estate blogging research (Brainstorm development of a real estate blogging survey that would help us benchmark how blogs are being used and to what extent. Some potential questions to ask: 1) As of today, how many subscribers do you have? 2) What blogging platform do you use? 3) What site analytics package do you use? 4) How many unique visitors have you had in the past year? 5) What is your average length of visit for the past year? 6) What social bookmarking plugin are you using, if any? 7) Do you publish a full or partial RSS feed? 8) Do you offer subscribe by email? 9) What is your incoming traffic breakdown? [direct, referral, search] 10) How many posts have you made in the past year?

The Zebra's suggested topics:

* Developing a plan for content creation.
* Improving the quality of your content for your readers. (formatting, copywriting, editing, etc.)
* Integrating your blog into other social media efforts.
* Side note-- Wet Paint doesn't fully support Safari-- WTF?

Other potential topics:

Widgets that Work (from Plugoo to Vyew, Meebo to Wufoo and every crazy Web 2.0 company name in between, what widgets deliver real value?)
How to write for SEO and not come across like a robot
Book reports (Wikinomics, Here Comes Everybody, Freakonomics, whatever’s hot on your reading list)
Legal, ethical and regulatory implications for REALTORS® using social media
Integrating other social networking sites (Linkedin, Facebook, etc.) into your blogging efforts.

Participant List

amg_nvar — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:50:52 CDT

Ben Martin @bkmcae
Brian Block @blockrealestate
John Lauber @johnlauber
Drew Fristoe @DrewFristoe
Sarah Stelmok @SarahStelmok
Matt Wilkins @mattwilkins
Heather Elias @hthrflynn
Tina Merritt @tinainvirginia
Bob Carney @gotbob
Danilo Bogdanovic @DaniloB
Jeremy Hart @NRVLiving
Jim Rake@RakeTeam
Natalie Langford @WinVALiving
Daniel Rothamel @RealEstateZebra
Kari Rothamel @STRduo
Anne Gardner @amg_nvar
Maybe Frank @FranklyRealty

Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon 3.0 Home

bkmcae — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:31:55 CDT

Who: Virginia REALTOR bloggers (plus special guests from Maryland, Pennsylvania and other exotic locales!)
What: A short unconference for, you guessed it, real estate bloggers. Taking place in conjunction with VAR's Convention & Expo 2008.
When: Friday, September 26, 2008 | 1-5 p.m.
Where: Baltimore Marriott Waterfront | Room: Kent AB
Why: Nobody's quite sure
How: No pre-determined agenda, no talking heads. Just real-life real estate bloggers talking about real-life blogging stuff.

jokes

bkmcae — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:03:48 CDT

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Agenda

bkmcae — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:54:19 CDT

1 - 1:15 Twitter-style introductions (140 characters or less, please)
1:15 - 1:45 Vote for which talks to hear
1:45 - 2:30 First talk
2:30 - 3:15 Second talk
3:15 - 4 Third talk
4 - 4:45 Fourth talk
4:45 - 5:30 Tie up any loose ends
5:30 - ??? Happy hours

Happy Hour

bkmcae — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:47:18 CDT

Oh yeah, lots of happy hour revelry to follow Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon 3.0:

Opening Reception (open bar) from 5:30 - 7 p.m. on the Expo floor.
Rapport/EMERGE party (cash bar) from 7 p.m. - ??? at Roy's Hawaiian Fusion.

Resources

bkmcae — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:42:04 CDT

Stuff we talked about at Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon 2.0.

VAR's 4 steps to start your own blog
Frank LLosa's blogging class
Center for REALTOR technology
Meebo chat widget
Processing web-generated leads
Copyblogger.com
Seven tips for new bloggers
Bob's Brain Dump - Wordpress, bluehost and flickr tutorials (and other stuff)
Freedomnomics vs. Freakonomics -- a short book review for REALTORS

Pictures from BloggerCon 2.0
Bob's Flickr Stream

multimedia

bkmcae — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:40:44 CDT

Relive Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon 2.0 (Spring 2008)

Photos
Audio

Zebratalk podcast (mp3 download)

Videos

General Comments/Feedback

bkmcae — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:25:33 CDT

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