There are a billion different sites out there that will teach the fine tuned skills of proper keyword usage in blogging. But after all that dust settles, here are the 3 simple truths that I have found.

1. If you want to rank in the search engines for a certain keyword or keyword phrase … USE that keyword phrase in your blog titles, posts and linked text.
2. Remember: You are writing FIRST for humans and second for search engines. Make your blog posts appeal to Google ONLY AFTER you are certain that they are also pleasing to the human eye. So, do not flood your posts with keywords.
3. Don’t forget the longtail. Showing up in the search engines for 217 “niche” keywords (and therefore showing up as the expert in those niches) is much better than NOT showing up in the search engines for major search terms. It’s the whole “Big fish. Small pond.” concept. Consistently writing, naturally, for what you do (real estate) will give you this opportunity.

Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream. – Chris Anderson WIRED.com

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David Knox is a real estate speaker that we saw speak at a conference last year. He does a LOT of different videos … Here is a good one:

Real Estate Blogging – It is more than a “fad” – It is a proven way to attract more business and make more money … regardless of the current market.

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Do you own a URL version of your name?

If not, get one … Even if the .com version is taken, consider a .info or a .me version …

I happen to own MarianaWagner.com and MarianaWagner.me and did not know what to do with them. See, I don’t use my name URL’s for real estate … (maybe because I am more than just what I do to pay the bills… ?), but I didn’t want anyone else owning those domains.

Until recently, I had no idea what to DO with these URL’s … until my friend, Kelley Koehler (aka @housechick) gave me a GREAT IDEA!

I gathered up all the different social media profiles and blogs that I write for and corralled them into one, clean and tidy location:

www.MarianaWagner.com

Now, instead of trying to remember all the different “handles” (or user names) for all the different sites I belong to, I just have to tell people, “Just visit MarianaWagner.com and you can find me anywhere!” and direct them to your vanity site.

This site has:

• An about me page that details my roles as a Realtor®, trainer and coach.
• Links to all my blogs and websites
• Links to the profile pages on all the social media sites I belong to
• RSS Feeds from 2 of my main blogs

I used a FREE WordPress.com blog, with the DePo Masthead by Derek Powazek theme.

This is a super easy way to connect with other social media types in any setting, and I have even added it to my business card!

Other URL’s that I have forwarded to this site: MarianaWagner.me and Mizzle.me

I was a part of ProBlogger’s 31 Days to Building a Better Blog. One assignment was to go to the mall…

ugh.

But, this is actually a very good idea! You can learn a lot from just a couple hours at the mall.

Check Out what Darren learned  …

10 Lessons in Blogging Learned on a Shopping Expedition

He does a great job at gleaning great blog tips out of everyday shopping …

Here is a list of some great blogs about blogging regarding rules and tips of blogging:

Six Rules of Blogging (That Also Apply to Twitter) – DailyBlogTips.com

Five Blogging Rules to Make a Great First Impression – ProBlogger.com

10 Blogging Tips for 2009 to Make It Your Most Successful Blogging Year Ever – BloggingTips.com

Top 10 Blog Tips – TopTenBlogTips.com

Of course, there are a million versions to what is acceptable and not acceptable in the blogosphere, but these are a great collection of links to reference … when in doubt.

As a Colorado Springs real estate agent, we want to make sure that we advertise our listings everywhere possible. Here are 10 of the sites that we advertise on:

1. Realtor.com (enhanced listings)
2. Flickr.com
3. Postlets.com
4. VFlyer.com
5. SpringsRealtyScoopListings.com
6. ActiveRain.com
7. RealEstateShows.com
8. Trulia.com
9. Zillow.com
10. Craigslist

From here, our listings get pushed out to many, many other real estate websites …