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| Create a Twitter account. Search for local Twitter accounts and follow them. Create interesting tweets that encourage people to follow you back. Use tweets to drive traffic to your blog. Interact with followers. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Create a blog. Write regular posts about things of interest to your prospects and customers. Drive traffic to your blog by using email, Twitter, Facebook. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Go to TipDrop.com, find a tip sheet related to your niche and summarize the best tips. Tip Credibility: 9 |
| Find new products relevant to your niche and write a short review. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Find a relevant video on Youtube and embed it in your blog. Include your comments. Tip Credibility: 2 |
| Use twitter in a systematic way. Create a series of tweets each pointing to an important page on your web or blog. Then create a tweet stream with tweets every 15 minutes or so. Link to informative pages. Don't spam. Tip Credibility: 3 |
| Tweet videos from Youtube that are relevant to your niche. But don't link directly to them. Post them in your blog accompanied by your own (short) info and links. Then tweet the blog post to drive traffic to your blog. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Create a tweet stream of tweets going out every 15 minutes or so. You can automate using tools like twitterlater. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Create a blog to offer interesting information to customers and prospects. Then promote your blog. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Create a distinctive giveaway offer and promote it every way you can. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Eliminate all your credit cards and find a way to live without them. Tip Credibility: 7 |
| No matter how small your referral network is you should work it at the personal level. See more here: http://www.agentmapit.com/blog/?p=83 - Contact your network partners at least once a month. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Building a referral agent network requires active networking rather than passive networking. If you don't know the difference, see this post - http://www.agentmapit.com/blog/?p=126 Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Start by focusing on who you want to reach and ask yourself where you can find these people on the web. Tip Credibility: 7 |
| Lots of people are flogging SEO as the way to get traffic to local websites. I don't think it is worth the effort. You need other more engaging methods to build local customer relationships. Tip Credibility: 7 |
| Develop a targeted group of followers based on the content of your tweets. As with all social networking, use Twitter to develop your online identity. Share interesting info with others, but don't just keep shoving ads in their face. Show that you are int Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Every real estate agent should build his or her own network of agents across the country who they can share referrals with. That includes participating in networks such as AgentMapIt.com where you can find agents who are focused on sharing referrals with Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Local businesses should use the web as a networking tool. They should focus on two things: creating a consistent identity and then building a network of contacts, clients and prospects using the most effective tools available. Tip Credibility: 7 |
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