Interview with Social Media.ist, Mortgage Expert, Speaker, Negotiator Mike Mueller

During my trip to the Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas last week I had the pleasure to meet up with a long time online friend and social network guru Mike Mueller.  I shared with Mike about the Arizona Real Estate Blogging Network and he was more than happy to discuss social media networking with me.  Mike was a great sport to allow me to interview him with some video coverage and I wanted to share it here with you.

Mike Mueller does a really great job in getting his message out and in using many different social media tools in his business. Mike uses a lot of video and is an active blogger.

Of course, you can find him on Twitter, Facebook and just about any other network you can think of.

For some of the local agents that have no idea what any of this means, you should follow Mike and you should get involved by joining AZ Real Estate Blogging Network.

Here you can learn and share ideas with other agents of similar interests and goals.  With our Arizona Blogging Network we encourage one another with blogging for business and understand the value and importance of blogging, social media.

If you are looking for a great role model and social media guru then check out Mike, the Social Media.ist, Mortgage Expert, Short Sale Negotiator & Speaker with over 14 years experience.

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Link Building Presentation

It was wonderful to meet up with everyone again! Thanks for being such an attentive audience, and for all your great questions and interaction.

Here is the presentation. It’s also posted on Phoenix Real Estate Guy. Huh, I just gave myself an inbound link…. ;)

Podcasting For Real Estate Professionals: Marketing with Podcasts - Part 1

After entertaining at weddings for over fifteen years, I’ve started my own podcast business, Pezaudio.com. I have always been happy in front of a microphone and now I want to share with you how to make your blog a performance stage to give you the best chance at capturing and winning over new clients.

Clients want to know you as a person, much like what you want to achieve with posts and content you provide on your professional blogs. Recording live with your voice through a podcast is another avenue to offer your personality to those prospective clients that perhaps enjoy podcasts on their ipods or mp3 players.

There is a large audience that subscribe to regular podcasts for their commute to work, travel, gym workout and entertainment. Podcasting is a great way to reach that pool of prospective clients. If you have never taken a stroll through itunes.com to see how many podcasts are available, I invite you to do so. The best part is most podcast are free and offer some fantastic advice and tutorials. Real Estate professionals could take advantage of using this online marketing tool that will open up a new pool of buyers or sellers for their sphere of influence (SOI).

I’ve recorded a new podcast to introduce myself and you to podcasting.  This is not far from what you are doing right now with writing content for your real estate blogs, but what about those that don’t have time to read each new post?  All you need is the basic tools and you can get started adding audio to your real estate blog today!

I will be offering a series of tutorials for AZ Real Estate Blogging Network (AZREBN) readers on the ‘how-to’s’ of podcasting to help you in your journey of marrying your blog with audio podcasts. I will be happy to assist, coach and produce your real estate podcast also. You can find my blog at www.Pezaudio.com

Contact me direct if you would like to discuss ideas, thoughts of how you could use podcasting on your professional blog today!  Feel free to ask questions in the Support Forum here on AZREBN.  I look forward to any and all questions you may have!  In the meantime, Happy Podcasting.

Resources:

• Audacity 1.2.6
• itunes.com
• PodSafeMusicNetwork.com
• Real Estate Sample Podcast

The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging

Blogging can be easy if you like it. However, blogging nowadays is more of a business than a hobby, so besides liking the subject you write about, you must also consider if your posts will interest other people. And, in order to keep that interest, how many hours will you have to dedicate to your blog each week. Spending time on your blog can be a very serious question that you can only answer.

The following presentation shows you 25 styles of blogging, what each of it means, how hard will it be to make a successful blog with that style, how much effort will you have to put in and what are the results you can potentially reach.

AZ Real Estate Blogging Network MeetUp - Sept 26th

Come join us for our monthly meet up for all real estate professionals eager to learn and share about blogging for business!

Jay Thompson, Broker, Avid Phoenix Blogger with Thompson’s Realty will be the keynote speaker for the September 26, 2008 meet up from 10:30 a.m to 12:30 pm.

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Jay will cover Link Building: The Basics & Beyond for your blog. If you haven’t had the pleasure of sitting in with one of Jay’s workshops then you won’t want to miss this event live!

The Friday mid morning workshop will be RSVP only with limited space. Be sure to sign up with our group within the MeetUp.com platform. You can reserve your seat with AZREBN MeetUp group here.

Location will be at our local sponsor On Q Financial, located at 1820 W Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ 85224, building ‘J’.  The On Q Financial building is located on the NORTH WEST corner of Cooper and Ray roads look for the AZREBN banner and the LandAmerica Title ‘A’ frame sign with balloons!

GRI Class Covers Blogging & Social Networking

Hello!

The latest GRI class is GRI 320 - Advanced Customer Care Through Technology.  The one day elective course spends about 2 hours on blogging, 2hours on Social Networking, as well as some time on the use of video and other web based marketing tools.  Here is the “official” course description:

This one-day ELECTIVE module is designed to help students optimize their web sites to provide maximum lead generation; use web-based tools and video communities to enhance their overall marketing plan; use blogging as an effective branding and marketing tool; and to create podcasts to use for personal and property marketing.

The FIRST opportunity to take this class for 7 hours of Continuing Education is 30 September at the Scottsdale Association of Realtors.  Please go to www.azgri.com to sign up!

Rob Gibbs

“Blogging For REALTORS” at SEVRAR Expo - 17 Sep at Mesa Convention Center

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that if you need any more hours or just want to come to class, I’m teaching Blogging for REALTORS (R) at the SEVRAR Expo 17 Sept at the Mesa Convention Center for 3 hrs General Credit.

Don’t miss this exciting event on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at the Mesa Convention Center where you’ll find a variety of events, exhibits, informational break-out sessions, and continuing education classes all presented to help steer your career in the right direction.

See you there at 9:00!
Rob

Interview with Bill Austin, Phoenix’s top Linkedin subscriber

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Google Chrome Browser Debuts

So the geniuses at Google have now officially taken on Microsoft head on with the launch today of the Google Chrome Browser, a direct IE7 competitor.  Here is Google’s official statement from their blog yesterday.

They indicated that they would be releasing it today in over 100 countries for Windows users, with Mac and Linux to come closely on it’s heels.  Although I can’t yet find where to download it.  More to come as I test FlexMLS, TopProducer 8i and others in the new, more powerful browser.

Oh, lest I forget, in a truly unique manner, Google launched Chrome in a Comic Book that was circulated like wildfire around the Internet.

Enjoy…

Rob the Tech Guy

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Meet David Lopez with Pezaudio.com - New Contributor

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce David Lopez with Pezaudio.com.  David and I met through twitter and have since developed a great business relationship.

David will be our newest contributor here at AZ Real Estate Blogging Network and offering some great advice on audio techniques & tips!

David comes with years of experience in the audio industry with owning and operating his MC business and currently has Behind The Wedding Mic for weddings, corporate events and now podcasting services.

You can hear more about David with our first ever AZREBN Podcast interview here.

I’m so looking forward to David’s contributions and tidbits about how we can incorporate podcasting and audio into our businesses and help increase our online presence.

May I on behalf of the AZREBN Team and members welcome you David to our real estate network.  May you all help me give David a nice warm welcome his new journey with our AZ Real Estate Blogging Network! Get ready folks, audio is on the move!