Real estate brokers, agents and real estate ancillary businesses such as mortgage brokers, appraisers, and home inspectors can differentiate themselves by offering updated information to their clients. Google Reader is a wonderful tool for gathering, reading, and sharing all the interesting blogs and websites you read on the web.  As a Realtor, there are many sites to follow that keep you abreast of updated news, finances, trends and some of your favorite Blogs.

Some of my favorite sites to follow include: Real Trends, RISMedia, Mashable, BloodHoundBlog, The Real Estate Tomato, Inman, and MY Tech Opinion. You can learn more about Google Reader on their site.

I also use Google Alert:
Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.
Two handy uses of Google Alerts include:
·    Monitoring a developing news story – Example: (Buyer Tax Credit)
·    Keeping current on a competitor or industry – Example: (Real Estate)

I suggest you visit these sites and learn to take advantage of the wealth of media updates at your fingertips to provide your clients, customers, and peers valuable content and a value added service through your Blogging, Tweeting, or newsletters.

Tags: brokers, real estate agents, Realtors, Twitter

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