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HP and REALTOR® Magazine promote the Nat'l Marketing Challenge to REALTORS® at NAR San Diego 2009. The Marketing Makeover, Stage your Business for Success. 



"HP today kicked off several initiatives for real estate professionals at the 2009 National Association of REALTORS® Conference and Expo."

"At the HP-sponsored Young Professionals Network event tonight, the company will showcase the winners of its fifth HP Real Estate Technology contest, which recognizes real estate professionals who have gained a competitive advantage by using technology both in and out of the office.

"In addition, HP and REALTOR® Magazine have opened the search for five association members to participate in their first-ever national marketing challenge, “The Marketing Makeover: Stage Your Business for Success.” The REALTOR who wins will receive a prize package worth $4,000 and be featured in the magazine."

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In today's Social Media and Marketing arena, you had better have a smart and effective Marketing Plan.  Technorati published a post today that is a "must read" if you want to be successful in Social Media Marketing. 

What steps for success are you willing to implement and invest into your business?

"There are more than 300 social media sites listed in the 2010 Social Media Directory. Inside those site are tens of thousands of groups. In those groups are hundreds of millions of people."

Read Original Article at: Technorati

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Social Media Marketing Is About Branding, Not Selling
reBlog: ScotLandSeo Blog

"There is more proof around today that search engine marketing can be a useful branding tool. What about social media marketing? There is still a lot of doubt surrounding social media marketing and sales, particularly when it comes to measuring that all important ROI. It is difficult enough to determine the value of branding in straight monetary terms – however, that is often the real problem – not the marketing."

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"Realtors are being encouraged to start a blog, to obtain accounts on Twitter and Facebook, and to find any other social media outlet to connect with the consumers. Now that Google and others are listing the latest tweets, it might be encouraging to have homes listed in this medium. In fact, you can find blogs and Twitter accounts dedicated to the selling of one home."

By Frank Schulte-Ladbeck

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A fantastic post by Dean Guadagni from DeansGuide:

10 Reasons Why Realtors Should Blog: There Are No Excuses

"In today’s world, Corporations, small businesses, and entrepreneurs have adopted blogging in a steady stream since the advent of Web 2.0. The actual number of established blogs is in debate, yet the rough estimate is that their are over 150,000,000 blogs in existence today."

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