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One of my favorite things about working online is the amazing surprises and benefits that come from out of nowhere. Many of our virtual friends quickly become real friends with all the benefits that come with real friendships... trust, comfort, familiarity and wanting to do things together.
This past month I've been more than blessed with invitations to work with some of my online friends on several very cool projects. Most are works in progress so I can't talk about them yet but one project that happened recently was through my connection with Active Rainer Ricardo Bueno
Social Networking: Putting The Pieces Together
What happened was that Ricardo messaged me through LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago asking if I'd like to contribute an article for an ebook he was working on about How To Build a Community Around Your Blog.
By using the trust he had created online through networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Active Rain, in just a few short weeks Ricardo invited, organized and leveraged some of his online contacts into a project and product that will benefit not just Ricardo, but also his audience/readers and the contributors.
This was very smart and actually, very easy to do and to duplicate. One of the benefits of writing consistently high quality posts in a blog is that eventually people will notice you. It takes time but the trust and respect you build up over time is well worth the effort you put into writing consistent, top quality content. Here is a post by Ricardo about his ebook project...
Ricardo's post On Blogging & Building Community...
The topics covered in the new ebook include:
Never Underestimate the Power of the Interview by Todd Carpenter
Social Media: You Don't Need ALL The Tools, Just The RIGHT Tool by Daniel Rothamel
Building A Community Around Your Blog... Dont be DORKY! by Jennifer Allan
How To Build A Community Around Your Blog by Valeria Maltoni
Blogging From a Marketing Junkie's Point of View... by marti garaughty
The Do's and Don'ts of Blogging by Missy Caulk
Real Estate Blogging Is A Contact Sport by Jeff Turner
How I'm Building a Community Around My Blog by Nick Bostic
You can download Ricardo's new ebook here
As another excellent example of using leverage and contacts, take a look at a post from earlier this week by Dawn Maloney titled Be loved, create a BLOG for your farm!
You can see a live example of how Dawn is using the leveraging of talent concept on a local level in her blog The Steeplechase in Munroe Falls, Ohio
Think about how much more you could be doing with your online and social networking contacts and even the subscribers to your blog here on Active Rain.
Reference: Active Rain Subscriber Information- All I Had To Do Was Ask!?! by Katerina Gasset
We are swimming in talent, prolific writers, movers, shakers, techies and so much more. All you have to do is put it together and watch it happen.
Most people would be thrilled if you asked them to help out with a project. They get exposure, your readers get a cool ebook, a community blog, a town screensaver or whatever and we all benefit. Just put your social networking pieces together and it will happen.
Speaking Of Ebooks...
In his post The Blog Post That Changed How I Do Business, Jason Todd shared an excellent link & resource with us about an ebook by marketing guru Seth Godin.
What Every Good Marketer Knows If you know anything about Seth Godin, you know this is a must read! Here is the download link for the ebook. Thanks Jason!
In no particular order, here are some of the best Active Rain marketing posts from this past week...
- The Art of Monotasking by Pam Winterbauer
- Trulia Widgets. Are they stealing your Google juice? by Bryant Tutas
- It's OK To Get Personal! by Ricardo Bueno
- 8 smart ways to find new customers by Sonja Babic
- Target Marketing... A Different Perspective... by Karen Anne Stone
- MySpace Marketing 101 by Lindsay Pendleton
- Strategic Steps to Brand Yourself! by Dan Woodworth
- Active Rain & Twitter Saves Agent (and Me) From Potential Ethics Violation! by Laura Monroe
- Abandoned Real Estate Blogs - Is It a Growing Trend in Our Industry? by Bobby Carroll
- How Much Social Capital Do You Have? Or Are You Overdrawn? by Gail Robinson
- Myspace and Facebook and Twitter O' My! by Justin Williams
- After Evaluation of Competing Video Services, I Tested Vimeo- Here's the Result by Chuck Willman
- You Publish.com / Home Staging Power Point by Maureen Henry
- Increase your Real Estate blogs readership & SEO through Topix.com by Bill Gassett
- Created my Signature Electronically by John Thomas
- Photo Resource At www.istockphoto.com by Rob Gerichs
- Technology Toolkit: Videos -- The Cure for the Common Slideshow by Rich Schiffer
- ActiveRain Newsletter coming soon by Bob Stewart
- Real Estate Agents working together.....a success Story :) by Kathy McGraw
- Now is an Excellent Time to Re-Commit to Your Writing and Business Goals by Jo-Anne Smith
- What's Your WHY? Might be merely a verb... by Juliet Johnson
- A Blog About a Blog by Tina Merritt
- Should We Stock Pile Food? by Debbie Severson
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Hey Marti,
Once again thanks so much for your work reviewing these great posts. I was cruising around your post and realized I leave a comment. These are always packed full of informative advice.