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Real Estate News and Blog Post Aggregation - Realdiggity

As some of you already know, I have been working on a site that people can use to get all the news about real estate in one place.  I orginally set it up using drupal but it was too cumbersome and bug ridden.  I have found another site called slinkset and now I have it up and running on that platform.  

Here is the new Realdiggity.

I have added a lot of rss feeds from the best of the real estate blogs and websites.  But if there are some that you want me to add let me know. Or you can sign up and add ones that you feel are worthy of inclusion.

Also, there is a widget you can add to your blog or website that will feed the stories directly to your site so your visitors can see the headlines.  I have it in my sidebar so you can check it out.

You can use the site to rank the stories you feel are the best much like social bookmarking sites like digg and reddit.  You can add a story from a non-real estate site that has a real estate specific story by using the submit button.  You can also add a bookmarklet that will automate the submit function and fill in the title and link automatically.

I would like this site to be free of all advertising of homes for sale.  There are many other sites already available for that.

Please use this site as a resource when dealing with topics regarding real estate.  This includes tips on buying, selling, loans, interest rates, foreclosures, short sales, statistics, etc.  You don't have to sign up, but that would be cool too.

NAR Hires Social Media Director

On Friday, the National Association of REALTORS hired a Social Media Director.  The formal announcement has not officially occurred but Dale Stinton, CEO of NAR told members of the Dulles Area Association of REALTORS that the position has been filled.

Unfortunately, he did not tell us the individual's name but he did say that a formal announcement was forthcoming. 

He also said that the coming out party for the new Social Media Director will be at the REBarCamp Virginnia being held in conjunction with Bloggercon 4.0 on March 3rd at the Fredricksburg Area Association of REALTORS.

Lets hope the new man is half as good as the founder of the Bloggercon Series and VARBuzz, Ben Martin of the Virginia Association of REALTORS. 

Must Read Blog Posts for Social Media, Internet Marketing and PR

I put together a resource list for Social Media and Blogging for real estate agents that is focused on getting started in the world of digital marketing.  It has resources for specific websites like facebook and twitter.  You can get to the resource guide by clicking on the link to the right.

I just got a link from an email sent to me by Seth Godin.  It is a list of the 250 best posts put together by Spotlight Ideas.  It covers the same Social Media, Social Networking and Blogging categories as well as PR and a couple of other related topics.  It is a great resource for general principles and ideas that are dominating the online world of advertising, marketing and public relations.

2 Social Media Resources You Should Use

Here is a link to a social media website that has a great resource for generating traffic via social media networking.

If you are serious about using RE 2.0 to build your business, this is a great step by step guide and resource for social media. And it is free.

And another great resource is this social media blog written by Chris Lang.

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