Using the robust open source platform of a WordPress blog, a real estate photo blog is used primarily as a tool to
upload images taken with your smartphone or directly from your computer email client. You can easily configure your Posterous Blog so it will push your photos to your new Dakno photo blog. Ultimately, a photo blog is one more tool in your web presence to demonstrate your area expertise while giving you more content to be indexed by Google for search engine placement. As one Dakno client stated
Photo Blogging is caveman easy!
Photo Blogging - Why Do It?
With any online marketing strategy, you should dial into the radio station - WIIFM - what’s in it for me (and my site visitors)? With a photo blog, you get:
Easy content generation – with site visitors and Google, content is king!
Another tool to demonstrate you are the area expert!
Another tool to expand your web presence!
Does It Take a Large Investment of My Time & Resources?
Is it time consuming? NO! Creating a photo post takes less than 2 minutes!
Is it expensive? NO! Dakno Wordpress.org blogs are reasonable. $549 for set of an initial photo blog (even less if you already own a Dakno SwiftBlog)
Use your Posterous account (FREE) to distribute your content not only to your photo blog but to any other social media site. Not sure what Posterous is? Watch this Posterous Tutorial by Dakno.
Make it fun and you will do it more often.
Do I Need any Fancy Equipment to Photo Blog?
Any smartphone that can take and email your photos is all you need for a photo blog.
Is it Time Consuming and Difficult to Maintain a Dakno Photo Blog
No and no! First you will need a special email address created at Posterous (blog@posterous.com) so you can email your photos from your phone to your Posterous account which will then push your photo to your blog. Taking a photo, writing a quick headline (email subject), adding a descriptive sentence, and emailing the image takes mere minutes.
What Kind of Results Can I Expect?
Easy SEO! If done correctly, many real estate agents have seen significant search placement as a result of implementing a photo blog. Take Dakno client Walter Burns and his Living on the Hudson Photo Blog. Today Walter has snapped his way to the top of many of his targeted search terms all because of his Dakno Photo Blog.
We have seen significant search results for longtail neighborhood keywords within weeks for Dakno clients like Elaine Burns and her Conn Area Homes Photo Blog!
What Must I Do to Achieve the Kind Other Dakno Clients Have Experienced?
You must remember to think geographic keyword usage in your headlines (subject line) and in the short content you add to describe your photos.
Everything you document on your photo blog can be applied to your real estate market. Yes, you can photo blog while on vacation, while dining out, when you are watching your children/grand children play sports, riding through neighborhoods, at new business openings… starting to get the picture?
Like to See Examples of Dakno Real Estate Photo Blogs?