Kudos to Shailesh Ghimire - Arizona's Mortgage Guru.
Blog about what you want to be known for. Me, an expert? How can I possibly have anything of value to share with others? Shailesh Ghimire's blogging seminar earlier today was informative, encouraging and blogging 102 simplified. (Blogging 101 was earlier this year at Phoenix Blogging Conference).
In a world where content is king, Shailesh shared some really great ideas about how to get the most from your blogging efforts- including keywords, links, deep linking, back linking, reciprocal linking and let's not forget linkedin.
He was generous with the information he shared and gave credit where credit was due. He even mentioned our own Karen George - who is another talented blogger.
For more details about the seminar, stop by Shailesh's "other blog". I think Shailesh is planning on having his powerpoint presentation available there, as well.
Oh - Jay Thompson, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, was there as well. As always, Jay's a wealth of blogging information - and you know what ? He really does know his stuff!
P.S. Dru Bloomfield, Realtor® John Hall & Associates won the door prize - free blogging support from Shailesh for a year (or something like that). Way to Go!
Calie,
Thanks for your wonderful review and kind words. I'm glad you were able to make it. I think it's unfair to not give credit where credit is due.
Also the free blogging support is only for two weeks. I guess the value would be $150 for what it's worth!
Thanks,
Shailesh
Calie & Shalesh,
Thanks to you both! Calie for inviting me to the seminar and prodding me to become a regular contributor to the blogoshere, and Shailesh, for sharing a lot of practical blogging info that I could use immediately. And for the record, I think the two weeks of blogging support is Priceless!
Dru
Thanks Shailesh for giving of your time, energy and knowledge to those of us who are so wanting to know more about the future of blogging.
Dru - I can now officially say welcome to A/R. If I were you, I would take advantage of the free two weeks (when do they start?) and soak up Shailesh's brain of blogging information. You're right - it is priceless and a wonderful way to start blogging! I'm so jealous! Congrats!
What a wonderful opportunity this was for you and others in that area. That is one of the downfalls of living in a small area, like mine--we don't get these seminars, etc. I will check out the links and see what I can learn there. Thank you.