Comments on: Planning A Hyperlocal Blog Strategy

By: Gary Johnson

Gary Johnson — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:39:02 +0000

Thanks for the series of Hyper local blogging. I am currently creating a Hyper local blog for a Law Firm. The plan is to use the hyper local blog to gain user generated content, by allowing readers to post the news that is going on in their area. The town the firm is located in is very small (only 6,000 people live in the city limits) and the county is broken up into sections.

Have you gained any user generated content from your Hyper local blogs?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:53:28 +0000

Hi Gigi — great question, how often do you have to blog? Hmmm. I think I said in another article from this series that I believe in writing as much as possible out of the gate. Frequent writing will help you get noticed by search engines and users. After you settle in, it’s okay to slow down … but I’d think at least once a week would be a must. It really depends, though. Different things work for different people.

By: Gigi Allen

Gigi Allen — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:15:50 +0000

Thanks for such an informatiove discussion of your journey in blogging. Is this a world that a beginning blogger can benefit from? I’m a pretty good writer, but swamped a lot in Real Estate. Could a new blog every week or two have any impact for my real estate business?

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By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:09:25 +0000

Hey.

I just recently went to the blog world expo and they had a seminar on hyperlocal blogging. One of the key ways that they said to get an audience is through traditional marketing. I’m going to the west coast of Canada and I’m starting up a hyperlocal blog, so maybe this is the beginning of a good friendship.

Cheers brother,
Nick

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By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:11:49 +0000

Based on our PPC data, very few people search for “agent” terms, at least in this area. They’re looking for homes, MLS listings, etc. Also, many people already know an agent, or know someone who knows an agent. Personal referrals are really important in real estate.

By: St Louis SEO

St Louis SEO — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:45:26 +0000

Matt,

Interesting way of going about choosing your target keywords. I have a client who is in real estate, and one question he asked me was:

Do more people search for [keyword real estate] or [keyword real estate agent]? By targeting just the shorter of the two, are you hoping to rank for both?

I personally didn’t know the answer. Do more people search for the property, or do more people search for an agent, who will then show them properties?

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