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Have you seen my latest video posted to YouTube? You still need a great real estate website? Well now at BVAS, we are offering WordPress website design! Check out what I had to say about the recent development.

So if you are interested in starting a new real estate website and real estate blog using the WordPress platform, visit my  website for more info and contact us today!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. And no, it’s not only because of it’s the time of year where we have an

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excuse to stuff our selves silly with yummy food loaded with carbs. The

reason it is a favorite holiday of mine because because it is gateway to the holiday season and a day to give gratitude to people and things in our life that mean the most and truly give thanks for all that we have.

Today I’m starting my 12 Days of Thanks, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. I’m putting it out there, the things that I am thankful for. Gratitude is the attitude.

Today I am grateful for…

• A laid back Sunday morning with my son and husband
• The huge toothless smile my baby boy gives me when he spies me in the room
• A day without rain so I can go and take a walk, which always makes me feel good
• The fact that I have started this today and get to reflect on those things that I am truly grateful for.

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” – Buddha

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What do you see here? I’m using video now? That is right, I have started some video blogging. Right now I’m playing around with video and incorporating it into my business.  I’ve decided to use every tool I can in my social media marketing arsenal, and video was next on my list. So here it is, my first video.

Video blogging, or vlogging, is a fantastic tool that real estate pros should seriously consider incorporating into their real estate marketing plans. They are super simple to make with a webcam, or small camcorder (My favorite is the Flip), and can be uploaded numerous places like YouTube, Facebook, etc., to gain you more online exposure.  

From being a "talking head" giving informative advice, to showing off your newest listings or favorite local businesses, incorporating real estate video on your websites or real estate blogs is a great real estate business tool. And of course, video a task your Real Estate Virtual Assistant can help you get started with and maintain.

More tips and tricks are to come in the future. For now, I invite you to come along on this video blogging journey with me. I want to see YOUR videos too!

Megan Barber is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant, owner of Barber Virtual Assisting Solutions, LLC,  and runs blogs, The BVAS Connection and The Virtual Perception. Megan has been in a Virtual Assistant for nearly 5 years and has spent 10+ years doing the “behind-the-scenes” work in the real estate industry assisting agents with their real estate marketing and transaction needs.

I am always talking about the importance of social networking and blogging, and some cool news was announced last week from Active Rain: Active Rain Launches Outside Blogs.

The awesome people over at ActiveRain had made blogging for real estate professionals that much easier by offering Outside Blogging.  Some of the coolest features about their outside blogging includes:

• The ability to host outside blog on it’s own domain (that you must own)
• You can totally customize the blog to fit your branding and marketing materials
• Can be setup in minutes
• No need for AR users to learn a new blogging platform – it is all within ActiveRain
• Great SEO benefits from ActiveRain
• With the click of a button, agents can syndicate those same posts to AR, Localism and the outside blog all at once!

ActiveRain couldn’t have made it any easier for agents new to blogging, and agents in ActiveRain that want more exposure.

So calling all agents- if you are still trying to figure out how to start blogging and haven’t yet jumped into the rain, get started today!

Megan Barber is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant, owner of Barber Virtual Assisting Solutions, and publisher of The REAL Advantage E-Zine. Megan has spent 9+ years doing the “behind-the-scenes” work in the real estate industry assisting agents with their real estate marketing and transaction needs.