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		<title>The Power of a Phone Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  This past summer I attended a very informative real estate conference. One of the speakers,   Eric Blackwell  , talked about the idea of making connections online.  So many of us [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-76" title="Telephone - Destination Raleigh" src="http://www.destinationraleigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/telephone.jpg" alt="Telephone - Destination Raleigh" width="131" height="135" /> This past summer I attended a very informative real estate conference. One of the speakers,  <a title="Eric Blackwell" href="http://www.ericonsearch.com/" target="_blank"> Eric Blackwell </a> , talked about the idea of making connections online.  So many of us get caught up with the idea of commenting on blogs just to get a link or posting miscellaneous information on forums to reach a certain number of posts. Everyone wants more Twitter followers, right? For what?  If there is no real connection, then what&#8217;s the point?</p>
<p>Since the conference, I have taken it upon myself to try and make the connection when working in real estate.  So far, I have been rewarded tenfold.  Just recently I had a great conversation with  <a title="Denver real estate" href="http://www.thehomecart.com" target="_blank"> Denver real estate </a>  agent Brian Kinkade.  What I intended to be a quick twenty minute conversation about drip campaigns turned into an hour and half conversation filled with great information.</p>
<p>We covered things like:</p>
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<li> Lead Management services </li>
<li> Good blogs for guest posting </li>
<li> Back linking ideas </li>
<li> Content creation </li>
<li> Drips campaigns </li>
<li> Leads statics comparison </li>
<li> and a number of other topics </li>
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<p>All of this information was shared because I wanted to reach out and make the connection with Brian.  These connections don&#8217;t have to be within your business.  I have talked with a number of people who have nothing to do with real estate.  Just because I was interested in their business or something they mentioned in a post.</p>
<p>It is so easy to get caught up in publishing that next blog post or updating Twitter with a funny Tweet.  At the end of the day it is all about the connections made.  If you have questions or just want to share information with me, feel free to  <a title="Contact Destination Raleigh" href="http://www.destinationraleigh.com/contact/" target="_blank"> contact me </a> .  I will be happy to share ideas, information, or even embarrassing lessons learned (that&#8217;s the best way to learn some lessons).</p>
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