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39 Blogging Tips From the Pros | Cross River Realtor
Are you looking for the latest blogging tactics?
Do you want to know what the blogging pros are doing today?
Keeping up with the latest social media changes is not always easy, and your blogging tactics may need to be refreshed.
We asked 39 blogging pros to share the best blogging tips and tactics worth doing today.
Here’s what they have to say.
#1: Turn Google Hangouts On Air Into Mini-Courses in a Blog
Martin ShervingtonSince I launched PlusYourBusiness, I’ve focused on one main tactic: include as rich a multimedia experience on the blog posts as I can, while remaining useful.
One of the best ways I’ve found to do this is to take an interview and structure it into a mini-course.
So, this is what I do regularly:
Run a Google Hangout On Air. For example, an interview with someone in social media or social SEO.
I then take that interview and have it transcribed. I edit it into key sections, maybe five or six, adding in branding on the front- and back ends. This helps create a flow in the blog by embedding the YouTube videos into the blog post.
Then I take the original full version of the hangout video and embed that at the end, adding in the transcript for those who like to skim through.
So what’s the main advantage? Well, this way people can structure their own learning experience. They can watch one video at a time instead of risking watching one or two hours of videos.
Google Hangouts On Air can be recorded as live, private events in YouTube as well. So even if you don’t want to have one publicly on Google+, you can still achieve the same result. It really is a great way to make your content work a lot harder on your behalf.
Martin Shervington is the author of The Art and Science of Google+ and a marketing consultant.
#2: Make an Audio Version of Your Blog Posts
Greg HickmanRecently, my favorite blogging tactic has been to make an audio version of my blog posts to share on my podcast feed. It introduces a whole new set of content to my podcast audience and lets people consume my editorial content in a new, easy and mobile way.
Some bloggers using this tactic are seeing a 2000% increase in exposure. I’m experiencing this on my own site and it’s even created more engagement in the Comment section, surprisingly enough.
Fixed Mortgage Rates Move Down a Tad | Cross River Real Estate
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates moving down slightly after last week’s uptick, and remaining within range of average fixed rates for the first quarter of 2014.
News Facts
- 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.32 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending March 20, 2014, down from last week when it averaged 4.37 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 3.54 percent.
- 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.32 percent with an average 0.6 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.38 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 2.72 percent.
- 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged 3.02 percent this week with an average 0.4 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.09 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 2.61 percent.
- 1-year Treasury-indexed ARM averaged 2.49 percent this week with an average 0.4 point, up from last week when it averaged 2.48 percent. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 2.63 percent.
Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees and points to reflect the total upfront cost of obtaining the mortgage. Visit the following links for the Regional and National Mortgage Rate Details and Definitions. Borrowers may still pay closing costs which are not included in the survey.
Quotes Attributed to Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist, Freddie Mac.
“Mortgage rates eased this week as housing starts declined 0.2 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 907,000, below consensus forecast. The rate on the 10-year treasury note rose following the Fed’s announcement Wednesday afternoon and, if this holds, interest rates may begin to trend higher going into next week.”
Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation’s residential mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Today Freddie Mac is making home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. For more information please visit www.FreddieMac.com and Twitter: @FreddieMac.
Bring That Novel You’ve Been Working On to This Dapper Cabin | Cross River Real Estate
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Some aspiring writers are holding off on their true calling until they’ve “done enough living.” Others have demanding day jobs, dogs to walk, Peace Lilies to water. Here’s another excuse to add to the pile: not having a super natty writing shed to type away in. This cabin, completed in April of 2013 and recently shortlisted for the 2014 Architects Journal Small Projects Award, would fit the bill rather nicely. Unlike the Walden-chic abodes of rural wordsmiths, this one’s an urban retreat, sitting in a backyard garden in the London borough of Hackney. Described by its designers, the firm Weston, Surman & Deane, as “a haven in the city; a fairy-tale hut” responding to their client’s “passion for children’s literature and mythologies,” it glows like a cottage in a treacly pastoral scene.
That nice orange hue was achieved by situating a sliding glass door behind a facade of cedar slats. For daytime writing sessions, there’s a large north-facing skylight. Heat is provided by a wood-burning stove, which can be fed with the wood kept in a thin storage area on the porch. Around the stove, there’s a staggered bookcase built from rectangular partitions of oiled chipboard, the largest of which frames a reclaimed sink with garden taps and a brass splash back.
Should you pay off your mortgage? | Cross River Homes
Lawsuit claims real estate agents used dating sites to land clients | Cross River Real Estate
A lawsuit against 14 Japanese real estate agencies and loan companies claims that real estate agents used dating sites to woo at least a dozen singles — most of them women — when their true intention was to talk them into buying a condo. One victim bought three, the lawsuit alleges
– See more at: http://www.inman.com/wire/lawsuit-claims-real-estate-agents-used-dating-sites-to-land-clients/?utm_source=20140228&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailyheadlinesam#sthash.aLMbChWp.dpuf
Don’t Waste Money on These 5 Remodeling Projects | Cross River Real Estate
The herky-jerky real estate market — recovering here, lagging there and nearly reaching a bubble in some cities – has buyers, sellers and homeowners all scratching their heads. Uncertainty is the word.
It’s risky to delve into lavish home improvement projects that are unlikely to earn back what you put into them. Even if you’re in one of the markets where CNN Money expects the greatest increases this year – Oakland, Calif.; Tampa, Fla.; Fort Worth, Texas; New Orleans; Richmond, Va.; Hartford, Conn.; Baltimore; Birmingham, Ala.; New York; and Memphis, Tenn. – don’t go hog wild.
Best: Honolulu
The payback on remodeling is up, says Remodeling magazine, which each year publishes a report on the resale value of 35 home improvement projects. But that’s “up” from years of decline. “This trend signals an end to the long slide in the cost-value ratio, which began to fall in 2006 and didn’t begin to rebound until last year,” the magazine says.
Some improvements can raise your home’s value quite a bit, but getting your entire investment back is rare.
The best city for return on your remodeling dollar is Honolulu, Remodeling says. The top 10 cities, in order, are:
- Honolulu
- San Francisco
- San Jose, Calif.
- San Diego
- Bridgeport, Conn.
- Fort Myers, Fla.
- Charleston, S.C.
- Oklahoma City
- Washington, D.C.
- Austin, Texas
Money wasted
You can easily end up pouring money down the drain by launching into a home remodeling job without learning what the payback might be. Ask several local real estate agents what a particular project might do to your home’s value. You might go ahead anyway. But you’ll do it with your eyes open.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-waste-money-5-211851621.html
5 Great Tax Breaks for Homeowners | Cross River Real Estate
Deliquency, Foreclosure Rates Welcomed Back To Pre-Crisis Levels | Cross River NY Homes
The end of 2013 showed broad improvements in delinquency and foreclosure rates, dropping to their lowest levels in six years, reports the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) in its Q4 2013 National Delinquency Survey.
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.39% of all loans outstanding at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013 – the lowest level since the first quarter of 2008.
The delinquency rate decreased two basis points from the previous quarter and 70 basis points from one year before. (The delinquency rate includes loans that are at least one payment past due but does not include loans in the process of foreclosure.)
The percentage of loans in the foreclosure process at the end of the fourth quarter was 2.86%, down 22 basis points from the third quarter and 88 basis points lower than one year before. This was the lowest foreclosure inventory rate seen since 2008, the MBA notes.
The non-seasonally adjusted percentage of loans on which foreclosure actions were started during the fourth quarter decreased to 0.54% from 0.61% – a decrease of seven basis points and the lowest level since 2006.
The serious delinquency rate, the percentage of loans that are 90 days or more past due or in the process of foreclosure, was 5.41% – a decrease of 24 basis points from last quarter, and a decrease of 137 basis points from the fourth quarter of the year prior.
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