Wall Street Journal: "Before heading to a store or retail Web site, many shoppers love to check out the growing flurry of product reviews posted online. But figuring out whom to trust in the blogosphere has gotten trickier as more and more bloggers get paid to promote products on their sites."
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Blogging and Social Media Tips for Real Estate Market
Lorelle on Wordpress: "The Real Estate world has changed dramatically since I was directly involved. Then, social media meant being an active member in your community, going to social events, meeting people how and when you could, signing deals on the hoods of cars, chasing down every lead you could with phone calls, brochures, newsletters, signs, social meetings…I guess little has changed.
What is different is that while some of the old marketing techniques work, the web changes things..."
Thank You CMS Report Sponsors
CMS Report was recently toying with the idea of including paid advertisement in our news feed. Instead we decided that our readers would be better served by seeing a "thank you" to our sponsors. A monthly thank you from CMSReport.com seems to be fitting as just a few weeks ago we launched new sponsorship opportunities here at the site.
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