Kelley’s Tips: Kelley is the content manager at Real Estate SEO Pros. We’ve asked her to pass along a few of the important things she has learned during her time here

Real Estate SEO Pros assists with writing blog posts.  The first step to writing a blog for Real Estate is to find a good topic. Choosing your topic is very important because this is what will attract readers.

One way to choose a topic is by using Google Alerts.  Go to http://www.google.com/alerts to begin setting up your Google Alerts.  It is better to set up a few different alerts so that you have multiple topics to choose from.  The first alert I would recommend is Real Estate.  This allows for you to view any different real estate articles that are posted around the web so you don’t loose any possible topics.  If you narrow this down to a specific area you may be missing out on some interesting topics that are related to you even if they aren’t related to your exact area.

The second Google Alert I would recommend setting up is for your city.  Do not include real estate or anything in this alert as you already have an alert for all information related to real estate.  It is also a good idea to set up an alert for all the surrounding areas.  If you are located in a city, make alerts for all the different surrounding towns that are considered suburbs.

Google Alerts is the best way to assist with choosing an important topic for your blog.  The web is a very busy place and this allows you to keep up on the latest information being posted about your area.  Choosing a topic that stands out among all the other information being posted can be difficult.  Using alerts can assist with following what is occurring in the real estate industry.