Guide to start a successful real estate blog

1. Launch with at least 5 articles
2. List your site on Real Estate Top Sites
3. Use directories to drive traffic to your site and generate backlinks
4. Write and Publish a Press Release on PR Web
5. Within 1 week of launching your site write a controversial post
6. Submit your posts to Real Estate Voices and other social networks
7. Use social bookmarks to build traffic
8. Announce the launch of your site on Active Rain
9. Link both internally to other posts on your site and out to other blogs
10. Start commenting on local blogs
11. Claim your blog on Technorati
12. Create a profile on MyBlogLog

The idea of a hyper-local blog is to become the respected and often read expert on a given area for all things real estate related. The types of local blogs your readers like the most are those that win the hearts and minds.