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A Real Estate Blogging Event - Let's Write An Article, Together

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May 17, 2007 08:59 AM

Working_together Here at the Tomato, we usually take the role of educators with the aim of covering a topic from many angles and with as much context as possible.
This time we are asking for some help for you to provide us with the angles and context that will develop into an article. We would like to use this opportunity to illustrate the power of transparent participation (A.K.A. "Mob Wisdom").

Basically, we want to write an article with our readers, for our readers. We present the topic, and you help us fill in the body.

The topic we are presenting as a platform for discussion and participation is:

"The Power Of The Team In Today's Real Estate"

Planned directions:

1. The Business Of The Real Estate Team.

What are the advantages that come with being part of a real estate team?

What are the drawbacks?

How does being a team affect the way you market your services?

How does the team affect the experience had by the consumer?

How does being a part of a team affect your your life, positively and negatively?

What is the best division of labor/responsibilities for a team?

And more…

2. The Blogging Of The Real Estate Team.

What are the benefits of team blogging?

What are the drawbacks?

Does more content mean more of the 'right' traffic?

Does the message of many help incubate the potential client?

How to organize massive amounts of content.

And more…

3. Who knows?

What we are asking of you is to provide your opinions, input, knowledge, spin, comments, criticism, and support of the topics to help bring the article together.

Audience provided content (in the below comments) will be included, with due credit, in the final draft.

This Tuesday, May 22nd, we will be posting the first outline of the our article, inspired by your participation. We have some direction in mind, but the truth is, we have no idea where this will end up.

Our goal is to have the final draft ready to publish, here on the Tomato for the following Monday, May 28th.

We need your help.

So, whether you are a seasoned pro with your own well established real estate blog, or a baby blogger right out of the gates, we want to hear your input on this one! To participate, simply make comprehensive comments below regarding the above topics. We’ll do all the rest.

Thanks for your participation!

TO READ THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR AUDIENCE AT OUR OTHER 'HOME' PLEASE FOLLOW OUR LINK:

A Real Estate Blogging Event - Let's Write An Article, Together

May 23rd
Update On: "Let's Write An Article Together"

Calendar_may In last week’s post “Let’s Write An Article Together”, we had mentioned that we would like to have a rough draft of our collaborative article up by Tuesday, May 22^nd.

Obviously, that day has come and now passed. So what’s the excuse for the failure to deliver?

We received some great participatory comments both here and from the ActiveRain community, and they keep coming in (and we invite them to continue to do so). We also brought on a second ‘main’ author for the article, Landon Ray of MoonRay Marketing.

Working_together So the ‘coming together’ of this article has grown, and in turn has us asking for your patience as we put up the rough draft as quickly as possible.

Our new (and improved) publish date for the rough draft is now Monday, May 28^th and the publish date for the final draft will be the following Monday, June 4^th.

So, by all means, feel free to keep those collaborative comments coming.

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Dayton, OH

I, for one, love this because I'm going to sit back and watch and not participate and not have an opinion and not give input, knowledge, spin, comments, criticism, just support. Voyeuristic blogging at it's best. I wish you the best, have fun, good luck. I'll be rooting for the team. Can't wait

And the graphic is "tomato" (I bet you get that all the time, don't you?)

May 17, 2007 02:22 PM

Mary Pope-Handy

Christie's International Real Estate Sereno - Los Gatos, CA

CRS, CIPS, ABR, SRES, Silicon Valley

I'm a lone practitioner by choice, but I would think the biggest advantage of being part of a team is so that you could take time off when needed. (This week I have been sick with some sort of bug. Yesterday I had a fever of 101.6 but must have fielded 6-8 phone calls from a client, even though she knew I was ill.)

After this week, I'm rethinking the idea of being a lone practitioner....

May 17, 2007 04:31 PM

Cyndee Haydon

Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL

727-710-8035 Clearwater, Beach Short Sales Luxury Condos &Homes

I am part of a husband / wife team and what I found is that blogging, like in business, we have different strengths and weaknesses, different people are attacted to each of us. It's always funny to see who chooses to assoicate with whom.

I have found that since we write differently and have different style we attract different people to each blog. Actually with the mybloglog we're seeing what's drawing prospects in and while I may have more points - we've also focused on a niche with his and kept it purer (less AR members only posts) - it draws more clients who click through to ask for additional info from us.

I think the best part of teams is when you compliment each others strengths and minimize each others weaknesses.

Someone recently told me an observation they had about non-married teams - they said the challenge they had seen was the inevitable competition and breaking away. If married - it's all going to the same bank account - at least at my house - so no issues about splits, egos, etc.

Those are a few thoughts before my brains ready for bed. I'll come back tomorrow....hope this helps you out.

May 17, 2007 06:04 PM

Teri Isner

Keller Williams Realty at the Lakes - Orlando, FL

GRI, CRS, CIPS

The biggest advantage of a team is for the consumer. A team for the price of one. Heading up a team is like being a business owner and CEO you are responsible for the total package. The expertise and viewpoints of the team members leads to better service and marketing. We recently started the entire team blogging with some resistance which is understandable as buyer specialists like to sell real estate not write copy. As with any team some are more gifted than others but all are participating and using vflyer has made it easier for those that are not comfortable with a more personal blogging format.

On getting started with a team it is important to have a good foundation and contract which specifically states what is expected. Educating the consumer on how the team operates and why it is an advantage is also important. Effective communication is key whether it is by e-mail or face to face in planning your accountability sessions with your team.

May 18, 2007 05:45 AM

Gena Riede

Riede Real Estate, Lic. 01310792 - Sacramento, CA

Real Estate Broker - Sacramento CA Real Estate (916) 417-2699

To Team or not to Team...that has been the question. It was a question that I pondered quite a bit several years ago. My referral base made the answer quite apparent. The clients were sick of teams and found it very confusing. They wanted to know that the person they hired was the person they would be talking to throughout their transaction. The person who would take full responsibility and not shrug off to someone else. So, I listened and complied. Personally, I do not take on any more business than I can handle. I take care of my clients since I'm in the business for the long-run and not short haul.

In a very real sense I do have a team, my team is my Lender who I can count on to do the ethical loan for my clients and the Title Co. with a great escrow officer that knows her job and communicates, well.

The key is communication. Without that you loose your credibility and eventually your clients. My clients hire me and they want me so they get me. Until that changes, I'll keep doing what works well for me.

May 20, 2007 02:07 AM

Nathan Hartman

Realt-eTransAct - Morgan Hill, CA

Realt-eTransAct

Working with a team offers several advantages:

You are equipped with a group of people who have well defined roles to make your business more efficient
Team members can offer their perspective and expertise, seeing things that you may not have noticed or overlooked
The team is able to help you with the tasks that you tend to put off or do not enjoy as much, so you can focus on your core competencies.

Let's say your team has 10 members. That gives you the potential to offer 10 times the service, 10 times the expertise and 10 times the assistance to your clients!

May 23, 2007 04:33 AM

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Real Estate Tomato - Cottonwood, CA

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Please note that there has been an update added to the original article: Rough Draft Date Change

May 23, 2007 05:07 AM

A Real Estate Blogging Event - Let's Write An Article, Together

A Real Estate Blogging Event - Let's Write An Article, Together

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