Men
just need to learn that they will lose every battle with their wife.
Here is my lost battle on an Active Rain "discussion"!
In
trying to understand what blogging is all about, my wife decided to
go through all of my blogs and asked me why I blogged this and why I
blogged that. They
were fair questions as some of the blogs
were good and some stunk. She told me that she did not
understand the purpose and she thought it was a total waste of my time.
So I threw out that this is a platform to learn....to
teach....to build relationships....and to improve my search exposure.
She just gave me "that look".
The "discussion" went on and on and I was really failing on getting my
point across. So I asked her to Google search what she would
Google search when looking for a home. So she said she would
Google "Active Rain Homes for sale" or "Localism Homes for sale".
I said "no...no..no" Very few in the public has any
clue what "Active Rain" or what "Localism" is, so no one would search
for that name. So I asked again.....what would YOU search for
when looking for a home. So she said..."OK, I would put
"Austin homes for sale". Ahhhh, a fair start. So she Googles.
A page away I pop up with a Localism post and an Active Rain post.
She did not seem too thrilled. So I said, "OK, now
that you have learned a bit about Austin what would you search for?
She said probably the neighborhood and homes for sale.
Bingo! I am getting somewhere, right?
By
a bit of luck (and hard work, and a decent blog), my blog hits #1 on
that search. She
looks at me and said "that does not make any
sense.....who would click on that as it says Active Rain not Tim
Moncrief. So I said "click on it and see what happens."
So she did but went back and said it just says "Active Rain"
instead of "Tim Moncrief". I replied and said, "Liz, it is #1
on YOUR Google search.....#1....#1.
People pay alot of money
to be #1 on a search and I did it
for FREE. That is FREE as
in no money. She has this stunned look on her face. Now I
have her, right?
She goes back to computer and uses "BING". She does the same
search and says "OK, your not #1 there". I said "I think I
am going to bed now....."
Wife wins, husband goes to
his cave.
Wait for the blog after she reads this one........(if I am still alive!)
It is about the google juice! and the social networking aspect of things aint all that bad! one big piece of the rain for me has been when old clients search for me it is much easier for them to find me because of blogging, even if you send them something every month for years they never seem to have your number when they need it, and the rain helps us stay up front on the google pages!
My husband doesn't get the blogging either, until I told him I've had 17 transactions directly linked to my blog and ActiveRain. He can take those checks to the bank, so he doesn't mind my blogging anymore, and even suggests I take pictures sometimes when we're out and about.
Funny post and very accurate about the wife always being right issue. As for AR, my husband says he is now a laptop widower. Poor guy. He leaves in the morning, I'm on the laptop. He returns at the end of the day, I'm on the laptop. He doesn't see all the work I do in between...he just thinks I'm on the computer all day!
Sharon: That is exactly why my wife went through my Blogs. Perhaps she was thinking I was blogging my secret lover. If it is AR, maybe she is right.....
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I love your wife! That's how I am with my husband... but congrats on the #! Google!