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Master Your Barrier to Entry in the World of Success with Blogging

This phenomenon has recently happened to me (more accurately - perhaps in the last year), hence I'd like to share that with you. Very appropriately, discussing it here on the ultimate real estate blogging platform as part of my effort to encourage you to take on Blogging For Business - if you like to see some successes in this area.

Why Blog? Why Write?

If someone were to ask me for ONE thing that I can point out about my recent real estate successes, it would be "blogging" ie writing. It's not so much that I am an awesome writer, but it's a skill that I didn't know I had when I first took on this challenge here over 3 years ago.

Blogging ie writing captures your thoughts, strategies and ideas. The discipline and endurance needed here (Blogging Active Rain) requires serious effort and commitment to put these ideas thoughtfully and methodically. As a result, it fulfilling and it leaves a legacy of what you are.

Although just a simple act, not everyone has the persistence to put forth one post after another. Hence, when someone tells me that Points don't matter to them. I said, Yeah right. Points matter when it shows commitment to the task you set before you.

If writing doesn't come naturally to you, learn it. Learn how to clearly and concisely put your thoughts into well-organized ideas. When you think you are not a good writer, then maybe you are. But it doesn't have to stay that way. You can learn. Learn from others. Learn to refine your style and find your voice.

Your collection of blogs say alot about you.

There is nothing like the power of the written word. It's affirmation that your thought-process is clear and your direction in your business is sound.

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Master Your Barrier to Entry in the World of Success with Blogging

Posted by Loreena Yeo - Broker|Realtor(R) of www.Frisco-TX-Homes.com (214) 783-2210 on 11/04/2009 07:06 PM

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45 Comments on Master Your Barrier to Entry in the World of Success with Blogging

NOV

Loreena: I have visited your blog a few times recently, and I wanted to tell you what beautiful photography you have in your profile picture and also in your banner--your photo and the graphic design. Did you hire someone to set it up for you or did you do it yourself? Either way, it's really nice!

Hi Loreena~ You have certainly done a fantastic job with your writing. Thanks for the words of encouragement!

Lorena, It had been years since I did much writing. I have found that just a few weeks of blogging has begun stimulate the creative juices.

Loreena, Writing is one of the most powerful ways to change the world we live in. Talk is cheap and easily rebuffed. Writing goes deap into the mind of a person and leaves an enduring impression.

Melissa - I used the same banner on my website. The company designed it for me. As for my profile picture, my good friend at church too it for me. He's an awesome photographer. There was also photoshopping in that too. I think you could take your photo and clean it up with Photoshop.

I Loreena, I too was not a writer, but I love that blogging has made me a better writer. Blogging has changed my real estate career as well as the way I conduct my busines..

By the way, you are really one of the best!

Loreena...

And it sure gets easier with every post. They say that practice makes perfect but I think it's really about reaching a certain level of comfort.

Loreena - You are much better than you give yourself credit for. Some day i hope to be as good a blogger as you.

I agree Loreena that the points are almost like an internal tracking mechanism, an audit so to speak, of your participation and also TIME SERVED. Like jail? LOL. Seriously, you are one of the best here, which is obvious with the quality product you deliver. Keep up the good work. We all learn so much from you.

My blogging has changed a lot over the years. Only I've gotten farther from strategies, business stories, and the usual statistical posts. I'm not saying I'm doing it the right way.... not at all! But as you know, it takes a LOT of time to compile data and create charts for statistical posts, and even on a standard post, to make it professional, use proper grammar, get the right key words in the right order for SEO, and provide something that everyone else hasn't already written about (now that 3 times as many people are trying their hand at blogging) it can be exhausting. So I've been keeping things "light" lately. I'm waiting for those who are not going to stick with it to just drop out. It's inevitable that they will. And for now I'm just focusing on MY clients. I do have the advantage of being a native in my area, and know a LOT of people here who will read my blogs just for the fun of it. And they'll call or e-mail me if they have a specific question or need, and then I blog it. And of course, I'll be doing the year-end blogs and comparison charts, even when I feel like beating my head on my desk in frustration. LOL

Keep up the good work though. You're doing a great job of staying motivated, and providing great material that is in the best interests of the consumers. I hope you're getting a lot of LOYAL, MOTIVATED clients from this!

Good suggestion, same as in life. We need to plow through and learn to excell in things that are a challenge. Not saying we need to do them all but we need to do enough to understand them.

Hi Loreena...the points system keeps us accountable to ourselves and others. I find I know I need to Comment a min ten times per day and write min 10 Posts a week, not easy, but I make an effort and it comes.

Cheers Great Subject :O))

Blogging has been the best thing for my business. More of my business right now is directly from my blogging than not. My first posts were TERRIBLE now tht I look back at them. Oh well, persistance pays off.

NOV

Hi Loreena, I enjoy your posts. You are a good writer and I learn a lot from you. I enjoy reading your posts, however small to however large.

Loreena- I agree with you whole heartedly. Blog on!

We are our own worst critic, but once we step beyond the "fear" and "Unknown" we can become our own best advisor. This is a great post Loreena, as are all your posts. :-) I can relate 100 percent to your thoughts here as I experienced this first hand.

Good comments - many times I think that we know the business but have hard time putting it down on paper. Consumers want information and want to know that they are working with a professional that knows their stuff. Start small and the more you do blog the easier it gets!

Hi Loreena,

As you know, real estate and the real estate business has typically been a low barrier to entry kind of business. I am of the opinion that things are changing with that though, and much of the change is in how the home buyers use the internet to learn about where they want to live, to look at homes, ... hopefully this trend will start catching on more with home sellers but as of yet, in my area, few home owners think to look to the internet when finding the best person to sell their home.

Back to the barriers to entry. I believe that over the past few years in some areas there have begun to be some barriers rising. Those who start putting together great websites, and blogging about their areas first, gain a large advantage over those who wait, or those who have yet to enter the business.

I refer to the last 2+ years as a great time to be building the walls around your business so that you can rise to new levels now and even more so in the future when the volume starts coming back into the real estate markets and every Tom Dick & Harry start getting back into selling real estate because they think it will be easy money. At least for me, am and will further be in a possition that anyone would have to spend vast amounts of money or litterally thousands of hours of time to begin to overcome the barriers I have erected. As time goes by, my barriers become even more difficult for these people to overcome.

Keep up the great work, and consider also blogging on a platform that you own yourself, such as a blog on your own website, or a stand alone self hosted wordpress blog such as www.nj-realestate-agent.com

Cheers,

Jim

Loreena,

Thank you for another awesome blog full of great ideas and encouragement. I need this everyday!

Well written! Blogging is a wonderful way to express yourself, if for no other benefit you can articulate and communicate your thoughts.

Jim - You have certainly brought on some new thoughts for me to share with my new rookie agent friends. Thanks for sparking the idea.

Scott - Bingo! It feels like I do this more for myself than others...

Morgan - I'm glad you find it helpful.

Jody - A post a day builds a mountain of blogs eventually!

Brad - I know what you are talking about (wink).

Allison - Thanks...

Vickie - You do it very eloquently yourself too.

Guy - That's the reason why I cant help coming back everyday.

Greg - I never knew that until I experienced it myself.

Judy - You made my day with your compliments.

Gary - My best.

Richard - It's all about practise, isn't it?

The benefits of blogging extend inward as well as outward. Keep up the good work!

Larry - We all touch everyone in our very own ways.

Lisa - I have too. That's the only reason why this is the only marketing effort has ever worked for me. In part, it's also because it's the only marketing effort I give consistency to.

Missy - I take that word of advice seriously. Thanks for watching my back.

Janna - Likewise.

Fred - With the busi-ness from the business, I noticed I top about 7-8 posts maxed and max out 10 comments per day for about 5-6 days. I think that's good enough!

Rick - Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Loreena

You have brought up a lot of good points and I am convinced that daily blogging is an integral part to increased success in this business and your post proves it. Thanks

Thanks for sharing this with us Loreena!

I appreciate the encouragement and I am putting this on my daily to do list!

It is always a joy and informative to read your blogs.

Aboslutely! If you don't have the skills learn them! Be open minded and jump right in. That's what I did and I'm still learning.

Looreen have you ever heard the expression, "The Pen is mightier than the sword".

Merrily we blog along.

Boulder City Steve

Loreena, I am in Raleigh and will be attending REBarCamp in hope of learning how to be better at blogging and whatever else I can learn here.

Best wishes,

Ann

Loreena - Great advise as always. I just wonder how everyone has the time. Working at it but it is not going as well as I would like. It takes me far to long most of the time to write a blog but I am not giving up. Thanks for incentive.

Dianne - Everyone makes time for what we believe are priorities in our lives. I mean this in the nicest tone from my heart. I dont want it to sound wrong....

Loreena, I've enjoyed all your posts and now reading this gives me more enthusiasm for my own. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Wise words Loreena. I can use all the advice I can get. Thanks.

It's so true. I know writing is a weakness of mine. I covered it up because I'm an excellent speaker. If you can speak well people assume you can write well. That is the basics of great blogging and I know it. Thanks for pointing this out.

NOV

I have read many of your Blogs Loreena. Not only will it give you referrals, it also lets me know who you are and what you are about...eventually leading to my trust.

Well, I certainly look forward to learning from you and others here. I am just getting started and often don't know what to blog about.

NOV

Points are not the end in themselves they are the measuring stick.

NOV

Blogging is like any other skill it takes time to develop and refine.

Way to go Loreena, you always offer the right dose of advice and encouragement. You are right, blogging makes me think more about the business, our strategy and philosophy. We are able to articulate things more and quicker.

P.S. Love the photo. Will have to steal the pose. :-)

NOV

Somehow that pose came naturally to me that day. I love that photo because I see a new confidence in me.

NOV

Loreena, I am so glad that you made the comment about the points. I was beginning to think that I need some serious intervention as I find myself obssessing about the points that I earn daily!

NOV

Thanks for the post Loorena! You obviously practice what you preach and have learned to do it very well. Keep up the great work and thanks again.

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