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Active Rain Bloggers I Am Partial To

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Real Estate Agent with Liberty Homes RS-#62825

I am posting this mainly for members like me who are not all that "blogger literate" in the outside Active Rain world of blogging.  This is more of an encouraging post for first time blogger's because there are many "new" members who feel "less than" compared to the "pro bloggers" (or even the new members who are actually "pro bloggers" on the outside anyway) This is for all of us still learning.

I joined Active Rain on March 10th of this year and did not write a post until the 20th of March. I had no clue what to write about or what this was all about! Over the months I made a decision that I would produce "CONTENT" and also what "type" of writing I was comfortable with. The ONLY way I could really write was to have variety and just write what came from the depths of my soul. I know this sounds kind of corney but hey! That's okay because I'm one of those people who has to give a little personal side of myself to the member, the public, the consumer and my client's! (So they can "see" me)

Searching around for great writers on Active Rain or outside blogs appears to me like this:

  •  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: We will always have different opinions on what a good blogger/writer looks like. We're human. No two people think the same and we will ALWAYS have different preferences for reading.
  • Hard core Real Estate or Mortgage Information:  I'm not talking strictly advertising. I really doubt any of you like to read advertisements either. (I personally start surfing television channels to get away from advertisements so you know what I do here. Click.) I'm talking REAL real estate or mortgage information about the industry.
  • Entertaining/Creative/Inspirational/Internal: It depends on the kind of content each reader is interested in. If they want to read all "business" type of articles, business mixed with a personal side of the writer, variety (including hilarious or plain nonsense to lighten ones day) or flat out downright very personal. The whole thing about this is CONTENT.

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The three bloggers (Actually, the first one has three inside of hers as well) and posts I chose are as follows:

Laurie Manny Challenge - 3 Posts I Think You Should Read by Lenn Harley :  She not only has posted three great bloggers  (Bryant Tutas, Linda Davis and Jeff Turner) in her post but she is one great writer of HARD CORE Real Estate posts that I admire. I used this post as an example of her writing although if you have read her articles you KNOW that she is well versed, knowledgable and informative with all real estate material.(And I cheated by posting this one because of all four writers and blogs!)

"It's the People Under the Words That Matter" by Sarah Cooper: She's the lost twin sister I never had and connected with here on Active Rain. Her outside blog is: http://www.theputnamscoop.com/ Sarah is a bouncy "kid" full of spunk but caring to the core. With a little idea she can push her writing to unimaginable limits with a creative and personal flair that gives her writing the sense of "real". And in this post she asked to use something I wrote in a comment and woohoo! Lookie at it now!

Is Blogging on ActiveRain Making Your Business Grow? Read This to Optomize Your Experience  by William Johnson who has variety of great writing. From Real Estate to very deep emotional posts and comments. His outside blog http://www.therealestatetextbook.com/ shows his professional side and his blog on Active Rain shows his professional, creative and personal side. And a great job William does in this post to create more ideas for growing a business!

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I have too many favorites and for me I have just stuck to Active Rain as my main choice of reading blogs. Why? Because there are a variety of articles for MY taste in reading. I love personal, hard core real estate, creative, emotional, informational, techie and everything and everything imaginable. I don't like advertising (the "pick me because I say I'm good" ones) and I certainly don't like unoriginal. That's the bottom line and that's only my opinion.

Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman's Mililani Hawaii Real Estate Blog 2007

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Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman  is a Realtor-Associate® and Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs  she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocations, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents, Home Buyers and Sellers.

 

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Comments (38)

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE
Lynda:  We must have the same tastes in reading...and there are some...takes time....
Aug 17, 2007 04:41 PM
Jo-Anne Smith
Oakville, ON

hi Sally,

I read this post just before bed last night, however was too tired to be able to formulate a coherent comment.

You did something similar to me when you joined, waited for a number of days before posting. I joined on May 11th and didn't post til May 23rd. I wonder if everyone does this ?

This is an excellent entry for the challenge and I really liked your choice in blogs. The picture is beautiful !
Good luck in the contest,

Jo 

Aug 17, 2007 08:40 PM
Sarah Cooper
Real Estate Shows - Hurricane, WV

Sally, you are just so sweet!  I don't even know what to say to this!!  Thank you for including me, I am really honored. 

I tried to do the Laurie Manny Challenge and I found a couple outside blogs I really liked ... but I wanted my AR buds in there, too.  I got busy and didn't get back to it, but I did find a couple blogs I'll still check out.  My favorite outside post has to be this one.  (Take your sense of humor when you go!)  

Thanks again, Sally.  This was a VERY nice start to my morning!  :oD 

Aug 17, 2007 09:30 PM
Sarah Cooper
Real Estate Shows - Hurricane, WV
Oh, and Jo-Anne, I joined in July 2006 and posted my first blog in January 2007.  Who knows why?
Aug 17, 2007 09:31 PM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Thanks Sally.

I suspect that we'll both be out of the running because I believe that the purpose of the challenge was to send us away from ActiveRain to review other blogs.  I read the rules 13 times and couldn't determine whether when it said "3 different blogs" it meant three different blog networks or 3 different blogs which could include blogs on the ActiveRain network.  It wasn't clear, but it leads me to many thoughts about other blogs. 

The blogs that I read that are not ActiveRain are mostly all SEO networks and I didn't see anything, even on MattCutts' blog that was worthwhile during the dates for the contest. 

I think I'm going to write a post about other blogs. 

Aug 17, 2007 10:34 PM
Susie Roscoe
Signature Realty Associates - Brandon, FL
Real Estate Specialist | Brandon, FL
Sally - KUDOS TO YOU for entering the challenge!  There are so many great bloggers with valuable information in and out of the rain!  **And I agree...you and Sarah are alot alike if only in words!
Aug 17, 2007 11:37 PM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
Sally- Thank you for more reading and blogs I can go to in Active Rain. Even if you don't win the challenge your post is a winner in my book! Katerina
Aug 18, 2007 04:05 AM
Thesa Chambers
West + Main - Bend, OR
Principal Broker - Licensed in Oregon

great writers and a nice presentation as always Sally - you are the queen of content

Aug 18, 2007 04:42 AM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Jo: I get like that too!  Sometimes I comment though and wonder if I shouldn't have because I just know it sounds all whacked out...lol!  Ah...I won't win. I just wanted to do the "challenge". I did the real estate one Rich Jacobson had...and wanted to prove to myself I could write "semi" hard core real estate.

Sarah;  Aw geez....you're gettin all mushy.  I just love AR. I went outside to look....but not interesting enough to keep me out there.

 

 

Aug 18, 2007 04:59 AM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Lenn: You got it!  But I did go OUTSIDE and look. It just did not appeal to me. And I do have to compare. AR is structured and eye appealing for page structure as well. I don't like bright or crowded or confused looking and definitely don't like teeny bopper stuff.  Yeah....write Lenn ...write!

Susie: Sometimes people really do connect on a different level than superficial. How's that? Okay sounded good. lol!

Katerina: Oh...I'm not pro blogger....just expressing anyway. :)

Thesa:  Oh, yeah. Some beg to differ what content means..haha!

 

Aug 18, 2007 05:01 AM
Carole Cohen
Howard Hanna Cleveland City Office - Cleveland, OH
Realtor, ePRO
Hi Sally, thanks for the 'reads!'
Aug 18, 2007 11:01 AM
Kaye Thomas
Real Estate West - Manhattan Beach, CA
e-PRO, Manhattan Beach CA
Sally- These were all great choices..each is unique and well written..
Aug 18, 2007 01:27 PM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Carole: Thanks for stopping by Carole!

Kaye: I sure liked them!

Aug 18, 2007 01:32 PM
ASHEVILLE REALTY REFERRAL RESOURCE 828-776-0779
REAL ESTATE REFERRAL NETWORK - Asheville, NC
CONTACT janeAnne365@gmail.com

Sally~ 

As usual, you supply me/us with much food for thought...Good to know that we are expanding "limits" and when we get beyond our comfort zones, we can find much of value...as we do from those already here...

Aug 19, 2007 07:29 AM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE
janeAnne: I still have much to learn. Right now this network is my preference for blogging I still believe that if I do create another one that would be my whole purpose for going outside the network. There are way too many blogs out there to wander around!
Aug 19, 2007 08:15 AM
Stephanie Edwards-Musa
thredUP.com - The Woodlands, TX
knitwit at thred UP
Hey Sally, these are all good ones!  Great job and good luck with the challenge!
Aug 19, 2007 11:53 AM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE
Steph:  Just wanted to write and explore.
Aug 19, 2007 12:03 PM
Kathy McGraw
CELLing Realty - White Water, CA
Riverside County CA Real Estate
This isn't the Post I was looking for, but wanted to read it to get a feeling of "you"...ok, got it so gotta go :)
Aug 30, 2007 06:22 AM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE
Kathy:  okay..you're hopping around all of them...you want the Kauai one?  Go to search and type in Kauai
Aug 30, 2007 07:23 AM
Kathy McGraw
CELLing Realty - White Water, CA
Riverside County CA Real Estate
I tried, but forgot those darn vowels.....now I will use cut and paste :) :)  Permission granted ?
Aug 30, 2007 11:02 AM