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Blogging--where have I been...?

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Real Estate Agent with Rose and Womble Realty

I'm going merrily along in my Real Estate career in Virginia Beach; I had heard of blogging but didn't know anything about it. At most I thought it was something or other that young people did on MySpace or whatever.

I have been using PPC on GOOGLE primarily, sometimes Yahoo, and it has been a good way to put myself in front of people looking for Homes in Virginia Beach and the surrounding areas of Virginia for some time. Then the market slowed down, more and more entities (big operators) had gotten into PPC which increased the cost and diluted the results---and I went to GOOGLE, as I almost always do, to try to find out what was happening new in the market place.

And Blogging kept coming up as the "new way" or the "new direction" or at least an addition to the "current ways". Well, I'm still awfully new at this blogging thing, and hope to learn more and more about this "new" direction but I certainly feel blessed to have found out about blogging, and more especially to have found www.activerain.com .

Jim from Va Beach

 

     

Melanie Ross
Coldwell Banker Solano Pacific - Benicia, CA
Benicia CA & Vallejo CA Real Estate, 707-319-2828

Jim,

Welcome!!  This site is an incredible resource to learn from!!  You can spend alot of time.  Sometimes I get lost and cannot find my way out.  Just kidding!

Oct 21, 2007 08:26 AM
Daniel Sundberg
Crystal Springs Real Estate - Kentwood, MI
Jim, blogging is a great tool, and in my mind much better than any PPC campaign.  The best part of blogging is the fact that it is free!
Oct 21, 2007 08:26 AM
Gordon Sloan
Group1 Real Estate, selling houses in Salt Lake City Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake Homes For Sale, Salt Lake Real Estate

Jim... I just started, and am waiting to see what comes of this.  Early reports look good.

The concept seems great, it's the practitioner that needs the work.  Lets give it a chance.

Good Luck

Oct 21, 2007 08:26 AM
South Austin Real Estate Blog
Sky Realty South Austin - Austin, TX
Jim...  welcome to Active Rain,  I too am fairly new to blogging but I haven't let my inexperience stop me!! Jump right in and you will learn so much from so many..  And I read that contacts and leads eventually come from here..  YEHAW!!..  I love the FREE Part too.     Smiling..   Gail in Austin
Oct 21, 2007 08:39 AM
Drew Symons
Sutton Group - RightWay - Woodstock, ON

It really is an amazing site and I so appreicate the time and effort so many put in to sharing their ideas and tips. 

 

 

 

Oct 21, 2007 08:39 AM
Gary Bland
Century 21 All Islands - Lahaina, HI

Jim,

Welcome and learn real fast how blogging takes place in the real estate market.  People are searching here first to get information.

Oct 21, 2007 09:00 AM
Kris Wales
Keller Williams Realty - Lakeside Market Center - Macomb, MI
Real Estate Blog & Homes for Sale search site, Macomb County MI
Jim, welcome to AR.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.  I look forward to learning more about you and your area of our country via your posts.
Oct 21, 2007 10:09 AM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel
Welcome. You will love it here and learn a lot. Good luck.
Oct 21, 2007 10:13 AM
Larry Hammelman
Mel Foster Co. - Sterling, IL
Sterling, Illinois Real Estate

Welcome Jim, you have come to the right place, if you want to learn about blogging. My suggestion for you would be to check out the Newbies group, there is a ton of info there. Then just start start reading, and commenting.  

Oct 21, 2007 01:21 PM