TY SO MUCH Moni and great feeling for the chapters; I loved the three bloggers they featured, successful ones who really just all had different styles but were successful and now seen as experts in one area or another. And I love your phrase We know that you don't care what we know ....Until you know that we care!"...

You and Jay are both authentic people so I am not surprised that you guys knew this to be the heart of what you wanted to represent.  That's finding your voice too, no? You rock, thank you again for the review!~  C2

Moni - great job and it's obvious to all that you always speak from your heart.  You have a GREAT heart and I'm glad to be your friend!

The chapters you've written about give permission for bloggers to make their blog whatever they want it to be.  I haven't read these chapters yet, still behind you guys at this point, but that's what I got from your post.  Permission to blog!!

And I'd say, i believe you have "found your voice"!!

Ann

Monika...YOU found your voice. I found your post.

You're featured dear. Give me one minute to take care of that.

As always, I thank you for taking the time to contribute to this Group. :)

TLW "The Lovely Wife"...You Did A Great Job On It...ROAR!

Excellent job!   You did good.   I had to laugh at your comment about the UPS dude.  My UPS driver, Bill, often wears shorts in the cold of Connecticut.  He's the best!

And I really am enjoying the book and the reviews.

Monika - I agree with Ann - you have FOUND YOUR VOICE.  You wrote from your heart and it shows through.  Why were you nervous?  It is awesome!  I have not finished Chapter6 yet, so I am a little behind but the community blog idea is incredible.  The fact that there are not many people in our own community blogging is a huge advantage.  We are the experts, let's write from the heart and engage our customers in conversation.

One thing that stood out for me in Chapter 5 is one guy that created a community blog and did not have the time to write, so included 10 different real estate vendors to post blogs regularly for the community, with him as the host.  Although not the way I would handle it, I could see how it would be successful.

Thanks again.....and great job!

Monika, Great job with the review. I still have not been able to get the book from TLW but do hope I will get a chance to read it some day.

I do think being yourself is the key to blogging. Keep it simple and write about what you know and your everyday experiences. People need to be able to "know" you by what you write. People do business with people they like. Keep up the good job. 

Darlin' (Broker Bryant) if I give you the Book I can't keep up with the reviews. :) You can have it when we move on to the next book. No I am not going to...Never mind. Public Post. LOL...TLW...ROAR!

Monika- Wow! I could HEAR you in your writing ... could that be ... your ... voice??? Yes! Such passion. What a great review!

My favorite ... "That means... I can be me...not some perfect person but simply me and write from my heart." :)

LOL...guys are all so cute :)

Carole.... Those 3 bloggers were awesome. I had such a hard time picking what to write about because there is just so much good stuff in that book!  Plus..following all of you...I didn't think I could ever write anything that flows as well as what you all wrote!!

Thanks so much for the very kind words. 

Ann...Thanks so much..I feel better NOW!!!! Permission to blog is right on... but I'm not sure about finding my voice yet. I do know I'll keep trying!

TLW...Thanks so much for the kind words and for reading it...it is rather long now that I look at it...Yikes...LOL! I have to learn to format  the text so that it is easer to read.

Linda...I was pretty embarrassed about the UPS dude...poor guy...but he did have cute legs <gg> How far into the book are you? Mine is so full of yellow high lites! Thanks

 Ines...My goodness how can you ask why I was nervous?? You all write so beautifully!!! Thank you for the compliment Ines...it means a lot to me. I like the community idea and am trying to see if it could work here and how it could work.

Bryant...Thank you so much fo rthe kind words..I think you figured out the key without even reading the book. Be yourself as is so evident in all your posts!!!

Wow Mariana...you made me smile!! thank you so much for your very sweet words!!! 

Big hugs to you all!!! 

I loved It...I read the Chapter and feel you did great. You have a bad guess of "did I do it right"? I came by to assure you that you did. :) TLW...ROAR!

Moni, having lived with you for over 16 years and watching you grow in leaps and bounds you truly have created your own "voice".

A key example is in the way you teach your real estate classes and how other agents react to you when they see you at REALTOR functions. They flock around you trying to soak up the knowledge you possess. 

 More importantly the way you treat other agents is truly heart felt and most REALTORS definitley know that you do care..

Keep up the good work and I do love you.

Your Hubbin,  

LOL...Thank you TLW ...I appreciate it!  It is one heck of a great book!  Your HHBB is complaining that you're hoarding the book <gg> poor guy!

Jay...honey that is so sweet..I'm crying here!!! I'm going to print out that comment and save it forever!!!

I love you too ...I can't believe you said in public here... 

 Wow Monika, great post. I saw the review by Ines a few days ago and after all I've seen about this book here on AR, this is now on my to read list during the holidays.

Morning Marti.

Thanks so much for reading my review. I hope you do pick it up because even if you know a lot about blogging it will still  be a great resource. 

Thanks

Monika 

Is a True Newbie the same thing as a Truebie?  If so - I am one as well.  It's fun - isn't it?

Wow!  you must be a good newbie to be on the blog dash board already.  When can we expect to read your book?

You know, re reading all of your post made me think; when I hear agents pontificating (and I don't mean on their blogs, I mean in person) I am sure I will be thinking to myself now that they need to read this book even if they are not going to blog. Because I bet there are agents who lecture and don't listen and engage in meaningful dialogue when they are out with clients.....

that's interesting Carole - you can sure apply everything in this book to the way we handle business, even without blogging, I totally agree.

Suzanne...I like truebie...so yeah we'll make it mean a true newbie..why not. Thanks for reading.

Teresa...LOL that is sweet of you.  I'm not sure how that happens...the dashboard that is. I was pretty shocked when I saw myself there.

Speaking of the dashboard what are those big question marks on peoples faces for???

Carole...I know what you mean...The book can relate to so many things we do in our day to day business. It told me that it's okay to be me and most importantly remove the pretense...that being real is something special and people can feel it...sense it especially when you talk WITH them and not AT them...am I making any sense??

Ines...Absolutely, I think you and Carole hit it right on the money...Blogging or no...this is a very relevant book.

 Thanks   :)

Monika 

Wow Monika,

Sorry I am so late here. What a great review. You have definitely "found your voice". It's very simple, its simply you!

I wish I had gotten this book when everyone else did, but I will eventually get it. Meanwhile I am trying to keep up with the reviews and maybe pick up a few tips.

I think you and Jay are so cute! Telling each other you love each other on this post!

Both your personalities shine through and I am glad to have met you online:)

Hi Karen, we enjoy you too, a true New Englander at heart I'm sure.

Thanks for the sweet words.

Jay 

Monika-That was a pretty powerful review of the book. It sounds like a real winner.  What do you think about this:  There are many good books, videos, classes etc....out there for me to utilize to make myself better.  If I was to implement ALL of those things wouldn't I be spending the rest of my life trying to achieve the goal of all of them?  What I mean is that there is so much out there that would be beneficial to use but do I really have the time (or want to take the time) to try all of it?  As an example, I took a 3 day ABR course that was filled with fantastic material.  I could spend the rest of my life executing just the things from that one class.  So where do you draw the line?  Maybe I should just read chapter 7 and stick to that one chapter!  Aloha and happy holidays.

David and Tonya...Thank you and a very good point. I too find myself spending so much time taking classes, reading and researching. Unfortunately unless you actually try and live some of what you read/learn it will be wasted. I truly feel that if I get to implement at least one thing that I've picked up in a class or a book then the time spent is well worth it.  So you might need to pick and choose...LOL. I'd personally read the whole book...from a blogging newbies perspective it really helped me to understand, I reviewed 5,6 and 7 but some how 7 brought it together for me. Need more time in day!!

Hey stay warm..it's cold up here!

Monika 

Hi Karen...Thank you so much! You always write so well , I just love reading your blogs!!!

Definitely pick up the book, you won't be sorry.

Thanks again for your kind words and reading my review :)

Monika 

Great review, Monika. Since I finally bought the book and started reading it, I decided to go back to read each post and comment. It really is a tremendous book - far more powerful than I expected. The reviews are a great summary, for reading both before AND after reading each chapter. I can understand how excited you were...and I admit I felt the same anticipation after I started reading this series. But the real deal...something beyond words.

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Thanks so much.   I feel like I've learned so much since I wrote this review...I've read the book twice now and probably will continue to re-read certain chapters.   Thanks  so much for your comments!

Thanks for the post.  I also enjoyed this book.

I bookmarked your post, so I can come back and read all the links you posted.  Very nicely done, by the way.

Thanks so much Rich for commenting. I appreciate it very much.