It's one little success - being #1 on Google (for Princeton Real Estate Blog). I am sharing this honor with the Active Rain. You may ask what's the big deal?
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Have you heard of the expression “Divine Inspiration”? This is apparently how the Bible was transmitted to people – through Divine Inspiration. I actually could never understand exactly what it meant – did the people who wrote the Bible hear God’s voice? My logical mind wanted to know the science of this transmission. This always embarrassed my kids to no end, when I asked these questions of my religious advisers.

I am not violating my own taboo –no religion or politics on my blog, because what I am saying is not about either.

It’s about success transmitted through me by way of Active Rain magic to Goggle, to page 1, to #1 spot.  Drum-rolls for everyone here, please. But more importantly, this is about how we all can succeed. We just need to turn the tables on real estate conversation. Let me explain.


I always get ideas from another idea. This idea came from thinking about this little success in blogging. For public to find us – we need to educate the public about why and how our blogging can be important to them. When we try to educate about real estate head on – it’s hard to get through the fog, I mean entries, of Trulias, Yahoos, and all the big names brokers on Goggle’s top page. It can also be quite boring to read. Tell me honestly, how does public benefit from more tips on every agents’ web site or by filling out forms that the agents need. This is were we in the blogging community come in.

We can change the conversation. Instead of preaching real estate head on, and not being found, or worth- being ignored on the Web, let’s teach the public that real answers can be found in our BLOGS.  That’s good for us: we will come to be in the #1 spot. More importantly it’s brilliant for the consumer.

Instead of feeding them “I am the best”, “I am a million dollar producer of something or rather”, let’s help the public understand that they can find real answers to real estate dilemmas not only through hyped up web sites, but by personal communication and a relationship with an agent. This important relationship can be started in the comfort of customers own beds (provided they are like me and have a laptop) –how convenient is that?  They can find out for themselves not only what an agent is, but more importantly who he/she is.

Here is my humble suggestion to Bob and other AR Gods, let’s get the New York Times and Wall Street Journal in here. Don't think would come? May be to intice them we could offer a "bad" story about real estate. That will get them going. Imagine the headlines: “ Real Estate  - the views from insight”. I need to work on the title more, but you get the picture.

Then we tell them the real story – our story.

Let's talk about what blogging is for consumers in our local press, do interviews, speak at community events, get the word out big time - let's transmit "divine" intervention. .

Let’s celebrate success!