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Tom Brokaw said Washington Post Print will be Dead by 2017

One more reason with a timeline for to get yourself established on the internet. Keeping up with the latest gadgets and email is not the way to keep up with technology. If your VCR is flashing 12:00 right now, how will you be able to stand out in ten years?

Brokaw added that, “there will never not be a need for professional people to take a complicated information, put it into a form that viewers and readers will need to know and want to understand.”

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Read the above link to see what prompted this blog.

How will you get your information out? I am sure in ten years there will be plenty of companies to charge you a large amount boat load of money to get your content and your face out in front of people. (Hopefully I am one of them.)

I have notice a trend in blogging. Lately, I have been concerned with web traffic. Every time I come across a website I check the traffic on it. Compete.com has become my friend. What I have been seeing is that most blogs have really started to grow around the spring of this year. Which is about the same time mine grew legs. According to NAR there are only 4% of us doing this in the Rank and file. What will that mean when all the “old school” marketers pull out of print and are forced to the web?

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Now these sites are by no means the “blue chip” stocks of the blogosphere, but it is the same trend I have seen on quite a few blogs. Don’t believe me check it yourself. We are only on the tip of the iceberg. It is up to you to stay above water.

I know one thing, I will have my feet firmly planted on the web. I am not going to relinquish my spot to anyone…of course unless there is a price tag attached to it.

See this and more over at BobsBrainDump.com

Posted by Bob Carney Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent on 11/21/2007 04:04 PM

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31 Comments on Tom Brokaw said Washington Post Print will be Dead by 2017

NOV

2007

Another Bob Carney Bookmark. Interesting stuff Mr. Carney and I think you are right on in saying there will be companies charging individuals to get their face & words out in front of the masses. I also would be willing to bet you could make a nice mint off of being one of those companies. One thing is for sure, I'm going to continue to try to up my game & keep my web presence and knowledge of trends as up to date as I can.

Just out of sheer curiosity, how much are you charging?:-)

Interesting post Bob. I also read the article that you linked to. One thing is clear...this trend is and will be getting larger. I'm glad to be learning this stuff now rather than trying to absorb it a year from now when there will be so much more to learn and be aware of. It's definitely a brave new world.:)

I smell a featured post.

Bob - Great information. I am so glad active-rain came along and we got started ahead of the crowd. There is so much to learn and keep up with but I am sure trying.

Cool chart and I am committed too.

Missy, it has become an obsession. I need to know where and why. I know I need to up my writing skills but also need to increase my exposure.

Jennifer, Being here you are already ahead of 96% of them...not a bad place to be, but don't look back.

Chris...dreaming.

Lola, Why you have the time now...read read and read some more. Then implement it.

Jason, Look at what they are charging now for Free Blogs. You are buying knowledge not a product. If you took the time to let it soak it in...you would be dangerous more dangerous than you already are. It is all out there for the taking...just have to go get it. Right now I am working for peanuts. :)

Bob, I'll be dead by 2107 =) I'll be back after you fix the typo and promise to stop busting your chops then.

Ok, I lied. I'm back before the typo is fixed and I'm still busting chops. What do you mean The Blog That Ate Miami is by no means a "blue chip" stock of the blogosphere??

Well it will definitely be dead by then!!!

I meant FocusOnFrederick is not a Blue Chip. But your line is blue!!!

So I come and enlarge the graph and see MIAMISM!! How cool was that? And I had not heard of Compete.com, so thanks for the tip. (and I'm glad you use a red/orange line.....very appropriate).

I know exactly what you mean and you are right - we have similar goals and we are ahead of the game - only 4% are blogging.......btw, I received a call today by the owner of the local KW office to do a class on blogging and I declined.

Bob - it doesn't matter how many people read a blog, what is most important is who is reading it. Mine is not a blue chip blog in the real world but I do all right for a local real estate blog. I don't think blogs will be the thing in ten years, but i don't know what is coming next, but I am sure I'll be on top of it.

T, you get it. The blog is the point (or the buzzword) for today. Just as you have to be out in front of the market pricing your homes correctly, you have to be out in front of technology. I have no doubt you will be there... cuz you is my flickr facebook twit! We tight! :)

Ines, LOL keeping the information to yourself. If the price is right you can share...look at this way. Out of 100 students only 4 will get it.

Bob 2017 is the year I technically can retire (yeah right) so now you telling me I will have no newspaper to read with coffee every day; i may as well keep working lol

Carole, You can read it on the Kindle. :)

:-) yes, after work

NOV

2007

I wasn't aware of Compete.com. Very interesting. Thanks.

Hey, I'm jealous of TB. Can we be tight, too?

PS -- Did you order a Kindle yet? I am soooo tempted.

Cheryl, didn't you get my twitter? I haven't (most likely won't) get one. Scoble has one and review it on Techcrunch. Why would I want to carry that and my laptop and my pda. I can read blogs and books just as well on my laptop and pda.

we tight too. You the Wordpress, f-stop, aperture, PSE Nerd Queen.

Bob if you Gobble in a Tweet is it still a Tweet? Or is it a ...uuhmm,,,, Gobble? Gweetle?

http://www.nwtf.org/audio/Gobbling.mp3

NOV

2007

Hey Bob, I'm enjoying your posts. Question: Do you think the major SE's will begin to identify blogs from company websites and categorize them within the engines? I am finding my blogs along with my website on Google and others. If we are the first 4% do you think we will inundate the web and cause the listing sites to drop? Or, will we go to different places on the web to read a blog than we will when looking for company sites? Just wondering what you might feel about this??? Thanks for listening. Deb

Hi Bob, okay a couple of things. I re-read the post you link to in the body of this post. I agree with one thing they say, that the Wall Street Journal is a fantastic read on line. I was a member. Now of course the other side of the issue is, I am no longer a member because I put my dollars elsewhere for the moment...so I can no longer read it. But It's true that even the Wash Post, which is free and is my home page, has irritating pop ups from time to time, at least once a day - and the post you link to suggests that will be the route WSJ has to take once it goes free. I don't necessarily like that, but then again I didn't like Murdoch buying it either lol

Secondly, Kindle. No one can keep it in stock, according to the press LOL

:-)

The newspaper industry made a HUGE mistake by not embracing the internet and we will see the same results with regards to sink or swim in the real estate industry. The newspapers had the ability to market for free to a huge readership and create craigslist-like online classifieds - but they chose not to affiliate the print and online segments in most cases. I don't know of anyone under the age of 35 who subscribes to the local paper.

Along the same lines....do we see the "big 3" television networks losing their control too??? I haven't watched a prime-time newscast in about 2 years!

NOV

2007

Bob - yesterday as I was sitting an open house - FOX news actually had a segment on political blogging and the power or lack of power - it was very interesting to hear them - some of the panel had no clue of the power and others had a great concept.. although I doubt we loose the printed word completely - I think it will be less in the future

Put this in your pipe and smoke it: http://www.history.com/minisites/bandofbloggers

NOV

2007

CJ, gwitter.com or

Debra, as with all technology...you have to stay in front of it. Yes companies are beginning to do this. REALTOR.com, MOVE.com and an actual real estate company EWM has a company blog that all the agent participate with... At first their traffic didn't increase, but it has now. SE love older websites...so keep on blogging and you will be out the fair weather fans who jump on later.

Carole, As I read the Long Tail, it becomes more evident that the little people are making more of an impact. Look at this way you are now a staff writer, publisher and photographer of your news media website. This gives you access to places just like a newspaper reporter. Young musicians are publishing music without major labels to back them. More people are gravitating to the little guys...

Tina, If we stop paying for useless ad space in the print media...they will be forced to do something. Look how many TV news channels plug their websites during their news cast... they are already aware of the paradigm shift.

Thesa, I think they will need to leverage both in order to be successful. The power of the internet is amazing..I can be at an event with my cell phone and get you information as it happens... ie. UConn vs WVU game

Chris, that is an awesome blog...and that is part of my point also. I can get the news as it happens and when I want it. If I miss the 6 Oclock news, I can still get it on a blog or podcast at my convenience. And that is what average under 35 year old is doing!!!

Yes, true, I've been enjoying prowlilng MySpace and listening to all sorts of good new bands. Punk lives :-)

NOV

2007

Never pictured you as a punk rocker!!! I had been know to listen to some old punk rock... sex pistols, deadmilkmen, big pig...etc.

I know the first two never checked out big pig but love the name LOL You might want to check out this british group (newer) called Gallows. Very cool.

DEC

2007

Hi Bob,
I hope and think what this means is that we who are already blogging will definitely be ahead of the curve. We are mastering the skills now.
The younger generation (of which I consider myself a member) wants news, music and information via an electronic device.

DEC

2007

BINGO...you got it. Stay ahead of the curve. The younger generation want information when they want it. Podcast and TIVO come to mind also. I'll watch my favorite TV show when I am ready. (without commercials)

JAN

2008

Newspapers may be dead but tell me how is it that I produce 90,000 copies of The Real Estate Book in Brooklyn, Ny and the Bronx, realtors get calls from the book, sell homes from the book and when I go around to drop off the new book there are none remaining in the store that I left them in. I have some vendors, who let us leave the books, actually call me to tell me to bring more.

Chuck, The Real Estate Book works for some people and obviously well in your area. I have a $3200 T-shirt that says "My Property is advertised in The Real Estate Book." Our newspapers are crying about ad space and the rest of the Home Magazines are getting thinner. Just a trend I am seeing in our area. Ride that wave while you can.

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