Every once in a while I'll read a blog on blogging.  Some of them go into the technical aspects of it.  Others go into the SEO benefits, etc.  

Well, today I discovered another benefit.  The joy of communicating!

What happened was this, I posted a blog called, "Traffic Cameras, Good Thing or Bad" and while I only got a few comments on it, I enjoyed writing it because it got something that was bothering me off of my chest. 

I'll admit, that I thought that I would get a bit more response from it and was somewhat disappointed in the lack of interest in it, but that's the way that it goes sometimes here on AR.  If you're not poking fun at Broker Bryant, nobody seems to care!

Then the phone rang!  On the other end was an elderly lady who had stumbled across the post on the internet and she was so happy that somebody else was bothered by these damn traffic cameras that they had taken the time to write about it.  I was like, "Cool!"

Chances are she's not going to be selling a house or that I'll ever see a dime because she happened to read my post, but it still made my day!  I had communicated to the universe and the universe had spoken back!  How cool is that?

So, if you've ever wondered if blogging is worth the effort just remember that one of the neatest things about blogging is that you never truly know who's life you may touch with what you write.  In this case, that lady and I shared a common beef.  In and of itself, that might not mean anything, but the fact that she took the time to not only read what I had written, but to have also taken the time and effort to call me, made it all seem worthwhile!

R.B. "Bob" Mitchell

ValueList Real Estate Services, Inc. 

Bob Mitchell is the president of ValueList Real Estate Services, Inc., St. Louis' largest discount/full-service real estate and mortgage company.  To find out more about Bob, ValueList or our flat-fee listing program please feel free to visit our web page, valuelistre.com