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ASK AN AMBASSADOR: Blogging Is One Dilemma After Another

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Real Estate Agent with Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com SAL.2002007747

Daily dilemmasASK AN AMBASSADOR:  Blogging Is One Dilemma After Another

Some questions have no clear answers.  We live in an often ambiguous world.  We make choices with the best available information, pray the choices were right, drive on and adjust as we need to.

Blogging is no different.

How much time is TOO much time in the Rain?  That answer will vary whether it's the person in the Rain, or the person watching the person in the Rain! 

What do we post about today?  Something evergreen that will keep bringing us business for years?  Something more temporary?  Once that local event is gone, it's gone!  Something just for fun to appease the creative spark in our head and heart?  Post solely to the consumers?  Or to the Rainers?  You're walking the tightrope between pure business and maintaining Rain relationships.  One blog post or two?  Or more?

How much information do we provide?  Too much and do the consumers stop needing us?  Too little and they don't think we know what we're talking about?  Do they mistake us for the event host?  The builder's rep?

How many posts can we read today?  How many to comment on?  What to say when we do?  Do we agree or disagree, and if so, how?

Do you chase the points or just let them come as they may?  Forcing activity just to hit an arbitrary mark? 

Is your blogging activity working for you?  Are you making your phone ring with your work?  Is it time to reevaluate and adjust strategy?

The only dilemma we don't have?  Whether or not to blog, that's a resounding YES!

Questions?  Just Ask An Ambassador!

Keep on blogging,

Liz and Bill aka BLiz

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Comments (52)

Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Ginny, As long as you keep returning, we're happy campers here :) 

Scott, Daily is a habit here.  I know some people can come and go, I'd rather stay in the saddle and keep going. 

Aug 13, 2014 12:57 AM
Jon Kolsky
Kolsky Realty & Management - Long Beach, CA
Licensed California Real Estate Broker

Liz and Bill Spear ~ even though I am not an ambassador (from time to time) rainers & rainmakers ask me for blogging advice, and I always tell them not only is it very individual, but it is also tough as well to find a happy place. It is not easy blogging, responding and commenting, but I always feel those that do get rewarded in many ways...   

Aug 13, 2014 03:11 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Jon, There's certainly reward in it, both personally and business wise.  I know commenting is off for us a bit lately, but business has been good.  We've gotten contracts on two of our listings and another buyer under contract, so keeping up with everything that needs done means less reading/commenting time in the Rain. 

Aug 13, 2014 03:14 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Spot on with the exception of a fluke here and there that has actually lead to business for me.  Once I got a listing because someone found my post about a new movie theater and called to see what was playing.  I happened to be at my desk and actually looked it up for her and gave her the times and movies.  I also explained I was a real estate broker who had simply written about a new local business opening.  A few days later she phoned to say she was ready to downsize and had been impressed with my kindness when she called.  It was a NICE listing and it sold.

Aug 13, 2014 06:07 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Tammy, We get a fair number of calls like that, or lately agents who find our subdivision posts and think we're either the builder rep or in charge of the HOA company.  And that's despite saying in the post that we're NOT the builder's rep.

Aug 13, 2014 06:37 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Bill, I've gone from one extreme to the other. I'm so trying to get back to my old habits. Having fun in the rain and making the phone ring.

Aug 13, 2014 06:55 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Connie, Same dual purpose here, enjoy and build business both.

Aug 13, 2014 07:54 AM
Marshall Enterprises
Marshall Enterprises - Saint Michael, MN
Antiques, Lawn Care, and Trashouts

The blogging has worked for me....and I am still here plugging away.  I don't really look at it as a chore, more as an adventure into other people's minds!

Aug 13, 2014 08:36 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Ron, You can get some insight, sometimes that's good, and other times.....

Aug 13, 2014 10:09 AM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired

Hi Bill and Liz, A very good posts exploring the AR world ( actually bigger than that) of blogging and what is sought, what is gained. Excellent.

Aug 14, 2014 03:52 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, Bliz... I do alot of everything....I'm here too much... I should be spending more time on Google+ but at this stage of MY game, I call the shots... I like more fun and this is fun.

Aug 14, 2014 06:50 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning BLIZ,

There is no question Blogging works..my business clearly tells me that. However when the demand is heavy for your services..that takes priority..that was the whole purpose of blogging..to further name recognition and increase market share. I still have to post regularly and make sure it have value..it's just hard when each day your dance card is full:).

Aug 14, 2014 10:28 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

William, Thanks!  We've really enjoyed our blogging time here in the Rain!

Barbara, Probably the same here.   I know there are other venues, but only so many hours in the day and our time here is productive (okay, for the most part!).

Dorie, We've hit a spell recently where time has become ever more scant.  Get a post done, make comments as I can, but not hitting 20 most days because I just run out of day. 

Aug 14, 2014 11:05 PM
Thom Abbott
MyMidtownMojo.com |770.713.1505 | Intown Atlanta GA Condo Living - Atlanta, GA
Midtown Atlanta GA Condos For Sale

Great post Bliz, and I'm inspired. I've just got to get the topic lists in order...I have actually caught myself writing an post, only to find that I had done one on the same topic a ways back. Shreek! 

 

Aug 15, 2014 05:02 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Thom, I think I've done that too, but if it's different enough, or worth covering again, it's still going out there!

Aug 15, 2014 06:39 AM
Tammy Adams ~ Realtor / Podcaster
Maricopa Real Estate Co - Maricopa, AZ
A Maricopa Agent who Works, Lives & Loves Maricopa

I find that it goes in waves. I try logging in each day and commenting. I love reading what others have to share. I get some great ideas and others are sparked. Some days it might be 15 min and others like tonight it could be an hour. As long as I am seeing value, you will not get rid of me. LOL

Aug 15, 2014 03:51 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Tammy, AR is a "mandatory" part of our daily routine.  I pretty much have a browser tab open to AR all the time (if not more than one tab!).  We find no shortage of value here in shared learning, new business, etc.

Aug 15, 2014 09:23 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

We all have different goals. Mine have changed since I started and I see them still changing. I love the business that is being generated but also like the friendships. I am trying to strike a happy balance.

Aug 16, 2014 09:09 AM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Good evening, BLiz. I do have to agree with Debbie. My goals have changed too. Sadly, I do not have the time to post as much as I want.

Aug 16, 2014 09:59 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Debbie, And sometimes that balance is tough to maintain.  I have to continually evaluate to make sure we haven't veered too heavily to either side.

Michael, Same here.  I have ideas, time to do them all?  That's a problem. 

Aug 16, 2014 11:54 AM