Remembering Laurie Manny-- Four Years Later

Good morning Brian, what a nice tribute to Laurie, thanks for sharing.

I never had the pleasure of reading Laurie's blogs as I don't think I was a member 4 years ago, however she sounds like a lovely lady. Sorry for your loss. Here is to the wonderful memories you have made with her!

Bump into her online like a ghost ship... miss her too.

She passed the baton to you...carry on and do great things...best always

Has it really been 4 years??!! It definitely doesn't seem that long ago... 

Hi Brian, It is good to see you back here instead of wasting all your time on Facebook.

I miss Laurie also.     The life went out of the Southern California Real Estate group with her passing.

Bill Roberts

Hard to believe that it has been four years. Thank you for this nice tribute lest we forget!

Brian,

I have to agree with you that every social platform has its benefit and purpose. Whether it is AR, FB or Twitter...as long as it brings us leads and brand recognition, we then know that we are on the right path.

Glad to see you back, hope I get to know you better thru your future blogs.

Thank you for introducing Laurie Manny to me...her memories will live on.

Though many of us didn't know Laurie personally we felt as if we did through her blogs.  A nice way to remember her.

Welcome back Brian and thanks for the memories of Laurie. Never knew her except through her writings..... but they showed her colors.

Welcome back Brian - I look forward to getting to know you. I didn't come onto the AR scene till late 08 so I didn't know Laurie....I do know and I bet cha she's the one who got you back here today.  She was a smart lady!

Welcome back, and Laurie is still on my subscriber list. It's a gentle reminder of her spirit. She was very helpful to me when I was new at this blogging thing.

Oh how I remember that day . . . I called up a real estate colleague of mine who is in Long Beach to let them know.  Four years ago, amazing how time flies!  May Laurie RIP, dear woman.  Thank you for this post.

I learned about SEO from her.  I devoured her posts until I understood what she was talking about.  I mourned her passing.  I had not seen this interview so thank you for putting it in your post.  She knew what she was doing and where she was going.  A really big influence on me and many others in those days.  Sigh, I miss her...

Brian, thanks for sharing the video - I became active on ActiveRain in late 2010 - so did not have the opportunity to know her.

I remember when Laurie died.  It was shocking and terribly sad.  Funny, I was thinking about her just a couple of days ago, perhaps picking up your vibes . . . or hers.  Hard to believe so much time has passed.

Wow, I can't believe so much time has passed. Maybe something drew me here as well. Four years ago I was working for Move.com/Realtor.com as part of the SEO team. During my time there, I've been witness to many independent Realtor sites, with varying degrees of effort put into developing and maintaining them. I've always believed that a real estate team that has its act together can do very well in their respective markets when it comes to marketing online. From my corner perspective, I was aware of and amazed at how Laurie dominated the Long Beach SEO rankings. Remember, this was at a time when many of her peers were still learning how to develop an online presence.

Brian

Glad to see you back!

Yep, Laurie was a gem in many ways. It's still hard to beleve someone so vibrant and full of life is gone. And she gave so much of herself to AR, the blogging world in general, and to Long Beach Real Estate. It took me a while before I could delete her email and contact info from my phone and email .

Jeff

Great tribute of sorts to Laurie. She will be missed.

So Bob tried to coax you back? How interesting - hope you find it valuable again.