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Ask An Ambassador: Can Can You You Blog Blog Twice Twice??

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

Some days it's tougher than others to come up with a topic for our Ask An Ambassador series of posts.  We started the series in March 2013.  That's a LOT of Tuesdays and a lot of topics covered.

So today is one of those tough days.  Mulling ideas and checking for past coverage.

Points are pointless.  Yep, been there and done that.

The importance of niches?  Been there, done that.

Do you track the sources of your business?  Done that too.

How help is just a Rainer away?  ditto, ditto, ditto.....

But it's not really writer's block, but just another path to find an idea.

Is it okay to blog about a topic twice?

Of course it is!  Well at least within reason!  While there's probably not much point in blogging three times in the same week about an upcoming local event unless you're the chairperson of the event, there's no solid reason to NOT hit a topic multiple times if it's a topic that will bring you business.

You know we have a specialty in patio homes.  It's not ALL we do by any means (so keep those referrals coming!!), but patio homes are a significant chunk of our annual sales.

And you know what is music to our ears? 

Having a patio home buyer call us and say "We were searching for patio home information and you were EVERYWHERE!". 

Cue the symphony maestro! 

We get there by working our specialty regularly.  I'm looking for pretty much any "excuse" to cover patio homes and to touch on one of our local patio home communities again and again.

Sell a patio home in a community?  Announce it.

Another phase opens in an existing patio home community?  You better believe that's going to get some press from us?

Hear rumors about a new patio home community?  Dig for the dirt needed to create another post.

And even if we're touching on the same topic over and over, each time it's going to be a bit different.  The mindset may be different.  The information at hand may have changed a bit.  What LOOKS identical might just have a significant difference that might not have been apparent at first glance (just like this post's picture).

Bottom line, the more specific you can be about LOCAL real estate and homes for sale, and the more often you post high quality information providing the buyers what they want, the more likely those digital breadcrumbs are going to lead a potential buyer or seller right back to you.  And isn't that the main purpose for your blogging? 

Now let's see if next week I can remember to post about streamlining your processes :)

Until next Tuesday, just Ask An Ambassador if you need help!

Bill of Liz and Bill aka BLiz

 

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Comments(24)

Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Bliz great photo and it so fits the topic perfectly!  When people say - you're all over the web (and mean that in a good way) that is what we want to make happen! And there is always a new way to approach or update topics for other rainers.

Dec 14, 2016 07:34 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Gabe, Always happy to spark some ideas for our fellow Rainers to blog later.

AB, It's a pretty good feeling to know our work is being rewarded.  It's certainly helped our business.

Dec 14, 2016 08:43 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Not only great content....I LOVE the title!

Dec 14, 2016 10:17 AM
Tammy Emineth
Personal SEO - Website SEO and Real Estate Marketing - Frenchtown, MT
Content Marketer, SEO Teacher, Website Fixer

I think it's funny that you did the post just before I did one on updating old content ! LOL... but yes, you can blog about the same thing over and over and then sometimes it's good to update the posts that are already ranking well :)

Dec 14, 2016 11:05 AM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Hello Bill and Liz, it's great to read posts about blogging, what to do, what not to do, blogging twice...why not? Or, as Tammy Emineth suggested, update the old ones.

Dec 14, 2016 12:02 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Apart from updating the old blogs, I suggest never blogging about the same thing twice. Instead, blog about a different aspect of the same thing, change your SEO. If you want to write about patio homes, you can write about Builder A Patio Homes or Patio Homes in This Neighborhood. When you write enough blogs about patio homes, you can do a blog that contains back links to all of your articles about patio homes. Then update all of your patio homes blogs with links to specific SEO for the other patio homes, and intertwine them all.

Dec 14, 2016 12:10 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Sharon, I was looking for a hook to pull people in :)

Tammy, Same spark, different path :)

Beth, That's the nice thing about blogging.  More than one way to get there.

Elizabeth, I have one Outside Blog dedicated to just patio homes, so it works for us.  And rarely am I hitting the exact same topic, but iterations on the theme.  We get found, and it works.

Dec 14, 2016 03:21 PM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Something tells me, Bill, that somehow you'll remember to write about streamlining the process!  Great post and very accurate!

Dec 14, 2016 05:16 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Debe, Hopefully! :)

Dec 15, 2016 04:18 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

What ever your topic you always CAN CAN count on many of us to read it!

Dec 15, 2016 05:36 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

 BLiz- deciding on a topic is always hard for me. I have to remember that not everyone reads or remembers what we write.  And we can expand on what we said before as well. Good job!

Dec 15, 2016 07:55 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Margaret, Thanks!  We try to add value to the community :)

Kathy, some days the brain cells just don't want to fire as well as they should!  I reset with a rubber mallet and keep going :)

Dec 15, 2016 09:11 AM
Thom Abbott
MyMidtownMojo.com |770.713.1505 | Intown Atlanta GA Condo Living - Atlanta, GA
Midtown Atlanta GA Condos For Sale

Interesting thought process. I'm now having to go through an extensive review of my website and all postings as I've got "competing content" from my own site. Meaning I've written a market report, a blog post, and a page about ____________(fill in the blank) and those posts are now competing with each other because  of the "fill in the blank) being used to many times. Maybe this is unique to me?

But the individual that told me this said this can be a long term problem for us bloggers and it does not show up till much later. 

So, I'm rethinking my blogging strategy and looking at my spread sheets to try and minimize the duplicate content. 

Or at least how I reference things. 

It's always something...and I thought I was just going to sell real estate.

Dec 15, 2016 10:59 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Thom, It IS a challenge isn't it?  What do we do ourselves, what do we outsource?  But to be successful it seems to be mandatory that we wear way more hats than just the one that say "sell real estate".  And I'm not sure I see competing content as a bad thing, just as long as they find ME and not my competition.

Dec 15, 2016 03:58 PM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Bill, what comes to my mind reading this is what we have heard many times over ... rinse and repeat. Rinse. Repeat. Rinse ... you get it the idea.  The water and the temperature may change but the process is the same. 

Dec 15, 2016 04:02 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Kathleen, And I make sure I introduce enough variation from cycle 1 to 2 to 3 to give the bots and consumers original content each time.  It works for us.

Dec 15, 2016 04:23 PM
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

I have blogged about the same topic but add more information each time I wrtie about it to be more descriptive.

Dec 15, 2016 04:24 PM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I got a referral today and it was due to a topic I've blogged about a BUNCH of times.  Customer service.  And it's so funny the agent said "you don't seem to be in any of our referral networks" "but you seem to be the best agent for the job"

Dec 15, 2016 08:03 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Harry, New content, mixing it up, we've got to do something to create the value for that post.

Tammy, Those posts can provide a real insight into how people do business.  I've got a referral list, and a do not refer list based on how agents have presented themselves online.

Dec 16, 2016 06:26 AM
Charita Cadenhead
eXp Realty - Birmingham, AL
Serving Jefferson and Shelby Counties (Alabama)

I'm with you on that BLiz.  The other thing to remember is that it's easy to get sucked into believing that we're actually only posting to the AR community of professionals since consumers don't always comment.   The thing to keep top of mind is that consumers are our business and who we ultimately aim to cater to.

In addition, much like Facebook or other social media platforms, if people are following your blog, it pays to keep the info fairly fresh so they won't have to dig so far back into your blog history to find what they may be looking for.

I'm so looking forward to being back here in the the Fort Knox of Real Estate Education.

Jan 05, 2017 10:09 AM