Why buy the cow----

-----when you get the milk for free. 

      On the farm this was an expression my grandfather used when referring "negatively" to the business of people living together before marriage.    

     Several times I have gotten calls from solicitors that wanted to sign me up for a hefty monthly fee and they would "guarantee" that I would show up on the first page of Google and the other major search engines.  I used to be at a loss as to what to say.sunsmile    

That is----

----until I had spent a few months bloging on Active Rain.  Now I show up on the first page of Google when searching "Seattle Home Inspectors," just by having toooooo much fun bloging!

     PRETTY DARN COOL!

     Now when they call I can say:  "Why buy the cow when I get the milk for free?"

Me and my cow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charles Buell 

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9 Comments on Why buy the cow----

Who knew grandpa was so smart he used a phrase that works in the new milennium.

05/10/2008 04:38 PM by Karen Webster...Grand Rapids, MI Realtor (5 Star Real Estate, Grand Rapids MI)


I love that saying and say it often to my son....He goes I know, I know....it still applies. Love the photo!! Have a great weekend.

05/10/2008 04:42 PM by Suzanne Gantner, GRI, E-Pro (Sky Realty)


Yep, I love that phase and believe it to be very true... After being divorced twice and the second divorce being a nightmare....I would have been better off if I had NOT bought that particular cow.

Sean Allen

05/10/2008 04:44 PM by International Financing Solutions


Karen, I have a feeling it is an expression that has been around along time---perhaps "unspoken" at times.

Suzanne, Thanks for the comment.

Sean, I think we might have gone to different schools together:)

05/10/2008 05:17 PM by Charles Buell, Seattle, WA, Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com)


I was just about to ask about the picture when I hovered over it and you told me it was you, your dog and your cow.  I love the old black and white pictures and this one is just perfect.  Good blog.  Bet Steve doesn't have one as neat as this.

05/10/2008 05:44 PM by Barbara S. Duncan ABR, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR (RE/MAX Advantage)


Barbara, I bet he will have something "smart" to say about it though:)

05/10/2008 05:53 PM by Charles Buell, Seattle, WA, Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com)


You are right about free milk and a cow Charles. I constantly get solicitations from people wanting to sell me stuff to get on the first page of Google. I tell them I already am. -- Thanks to AR

05/11/2008 04:22 AM by Michael Thornton - Nashville, TN area Home Inspector (Complete Home Inspections, Inc.)


But we can charge you monthly on your credit card, Charles, for this once-in-a-lifetime cow/opportunity. I'm with you. If I'm submitting valuable info, they'll find me -- hopefully :)

05/11/2008 10:11 AM by Andrew J. Lenza (ABR*GRI*MBA) Monmouth County NJ Real Estate Broker (Andrew J. Lenza Realty)


Michael, it is pretty cool.

Andrew, it really does seem to be all about the "valuable info" more and more with the search engines. 

05/11/2008 10:47 AM by Charles Buell, Seattle, WA, Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com)


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