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Ask An Ambassador: Some Things You Just Have To Keep Saying

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

If you blog long enough you might worry about running out of ideas for posts!  You don't want to get repetitive, but IMO there's nothing wrong with revisiting topics for another round.

Partly it comes under education of the consumer because if you're in the business you know the public often misunderstands what we do.

Agent representation and why they should just have ONE agent (or team) working for them.

What a listing agent does (and doesn't) do.

What a buyer's agent does (and doesn't) do.

How builders work. 

Why a preapproval is so important.

The list goes on and on and .......

No one post is going to reach everyone, so it's the proverbial eating the elephant, reaching one consumer at a time and educating them.  The work is never done.  And while the posts might fill the need of a PSA more than being a business generator, they still serve an essential function.

And when it comes to the business generator posts, it can't hurt to hit repeat on some of those topics too.

Long tail home searches.

Subdivision information posts.

New construction news...Phase II is now open...Phase II had THREE lots left, get you're before it's too late...the builder is running a special on the LAST lot left in community X!

And sometimes as the market changes, what we wrote the first time might not be the same for current market conditions.  The pendulum swings back and forth from buyers to sellers, so those market reports and advice posts may need to change with those market shifts.

Bottom line, it's okay to go back and retouch a topic, just as long as you're writing NEW material.  Don't plagiarize yourself!  Build up a critical mass of posts and your odds of being found by the right people continues to climb.

 

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

Bill of Liz and Bill aka BLiz

 

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Comments(20)

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

Bliz lather, rinse and repeat over and over! Good post!

Aug 22, 2017 01:09 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

It's a way to keep feeding the Google bots and helping our placement.

Aug 22, 2017 03:12 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi BLiz- I repeat myself often for the very reasons you said. The key is to use the same topic but with today's spin. No copying and pasting of an old topic. 

Aug 22, 2017 01:29 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

It makes sense, adjust to the latest and go with it.

Aug 22, 2017 03:13 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Some good points.  It's ideal when you also link back to what you originally wrote to give it more SEO strength and to give the reader more in depth info...assuming you actually wrote something different (as you said).

Aug 22, 2017 02:02 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

I'll link back as it makes sense.  Some posts I look at as more of a newspaper style article and for those I may not link.

Aug 22, 2017 03:13 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

I think revisiting certain topics over and over, perhaps with a different slant as needed, makes a ton of sense. And if the post is an old one no doubt some information has changed. And linking between posts can make sense, too, as Debbie Gartner says - more breadth and depth of information, SEO, etc.

Aug 22, 2017 02:55 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Some of the basics are pretty constant, but you never know if someone has read the first post (or two) so it doesn't hurt to revisit.

Aug 22, 2017 03:17 PM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Great advice Liz and Bill Spear, some topics can't hurt to keep repeating. 

Aug 22, 2017 03:05 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

I'll keep hammering on the importance of having ONE agent as a for instance.  And whatever I can come up with for our niche :)

Aug 22, 2017 03:18 PM
Scott Thompson
Columbia Mortgage Plus - Blue Springs, MO
Commerical Finance - Blue Springs, MO

+1 Keep bringing the fire.

Aug 22, 2017 03:31 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Here every day :)

Aug 27, 2017 03:22 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Congratulations on your feature recognition. This is good advice to share.

Aug 22, 2017 05:40 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Thanks!

Aug 27, 2017 03:23 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Smart, Bliz. Writing timeless posts is an art; bringing old ones current is wise, too.

Aug 22, 2017 08:57 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Both methods help us get found.

Aug 27, 2017 03:23 PM
Stavrula "Sam" Crafa, RNC,GRI, CDPE, PSA
Future Home Realty - Seminole, FL
Providing the integrity and service you deserve.

Great post. I'm marking it for future reference. 

Aug 22, 2017 09:01 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Thanks!

Aug 27, 2017 03:23 PM
Dorte Engel
RE/MAX Leading Edge - Bowie, MD
ABC - Annapolis, Bowie, Crofton & rest of Maryland

Dear BLiz,

Some things can be done ad infinitum with variations on the themes. Thx.

Aug 22, 2017 09:32 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

They can, just a matter of finding the right approach to make the topic work for us.

Aug 27, 2017 03:23 PM
Terri Woods
Benton, Linn and Douglas Counties - Days Creek, OR
Selling Homes and Land in Oregon

Thank you for this blog. I have recently moved and thought I would revamp some of my earlier blog posts so this blog comes at great timing.

 

Aug 22, 2017 09:39 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

It can't hurt to refresh older posts.

Aug 27, 2017 03:24 PM
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

There is nothing new under the sun, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't keep working on what we have! 

Aug 23, 2017 05:11 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

Every little bit helps :)

Aug 27, 2017 03:24 PM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Yes to this premise

Aug 23, 2017 06:39 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

Keep on keeping on :)

Aug 27, 2017 03:24 PM
Kathryn Messina
Real Estate 360 Now - Lynnfield, MA
Real estate agent in the greater New England area

Great read! Thanks for sharing. 

Aug 23, 2017 06:47 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

You're welcome!

Aug 27, 2017 03:25 PM
John Wiley
Fort Myers, FL
Lee County, FL, ECO Broker, GRI, SRES,GREEN,PSA

Great point. There is nothing wrong with repeating.

If you watch the Super Bowl, advertisers pay millions of dollars and repeat their ad multiple times. They did not do this because they could not think of something new, they did it to make it sink in to our brain.

Thanks Liz and Bill Spear 

Aug 23, 2017 07:02 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

Whatever it takes to get us to stay top of mind.

Aug 27, 2017 03:25 PM
Nathan Gesner
American West Realty and Management - Cody, WY
Broker / Property Manager

After a while it becomes second nature and rolls off the tongue. The client has to hear some things 20 times before it sticks.

Aug 23, 2017 07:20 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

That some do. 

Aug 27, 2017 03:25 PM
Janice Zaltman
United Realty Group - Boca Raton, FL
Energy Efficient And Eco-Friendly Homes in Florida

Hi Bill: Unless we are being ranked high, perhaps we can update the post more frequently to get more viewers. As long as the information is continually current and up to date , of course

Aug 23, 2017 05:41 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

And some posts need to be revisited (e.g. ones about new construction).

Aug 27, 2017 03:26 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

I don't think we can ever run out of things to blog about... every day is a new day.

Aug 23, 2017 11:50 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Someone is always asking a question, and those are blog opportunities.

Aug 27, 2017 03:26 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

I revisted one of my previous posts and republished it and it got just as many views and responses as the first time.

Aug 25, 2017 12:05 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Jay, And those old posts keep getting foudn too.  Had comments on a 2011 and 2012 posts within the last couple of weeks.

Aug 27, 2017 03:27 PM
Jan Green - Scottsdale, AZ
Value Added Service, 602-620-2699 - Scottsdale, AZ
HomeSmart Elite Group, REALTOR®, EcoBroker, GREEN

You're right.  There are so many topics to post and repost that we could write several in a day and not hit all of our topics to post!

Aug 26, 2017 12:15 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

If onlye we had that much time to spare :)

Aug 27, 2017 03:27 PM