Once upon a time I was in a city and I needed to find an ATM and withdraw
some local currency.
At first I tried the DIY solution and wandered around a bit just hoping to spot one since the taxi driver had said there were PLENTY of ATMs nearby (hindsight, I just think she didn't want to make two stops and the quicker I was out of the cab the faster she got to another fare).
After some meandering around I still had not found any of these "plentiful" machines.
So then I tried crowdsourcing, asking several local people. For the most part they understood my request despite any language barriers, but didn't have the answer for me.
So then I consulted Google. "ATMs near me". Bingo, there were a few in the general area including one within a couple of blocks. I get there and I can't find it. And then I notice an empty spot that looks like where one USED to be.
Plan B is another location a couple of blocks away and I get there. I see a sign for one, but still don't see it, so I ask the waiter at the cafe and he points about 10 feet further down the block.
Bingo, mission accomplished and I soon have cash of the right type.
The above setup could easily be turned into a blog post about home sellers trying FSBO, then ultimately hiring an agent, or about a buyer going solo and then eventually realizing they need help from a professional.
But that's NOT where I'm going with this, at least not THIS time! :)
Blogging.
There's many different ways to get to where we want to be. Any one of the approaches I used to find an ATM MIGHT have worked with enough time and effort.
We can go solo and try to figure it out for ourselves. Sometimes we may succeed, but it may take longer than planned.
We can ask for help from people, but if we don't ask the right people, we'll either get answers that don't help or even worse, send us in the wrong direction.
We can ask Google, and MAYBE the information might be helpful.
We can work a combination, tech & experts, with some personal learning applied. That selective approach with our personal spin may suit us.
Where this leads me is that over the years in this community I've learned there are a lot of successful varieties of blogging and what works for one may be a miserable failure for another.
As much as some of us may detest those folks that drop 200 consecutive market reports in a row with comments disengaged, I'd have to assume they somehow find it productive to do them OR they're just on autopilot and not paying attention to what works in their business.
For some, what works is telling people about their dogs and how great their lake community is.
Someone else shares 483 ways to cook chicken and that works for them.
For me, what works is hitting my patio home niche as often as possible, and adding a small sprinkling of the personal just in case the reader needs to have something besides JUST technical expertise to make them comfortable.
But the thing in common with all the approaches? You need to be aware of what is working and what isn't, and make adjustments to make sure you succeed.
You want that money in your hand don't you?
Until next Tuesday, just Ask An Ambassador if you need help!
Bill of Liz and Bill aka BLiz
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