As someone who has arrived a little late to the blogging party, I now realize the value of investing our time and our resources to write a blog. In fact, I believe in the power of the real estate blog so much our LG Real Estate Team now staffs two portals (AR & our Cary Area Real Estate Blog) to provide valuable information to Cary home buyers and sellers. Yes - I have tasted of the blogging kool-aid and it is GOOD!
Why Select a Cary Real Estate Agent Who Blogs?
So Cary home buyers and sellers, here are a few excellent reasons why it is in your best interest to select a Cary real estate agent who blogs.
- Consumers may not necessarily need more information, they just need it organized better and delivered
from a knowledgeable resource who is an experienced area expert.
- Todays' really sharp Cary real estate agents who blog are more than sales people with a license to transact property who happen to write real estate articles. Truly successful real estate professionals are expert marketers, have a solid business acumen, possess excellent listening skills, understand the power of the Internet and use it creatively to help buyers and sellers succeed.
- Real estate bloggers help connect people to a community by painting a picture of the essence of a neighborhood with words in very comfortable, non-threatening language.
- Effective real estate agent bloggers also provide the latest technology tools to enhance the site visitors experience using tools like podcasting, videos, Google maps and other resources to help the consumer better relate to a topic or area. While we have yet to implement all of these technology tools, these technologies are on our radar and a major part of our team's efforts to provide our clients and future consumers more resources to be better informed buyers and sellers.
- I've come to understand that to be a compotent real estate blogger, you must be a reader of blogs as well.
- Really good real estate bloggers know when to tap into other resources to help carry the load. In our latest Cary Area Real Estate blog post, we invited our mortgage partner to write a guest post. This helps our readers by providing information on a timely subject from a different perspective, again delivered by a local subject matter expert.
- The benefit to me and the LG Real Estate Team is that blogging helps grow our online presence and connects consumers to our Cary Area Real Estate website.
Blogging Helps You Grow as a Person
There is another facet of blogging that I have recently come to realize - blogging helps me grow as a person and enables me to better communicate my value to my market. If you are thinking about buying or selling Cary real estate, I encourage to read our blog and get to know our wonderful area of Cary, North Carolina.
Consumers, how have real estate blogs helped you succeed? Friends and colleagues, how has blogging made a difference in your world? I'm eager to read your comments.
Until my next post,
Lenda
LG Real Estate
York Simpson Underwood
1040 Darrington Drive
Cary, NC 27513
Phone: (919) 653-2647
Fax: (919) 653-2655
Lenda Goulding Direct: 919-653-2647
Email: lenda@lg-realestate.com
Your Cary Area Real Estate Blog
Lenda - Welcome to AR and the blogging world! Great presentation, particularly for one who is new to all this. You are right, blogging will make you think more about everything that goes on in your neighborhood, and will probably get you out to attend a few new events!