Ask An Ambassador: Blogging By-Products

Good morning Bill,

Your post covers some of the by-products of being a regular blogger. We all learn from each other and often pick up marketing techniques that work in other regions of the country and can work in your area. AR members are always willing to share their knowledge which is proved in our AR Tuesday Zoom meetings and just everyday when members reach out to each other.

Good morning Bill. Participating here in the Rain is like having an encyclopedia of knowledge online along with a network of go to agents. Practical advice is nice. Thanks for your participation. It is appreciated. Enjoy your day.

Liz and Bill Spear 

I can honestly say that I am not the best a blogging either, but we keep on trying. Like Wayne Martin said, the Rain is full of knowledge. Katina

I wrote a restaurant review not too long ago. The owner of the restaurant called me, thanked me for the review and told me he wanted to buy a home. They did!

Hi Bill/Liz,

Thank you for your post.  It appears that there is never ending 'by products' of what you should or should not be doing.

Hello Bill (and Liz too) - woulda - coulda - shoulda.  Oh, those days of yesteryear when countless things were tossed their way to real estate practitioners.  Some stuck.  Others not so much.  And for countless reasons they still exist.  And don't.  

Liz and Bill Spear 

Hi Bill! By-products in regular blogging is an interesting topic for discussion. When I got started in the business in January 2003, I heard of Rainmaking but did not really know what that meant. By 2010 I joined AR; in time I learned rainmaking had to do with building client relationships that last, leads, networking, RainCamp, meet-ups, and monthly Challenges that got me more involved with the membership. There was an AR challenge to telephone a few members and write a post about who you called and what you learned. What I wanted was to be a Rainmaker, build relationships, and network. I got that through AR.

I learned an AR member worked in the same office as myself. I soon met other members in Dallas and Fort Worth. I was very lucky, because I found a trustworthy agent in the DFW area (different Broker than mine). This person and I quickly made friends. When I had to leave the country to meet my daughter, it was an AR member who handled my business from a different office when I was gone. Not once but a few times. That person was Sharon Parisi. She was trustworthy and reliable. We remained friends for many long years. 

I learned networking is showing gratitude and maintaining trust with a willingness to help without taking advantage of each other. I did receive referrals from other AR members outside of TX too. In many ways, the by-products are the AR People in the business who you build an alliance with and can trust. 

Bill it's been an amazing ride for all of us that participated, received a lot of help, offered a lot of assistance to other rainers and it just keeps on raining lots of good stuff! You, my friend, have been of huge assistance to me and so many others!  You're the perfect role model for the rain!

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The best by-product that has come from my blogging in the Rain is being able to meet so many Rainers in person across the country!

It has been quite some time since I have posted a blog. The time required  to do so seems so in short supply. What can I give up to allow that time? Hmmmm

Hi Bill- I couldn't agree more. The by-products, or as I call them the Icing on the cake, for me have always been the community and what I learn here. I know I can pick up the phone and call you or other members if I have a question!  

I love blogging and ActiveRain and have been doing it for some time now - I love when I get clients from blog posts I wrote 10 or more years ago... I sometimes wonder how people find it out there but it works! I love reading about other Realtors experiences as well in here. KUDOS ActiveRain - and thank YOU! 

Hi Bill,
Your post reminds me of Henry Ford when he said:
"Now, will you kindly tell me, WHY I should clutter up my mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?”  

We don't need to know everything. We just need to know people who can help us answer our questions or help us solve problems. That's what ActiveRain is... our own private Brain Trust.

Liz and Bill Spear This post is so true! It is incredible what blogging can do for the persistent blogger.