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Your blog is your garden

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I've been on blog break (is that possible?) absorbing Blogworld sessions over the past couple days.  What an awesome environment to learn and grow.  I am so excited and have several wheels churning that I will be sharing over this upcoming week.

While I let my mind sift and process my newfound knowlege, I couldn't wait to share one simple thought that's been brewing in my mind.   This one thought was jolted to my frontal lobe during the Blogworld conference-Your blog is your garden and you need to tend it with care. 

When you plant a garden it's up to you whether that garden thrives or dies.  You choose your seeds. You plant your seeds.  You pull out the weeds to protect your buds. 

The fruits of your labor makes your garden thrive.

Simple fertilizer to grow your garden:

  • Keep your content fresh.
  • Cultivate meaningful dialogue by encouraging intelligent discussion.
  • Keep ranting to a minimum.
  • Make your posts purposeful.
  • Eshew posturing and strive for transparency.
  • Remain true to you and you will attract your best readers.

Do you want to add to the grapevine of information and help other bloggers grow their garden? Your fertilizer is welcome.  Please share it in the comments below.

 

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Joe Maez
The Maez Group at Keller Williams Realty - Rio Rancho, NM
CDPE

I have just started to plant this garden. I am turning the soil now. I wonder what I should plant. Great advise. 

Oct 13, 2009 01:16 AM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

Terrance- Exactly right.

Linda- Awesome, well said.  I like your metaphor.

CaryRealEstate-I almost always would rather be blogging.....the lens I look through now and the journey I take is incredible.

Joe-Consider your goals and your objectives in the process and then carry out your reseearch.  This will make for the best seeds.

Oct 13, 2009 01:17 PM
Eileen Begley
Coldwell Banker, DelMonte - Carmel, CA
Monterey Real Estate

Hi Rebecca; Thanks for the comparison. Guess my "garden" has been going thru a drought for awhile. :0

Oct 29, 2009 05:20 PM
John Thomas
E3 Green HOMES - Boulder, CO
EcoBroker, MSEE, MBA

Great advice Rebecca...Thank you. I think we could borrow  line from Zig Ziggler and say that one way to make our blogs grow is to help others grow their blogs...it all comes around. Happy Holidays.

john

Dec 21, 2009 03:18 PM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

John,

That is great fertilizer and I agree:)

Dec 21, 2009 11:05 PM
Michael J. Perry
Fathom Realty - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

Rebecca this article just keeps bearing fruit ! Good WORD PICTURES ! Thanks

Jan 14, 2010 03:15 AM
Ricardo Ponce
Ponce & Ponce Realty - San Bernardino, CA
Ponce & Ponce Realty- Ricardo

Very interesting. Thanks for the ideas.

Jan 26, 2010 04:11 PM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

Michael- Glad you enjoyed it.  I am glad to see this blog post keep living on.

Ponce and Associates- You're welcome.:)

Jan 31, 2010 09:47 AM
Robert Hicks
United Country River City Realty - Savannah, TN

Good info here, especially for a newbie.. All this "social media" stuff is kinda overwhelming, but I will get it... Sooner than later I hope..

Mar 21, 2010 02:48 PM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

United Country- I know it can feel that way....develop a plan and then start adding to it as new things come along that will help you achieve your desired results.

May 16, 2010 05:36 AM
Virginia OnullConnor
Realtor®, Photographer, Artist - Temecula, CA
Realtor - Temecula, Anza, SoCal

Perfect, Rebecca! Thanks for the post and comments! This is why I am so becoming addicted to Active Rain!

Sep 11, 2010 05:52 PM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

Virginia- Welcome to A/R and thank you.

Sep 18, 2010 11:03 AM
Team Honeycutt
Allen Tate - Concord, NC

Great analogy fo blogging.

And I truly wish that some of the bloggers would stick to their purpose for blogging and remember these "rules" too.

Thanks for the good post.

Margaret

Mar 02, 2011 08:32 AM
Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

I recently joined this group and found you Rebecca. I think you commented on one of my posts.

I agree with this post, your blog and postings is your garden!

Mar 07, 2011 03:13 AM
Moneycorp USA
The Trusted Industry Leader in Foreign Exchange - Orlando, FL

Thanks for this Rebecca, nice post.

You may want to check me out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Moneycorp-Inc/145433645530538 

Sep 24, 2011 02:24 PM
Tatyana Makarov
Century 21 All Points Realty - South Windsor, CT
Your Greater Hartford Area Realtor

Hello Rebecca,

I agree with you... And I do love blogging. I just wish that I will have more time to do it.

have a great weekend,

P.S. Love your header :)

Oct 14, 2011 06:54 AM
Phil Holm
Edina Realty - Edina, MN

Just read your blog....I have yet to blog and loved your analogy to gardening.  As I begin my blogging journey I will limit the quantity of fertilizer. 

Dec 07, 2011 06:44 AM
Bryan Beckstead, KOmKards, Care-Connect-Communicate, on auto pilot, 24/7.
Start MAXIMIZING the Internet.... Kommunicon.com - Priceville, ON
Become a KOmKard owner today,

I agree with Phi, limit the amount of fertilizer and you will get along fine.

Quality is far better than quantity.

Drivel in, drivel out.

Key word stuffing is worse than no blog at all. 

Apr 18, 2014 06:16 AM
Kathy Smiley
Rodeo Realty ~ Fine Estates Westlake Village - Newbury Park, CA
"Real Estate results that make YOU smile!"

REbecca, the time and effort I put into my blogs is time consuming. I love creating a good one! That's why I will probably never be a point millionaire, I don't just cranck them out! Thanks for the refreshing words!

Jul 20, 2014 01:44 AM
John Novak
Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

Blogworld brings back some great memories. And yes, I've got a few 'digital weeds' to pull!

May 15, 2015 08:33 AM