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The Kings of Real Estate Blogging

The Kings of Real Estate Blogging

Surprise!  The name you’re looking for may not be in this blog post. Hey, we all know that blogging is the way to go nowadays.  The time when cold calling, door knocking and postcard sending are done.  Over. Kaput.  Now you need to write, write, write in order to connect.  But what’s the right way? This is what I’ve heard: ...

Ken Montville | 2010/05/09  | 31 Comments Real Estate

The Death of Civility. Was It Ever Alive in the First Place?

The Death of Civility. Was It Ever Alive in the First Place?

Maybe it’s the circles I run in. Can You Scream A Little Louder? Lately, I’ve been reading blogs in the RE.net both here on Agent Genius and elsewhere where both blog posts and comments seem to be getting shriller and shriller.  A post may start out innocently enough.  The subject might be Raising the Bar, Duel Agency or maybe even ...

Ken Montville | 2010/02/21  | 17 Comments Editorials

Where am I?

Where am I?

Somewhere on earth Searching Sometimes when I go surfing on the internet I get lost. I get lost walking down the street and driving too but that isn’t relevant to this post. I click and go from real estate blog to real estate blog and hit a few web sites, and they all have a similar look and feel. Real ...

Teresa Boardman | 2008/09/16  | 19 Comments Marketing

Top 10 Ways to Use Blogging in Real Estate #5

Use Blogging for Referrals and Networking

Top 10 Ways to Use Blogging in Real Estate #5: Use Blogging for Referrals and Networking. That’s right … agent-to-agent business baby! Use Blogging to Secure Referrals from other Agents Just like home buyers and sellers, agents ALSO like referring their clients to people they know. And what better way to get to know someone than by reading their blog. ...

Mariana Wagner | 2008/07/14  | 14 Comments How to

There is a Down Side

There is a Down Side

The down side to blogging Hard to imagine but there is a downside to writing blog posts especially on web sites and blogs that are read nation wide. I am noticing that I get more spam, mostly from people selling to the real estate industry. I also get more calls from sales people, who sell to the real estate industry. ...

Teresa Boardman | 2008/07/01  | 22 Comments Editorials

Why?

Why?

Complete this thought: “I read real estate industry blogs because……”

Matthew Rathbun | 2008/05/21  | 40 Comments Real Estate

I don’t adore you, I pity you…

I don’t adore you, I pity you…

Photo Credit Another Hero Has Fallen I know that many of us have written or read posts begging for “niceness” in the blogsphere, and I am sure many of us are tired of hearing the constant rants regarding the big meanies that tend to live to trash other people. I’ve read yet another ill intended blog last night, and I’m ...

Matthew Rathbun | 2008/04/12  | 22 Comments Marketing