From the short list below, the top four posts, in no particular order other than they are all “winners,” for this week’s Carnival are: Brian Block presents Real Estate is a Process of Elimination; his advice is applicable to all areas of real estate. … He holds a very high position in the company, and is under immense pressure from the plant manager to get results at work, which results in him working a lot of hours, which greatly reduces the time he has to work on his rental property.
Browsing Category RE Blogs
The Social Internet
In light of the discussion at the end of ZebraTalk at today’s VAR BloggerCon , this is a very timely and appropriate segment from the Colbert Report. Focusing on the “social” part of social media will bring great rewards, even if you can’t draw a line from A to B.
Coming up Monday
I’ll be posting my analysis of the first quarter real estate market in the Charlottesville, Virginia region. … I haven’t decided yet on a theme, other than spelling and grammar count (we’re supposed to be pretending to be professionals here, right?)
I can’t make it to RETech South
But at least I’ll be able to follow along on Twitter! More on RETechSouth at their fantastic site.
If you’re thinking about blogging about real estate
Read Pat’s post first.Blogging is currently touted as real estate marketing’s magic bullet, but almost every new real estate blogger doesn’t realize that the impact of blogging lies in its ability to build a social and informative relationship with its readers….The brand new real estate blogger, knowing nothing about blogging culture, often uses the blog construct as a kind of daily loudspeaker trumpeting their business prowess.Blogging is work – writing, reading, participating, educating, being social without being necessarily intrusive … it’s not another forum to post how good you are (or want to be).This is one of my definitions of success – I received an email question the other day from a reader…. I’d like to think that I’m doing something right to receive this postscript -P.S.- “Why me?”… Because, I am an avid reader of your blog (realcentralva) and I come away with the impression that you are:1- smart2- well-informed3- a person who believes in ethics (this seems like a question about ethics…)I don’t see a static website or a purely self-promotional blog accomplishing spurring that email.
Notes on this morning’s presentation to Charlottesville Realtors
Matthew expressed great thoughts about AR last month.- A near majority of the audience read blogs.- This is a post I wrote last year that explains blogging- I was criticized for my opinion that having an “about page” is sufficient disclosure…. I respectfully disagree and am of the opinion that the Commonwealth is behind the times and that readers are generally intelligent enough to figure out who’s a Realtor and who’s not. As Realtors, we operate under at least two sets of rules – the NAR Code of Ethics which states:Standard of Practice 12-9REALTOR® firm websites shall disclose the firm’s name and state(s) of licensure in a reasonable and readily apparent manner.Websites of REALTORS® and non-member licensees affiliated with a REALTOR® firm shall disclose the firm’s name and that REALTOR®’s or non-member licensee’s state(s) of licensure in a reasonable and readily apparent manner. (Adopted 1/07) (bolding mine)The Commonwealth of Virginia says:For a web site, either the firm or the licensee must include disclosure of their status as a real estate licensee in a prominent place, or have an easily identified link to such a disclosure if the firm or licensee owns the webpage or controls its content.For emails, blogs, and bulletin boards, disclosure should be provided at the beginning or the end of the email.
Carnival of Real Estate #80
is up at the Real Estate Tomato. I love the hair-band theme; Jim’s set the bar mighty high for those to follow as hosts.