Showing posts with label on line commmunites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label on line commmunites. Show all posts

Friday, February 15, 2008

This is a test...

(Test pattern found in Google image search)

...of the current real estate market.

It is only a test.

The market has done this before, and will do it again.

If this were a complete disaster,

we would all be in a lot worse shape.

True, there are those in tough times.

They should call their banker, communicate with them

and work with them.

Realtors experiencing distress

should take a hard look at their marketing program:

prepare to get your listings on line,

join social networks,

and begin blogging immediately.

This is only a test.

If it were a complete disaster,

you would not be reading this blog.

Hang in there, gang!

Steve

Monday, January 28, 2008

On your mark, get set- BLOG!










You might have made history!


...as far as I know, our little get-together was the

FIRST EVER REALTOR BLOGGING SEMINAR IN WISCONSIN



Thanks for coming-

Here are the links resources to get you going as promised.



Remember-Be yourself, take small steps, lurk and learn,

and get into the conversation where you are comfortable.
...and have FUN!
(...remember, sometimes blogs are NSFW -
but don't worry about this one!)


http://obeoman.blogspot.com
Real Estate Is Crazy – a crazy real estate blog. Laugh. Learn. Live.


www.activerain.com
On line community of real estate agents.


www.wannanetwork.com
On line community of real estate agents.


www.facebook.com
Social utility


www.myspace.com
Social network


www.friendster.com
Social network


www.blogger.com
Free blog by Google


www.googleanalytics.com
Free analytics to track your blog performance.






www.rsspieces.com
Learn how to blog for real estate-SEO, RSS tips


http://www.stpaulrealestateblog.com/
Teresa Boardmans' real estate blog, linked to her CWB website, her other blog and activerain



Common sense for the new market.


http://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/BloodhoundBlog/
Edgy blogging collaborative, bucks the mainstream


http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/
The best blogging hub for Real Estate


www.inman.com
Hard news for Real Estate


www.rismedia.com
New trends for real estate

www.swanepoel.com
Opinion leaders for real estate

LINK TO BLOGGING PPT

Hard Knowledge for Soft Skills

...stop back and let me
know how you are doing!


Blog on,


Steve

Obeoman



Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Eating the Elephant 2.0 bites at a time

All I can say is WoW!
Who is THAT Hungry?
Most Realtors are - or should be, or are gonna be really fast, this year.
There are those meandering and grazing in the bloggosphere that are having a hard time stepping up to their new diet.

You might say to those people:

-you are crabby and just don't like that other Realtors got the hot stuff first;
-you might be getting crabbier because other Realtors got their first and are having seconds already;
-and fuming at the fact that you are stuck because you do not want to admit it is time to stop being late for dinner and do not know here to start.

(Boy, haven't we all been THERE...)

The simple fact is that this hard market requires soft skills: blogging, social networking and being in on line communities.

Being engaged, not on auto-pilot, auto-answer, I-can-get-a-program-bot-to-scribe-me-up-some-content kind of coasting mode.
The shakedown is still shaking: if Realtors-yes, Realtors- do not engage and get up to their earlobes in what is going on-well, who wants to eat?
Realtor Pros remain. Why? Likely because they ARE engaged, nimble and are not afraid to change their work mode as quickly at their day-old socks.

Getting started eating this elephant? EASY!:

Read, comment and learn in the forum of a on line community.
Then, set up a blog and make it real-about you , your neighborhood, what YOU know about real estate.
Expand your Rolodex network into a social network - ask around, you might even get a friend to invite you in!

Just don't sit there - grab a plate and get on line!
Dessert is gonna be really, really good!

Obeoman
steven.stearns@obeo.com