On Being A Great Real Estate Blog

       When we started this blog as an add on to our website, I had a dream of someday being one of the great business and real estate blogs.  I thought we'd write incredible nuggets of wisdom and people would feel compelled to click on our site first thing every morning to see what insights we were putting forth. We'd have charts and graphs and we'd prove that things were getting better or worse with brilliant arguments, skillfully presented.  The real estate market would turn on our predictions as buyers would move in or out of the market with our advice.  We'd do Web 2.0 ! 

   I've talked to the Brokers here about being like a real blog. I really have, but they just laugh or ignore me.  They write about their favorite pub, or some nice store.  They go out in our beautiful surroundings and enjoy themselves and then write about it for gosh sakes. I beg Debby, Kathy and Tom to be serious but they say, "why?"  I ask the other brokers to write serious posts. I want to be like all the great blogs.   Muffy and Kathleen tell me they might write about their favorite night spots. Miles says he's got showings to do and besides he's going fishing or skiing depending on what time of year I ask him.  Tracy says she might write about the Garden Club or the Women's Club or one of the many other organizations she's involved with.  Bill says, "what's a blog?"  I could just cry.

   I guess the hard truth is they all just love what they do so much that they just can't understand what everyone else is so glum about.  I think if the crew here at Newcastle Square Realty World Headquarters had to be as serious as some of the other real estate offices portray themselves to be, they just wouldn't do it. They all, we all, love selling real estate.  We love living here.  If you want to talk about real estate any of the brokers here would love to talk about real estate in Mid Coast Maine with you.  But if you want to talk about how bad the economy is, how the next Great Depression is nigh or that the sky is falling, well it's just not going to happen.

   It's really not all that complicated.  This is a great place to live.  This is a great time to buy real estate. We have a great real estate office with great people  who can make great things happen for you if you'll call them. Maybe we just won't have one of the great real estate blogs.

   Oh well, it will save me the trouble of having to figure out what the heck Web 2.0 means.

Jim Cosgrove

Comments

[Albert Gore Jr.]

Jim,

You might find an article about Web 2.0 at Wikipedia useful. I tried to post the link but your wed designer is smarter than I am about such things.

When I created the information superhighway I never thought that it would help you and your company specifically. I am very glad I could be of help.

Love the pictures of swimming moose and horse drawn carts at the bank.

[Jim]

Al, thanks for stopping by and great job on the internet thing, it really seems to be catching on. Not to worry about the link but let's be honest, this isn't the first time you've run into someone smarter than you now is it?
Pretty cold up here in Maine right now, that global warming thing going to kick in anytime soon?

[wayronronaldo]

Your article tempts me to live where you live. I love talking to brokers too. Are the brokers still enjoying their business after the Wall Street issues? I like to know about it seriously and looking forward for your updates.

[Mack Collier]

Jim I've talked to you before about this, but you have a great blog here, and a wonderful example of how a realtor can use a blog as a tool to establish their expertise. I've referenced it several times in presentations as a good example to follow, and am actually here now to get a screenshot for an upcoming blogging webinar. You are doing a MUCH better job than you give yourself credit for.

Keep it up!

[Jim C.]

Thanks Mack, High praise indeed coming from the Viral Garden!

[Philippines properties]

Hi Jim..

Nice post you have here.. Indeed this is an example of a great blog.. Thanks for sharing.. for me, web 2.0 means a new generation in web, just like when we reach year 2k..

-david

[ArianaKich]

Wow! Thank you very much! I always wanted to write in my site something like that