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Some of my clients, or the potential clients that I meet, may not quite understand what a blog is or “how they work”. Even my daughters don’t quite understand it, but they DO read some of Mom’s stuff.

A web site is like a library …

A web site, (like mine at elainereese.com), is like a library. The information contained there tends to be more static. It’s always there when a buyer or seller wants to use it as reference material. Like a Library, we know that when we go there, we’ll always find certain books, or certain reference books.

A blog is like a newspaper … with a “Letters to the Editor” section

A blog is like a newspaper, dynamic, ever changing with the most recent news, events or ideas. Additionally, it provides a means for interactive communication between the reader and the writer. To see an example of how this works, visit my page titled Subdivision Sales, where several people have asked for additional information.

To leave a comment on a blog, you’ll need to provide a name and an email. Most bloggers also have put a ‘hold‘ on having a comment display until they have a chance to review the comment for appropriateness. Spammers are as plentiful in dumping their garbage into blog comments as they are to dumping it into our email inboxes! With most real estate bloggers, you don’t have to worry about commenting, in fact most of us LOVE to hear your comments.

What’s a Category Tag Cloud?

When we write a blog post (an article), we assign it to one or more Categories. The Categories with the most articles show up with larger font size in the Tag Cloud, which is on my right sidebar. If you want to read all the articles on a given subject, use the Tag Cloud or the pull-down box. Then select your topic.

What’s a Blog Roll?

Many bloggers will include a list of other bloggers. For some blogs this list is quite long. They do this to try to boost their Google Juice. My list is much shorter because I prefer to only feature high-quality real estate bloggers. All the bloggers in my list are worth reading even though they may not be in your state. Just keep in mind that real estate laws vary by state, so something they write about, may not be appropriate for your state. The agents in my list are those that I trust to write very good articles about their local markets. And some of those in pretty parts of the country, post excellent photos. Kristal (Denver), Jeff (Carlsbad), Cyndee (Clearwater) or the McGillicuddies (NH)  are particularly enjoyable to read for their photos. Carole (Cleveland) has a passion for light rail and local politics.

Why do those little photos of the commenters show up?

Agents, (or anyone really), who has joined MyBlogLog will have those tiny photos show when they visit a blog. A cookie on our computer tells the blog who we are, and adds the photo that we have submitted to MBL. If there’s no cookie, then a “shadow” person or a rotating design will show instead. MBL is one of the tools we use to help drive traffic to our blogs, plus it helps with our Google Juice.

Bloggers are changing the world!

Blogging is a fairly recent phenomenon, one that real estate agents have been slow to adopt. Most lack the computer knowledge that is required. Others simply can’t write, type or spell. Those agents that HAVE kept up with technology and embraced blogging, are finding that it is an extremely powerful tool to sell our listings and to sell ourselves. It gives you - our readers - an opportunity to get to know us personally, assuming the agent hasn’t hired someone to write for them. You can evaluate us in your jammies without ever having to talk to us. Isn’t that wonderful!

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