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?)
Browsing Category Blogging
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.
The Carnival of Real Estate
… is up at the Matrix. Lots of good posts, including Howard’s explaining Buyer Agency.
It’s Sweet Sixteen time in the Blog Brawl
And so goes the next round of the Blog Brawl…. Virtual beers are on the house (and if I make it to the Finals, I might start offering real beer at a location of my choosing – perhaps Blue Mountain or Starr Hill)Those of you at large companies, feel free to forward this post on to your friends and family so that you may all vote for me here. One IP address allowed.Is it possible, or appropriate to call on the cVillains to vote for me? What say you?
A note regarding my meebo widget
Over to the right of my page, there is a “contact me” widget. The messages there are private. I never solicit nor spam commenters.The greatest problem I have with the widget is that sometimes I do not see that someone is trying to contact me as there is no notification that I have a visitor. I apologize for that, but am diligently trying to find a solution.You may also contact me here.I am posting this because I just missed an opportunity to talk with someone; to you specifically I apologize.
Round 2 of the Blog Brawl
in the VARBuzz Blog Brawl.The Blog Brawl pits real estate blogs from around the country and around the state against each other in a March-Madness type competition. To the victor go the spoils, the pride and the opportunity to …… Why not have a little bit of fun?RealCentralVA is in Zone 4; vote here.While you’re there, why not cast a vote for RealCrozetVA? It’s the hyper-local, non-real-estate-specific blog that I author for the Crozet community.
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.