REALTOR Magazine Gives Bloggers Some Love

February 23, 2008 |

One of the funny things about my current RSS Blackout is that much of the fluff has been removed from my Internet life.

Previously, I had been using my RSS reader to scan EVERYTHING that went on, and then I was deciding what looked interesting to me. Now, however, without RSS, I am having to rely on others to tell me what is interesting to THEM. That is a significant difference. I have to pay closer attention to conversation. I like it.

One such thing that came up in conversation (on Twitter, incidentally) was the feature article in the March 2008 edition of REALTOR Magazine. The article is entitled, “Welcome to Real Estate 2.0.” (for some insight into the controversy this might cause, see Benn’s take) The article is all about agents using Web 2.0 tools (blogging, social networking, etc.) to do business more effectively.

St. Paul Uber-Blogger Teresa Boardman was featured prominently in the article, along with many others. For a more complete list of all those mentioned, check out Jim Cronin, of the Real Estate Tomato, who posted a good rundown of the article and one of his clients, who was also featured in the story.

This article is significant in that is shows that, contrary to what many have believed, the National Association of REALTORS does have Web 2.0 on its radar, which is definitely a good thing. I’ll have more analysis of the article and its potential impact when I have some time to read, mark, and inwardly digest the whole thing. After a brief perusal of the article, I can say that one of my favorite parts has to be the final section, called “Well-Known Real Estate Bloggers.” Although, I admit that I can be horribly biased in that respect. ;-)

Kudos to all of the agents, bloggers, and members of the web 2.0 real estate movement who were mentioned in the article. Kudos to NAR, as well, for recognizing the talent and commitment of these fine people.

Posted by Daniel Rothamel | Filed Under Blog, Blogging, Industry Issues, News, Social Media 

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5 Responses to “REALTOR Magazine Gives Bloggers Some Love”

  1. Scott Brunner on February 24th, 2008 3:02 am

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, congrats, all that stuff. Now when are you gonna share the love and start posting insightfully Zebra-esque musings on your association’s blog at http://www.varbuzz.com? :-)

    (We’re proud of you, Daniel, and glad Virginia can claim you.)

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  2. Daniel Rothamel on February 24th, 2008 5:26 am

    Scott,

    I’d be happy to. Just tell Wunderkind Ben Martin to set me up! :-)

    I’ve got a draft post about VARBuzz that I need to publish. Thanks for reminding me.

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  3. Jay on February 24th, 2008 7:19 am

    yes VARBuzz is awesome and puts the VAR at the front of the association packs nationally I would imagine. It is also dofollow thanks to Ben’s being receptive to my thoughts on supporting its bloggers with a change in their original layout. However one must be cautious about their text links in general these days. I read some interesting info on the dofollow vs. nofollow debate recently:

    http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/spoken-gently/4412/show/

    I think all of us should read it as at the very least it’s thought provoking.

    I’ll go check that article out in REALTOR. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t mentioned–haha

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  4. What You Always Wanted to Know From the Zebra, But Never Thought to Ask | The Real Estate Zebra on February 27th, 2008 12:48 am

    [...] sooner had I been alerted to the fact that I was mentioned in the REALTOR Magazine feature article, “Welcome to Real Estate 2.0,” than I received an email from an agent who had seen the [...]

  5. fuerteventura golfing holiday on March 10th, 2008 7:54 pm

    As a photographer, this is a question that I too have often asked myself. Even if I was just an everyday, shoot photos of the kids and dogs, type of person, common sense would still tell me to take a better photo if I want to make money off of it. Come on realtors - it’s not rocket science. It doesn’t take a professional photographer nor does it take expensive gear to make a house look good in a picture. The most important part of *any* photograph is composition. To me, this particular picture tells me that the realtor doesn’t want to sell this house. It also tells me that the realtor doesn’t care much for the people trying to sell the house, because he or she obviosly isn’t helping them with this photo. Did the realtor take this picture, or was it the seller? If it was the home owner, then I would hope that the realtor would advise them to take a better picture, or offer to do it herself. Either way, shame on the realtor. This is amature effort from an amature agent.

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