Last week I introduced a weekly reading list, with the idea coming courtesy of Jay Thompson at Century 21 Aware over in the East Valley. Another excellent way of reading more about the wonderful world of real estate is to check out the weekly "Carnival of Real Estate."
Each week a different host blog accepts submissions from different real estate bloggers and then, presumably after a few stiff drinks, reads all of the entries to cull the top 10 - 20. These "best of the best" then are listed on a post added to the host site Monday morning. Carnivals take place all the time and in all different subject areas ... you can see a few in the red box on the right-hand side of this page.
So what's the point? For those of us participating, it's added readership. Blogs are the ultimate in viral marketing, where word-of-mouth carries the day. You read the blog, then you (hopefully) tell a friend and they tell a friend and they fell a friend and soon I'm seeing comments from people other than my wife and dog. :-)
The impact's even greater for the hosts of the carnival, as suddenly readers who may not otherwise check out your blog will stop in if only to see if their post made the cut for the top 20.
Those simply reading the carnivals posts also benefit in that you get different perspectives on topics impacting the world of real estate. Some may seem mundane, some may seem pointless, but if you own or house or hope to do so (which includes most of us) then there's almost certainly a topic for you.
To check out the most recent carnival, which ended on Sunday, you can click on the "carnival of real estate" link over on the right side of this page. That entry has links to past carnivals and soon you'll have more to read than you ever wanted.
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