Nov. 29, 2006 - An Addict's Confession |
While I wait for someone to form the support group, I must confess to my readership ... I have become addicted to real-estate blogs, both writing for them and reading them. I realized this last night around 11 p.m., my eyes bleary and my brain mushy and I'm still on my Google Reader going through the latest posts and trying to squeeze out one final post for the day and then and only then talking myself into shutting off the computer and going to sleep.
When your wife complains about your blogging on the computer (as opposed to the hundreds of other things I could be doing with the computer) you know there's an issue in the making. Yet that's where I am. And so the question becomes why? Am I obsessive? Possibly. But there's more to it than that. Because I have come to believe the blogs are my ticket to a more complete, more satisfactory real estate career.
There is an immense amount of information to be found on real estate blogs - facts, opinions, farce, fantasy - it all depends on the author and the day. And I read as many of these posts as I can from the authors I deem to be most respectable, knowledgeable, interesting or just plain annoying. (Case in point - I confess, I read the Bloodhound Blog daily. Greg and I either would have a great debate over a beer or smash the chilled mugs across each other's craniums, I'm not sure. But if nothing else, I read just to see what he said most recently.) And there are another dozen must reads, which I'll probably list on a separate post lest they get lost in the shuffle. Expect that post tomorrow.
The more information I read, the more completely I can form my own opinions. And the more completely I can answer my client's questions and counter their objections. No sense reinventing the wheel when the design plans are waiting for me online.
This isn't to say blogging has been a one-way experience for me. I'd like to think I've added to the richness of the debate on several topics, most notably my views on the non-existent bubble, the Open MLS initiatives and the like. I don't care whether I'm liked or hated (at least for my viewpoints here) ... as long as I can't easily be ignored.
It wasn't until early August or so that I got serious about the blog, roughly the same time many others caught the wave. In that time, I've brought this Phoenix Arizona Real Estate blog to a point where it's the third-most read blog on RealtownBlogs. And it's gaining a presence in the greater world of real estate blogs, though it's been a slow evolution as I learned small details such as Technorati, Pingoat, etc. Should I have a separate URL? Perhaps. Should I be using a different blogging solution, say TypePad or Wordpress? I haven't a clue. But I'm not going to surrender what we've done to date.
Yes, my friends, there is no question I have become an addict. But if what I do here gives me an edge over the other 60,000-odd agents we have here in the Phoenix area, please don't offer me a cure anytime soon.
(c) Jonathan Dalton, 2006 / Jonathan Dalton's Arizona Homes |
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Nov. 29, 2006 - re: An Addict's Confession |
| Posted by Athol Kay |
| How can it not make you different to the herd. It does make you better known in all sorts of little ways. Any opinion of you has to be better than "who the hell is [insert blogger]". Once you get page rank it will be great for pulling leads in. |
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Nov. 30, 2006 - re: An Addict's Confession |
| Posted by Bonnie Erickson |
| Check out my blog for the official Sellsius' blogoholic logo. You need to get one for yourself as well. They are very happy to share. I have heard NO rumors of a 12 step group forming, however! |
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Nov. 30, 2006 - re: An Addict's Confession |
| Posted by Christine |
WooHoo Jonathon - Geesh, I have no clue as to what you are talking about. You mean that you have not been watching TV Every night? You mean that you are "working/blogging/reading" WHILE you are at home for countless amounts of hours? You mean that while you are driving in the car with someone or alone - you are THINKING of what or how you want your next fix - I mean POST will be? You mean that you can probably tell me what your favorite blogger wrote about today as opposed to what or HOW your spouse's day was?
Hmmmmmmmm I have NO idea what you are talking about. |
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Nov. 30, 2006 - re: An Addict's Confession |
| Posted by jay thompson |
The first step is admitting you have a problem Jonathon....
Welcome to the club.
My name is Jay, and I'm a blogaholic. |
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Dec. 4, 2006 - re: An Addict's Confession |
| Posted by Your wife |
| Yes, you need to spend more cuddle time with the wife whilst watching mindless TV. |
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