Tomorrow, more real estate chatter. But, today, the mainstream media gives us a nod.
Bloggers wield a heavy hammer indeed.
Ann Brenoff writes this morning about bloggers in the Los Angeles Times. In her article, she mentions a bevy of real estate blogs, and it appears I just made the cut. Page two, last paragraph - I’m the closer. Either I’m Trevor Hoffman or an afterthought. Let’s go with the baseball analogy.
Even some agents have caught the “amuse them and they will come” fever. Kris Berg’s San Diego Home Blog is a “must read” because of her Erma Bombeck-like voice.
Erma Bombeck? How funny that our little “educate and get educated project” has found this voice. My children, however, aren’t laughing.
If blogs had been around 18 years ago when I spawned my first tax deduction, I would have been a much more effective parent. Where over the years I had come to rely on tired parenting tricks to shame my children into submission, such as singing “I’m Too Sexy” very loudly in the produce aisle or threatening to wear their clothes to Back to School Night, now I just play the blog card. “Clean your room, or I will post about it!” “No, Mom, Puleeeease!”
The power is intoxicating.
Yet, as cool as the Los Angeles Times thinks I am, my own IRA-siphons think I am yesterday’s newspaper. When I proudly announced that I had finally signed up for Facebook, one daughter (with a quizzical look similar to the one she flashed when I suggested she get one of those job-thingies) wondered aloud, “Why?” When I sent my two satellites-in-perpetual-orbit-around-the-dinner-table the recent invitation to be my GoogleTalk friends, they ignored me. That is, once they had quit howling with riotous laughter.
Who needs a rubber chicken? Unless, of course, it’s the entree.
“Realtor blogs help reel in clients, boost sales” is the title of the LA Times piece. Clients? Boost sales? Now, there’s an interesting angle I hadn’t thought of!
Call me for all of your real estate needs… or I might blog about it.
Yeah - That works. (Just kidding!)
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Jay Thompson
02.10.08 at 2:02 pm
Nice work Erma. Congrats!
Kevin Boer
02.10.08 at 2:32 pm
Congrats on the mention! And yes, you are too sexy for your blog…
Jennifer Steck
02.10.08 at 2:37 pm
Kris, Bravo! I loved Erma Bombeck and I think she got lots of great things done during her lifetime.
Kris Berg
02.10.08 at 3:44 pm
Thanks everyone, but I haven’t certainly haven’t earned any “congratulations.” All I have really done is manage to get the attention of at least three people by using a curious post title. I think I may be on to something.
Louis Cammarosano
02.11.08 at 8:14 am
Kris
Nice to finally put a face to a name.
Could this be in your future?
Regards
Louis
Greg Tracy
02.13.08 at 1:22 am
Darn- I thought this was going to be your first video post (smile).
Some blog for business, and some just to get their voice out there, but either way- good story telling and good writing are always worth reading… congrats!
Ann Cummings
02.13.08 at 5:00 am
Those ’sexy’ titles surely do the trick when it comes to attention-getting titles. And your post is funny, too. Love the ‘when I spawned my first tax deduction’ - that made me chuckle out loud.
I liked Erma Bombeck, too!
Uncle Jack (Jack LeVine)
02.17.08 at 1:59 am
I think EB is a great comparison to you. The grass is always greener over the blog.
Kris Berg
02.17.08 at 8:32 am
I will pretend you didn’t just call my blog a septic tank.
Real Estate Orphan #1
02.28.08 at 9:32 pm
Just for the record, Mom, Gchat is great…if you don’t live in the same house.
Hunter Jackson
06.17.08 at 5:11 pm
congrats! one day, I am crossing my fingers