Comments on: The Importance of Pi in the Circle of Life http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/ A San Diego Real Estate Web Log Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:32:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Thomas Johnson http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146394 Thomas Johnson Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:47:04 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146394 Duet on the veranda after coffee and cake: Posh Spice and posh Alexa for your afternoons delight. The redoubtable Mr Berg will bend it like Beckham as if there is nothing else to say but Go Davidson Wildcats! Duet on the veranda after coffee and cake: Posh Spice and posh Alexa for your afternoons delight. The redoubtable Mr Berg will bend it like Beckham as if there is nothing else to say but

Go Davidson Wildcats!

]]> By: Mark Daugherty http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146390 Mark Daugherty Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:29:48 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146390 We missed you while you were out of the kitchen, but it looks like your pi/cake hasn't suffered a bit....so what if Alexa doesn't get a piece! We missed you while you were out of the kitchen, but it looks like your pi/cake hasn’t suffered a bit….so what if Alexa doesn’t get a piece!

]]> By: Kris Berg http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146387 Kris Berg Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:41:28 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146387 Yet another example of "men will be boys." Yet another example of “men will be boys.”

]]> By: Thomas Johnson http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146386 Thomas Johnson Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:37:56 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146386 Steve: I knew that- Posh Spice wouldn't hang around for anything less! Steve: I knew that- Posh Spice wouldn’t hang around for anything less!

]]> By: Steve Berg http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146385 Steve Berg Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:24:40 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146385 <p>Thomas-</p> <p>And the answer is... :-)</p> Thomas-

And the answer is… :-)

]]> By: Thomas Johnson http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146380 Thomas Johnson Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:20:54 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146380 "The only thing now separating me and Posh Spice" Kris: Can Steve Berg bend it like Beckham? Inquiring minds want to know. I think Alexa is one of the other Spice Girls. “The only thing now separating me and Posh Spice”

Kris: Can Steve Berg bend it like Beckham? Inquiring minds want to know.

I think Alexa is one of the other Spice Girls.

]]> By: Barry Cunningham http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146376 Barry Cunningham Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:05:37 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146376 Not saying people are inadequate...I must have misunderstood Stev;e intended thoughts in his post. He seemed to be pretty clear in pointing a finger but if I misread then so be it. No fight waged...just discourse with opposing points of view. Not saying people are inadequate…I must have misunderstood Stev;e intended thoughts in his post. He seemed to be pretty clear in pointing a finger but if I misread then so be it.

No fight waged…just discourse with opposing points of view.

]]> By: Kris Berg http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146371 Kris Berg Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:25:42 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146371 Come on, Barry. I did not call your post silly - I called that one sentence silly. Twice, however, I commended you on the other points you raised. And, I don't see anywhere where we have suggested "people are somehow inadequate if they are blogging." Now, THAT would be silly, wouldn't it? (In case the subtle irony is lost, this is a blog on which we ourselves are blogging.) >It would be hard for you to understand the benefits of Google impact and ranking influence as it pertains to leads and the conversion thereof if you are not utilizing the system. No one here was questioning the benefits of Google ranking. I was simply suggesting that the seller in a listing appointment might not be as inclined as you think to care about my Alexa ranking. Simple statement, single issue. Now, if you had said that the seller should care about whether or not my site comes up on page one or page twelve in a Google search for <i>my neighborhood real estate</i>, that would have been valid. For whatever it is worth, I was not intending to pick a fight. I was just sharing an opposing point of view. Come on, Barry. I did not call your post silly - I called that one sentence silly. Twice, however, I commended you on the other points you raised. And, I don’t see anywhere where we have suggested “people are somehow inadequate if they are blogging.” Now, THAT would be silly, wouldn’t it? (In case the subtle irony is lost, this is a blog on which we ourselves are blogging.)

>It would be hard for you to understand the benefits of Google impact and ranking influence as it pertains to leads and the conversion thereof if you are not utilizing the system.

No one here was questioning the benefits of Google ranking. I was simply suggesting that the seller in a listing appointment might not be as inclined as you think to care about my Alexa ranking. Simple statement, single issue. Now, if you had said that the seller should care about whether or not my site comes up on page one or page twelve in a Google search for my neighborhood real estate, that would have been valid.

For whatever it is worth, I was not intending to pick a fight. I was just sharing an opposing point of view.

]]> By: Barry Cunningham http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146368 Barry Cunningham Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:25:14 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146368 Steve and Kris, You must have some misunderstanding. I am not at all criticizing the way you do business., What works for you is fine. If you remember, it was Kris who initiated my response by calling my post "silly". It might have been more appropriate for her to say she did not agree or perhaps that it was not important to her but it most assuredly is not silly. You subscribe to the belief that some who blog are somehow not getting any real estate sales done or are somehow doing other things like seminars or advertising to somehow overcome some inadequacies. Why is it that you feel attacked. If you are referring to us or the guys at bloodhound or perhaps 4realz.net or maybe more than a dozen others who do the same it's because they like us follow a well rounded business plan. We move homes...plenty, yes we have advertisers, and they are EXTREMELY happy, and we also do seminars based upon demand from the market. In addition to that we also do personal coaching for real estate agents, and further more we also opening a new agency. I never said you were wrong and I never said anything disparaging about how you do business. What I did say is that your assumptions were not founded, and neither was your last comment. I am not looking to rile your feathers. Like I said, it was Kris who called our post information "silly" and I believe it's more than a bit presumptous to think that a business that avails itself of all of the opportunities in a market is somehow doing so because of some perceived inadequacies. It would be hard for you to understand the benefits of the Google impact and ranking influence as it pertains to leads and the conversion thereof if you are not utilizing the system. Just as I can not judge your business, you can not by any means judge mine or those who are running hyperlocal successful blogs. What I said in my post is that in your area specifically I know very well of a prominent blogger who is obtaining over 1,000 leads per month and capturing so much business he has had to hire additional agents. His business is pre-dominantly blog related. He is right in San Diego. It's not about "gaming" the sysytem. It's about using the tools available in a wired world where over 80% of the consumers looking for homes begin their search. However, like you have stated what works for you and how you run your business is fine. I just wish you would not be so quick to point fingers and look down your nose at alternative ways of doing business and assume people are somehow inadequate if they are blogging. That my friend was down right rude. Lastly, I subscribe to a core principle of "permission marketing". 100% of our business..100%...comes from people who contact us. So to that end we agree. Steve and Kris,

You must have some misunderstanding. I am not at all criticizing the way you do business., What works for you is fine.

If you remember, it was Kris who initiated my response by calling my post “silly”. It might have been more appropriate for her to say she did not agree or perhaps that it was not important to her but it most assuredly is not silly.

You subscribe to the belief that some who blog are somehow not getting any real estate sales done or are somehow doing other things like seminars or advertising to somehow overcome some inadequacies.

Why is it that you feel attacked. If you are referring to us or the guys at bloodhound or perhaps 4realz.net or maybe more than a dozen others who do the same it’s because they like us follow a well rounded business plan.

We move homes…plenty, yes we have advertisers, and they are EXTREMELY happy, and we also do seminars based upon demand from the market.

In addition to that we also do personal coaching for real estate agents, and further more we also opening a new agency.

I never said you were wrong and I never said anything disparaging about how you do business.

What I did say is that your assumptions were not founded, and neither was your last comment.

I am not looking to rile your feathers. Like I said, it was Kris who called our post information “silly” and I believe it’s more than a bit presumptous to think that a business that avails itself of all of the opportunities in a market is somehow doing so because of some perceived inadequacies.

It would be hard for you to understand the benefits of the Google impact and ranking influence as it pertains to leads and the conversion thereof if you are not utilizing the system.

Just as I can not judge your business, you can not by any means judge mine or those who are running hyperlocal successful blogs.

What I said in my post is that in your area specifically I know very well of a prominent blogger who is obtaining over 1,000 leads per month and capturing so much business he has had to hire additional agents. His business is pre-dominantly blog related.

He is right in San Diego. It’s not about “gaming” the sysytem. It’s about using the tools available in a wired world where over 80% of the consumers looking for homes begin their search.

However, like you have stated what works for you and how you run your business is fine.

I just wish you would not be so quick to point fingers and look down your nose at alternative ways of doing business and assume people are somehow inadequate if they are blogging.

That my friend was down right rude.

Lastly, I subscribe to a core principle of “permission marketing”. 100% of our business..100%…comes from people who contact us.

So to that end we agree.

]]> By: Kris Berg http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146367 Kris Berg Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:53:38 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2008/03/25/the-importance-of-pi-in-the-circle-of-life/#comment-146367 Tara - That was the nicest thing anyone has said to me all week. Thank you for that!! (Even the "twisted" part.) Jakob - I am impressed that you even knew to ask if it was marzipan. Very enlightened. Sadly, they are just gummy thingies from the grocery store bulk candy bin. For Memorial Day, I am thinking of making a meatloaf reinacting the Battle of the Bulge. Tara - That was the nicest thing anyone has said to me all week. Thank you for that!! (Even the “twisted” part.)

Jakob - I am impressed that you even knew to ask if it was marzipan. Very enlightened. Sadly, they are just gummy thingies from the grocery store bulk candy bin. For Memorial Day, I am thinking of making a meatloaf reinacting the Battle of the Bulge.

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