I had not planned on turning this blog, cleverly disguised as a hot dog stand into a gossip column but there are as always some disturbing things going on in the re bloggosphere, which as we all know is hell.
This week I received the disturbing news the Todd Carpenter, the re blogger who is loved and respected by all who know him, has joined the dark side, which is more commonly know as Active Rain. This just weeks after the Inman connect conference where he scandalized us all by asking a panel: "what is a blog?".
Our missing bloggers did come back, but they will never be the same. They have been posting on the Sellsius real estate blog but are now talking about books, you know blog posts between two pieces of cardboard that can be read anywhere and do not require any scrolling down to see the rest. They have also introduced the idea of talking to real people face to face, instead of the normal form of communication via email, twitter, facebook, Text, IM, Skype, or blogs. I know Rudy and Joe are outside the box thinkers but outside the internet too? My feelings are strong on this. One day they will have to pry my blackberry out of my cold dead hands and for now absolutely no one can make me talk.
Then there is Drew Meyers of Zillow, whom I have always admired. Drew has been on the Zillow Realtors forum letting agents know that blogs can work, I am impressed. Zillow, helping agents, the very idea gets me all chocked up.
An update on new social networks being launched so that we can all talk about real estate would be appropriate for this post. I will mention that Propertyqube launched and I can hardly contain myself. My email box is filling up with invites from my facebook, landbrokr, ActiveRain, and linkedin contacts. Many of these contacts are on Trulia and Zillow, chatting up a storm.
Yup, it just doesn’t get any better than talking about real estate 24 X 7 with my internet friends. We follow each other on Twitter, so we don’t miss anything. Maybe some day a consumer will stumble (pardon the pun) across one of these sites and join us. These sites are packed with information and pictures. We Realtors are extraordinarily good looking and photogenic.
I recently learned that my adorable dog, Daisy, pictured in the sidebar, has more Google juice in some cities than local real estate bloggers do. We did some Google searches on real estate and real estate blogs and she comes up pretty high. One blogger complained about coming up 8 positions lower in her own market than my dog. Daisy now has her eye on Denver Colorado and Tucson Arizona. Go Daisy!
Then there is Jeff Turner. I met him in person a month or so ago. He is not as tall as I thought he would be but I was able to look past that. After all it is what is inside that counts. (choke) Jeff writes some amazing poetry. I won’t provide a link because I am going to be in enough trouble over this as it is. He recently had writers block and started posting poems he wrote in the 80’s. Jeff, 2007 just called and they want you back.
Yes, we are back in the blogging pool. You betcha. Gee, the water is still warm. Our 10,000 mile trek showed us the importance of balancing online and offline networking and marketing. The new buzzterms are “360 degree marketing” and “paradigm shift”. For example, naked, i mean undressed, Lar promotes his blog on print brochures he distributes to key locations in town. That Lar is a clever spider, I mean, fella. You betcha.
Books? Print classifieds may be dead but not print. Besides, when was the last time you read a book online? Can’t be done.
>”I received the disturbing news the Todd Carpenter, the re blogger who is loved and respected by all who know him, has joined the dark side, which is more commonly know as Active Rain.”
Darth Rainmaker – “you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.”
Me-“I’ll never join you!”
Darth Rainmaker – “Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.”
Me-“He told me enough! He told me you killed him!”
Darth Rainmaker – “No. I am your father!”
Me-“Really? Can I borrow some start-up money?”
“paradigm shift”? wow that is a new one.
Todd . . you go with that bringing order to the galaxy, you are our only hope
hi teresa!
🙂
hmmmm….i wonder who encouraged todd to ask that silly question – what is a blog? 🙂
– rudy.sellsius°
Gee who would do that Rudy?
Just keep Daisy away from Phoenix. Tobey and Captain Morgan don’t take kindly to strangers, much less carpetbagging midwesterners.
And now that I’m familiar with doggie ACL’s …
Moo-aaah-haa-haa-haaa!!!!!!!
What a coincidence you bring up the Dark Side, just earlier today I was thinking about renaming ActiveRain.com, DeathStar.com. I kinda like the ring of it. I bet it would help our google juice? Doesn’t look like anyone is really using it.
Daisy needs a MyBlogLog account!
Jonathan Washburn – I know I have seen that name some where.
Carpet bagger? I think I feel a post coming on.
Todd – good idea. 🙂
DeathStar.com. I had better go buy it before jonathan nabs it.
Please send Daisy to take over Michigan. We need help here.
You could include mybloglog on your list of sites that are allowing us all to stay far too connected with each other.