300,000 Points and Just Getting Started
This blog posting is going to take me over the 300,000 mark here in Active Rain and I've done a lot of thinking about blogging and Active Rain lately. In fact, much more thinking than posting!
At the end of January I switched brokerages to join a Long Realty Branch not 10 minutes from my home. Long Realty captures the lions' portion of Market Share here in metropolitan Tucson, and I'm hoping it adds to the real estate recipe I've been cooking up for about 18 months now.
So with the brokerage transfer, Long Academy (2 weeks of classes) Long Realty Open House Month (I tied for first place with most open houses in my branch - 16 of them) a sorely hurt back, and visiting my newest Grand-child in Green Bay, WI...blogging took a back seat. I did TRY to get something in, but my numbers are down for 2012.
Nevertheless, I'm hitting a milestone today and I'm thankful for many things.
One - a fantastic, skilled chiropractor by the name of Dr. David Welch. I've gone from unable to take three steps to gardening... (limited time, but still!!) I went to him for three reasons...1. I didn't want a pill to take the pain away. 2. I know his children - they are friends with my daughter, and they are JOYFUL. (what a legacy!) 3. Reviews...all good.
Two - blogging. Blogging changed my life. Lifting me out of a mental low back when business was a bit slow a year ago last summer - I am happy to say that leads and referrals from Active Rain professionals make up the bulk of my new business. Like the spokes of a wheel, blogging enfuses my sphere of influence and social media with google energy and the results have been simply amazing.
Three - networking. There are so many people I could name for so many reasons, but these folks are some of my most constant blog post commenters...and I'm thankful for them. They can brighten even a Tucson sunny day with their words of encouragement and support. If you aren't familiar with them, check out their blog posts today.
Juli Vosmik
Gabrielle Rhine
Peter and Linda Pfann
Toni Weidman
Lottie Kendall
If you're wondering whether or not blogging is for you, or whether it's worth the time investment to put into your business plan...do a little homework here on Active Rain. Referrals, information, networking...so many reasons to put your own two cents worth down on paper.
Before you know it, you'll be greeting your own business milestones.
At 300,000 points I'm sitting here knowing I've got two months of BACK information I'd love to share, and so--o-o many people and blogs to re-acquaint myself with this March and on through the year. Back to Dr. Welch again, I'm glad to not only be able to do a spot of gardening, but also to sit and type at a computer and...show houses!
Spring has sprung here in Tucson - I'll be out sharing photos and market snapshots starting right here at 300,000 points. For those not acquainted with the "point" system - you get about 200-220 points with a posting...25 points a comment left on a blog, up to ten a day. It's more complicated than that - but that's it in a nutshell. Points allow you to lower your monthly subscription, rise high on the state logrolls and become visible to other professionals and fellow blog readers, AND...grow your google juice.
See ya'll here in the Rain...and thanks so much for supporting one of the very BEST business choices I've ever made...blogging.
