Mike Norvell Sr, King of Localism, for Now

Hey guys,,I thinks its all going to work out...

I am the featured neighbor for my area,YES I AM THE KING, but I won't retain it because I won't buy it..I have learned to write posts with titles and content that get found in search engines..and I also write posts as good therapy for me. In fact, thats where this started. I was writing on a blog called Planet Realtor that got very little in the way of feedback, but allowed me to reach out to others across Fla that were experincing the same related issues......One day Broker Bryant invited me to Active Rain..I was immediately hooked.

All in all, in my area, I am the number one Realtor by about 60,000 points only because I started so much earlier...I certainly don't consider myself the number one Realtor. I just ended up with more points. Along the way, I found that localism posts were getting me phone calls on deals, I kept putting stuff in on localism, just short little posts at least once a week...I believe it will still be a value to keep posting to localism.

If you go to Google and Type in Mike Norvell , or Developers Capital Realty, you will find me. If you type in Distressed Commercial Property, you will find ME. If you type in Lake County Forclosures, you guessed It!! I owe this to the fact that I found a source that marketed me better than all the money I was spending elsewhere. Thank you Active Rain, and to the early mentors Broker Bryant, Scott Daniels, Jason Sardi, Todd Clark, Andrew Lenza, Don Rogers, Jim Crawford,Katerina, Lenn Harley and Keith Perry. I really learned from these guys, I have actually read EVERY ONE OF their posts...Every one.

Now back to the story, if we take the fact that I have that many more points than anyone else, itwill be hard to blow me off the top ranking as the featured Realtor..someone will have to get really busy. This new way will allow others to come up the ladder with cash.. I have about 20 pages of posts, they are still there, but now others will feel it is possible to get noticed...I get it...and I am OK with it...

So, what ever happens here, I will be OK. If I write a post with good content, and a smart title, it will show up on Google within an hour...I could care less about the rest, because as of yet, customers for my services are not coming to Active Rain to find me..They are finding me off Google Searches and my 30 bucks a month on ad sence...Yes...I havea 30 dollar monthly account that gets me hits a plenty, and I turn most of these over to another agent for refferrals because I don't even want to do houses right now...

As time goes on, I get told more and more in my interaction with other Realtors and related industry proffessionals that they have seen me on Active Rain.. In fact, its fairly common to get "Hey, you're that guy from Active Rain". I have been called for interviews now twice from Investors Business Daily.com, and have found my name refferenced in over a dozen articles from other sources as well. Imagine if I really took this serious and tried to use it as a marketing tool to its highest advantage.

So thats my take on this Localism deal. I will be king of my area for a bit longer, and thats OK. Starting August first, I will glady transfer my weighty crown to a deserving person with a check made out to Active Rain. Thats just life, and I don't belive that it will slow me down a bit.