I can’t speak to whether or not everybody should do it one way or another. We all have the “way” in which we run our business. When I started my blog, I wasn’t sure how I felt about listings being on there…it wasn’t the vision of the blog. But, I do completely agree with your assessment on client service first.

So…put my blog under my domain name – it’s not the first page you see, but a link on the page. I also create separate pages on the site for each listing.

Don’t know how that works for everybody else, but it’s my happy place!

April,

I can’t speak to how everyone should do it either. The Internet is full of variety, and we have Tomatos, Sock Puppets, Neon Blue Brains, and all kinds of interesting styles and points of view roaming around. That’s a good thing, because even though I’m delightful, a steady diet of only me is too much of a good thing.

So there are all sorts of styles and personalities out there. To me, however, arguing that one should not post listings in a place where one has the power to post them goes a little beyond the usual stylistic busy-body-ism, and borders (though probably not dangerously close — I’m not a lawyer) on interfering with a contractual relationship. In California, the specific language is “Broker agrees to exercise reasonable effort and due diligence to achieve the purposes of this agreement.”

Now I think it’d be a real stretch to prove that one, but even so, I guess another sort of question is this: What do I want local potential sellers to think of me? That I make an all out effort to promote the sale of their home in every possible nook and cranny of the Internet I can think of, or that now that I have the listing on their precious home safely entered, I’m off to spend the day generating more business instead of doing what they hired me to do?

The whole concept of Elite’s Ultimate Online Listing stems from what to me is an obvious answer to that very question.

April, I appreciate you stopping by and sharing your thoughts with me! Thanks so much.

John,

You couldn’t have said it any better than you did in your post. Search engines love the fresh content in blogs and since Real estate agents and brokers are hired to sell their customers home than I think using Web 2.0 is actually more in the sellers advantage.

Wow, David Scheer! There’s a blast from the past. Hey folks, anyone moving to Vancouver, Washington? If so, I have a great broker for you on that end. Nice chatting with you on the phone. Glad to hear it’s going so well up North of here.

Well people do have different view points and there are many school of thoughts based on what is right and what is wrong. But internet is the buzzword of today, it has become a part and parcel of life. People spend more time on internet today than just reading a magazine. I guess moving with the trend is the essence of life but still keeping in mind that we do not ruin the utlimate beauty of the platform that we use for our benefits. Like for example I am a real estate agent dealing in Granite Bay real estate,Placer County homes, Folsom, Rocklin, Sac, Carmichael, Roseville real estate and Sacramento commercial real estate. I have a site to promote my business and provide information to the customers regarding home selling and purchasing. I promote my business through various means and maybe posting a blog regarding my business would be of help to some people of the blog community. The point is, when the rules are not laid down one should be judicious and aware of his rights and should be responisilble accordingly.

Ben, thanks for stopping by. I appreciate the comment. I’ve seen your site around, so clearly your marketing is working out for you.