Comments on: What Can Real Estate Bloggers Learn From Betty Crocker and Oprah?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:31:16 +0000

I agree with your article. So many bloggers lack the inspiration or knowledge to do it right, that we all suffer.

By: gabe

gabe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:57:52 +0000

Simple but understandable point of view. I like the way you compared. Interesting article. Thanks.
gabe@Realtors

By: Mike Netzel

Mike Netzel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:48:39 +0000

Blog…
simple four letter word…
sounds simple…
and is..to do poorly.
Thank you for leading the way with excellence.
Mike Netzel

By: Phyllis Harb

Phyllis Harb — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:14:07 +0000

Valuable advice – short & sweet

By: Kermit Johnson

Kermit Johnson — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:50:46 +0000

Thanks for the reminder. I know readers would prefer to be jolted or titillated than really understand a subject in depth.
“Link bait” is now the internet version of “sound bites”
Part of me is disturbed by how shallow media conversations have become. I find this especially disturbing in the realm of politics and world affairs. Our country now has votership informed by soundbites, photobites, and link bait. As a result, we may not know the difference between Slovakia and Slovenia, and we can elect others who don’t know either, but who have the power to drop large bombs on places we don’t even understand.
The good news, I suppose, is we don’t need much intellect to join into the conversation. It is pretty easy to write with bullet points and supplement with photos.
Thank goodness we still have books. I realize I soon will become thankful that I have FastLadder.
P.S. If you take all of the sentences in my comment, give them bulletpoints, and then rearrange them in any order you please, the value of my comment submission is neither enhanced nor diminished. Try it. The lack of substance in my comments means there is no logic to follow or rich ideas to develop or explain. You can skim the surface with no fear of drowning.

By: Lisa Merritt

Lisa Merritt — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:05:29 +0000

I used to write articles for a newspaper where I was paid by the word! Being brief is a new skill. Then I had a job as a technical manual writer – which are notoriously unclear. But every career choice has brought new challenges, and I’m always willing to learn! Now I think I’ll go bake some cookies….

By: Daniel Bates

Daniel Bates — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:18:08 +0000

I’m with T on the cooking more than golf, but I do love all your analogies. I’m still learning the difference between writing for blogs and print, but I’m determined!

By: Teresa Boardman

Teresa Boardman — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:58:06 +0000

I never got the hang of headlines. i used to write for a paper and had the editor write them. Here on the tomato I have you write them. In fact my headlines should serve as a how not to for other bloggers. I do make sure Google will like them but have even gotten a bit sloppy about that. Love the recipe analogy, I cook more than I play golf. 🙂

By: Roberta Murphy

Roberta Murphy — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:34:14 +0000

.Look good
.Be tasty
.Have fun

By: Lani

Lani — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:50:37 +0000

This speaks directly to how I read my feed reader. Fast Ladder’s reader has a function that allows you to “pin” articles by pressing the letter P while you’re on that article. SO, I scan at a billion wpm and “pin” the articles that I will ACTUALLY read while ignoring those I won’t. I would say I only invest time in about 25% of the material on my reader of 150 blogs.
I also think that scanning methods probably vary by age. The Internet (and even Google) was around for my college life, so the bombarding information blast of the Internet is not intimidating for generation Y.
GREAT analogy to a recipe! I think that is how I will describe blog formatting to new bloggers that ask for advice! Thanks, Jim!