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Wednesday, April 15. 2009

This blog has been frustratingly silent for too long. The ebb and flow of running a company and my personal creative juices combined for an extended drought. I have not been totally silent, however. Here are a few of the things that I've been up to, and some things to look forward to:

Twitter, for all its virtues, has clearly detracted from my blogging output. Why articulate a full, reasoned article when you can blurt out a 140-character idea? I'm only partly kidding. The good news is that Twitter has proven help me weave surprisingly deep relationships with the same people who read this blog, so I'll continue. If you concur, make sure we're connected on Twitter. I'm @mikesimonsen

For more complete thoughts, I've started publishing over at AgentGenius. For readers not familiar, AgentGenius is a forum about and for the real estate professionals. The articles I'm writing over there are tending to be about how realtors can use market data when working with their clients. I have a lot more to write for them.

That brings up another channel for my creative output the last few months: Real Estate BarCamps. Since January we've been in New York, Seattle, Virginia, Los Angeles (also Atlanta by way of RE Tech South). Next week we're in Phoenix and Portland. Upcoming are Denver, Charlotte, Chicago, Philly, and Boston. If you're a real estate pro and haven't found your way to these free events yet, I highly recommend them. We lead a session on Using Real Estate Data in Your Marketing. It's been very well attended and very enjoyable. Lots of other goodies on technology, social media, marketing, and the future of the real estate industry at these events. Find your way to one.

At any rate, I have a personal goal this month to get the publishing pace back up. Stay tuned.

Posted by Mike Simonsen in Altos Research, Real Estate Marketing, Technology at 09:05 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Mike, I noticed the same change in behavior. I spend much more time on Twitter than I do creating blog posts, and have actually found that the relationships build more quickly there. However, I have a readership on my blog that is looking for more in-depth content. Working to find a balance.

Looking forward to seeing you this week at the Phoenix RE BarCamp #REBCPHX!

#1 Dru Bloomfield (Link) on 2009-04-19 05:01 (Reply)

Mike, great to see you back to blogging. I love to read and comment on the blogs here and missed your stuff. As for Twitter, I haven't gotten sucked in yet. I'm trying to really gain in the Google ranking and there's no doubt that a well thought out relevant blog on my website beats a Twitter post any day. I do like Twitter but I hope to never let it replace the insightful information I can provide clients with a blog. That being said, I the info in your blogs so it's great to have you back in action.

#2 Todd Covington (Link) on 2009-04-22 10:54 (Reply)

I've noticed the same thing. There is a definite fine line to ride in your networking output. Twitter can be extremely effective, but you can't dump on the following you may have already built up with your blog.

#3 Jeff (Link) on 2009-05-05 12:06 (Reply)

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