Where's Wellington?

Hasn't that been written 1,000 times?

Over the weekend I read Renee Burrows featured post What is a Blog? How Do I Blog? What if They Don't Like Me? and those were the questions that ran through my head when I first stumbled upon ActiveRain.

I'm always up for trying new things, so I signed up for my FREE ActiveRain account and started blogging. For the first month or so I wrote about a million different things trying to find my "niche," everyone needs a "niche" right? Well, for me that niche became communities and that's what I wrote about for WEEKS straight.

I rarely received comments on my community posts, but I didn't care because I was blogging for business, not for comments. However one day I received an interesting e-mail from another member giving me advice on how to create a more "rounded blog," one that showcases not only the communities in my area, but also events, places to visit, questions I'm asked, market reports along with my interests. The suggestions were very similar to Renee's List.

So I quickly started rounding out my blog and continued to write about communities, BUT also homes for sale, homes for rent, questions I'm asked, experiences I've had, upcoming events, places around town along with my family. Heck, I've even taken it a step further and incorporated my son into my blogging who now has has his own series on my website WalkWellington.com.

Have I blogged about the same exact topic as other real estate agents near or far? Absolutely, I'm sure the definition of "escrow deposit" has been posted more than once, but I'm writing for MY audience. Really, what are the odds of writing the same exact words as somone else or picking the same exact title for your post? Unless someone is copying and pasting it will never happen, which I've had the content taken from my website more than once.

So who cares if a topic has been written about 1,000 times, make it 1,001! Blog from the heart and blog for your audience.