Selling Your Home? 9 Tips From A Pro-Blogger
Yes, I am suggesting that you go read a home staging / real estate staging post on an internet marketing blog. I love to read ProBlogger by Darren Rowse and I’ve learned quite a bit from him on marketing my blogs and today I truly believe you will learn something new that you can use as you prepare your home for sale.
Trust me you will find Darren Rowse “9 Lessons You Can Learn about Blogging By Watching Me Sell My House” enlightening. I enjoyed reading the post and it opened my mind to other possibilities that would never have presented themselves on a design blog or even a real estate blog. For example, Darren writes:
Copyright 2008. The Decorating Diva LLC - decorating and design blog.2. Tell a Story, not just the Facts
One of the theories that I’ve been testing with the marketing of our house is to appeal not just to the head of buyers but the heart. I’ve pushed for the ads in local papers and the copy used to not just present facts but to appeal to emotion and the heart. We also added a few ‘heart’ and ’story’ elements to the way we’ve presented the house during opens for inspections by writing a short brochure for prospective buyers on why we’ve enjoyed living in this house… (get the rest of the story at problogger, enjoy
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thanks for the link and mention. It’s interesting to see how many real estate blogs (and other related topic blogs) have linked up to this post.
appreciate it and your kind words.
Hi Darren,
You’re welcome.
I enjoyed the post. Learning to find solutions to “old problems” (aka selling real estate) by applying different or innovative thinking (comparing internet marketing blogging to real estate marketing) is wonderful advice that will help many home owners who find themselves stuck in the current real estate slump (in the USA).
- Carmen