As I progress in my development as a blogger, it has begun to dawn on me that like everything else in my life, planning and development go hand and hand.
I have found that a need to plan and build has emerged in my consciousness surrounding my blogging. I am finding that I desire to build more timeless blogs that will provide me link-back opportunities to build richer post for my readers. While I have refined and tuned up my posts, I now desire to embed depth. Building on several key elements about my market, I can build over time an information base by which my posts become contributions to information niches for my market. The effort is conceive with the need to have a more timeless effect and longer lasting presence.
As software developers, my husband and I have always had a technology plan that makes an attempt to go out 5 years. You can never really be effective to the 5 year mark due to the nature of changing technology. However, just the act of planning has an effect. I alway told my software development clients that you should have a 5 year business development plan and co-development plan for technology in support of your primary business plan. It is only natural that I would look at blogging in a similar fashion.
Redding and Shasta County are known for diverse environment and beauty of three surrounding mountain ranges. I am interested in providing my consumer the best level of information I can conceive of on the local topography and demographics. I aspire to provide the consumer with well written post that intrigue and develop rappore with the reader. I intend to provide real estate information about our market and market values and the diverse lifestyles that we offer in our area. Relocation and Corporate Relocation will be two areas of concentration along with luxury market. First Time Home Buyers, Investors and Short Sale information and resources will also be part of this infrastructure. I am looking forward to this investment that will hopefully come to benefit the consumer and provide a more lasting resource of information and knowledge about my market. The end result will be a blog that has depth and more lasting information value.
Note: I am currently downsizing and moving. I will eventually post my re-worked Sustainable Business Model for Real Estate soon. Thanks for your patience. It requires a join effort between David and myself....which is having some logistical problems at present.
Jeanean Gendron is a Realtor with Real Estate Professionals, GMAC. I specialize in helping my clients use the internet to buy and sell Redding Real Estate. I help clients with technology tools to sell homes and to help buyers find homes that fit their defined goals. 530 276-7417. Copyright 2008, Jeanean Gendron. All Rights Reserved.

Good post -- and yes it does require a lot of planning. Thanks for helping me realize my blog needs waayyyyy more foucs.
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Jeanean...
I did not have a plan when I started Blogging.
I still don't have a plan.
I know I should but hey...I enjoy living in the moment and by the seat of pants :)
P.S. BB rules Google...My presence is not necessary. For now :)
TLW...ROAR!
Jeanean--I do not have a blogging plan either other than to continue with localism posts and be somewhat consistant. I have noticed that your posts are more defined into a template type format than previously...Hitting those keywords. Good for you if it works! Hope you are settled in soon.
Oh great, now I need a blogging business plan too! :-)
Actually, you are quite "write" about it. I tend to be all over the place, but having a plan immediately provides focus and direction. All I need now are a few 48 hour days...
I'm curious, do you blog anywhere other than AR?