David Recker. Rocky Mount, NC

Today, NC Realtors Who Blog will be reviewing the blog of David Recker from Rocky Mount, NC. David publishes the Rocky Mount Real Estate Blog.

From Davids “About Statement”:
I am an experienced real estate professional that provides expert services to people who are buying and/or selling residential properties. I work hard to exceed the expectations of my clients and enjoy many referrals. Sellers - Contact me to learn how my strategic marketing plan and my expertise will successfully price, market and sell your home in a way that is convenient, simple and affordable to you! Buyers - Beat other homebuyers to the hottest new homes for sale…my clients are first to know when a new listing comes on the market that matches their criteria.

From all indications on his blog it appears that David started blogging in January 2009 and what I like is the fact that I see a blogging consistency since David began. It’s very important for a Realtor to blog on a regular basis. You never know who’s reading and who’s a fan. That one client may be reading and one day pick up the phone. It’s obvious to me that David understands the importance of regular fresh content.

One of David’s articles hit home with me. Home Fads that are falling out of style. This article mirrored my own personal feelings, so I immediately connected with David’s style. It’s very important for Realtors Who Blog to connect with their readers.

Since this is a review meant to be helpful, I felt that David could have tweaked the title of one of his posts a little. I almost skipped it due to it’s title.

8 No-Cost and Low-Cost Ways to Tweak Your Listings.

It felt like an article meant for Realtors when in fact it is a helpful homeowner tips sheet about low cost ways to help get your home sold.

David works for Remax and he has the standard links in the sidebar that will take you to his corporate site for listings, CMA’s and Featured homes.

David also writes for Ecanned.com. I found this link by visiting his profile page.

David’s articles are very helpful to prospective clients. I found his articles well written and full of information. David’s contact information is easily found. David also blogs on Active Rain. I’ve posted an article about Active Rain here on this site. Active Rain is great but I do warn of placing all of your eggs in the one proverbial basket. David’s outside blogs are a very good marketing strategy. I found a lot of good information from David on his active Rain site that I do not find on his Rocky Mount Blog.

Overall, I rate David’s Rocky Mount Blog an excellent start that should grow as David continues to write.

Since this is a review and meant to be helpful, I am making these observations:

• Place more colorful graphics and pictures on the Rocky Mount blog. It helps to capture the readers attention.

A quick Google search for “David Recker Rocky Mount” reveals search engine listings for David. This is great if you are specifically searching for David’s name.




A quick search for “Rocky Mount Real Estate” shows approximately 6600 broad Google searches per month. I found David’s corporate site on the third page of Google for that term. That’s not bad, but I feel that David could make a lot more $$ by practicing some good SEO and working towards page 1 or 2.

I always recommend that everyone, including Realtors, blog everywhere possible but realize that when you do, you do not actually own your own content. I recommend your own domain name and web hosting. Your blog is like real estate. You need to own it. I recommend a Wordpress Platform in addition to all other blogging platforms.

Bottom Line: If I were searching for real estate in Rocky Mount, NC. I would give David Recker a call for sure. David C Recker, Associate Broker, Realtor ® licensed in North Carolina. Reach David at: 252-442-2687

Visit David Recker’s Rocky Mount Blog.

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Free Wordpress Blog Setup

This blog highlights and reviews NC Realtors who write blogs. I have discovered that many Realtors choose different blogging platforms. This is all fine and well but there could be an underlying problem that is easily solved. If you do not own your own domain name and hosting account, you probably do not own your own content. How messed up is that? Keep reading and you will find a solution.

Many Realtors have do not have blogs. Many Realtors have corporate sites that do not include blogs. Many Realtors have blogs on Active Rain. If you fall into one of these categories, your competition is loving it. Owning your own blog and content is a small price to pay for the possible big returns. Did you know that if you blog on Active Rain, you do not own your own content? You may want to read this article.

I recommend that Realtors and anyone running a business have a personal and/or business blog. It just makes sense. Everyone should have a domain name of their choosing, providing it’s available. Have you bought your own name? Have you looked as to whether the name of your business is available? A domain name and web site should be treated as valuable real estate.

I recently found out that I would be a grandfather this summer. I found out just this week that it will be a grandson. My daughter has already determined the name of my Grandson. As soon as I knew the sex of the baby, I purchased the domain name of my Grandson and set up a Wordpress blog. One day, I will gift him this blog with many years of entries. I will write the entire history of his life. What a wonderful gift this will be one day.

Wordpress is the most popular blogging platform on the internet. This blog you are reading is a Wordpress blog. Because I would like to see you and your business succeed, I am making the following offer. If you purchase a domain name and hosting account through my bluehost.com sponsor, I’ll set up your Wordpress blog for free. No catch, no gimmick. You can certainly do it yourself, but If you have never setup a Wordpress blog or feel a little uncomfortable, I’ll get you through it.

Below is a screenshot of a recent blog I set up as an example of what your blog will look like upon setup. Click 480minutes.com for a live preview. This is the standard template used upon setup. Your Wordpress blog can then be fully customized to your desire.

It’s very simple. Use any of my bluehost.com links to buy your domain and hosting account. Forward to me, the e-mail you receive from Bluehost which includes your password information. Forward to info@ncrealtorswhoblog.com. I will set up your blog and include the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade Plugin and also the Wordpress Database Backup Plugin. Upon setup, I will e-mail instructions back to you with directions to access your account and to change your password. Initially, I would probably recommend the 12 month hosting plan. The 12 month plan offers a free domain name and they waive the $30 hosting setup fee. It’s a very simple process I’m offering to my readers. I’m offering this free service to you because my sponsor will pay me a few bucks if you use my link to sign up for a hosting account. That’s it. Get started blogging now on your own domain and own your own content…forever.

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This entry was written by , posted on March 18, 2009 at 6:56 pm, filed under Free Blog Setup, NC Realtors, Wordpress Blog and tagged Active Rain, bluehost hosting plan, domain name, free wordpress blog setup, hosting account, realtor blogs, realtors who blog, Wordpress Blog. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.