Well...Little Aubrey Lynn was born May 9th, 2008 and she has been a wonderful baby!  She is our first child and being a mom really is a full time job!  It's tough to work between naps, but I have tried to start getting creative!  My latest marketing idea was to send out a direct mail that looked like this:

When I Grow Up I Want To Be A REALTOR Just Like My Mother!  

Until Then, She'll Be Taking My Calls...  

www.nakedrealestate.org

(Rated G)

It was just mailed out so I have yet to get any feedback.  :)  She's really cute isn't she!?  Not only did I just have a baby, but I also recently moved from Florida BACK to Virginia, so getting back into the VA market has proved fairly difficult when working from the nursery.  There aren't as many foreclosures here as there are in FL, but the numbers are growing.  So...

While sitting in my big chair, I decided to start working toward my CFS designation. (Certified Foreclosure Specialist)  Why not right!?  It makes for some interesting reading (when I can). 

I filled out my 411 for Keller Williams (all of the KW agents know what I am talking about) and my goal was to blog at least twice a day to boost my visibility on the web...well...that hasn't happend.  Little Aubrey is very unpredictable and her naps are getting shorter and shorter! 

I added a LOT of content to my website: www.nakedrealestate.org and tried to purchase www.nakedrealestate.com seeing as how the gentleman that has the site hasn't done anything with it for over 8 years...and apparently, since I have been blogging with www.nakedrealestate.org, another agent came in and offered more for the .com site.  Yes...I wasn't too happy about it, but I can't afford what the other guy offered since I now have a new baby with too many unknowns...but it was my idea first!  Roar!

I have also attempted to read all of the marketing ideas that Active Rain sends with featured blogs...I have read one.  Yikes! 

Life has been very interesting and exciting with little Aubrey.  She has started doing quite a bit of cooing these days and she is getting so loud that talking on the phone is getting difficult!  Silly girl!  Hopefully you can take some ideas from what I have started working toward, but any other ideas would be greatly appreciated!  I hope you enjoy this short and quick blog, but the baby is waking!

Cheers!

Valorie Ford

Keller Williams Realty & Bright Vision Mortgage

434-327-6900

www.nakedrealestate.org