Tue 14 Apr 2009
Real estate broker starts online newspaper
Posted by Marlow Harris under News & Media, Old media, Pacific Northwest/Regional, Real Estate
[11] Comments
Chuck Marunde, a real estate broker and ex-real estate attorney in Sequim, Washington, has started his own online newspaper the Sequim Port Angeles Newspaper Online.
It seems to be a home-grown mix of local, regional and national news, politics, events of interest and local photos, and welcomes input and submissions from area residents. It does have ads and classifieds but, oddly enough, the only real estate brokerage advertised is Marunde’s own brokerage, Sequim and Port Angeles Real Estate.
The site it beautifully done and will no doubt bring him attention and success if he can keep it fresh and updated and relevant to the people in the area. He’s turned the idea of a neighborhood blog on it’s ear by making the new media “blog” into something more like an old-fashioned newspaper, so the format is accessible and readily understandable to everyone. Great idea for anyone trying to stay in touch with their constituents and present and future clients.
N.B. Chuck has been a writer with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Real Estate Professionals column for the past few years and he said he hatched the idea prior to the Seattle PI’s closure. At the time, he wasn’t sure if the PI was going to try to stay an online newspaper, so his move was a reaction to that. The fact that it has stayed online hasn’t disuaded him, and I hope he will continue to write for both.
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:22 am
I have to check that real estate paper out. Here in S. Fla. I’m trying to do something similar. The market down here is crazy so I want to give up to date information on investing as well as regular home buying.
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April 14th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Working on a similar concept except it dedicated to real estate news only. boston.parkstreetjournal.com
April 14th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Please make sure you send those links to us when you get your site up-and-running. It’s a great concept and goes one step beyond the blog for neighborhood relevency. Again, the challenge is keeping it fresh and updated.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:34 am
I agree, if he keeps it updated it will attract readers, and if there are a lot of readers, other real estate firms will want to place ads. after which i’m sure individuals in the real estate business will follow — either to place ads or become his readership or future clients:)
April 20th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Interesting.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
It is a lot of work to do a venture like that. The main thing is to quickly get support, ads, backers and monetizing. Else the capital is not available to put in the content. Good, fresh running content is important and costs. Most newspapers traditional are making the transition to web. It sounds like fun, but cost money to run well.