{"id":1752,"date":"2011-02-17T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2023-05-18T18:43:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T01:43:39","slug":"what-is-a-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summerhillhomes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/what-is-a-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1754\" title=\"World Wide Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summerhillhomes.com\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/iStock_000014072211XSmall_-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summerhillhomes.com\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/iStock_000014072211XSmall_-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summerhillhomes.com\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/iStock_000014072211XSmall_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.summerhillhomes.com\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/iStock_000014072211XSmall_.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I was reminded that not everyone is familiar with what exactly a blog is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, it is public, meaning that everyone can read it.<\/li>\n<li>Second, it is meant to provide thoughtful perspectives, tips, updates, etc. \u00c2&nbsp;I am not a fan of blogs that simply post content from articles written by other people, while I see value in posting links to various articles on topics that may interest readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which brings us to &#8211; who reads the blog? \u00c2&nbsp;<!--more-->Readers of the SummerHill blog include prospective buyers, homeowners, business associates, other homebuilders amongst others. \u00c2&nbsp;We try to gear our content to each of these readers at different times.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a post will be more geared towards homeowners (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?p=1494\">winterizing tips<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?p=1605\">design ideas)<\/a>, other times it will be geared towards business associates (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?s=real+estate+news&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">real estate news<\/a>), prospective buyers (community updates\u00c2&nbsp;like <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?p=1729\">our newest community going ALL SOLAR<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?p=1737\">spring flowers<\/a>), and sometimes just fun (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?p=1704\">blog from our CEO<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.summerhillhomes.com\/?s=social+summerhill&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">social SummerHill interviews<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Interested in something specific? \u00c2&nbsp;Let us know and we will write about it!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I was reminded that not everyone is familiar with what exactly a blog is. 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