Comments on: 7 Ways to Make an Impact

By: Lani Anglin

Lani Anglin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:50:37 +0000

I can tell you that this blogging community is made of good fiber, led by amazing people. Thanks for mentioning Greg’s great words- they have changed my life.

By: The Odysseus Medal competition — The long list | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:10:36 +0000

[...] With that, the long list: Steve Leung — Hidden factors, Hidden Factors When Calculating a Home’s ValueKelly Roark — Agent 2.0, Agent 2.0: not-so-clever play on ‘Web 2.0’ or the future of real estate marketing?Dan Melson — Sellers pays commissions, Why the Real Estate Buyers Agent’s Commission is Paid by the SellerBrian Brady — Jumping off a cliff, Small Steps Today Prevent Jumping Off A Cliff TomorrowMorgan Brown — Housing glut, Housing Glut, Lennar Revenue off 44%, Other GoodiesKevin Boer — Reaping the fruits, Reaping The Fruits Of Others’ Labor? Or Adding Value To It?Russell Shaw — Foxtons, Foxtons Almost Gone – About to Become a Footnote in Real Estate HistoryJonathan Dalton — Sgt. Hulka, Sergeant Hulka and the Phoenix Real Estate AgentTrevor Curran — Old is the new new, Everything That Was OLD is NEW again.Morgan Brown — FHA bailout, A Bail Out is Still a Bail Out by Any Other NamePatrick Kapowich — Realtor licensing, Inside the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors’ Convention. Buyer beware? No. It’s Licensees Beware.Brian Brady — AR wuz robbed, Active Rain Wuz RobbedMichael Wurzer — Standards and monopolies, Good Standards Break Monopolies, Not Make ThemBill Leider — Opportunity costs, Internet Marketing And Opportunity Cost – Connecting The DotsBrian Brady — Debunking Guttentag, Debunking GuttentagBrian Brady — NAR and lending, Can the NAR Improve a Buyer’s Financing Experience?Jonathan Dalton — Real estate 2.0, Real Estate 2.0 and the Phoenix Real Estate ConsumerLarry Cragun — Foxtons, A Darling Of Discount Real Estate Rides Into The SunsetErik Hersman — RealUmbrella, Creating the Ultimate Real Estate DisintermediatorDoug Quance — How low?, Ask The Broker: How Much Below The List Price Should We Offer?Brian Wilson — Redfin, [Redfin] “I coulda been a contender…”Jeff Brown — Double-edged sword, Double-Edged Sword — OR — Planning & Discipline — What Does Your Retirement Look Like?Dan Green — Data is granular, Why Real Estate Data Is Granular And Not Mosaic, Or One More Reason To Stop Reading Real Estate HeadlinesBrian Brady — Advertising to Ashley, Advertising to AshleyDan Green — Fed Funds Rate, How Setting The Fed Funds Rate Is Like Shooting Free Throws With Your Eyes ClosedJim Watkins — Down market?, Down Sales Market? Think Outside the BoxJeff Brown — Little things, Real Estate Investors — The Little Things Count — Big TimeDan Melson — NegAm loans, Trying to Rehabilitate the Negative Amortization Loan – NOT!Jillayne Schlicke — Deceptive advertising, Deceptive Radio Advertising in Mortgage LendingDustin Luther — Make an impact, 7 Ways to Make an ImpactKevin Boer — Foxtons/AR/Move, Today’s Real Estate Gossip: Move.com Does A Microsoft; Foxtons Does A CountrywideDan Green — Visa credit scoring, How Visa USA Tried To Scare Us All Into Using Its Credit Scoring Web SiteRon Ares — Rent vs buy, Addressing the Rent vs. Buy ConundrumDaniel Rothamel — Facebook, Why Your Answer to, “Are You on Facebook?” Will Determine the Fate of Your Business in 10 Years or SoonerJonathan Dalton — Princess will come, Someday My Princess Will Come…Brian Brady — Using AR for profit, Activerain.com v. Move.com: The Duplicity at Activerain.comGreg Kilwein — Wireless MLS, Wireless Usage On The RiseMorgan Brown — Mortgage fraud, When people get desperate, all bets are off.Joel Burslem — ActiveRain/Move, Move.com Tried to Buy ActiveRainTeri Lussier — Huber Heights 2.0, My life online and how you too, can create a Huber Heights 2.0 [...]

By: Michelle DeRepentigny

Michelle DeRepentigny — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:14:24 +0000

“For many agent bloggers, particularly the newbies, that’s a scary thought.” It is scary, one of the first “successful” bloggers I really watched was ARDELL and she still scares me, but I love her.

I don’t know that I’ll ever be as transparent or focused as she is but having a great list like this of different styles to view would have been a tremendous help when I first started blogging about 7 months ago. Instead I’ve fumble and followed links around to many great places, it’s been fun and maybe someday I’ll have a good voice.

By: DB

DB — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:05:41 +0000

Kris:

All I had to do to get my first Ardell comment was to piss her off.

By: joseph ferrara.sellsius

joseph ferrara.sellsius — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:06:30 +0000

Thanks Dustin, Ardell, Kris, Rhonda, Jay & Phil for the kind words. Having met you all in person makes the compliments that much sweeter.

Dustin, you hit the key points, along with Kris, when she mentioned be more interactive. For impact, no one engages their readers quite like Ardell. She keeps the conversation going, which is difficult to do. Her comments are blog posts

8. Be more techie— see Robbie and Galen (& Tucson Dave, the Lab Guy)

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:58:09 +0000

Phil,

You included yourself! That’s the beauty of blogging. You don’t need an invitation.

By: Rhonda Porter

Rhonda Porter — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:28:29 +0000

I may have to go to Connect next time it’s on the West. I loved meeting the bloggers at Blog Tour USA and KOMO-4’s Bloggers event. Bloggers are passionate people regardless what the topic is.

By: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:24:28 +0000

Hi Phil,

Sorry that I missed Connect. I’ll be in Sun Valley next month. If this is at all close to your area, come on over and I’ll buy you a cup of coffee! It would be great to meet u f2f.

By: Phil Hoover

Phil Hoover — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:01:23 +0000

I just want to say a heartfelt thanks for being able to feel a part of this blogging community.
The best aspect of attending Inman was meeting many of my fellow bloggers face-to-face.
I am NOT a convention-goer, but that event was pivotal for me at this time in my long real estate career.
Thanks to all of you for including me in this blogging community.
You are all incredible professionals!

By: Rhonda Porter

Rhonda Porter — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:00:33 +0000

I agree with you Jillayne…except (that doesn’t sound very open, does it?) when someone is not really interested in having a dialogue with you. I’ve seen some comments where someone may be just trying to be nasty and there is no sincere point or interest in a two way conversation. And I’ve also seen comments where someone is trying to “hi-jack” the post for their own benefit. I do my best to try to see through this and determine if the person (even in spite of a negative tone) is really wanting to communicate. Great point!