I had mail last night from a sweet kid who wanted to tag me in what she called a MeMe game. I thought that by itself was nice take on the idea of memes as represented in the wired world of real estate, but it also put me in mind of a promise I made a while back:
Inlookers: I will be happy to entertain any other What would David Gibbons do?-type questions. You can email me; I’ll shield your identity. Or you can use the “Ask the Broker” button — if you fudge the email address field, it’s completely confidential. If your question is obnoxious, don’t waste your time — because I don’t waste mine. But if you have a sincere question about BloodhoundBlog or me or whatever […] fire away. I am surely also the most forthcoming — and loquacious! — person any of you are ever likely to meet. If you want to know something, just ask.
This is not a vanity on my part. People who have met me in person will tell you that I don’t ask many personal questions. I see them as bring not so much impertinent as irrelevant. All I care about is work — mine, yours, ours. But if there’s something you’re just dying to know, don’t suffer in ignorance, and, for goodness’ sakes, don’t gossip. Ask away. I will conceal nothing.
BloodhoundBlog will be two years old on June 29th. The world of real estate weblogging has exploded since we got started — but my argument is that you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. We’re doing everything we can do expand this world we live in, to help more and more real estate professionals understand the implications of Web 2.0 marketing. In the coming weeks, I plan to revisit some of the underlying philosophical issues that drive BloodhoundBlog — to illustrate where we’ve come from and where we’re headed.
Louis Cammarosano sent this along yesterday:
Was going over our google analytics re the HomeGain blog and was checking sources of traffic. Someone came to our site from a Google search excellent real estate marketing. Click on the link and see who is number one for that long tail search.
Damn straight. That’s right where I want for us to be. We are what we are because we deliver the goods — and we’re still just a puppy. We’re coming on to the so-called “terrible two’s,” but Bloodhounds are frisky and playful like puppies forever. But a Bloodhound is what it is because it is impossible to push around. If you can live with that, we can work the trail together. And if you can’t — we’re going to leave you in the dust.
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Vance Shutes says:
Greg,
I struggle with this too. While it’s flattering to be included in the list by some fabulous bloggers, it also takes time away from what we’re supposed to be doing – working on behalf of our clients. I’ll play along with a limited response most times, but “the buck stops here” – I won’t be tagging any other bloggers. I respect their time too much, and value their work, to have it drawn away by meme. BTW – just the name “meme” sounds selfish – not something we want our clients to think about us. We should be thinking about them.
June 2, 2008 — 8:57 am
Barry Cunningham says:
Must have sent a wrong link..I don’t see Bloodhound or Homegain in the first position? Did you post a bad link?
June 2, 2008 — 10:32 am
Greg Swann says:
You may have to sign out to get to a live data center. And, as always with Google, Your Mileage May Vary.
June 2, 2008 — 10:34 am
Jessica Horton says:
Greg:
Audaces fortuna iuvat! You never know till you try. I tried…
See, the thing is, we’ve got a good friend by the name of Nancy that moved from Atlanta to Phoenix a few years ago. She is considering moving back to Atlanta.
I already know that your company is capable of getting her home sold and I agree completely with the retainer that you charge. Actually, I respect people that value their time and don’t like wasting it.
I will take the challenge.
So, what music do you listen to while selling homes in Phoenix? Otherwise, I may have to make something up when I tell her about you. J/K
June 2, 2008 — 11:37 am
Barry Cunningham says:
Nope..still a dead link as far as seeing how it relates to either BHB or Homegain..tried a direct search as well.oh well.
June 2, 2008 — 12:06 pm
Greg Swann says:
> See, the thing is, we’ve got a good friend by the name of Nancy that moved from Atlanta to Phoenix a few years ago. She is considering moving back to Atlanta.
Give her my number — 602-740-7531. We’ll take good care of her — and you, too.
> So, what music do you listen to while selling homes in Phoenix?
We listen to everything, especially jazz and shitkicker music. Our iTunes library is huge, but I’ve been on an internet radio kick for about two years. Appended below is the very limited collection of music I keep on my iPod:
June 2, 2008 — 12:37 pm
Matt Pellerin says:
Hey Greg,
I see you at #1 when I did my own search using those KW’s. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=excellent+real+estate+marketing&btnG=Google+Search
Congrats!
BTW, that is one random list of music. But, as I read it I found myself knowing most of the songs listed there. 🙂
June 2, 2008 — 3:18 pm
Barry Cunningham says:
this is just plain weird..no mention of Bloodhound in that link when we click on it here. I notice you are also in arizona. Perhaps it is being fed locally…I don’t know..really..really..weird. When I click on it no mention ANYWHERE of BHB.
It’s crazy. Does google deliver results based upon your location in its organic results?
June 2, 2008 — 3:23 pm
Landflip says:
I am not familiar with the MeMe game…not sure what that is all about. However, I will say that you do need to be careful and guarded with wasting your time doing such things instead of working. The virtual world is changing so fast…it is so neat to look back and think about what might be to come.
June 2, 2008 — 8:16 pm
Robert Kerr says:
The top Google hit is to the base post.
How was BHB the top hit yesterday, before the base post was written, when Louis Cammarosano wrote to you?
June 2, 2008 — 9:05 pm
Greg Swann says:
> How was BHB the top hit yesterday, before the base post was written, when Louis Cammarosano wrote to you?
😉
June 2, 2008 — 9:10 pm
Cheryl Johnson says:
Yesterday, Greg’s post was indeed the top hit for me, today, it is gone.
I learned something, though, that I did not know before: Google delivers different results when you are logged in to your Goggle account, as opposed to when you are not logged in. I did not know that, and out of curiosity, I plan to explore a bit further.
June 3, 2008 — 8:50 am
louis cammarosano says:
Greg here is a music value for you- the legal Napster.
for $12.99 a month you can listen to any of over five million songs as many times as you like (not 30 second clips like on itunes)
You can play the songs on your computer or move them to 3 portable players (Sandisk players are my choice)
They have radio stations too- but unlike other internet radio stations they actually show you the two hundred or so songs that are going to be played so if you like you can delete some and add others from the five million + song catalogue.
If you care to buy the songs – you can get mp3 for 99 cents OR youcan buy track packs and pay about 80 cents.
This to me is all a far better value than itunes. Except most people don’t know about it. They still think napster is an illegal file sharing service.
THe service is addictive as you can spent hours sifting through the billboard charts by year rediscovering fogotten tunes and discovering new one.
Give it a try http://www.napster.com
June 15, 2008 — 3:41 pm