The Bloodhound Blog has puppies!
This is a frisky and fearless litter of pure-bred Bloodhounds, each with their own unique goals, skills, voice, and talents. They are being added to the contributor’s panel to blend their own howling to the symphony that makes Bloodhound the remarkable place it is. I prefer to let them tell you their own stories in their own words, but I’ll give you a little glimpse into the breadth and wisdom of this amazing group that we’ve assembled.
What I think you will find so intriguing about this group is that the focus of their blogs varies quite a bit. During Project Blogger, we were all real estate bloggers with a local focus. That is so-o-o 2007. This is 2008, and this is Project Bloodhound. This is a lender, and a true hyperlocal blog, and a green multi-user blog, and this a few city-wide real estate blogs of different price points and markets.
Project Blogger was mentors and newbies. Not Project Bloodhound. We have a true pup, just starting to cut her teeth in the Web 2.0 world; we have experienced bloggers who are hunting for a more engaging writing style; a long time blogger who is on the scent of the SEO secrets for dominating his market. There are a few pups who are gnawing on the dashboard of their WordPress platforms, and bloggers who are happily chewing Blogger and RSSpieces blogs, thank you very much.
Who are these pups?
Christine Beaur-Mortezaie: VoilaLongBeach
Brad Coy: SanFranciscoRealEstateServices
Michelle DeRepentingy: AllAboutAthensGA
Stephanie Edwards-Musa: TurningHoustonGreen
Hunter Jackson: ColumbiaSCRealEstateHomes
Tom Vanderwell: StraightTalkAboutMortgages
How is Project Bloodhound going to work? Briefly, the pups are going to post here, and we- we being anyone- are going to take those posts as a starting point and continue the conversation in comment threads, on our own blogs, and here on BHB posts. This is your opportunity to share your knowledge, but also your chance to ask your own questions and pick the brains of the best bloggers out there.
One short year later, it is a real joy to pay my own experience forward and I hope you will welcome this new litter of Bloodhounds with the same boundless enthusiam with which we welcome everything unchained.
Photo credit: Christine Keller of ConnectRealty.com.
Eric Blackwell says:
Welcome to all!
Can’t wait to get this party started. Gonna be fun.
Eric
June 26, 2008 — 5:21 am
Todd says:
Encouraging to see the new additions. Has it been verified that all five of those people are running the Latest version of WordPress, using Twitter to its fullest lead generating potential and are SEO compliant?
June 26, 2008 — 6:10 am
Don Reedy says:
Bravo Teri, Greg, et al. Much to be learned from the learned.
June 26, 2008 — 7:10 am
Irina Netchaev says:
Let’s get this party going!
June 26, 2008 — 7:44 am
Brian Brady says:
New folks,
You’re Bloodhounds now. Follow Teri’s lead and raise the bar.
Important Info: Two were at Unchained Phoenix; Brady and Christine. I suspect the others will be in Orlando.
Tom: Welcome! You literally have the finest mortgage blogger in the country as a colleague now (Dan) Watch what he does
June 26, 2008 — 8:30 am
Michelle DeRepentigny says:
Thanks for the warm, fuzzy 🙂 welcome! I’m still a little dazed at the honor and really looking forward to growing and sharing!
June 26, 2008 — 9:11 am
Greg Swann says:
If you look at those paws, you’ll see why actual canine Bloodhounds make such good furniture movers.
I’ve added three of our new contributors to the sidebar: Hunter Jackson, Brad Coy and Michelle DeRepentigny. I’m still waiting for photos and background information from Christine, Stephanie and Tom.
Project Blogger has its own category. We’re ready to rock.
Beautiful job setting this up, Teri.
June 26, 2008 — 9:27 am
Tom Vanderwell says:
Thank you to all for the honor. I’m really excited about it.
Greg – I’ll get you the background info before the day is done. There’s this little thing called month end closings that took priority.
As far as Twitter – Todd, I’m tvanderwell and I’ve made a lot of really good connections on twitter already and I look forward to making more!
Tom
June 26, 2008 — 10:02 am
The Harriman Team says:
Congrats to all! We love to read all BHB posts and look forward to reading the first of these “puppy posts” as soon as the virtual ink is dry!
June 26, 2008 — 11:59 am
Brad Coy says:
If people keep calling be Brady, there’s gonna be a problem. 😉
Thanks everyone for the rub between the ears. Very much looking forward to getting started with the project.
June 26, 2008 — 2:43 pm
Todd Carpenter says:
“If people keep calling be Brady, there’s gonna be a problem. ;)”
What? You didn’t think there would be repercussions from your Brian Brady impersonation on YouTube?
June 26, 2008 — 3:38 pm
Hunter Jackson says:
I am looking forward to this. Who wouldn’t!
“Has it been verified that all five of those people are running the Latest version of WordPress, using Twitter to its fullest lead generating potential and are SEO compliant?”
I am not on a wordpress blog, I am on an RSS Pieces blog. Twitter compliant, yes. If they keep the bloody thing up long enough (I am hunterjackson on Twitter, fyi).
Teeth will begin to cut soon. Getting rid of some fleas and ticks…and ready to rock and roll!
June 26, 2008 — 6:16 pm
Apella says:
Welcome to the big screen! Great thinkers and linkers! I can’t wait to see your work!
June 26, 2008 — 8:07 pm
Stephanie Edwards-Musa says:
Hey Everyone,
It’s so exciting to be a part of this amazing group and to see some awesome work come out of it.
Greg, I’ll get a pic over to you. Need a new head shot, will grab an unexpecting victim to take a picture tomorrow. 🙂
Just got in for the day and it looks like Michelle has already posted a great question!
June 26, 2008 — 8:49 pm
Mark Eckenrode says:
woot! congrats to the new hounds.
June 27, 2008 — 8:56 am