Thereโ€™s always something to howl about.

The pup growls

The first thing Greg did as my coach was to throw me at the wall of Bloodhound contributors to see if I stick. His request was for me to write about the Project Blogger experience. Gulp. Deep breath. Here’s an update.

My inexperience coupled with my polite Midwestern upbringing, have caused me to hold my tongue about Project Blogger. However, the last few weeks much has been written both in public and privately to me, about blogging styles and what makes for great real estate blogs. So I figure what-the-hell, now is the time for a pup to speak up.

Two months ago I didn’t know what an RSS feed was. I read two blogs on a regular basis. Now I have about twenty blogs in my reader, half have been added in the last few weeks, and only 3 are real estate related; yes, one is BHB. The blogs that move me and fascinate me and don’t bore me to tears are for the most part, not RE and the reason is, move in closely- I’ll whisper it to you: Real estate blogs suck (that’s four words, 5 syllables). But hey, I’m just an apprentice here, what do I know?

This pup thinks it’s a big world out there, that outside-of-real-estate world, and in her inexperienced opinion the world out there is much more fascinating blog-wise than the world of RE blogs. I read blogs to grow- to see new thoughts and ideas and new ways of expressing those. Following some bland blogging formula is uninspiring. If it’s a formula, then what’s the point? Leads? Somewhere Peggy Lee is singing… Is that all there is?

Jim Duncan’s realcrozetva blog, Greg’s post about weblogging and dancing on bridges, Brian’s post about selling lifestyles, and Daytonian David Esrati’s thoughts about creating community– that is blogging that inspires, moves, and fascinates me. So when I sit down to post, that’s the advice I work with and I don’t see any formulas there. But hey, I’m just an apprentice, what do I know?

Here’s where I’m at blogging-wise: If blogging and Project Blogger are only about following formulas for capturing leads, then you will have to look for me here, trying to run with this pack at Project Bloodhound (I guess I stuck to the wall). There is plenty of room in the world, even in the teeny tiny real estate blogging world, for all sorts of blogging styles and in the end I gotta go with the one that speaks to me.

What I’ve learned the past two months: I’m not blogging for a contest. Yes, I’m in a contest, but I’m not blogging for the contest or the judges or other real estate professionals. The last few weeks I’ve had to shut out the noise of this contest and really focus on my goal for TheBrickRanch, and ultimately my goal is for that blog to be my gift to my community.

But hey, I’m just an apprentice, what-the-hell do I know?