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September 26, 2006 / 5 Comments

Blogoff Post #35: Real estate weblogging? Don’t be boring . . .

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Seth Godin offers 56 tips on how to get traffic for your weblog. Here is tip number fifty-five:

Don’t be boring.

I actually dislike much of the advice Seth is giving, if only because you see those stunts so often. I like organic search results, and I like authentic weblog entries. If I feel too much like there is a strategy or a tactic behind a post — even if it’s only “What do I do now?” — I get creeped out.

A useful mantra: When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

That doesn’t blend well with the idea of frequently updating a weblog, but that simply means you have to dig deeper…

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4 Comments

  1. Galen says:

    Foul ball! You’re blogging about lines in the the same top 56 list multiple times!

    September 26, 2006 — 9:42 am

  2. jf.sellsius says:

    Hard to follow that tip. Boredom is in the eyes of the beholder.

    September 26, 2006 — 10:31 am

  3. Cathleen Collins says:

    Now Galen, how much do you have riding on Ardell? 😉

    The rules as cast at Sellsius were

    Post 100 posts on anything real estate or tech related in one day = 24 hours.
    You decide the theme of your posts.
    Two person team max or go solo if you dare.
    Please number your posts
    No Pre-Preparation of posts – Honor System
    Post as you go in real time
    Plus, include 1 juicy bonus post of your choice for post # 101

    to which Rudy added by popular consensus

    as bill maher says – “New Rule”:

    – no pre-preparation of posts

    and then

    cj – as ardell mentioned, it’s ok to use our 50 post marathon as a guide. some may be long, some short, some simple informative statements with links to the original source etc….no hard & fast rule here.

    Let me know if we missed something.

    September 26, 2006 — 12:22 pm

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    Greg Swann says:

    > Foul ball! You’re blogging about lines in the the same top 56 list multiple times!

    I learned Catullus 101 a line at a time. It was weeks before I knew his brother was dead…

    September 30, 2006 — 2:07 pm

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