{"id":10896,"date":"2010-01-19T16:01:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T23:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10896"},"modified":"2010-01-19T16:01:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T23:01:25","slug":"unchaining-a-bloodhound-pup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10896\/unchaining-a-bloodhound-pup\/","title":{"rendered":"Unchaining a Bloodhound Pup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It’s funny, I am almost never at a loss for words. I have an opinion on just about any topic and am usually a passionate conversationalist….but put me in the yard with the Big Dogs and I’m feeling a little puppyish (you’ll find that I like to make up words).<\/p>\n

To introduce myself I want to tell you about the path that led me here.\u00a0 I found BHB right as things started to really get hairy in the third and fourth quarter of 2007.<\/p>\n

I have to admit I had trouble understanding much of what I read here about technology, SEO and Greg’s passionate dissertations that seemed like they were written in Greek (come to think of it, maybe it was Latin).<\/p>\n

I could not resist being drawn to this incredible community of creative, innovative and free thinking professionals sharing openly their trials and their triumphs as they searched for answers when we really didn’t know exactly what the questions were, or what they would be.\u00a0 It was a true mastermind of master minds.<\/p>\n

When I found out about Bloodhound Unchained in 2008 I spent every cent that I had to buy a plane ticket and book a seedy hotel to be there.\u00a0 I still remember, the cheapest hotel I could find was about a mile and a half from the Heard Museum.\u00a0 I grew up on a farm in Michigan and figured “a mile and a half, no problem – i can do that in my sleep!”…and I don’t recall any mention on the announcement for Unchained about Arizona heat.\u00a0 Even in April it was about 109 degrees!<\/p>\n

So I showed up every day, lugging my $300 Fry’s laptop that someone lent me the money for, soaking wet, looking like I swam to the event like that dumb Michael Phelps Subway commercial they keep playing during the football playoff games.<\/p>\n

I had already read about, and implemented fully without completely understanding,\u00a0 long tail SEO strategies posted by Greg on the blog.\u00a0 I was almost blinded by the innovation in the conference and found solace at a time when everything seems like an uphill battle….we’re talking Everest Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s funny, I am almost never at a loss for words. I have an opinion on just about any topic and am usually a passionate conversationalist….but put me in the yard with the Big Dogs and I’m feeling a little puppyish (you’ll find that I like to make up words). 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