The natives are getting restless.<\/p>\n
Much grumbling was heard this week about judging the Project Blogger competition<\/a>. I don’t have too much to say about that. The contest rules and judging criteria were vague and rather useless from the beginning so no one should be shocked, shocked that things are vague and confusing now. I have my own goals for my little blog and I’m doing what I can to stay focused on those.<\/p>\n I do think however, that a good hard critical look at something is never a bad thing, so when Derek Burress<\/a> stepped up to the plate and generously volunteered to give an honest critique, I thought it was a capitol idea. He graciously gave me his feedback and if you are an Active Rain member you can read his excellent critique here<\/a>. When the week 4 judging was completed on Friday, I got more feedback. Looks like I got some splanin’ to do. Well that’s not entirely true. I rarely feel I have to explain<\/em> anything I do, except to my loved ones and clients, but if it helps those playing along at home, I will.<\/p>\n The burning question is: What’s with theBrickRanch dog? The assumptive answer is that Coach uses a dog so Apprentice uses a dog. Not exactly. I don’t know the back-story of why Bloodhound is Bloodhound, but I can guess that part of the dog motif is this: What would you rather see, big soft puppy eyes gazing back at you or a cactus? What feels more like home to you: A warm, sweet puppy or a prickly desert plant? Which do you respond to on an emotional level: Bloodhound Realty or CactusPlant Realty? There might be more to the story of the bloodhound than that, but I understand the emotional trigger, the warm and fuzzy-ness of using a dog. It makes sense to me. I market to a very family oriented, dog friendly community and I have two big mutts myself so it fits my market, my blog, and me. Damn. We should get bonus points for that.<\/p>\n I took a local web marketing\/ WordPress <\/a>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The natives are getting restless. Much grumbling was heard this week about judging the Project Blogger competition. I don’t have too much to say about that. The contest rules and judging criteria were vague and rather useless from the beginning so no one should be shocked, shocked that things are vague and confusing now. 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