{"id":15108,"date":"2011-09-16T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=15108"},"modified":"2011-09-15T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T04:50:00","slug":"3-things-you-need-to-know-and-1-thing-you-need-to-be-to-blog-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/15108\/3-things-you-need-to-know-and-1-thing-you-need-to-be-to-blog-successfully\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things You Need To Know and 1 Thing You Need To Be To Blog Successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having begun blogging in the summer of ’06, I found that many considered me one of the so-called pioneers in ‘online’ real estate. Frankly, I think that’s both true, and completely false. True, cuz inside the tightly defined real estate community I was<\/em> a pioneer. Even now some of my local agent buds are taken aback when learning I’ve been blogging over five years now. On the other hand, the real pioneers in real estate blogging were doin’ their thing online back when I thought it was cool that I knew how to send email — and no doubt before. <\/p>\n

What’s funny is when my friends ask me why? When I tell ’em how much my blog has produced in terms of closed business — skinned cats — they’re almost always a bit incredulous. Then they try to be Columbo with questions designed to appear innocent, but based upon obvious disbelief. Sometimes it’s been comical. <\/p>\n

Why some blogs work and the vast majority don’t<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before beginning, it’s important for readers who don’t know me or of me, to realize that I’m President for Life of TechTards Anonymous. I know virtually nothing about SEO. If you were to find ‘key words’ in any post I write anywhere, it’s an accident every time. … _ _ _ … is the only code I know.<\/p>\n

Content is King!<\/em> is the battle cry for blogging, though recent history shows many who’ve valiantly tried to discount that principle. I’m here to tell ya, with whatever respect is due blogging detractors, content is<\/em> King of the blogging universe — at least of the one in which I live. And please, pretty please with sugar on top, don’t come up with the whole, “Yeah, Jeff, but you’re in investments — it’s different for you.”<\/em> crappola. It’s not. There are literally hundreds of real estate investment sites lookin’ to create business, most, at least in part through blogging. I’m not the Lone Ranger, the exception that proves the point. <\/p>\n

House agents who blog, and write solid gold content consistently are succeeding wildly. Ask Greg if he thinks his company’s Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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