{"id":1793,"date":"2007-08-13T11:01:11","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T18:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2007-08-13T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2007-08-13T18:01:15","slug":"real-estate-weblogging-to-create-the-kind-of-relationships-that-lead-to-closed-transactions-repeats-and-referrals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1793\/real-estate-weblogging-to-create-the-kind-of-relationships-that-lead-to-closed-transactions-repeats-and-referrals\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate weblogging to create the kind of relationships that lead to closed transactions, repeats and referrals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1783\" target=\"_blank\">Sorry, Michael<\/a>, but sometimes plumbers gotta talk about pipes. This is <a href=\"http:\/\/realestatetomato.typepad.com\/the_real_estate_tomato\/2007\/08\/how-many-hits-d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Teresa Boardman writing at The Real Estate Tomato<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In my humble opinion it isn&#8217;t about how many people read me. It is about who reads me and why. It is about speaking directly to the clients you prefer working with. A ton of leads can mean a ton of work and little business. Some of my blog readers are exactly the kind of person I want as a client and others are not. Not all leads are equal. The type and quality of the content does have an impact on the type of leads a blogger attracts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think this is dead-on. By pursuing real estate weblogging with a long-term strategy, you can grow your business in the way you want it to grow.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, Michael, but sometimes plumbers gotta talk about pipes. This is Teresa Boardman writing at The Real Estate Tomato: In my humble opinion it isn&#8217;t about how many people read me. It is about who reads me and why. It is about speaking directly to the clients you prefer working with. A ton of leads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-weblogging-101","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2285,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2285\/weblogging-without-chains-a-bloodhoundblog-unchained-introduction-to-viral-hyper-specific-real-estate-weblogging\/","url_meta":{"origin":1793,"position":0},"title":"Weblogging without chains: A BloodhoundBlog Unchained introductory podcast to viral, hyper-specific real estate weblogging","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The podcast linked below is a piece of a conversation Brian Brady and I had today about styles of real estate weblogging that make sense in the onrushing world of social media marketing. Brian cites a post of mine from the first of this year, Think globally, blog locally: If\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1174,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1174\/can-yet-another-easy-blogging-local-content-solution-beat-community-building-local-real-estate-weblogs\/","url_meta":{"origin":1793,"position":1},"title":"Can yet another easy-blogging local-content solution beat community-building local real estate weblogs?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"March 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Jim Kimmons at RealEstateBusinessSuccess.com Blog has come up with yet another simple solution to the issue of using local real estate weblogging content as bait for leads. That makes four of these, by now, I think. Okayfine. Jim may have the better mousetrap for two reasons: He's linking directly to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":340,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/340\/real-estate-weblogging-is-a-journey-not-a-destination\/","url_meta":{"origin":1793,"position":2},"title":"Real estate weblogging is a journey, not a destination . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 15, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"This is from email I had earlier this week:Jim Cronin from The Real Estate Tomato and I were just talking about real estate blogging being what real estate websites will begin to morph into. He sent me to your blog and I was wondering if that has been productive for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":909,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/909\/celebrating-the-spirit-of-transparent-real-estate-weblogging-bloodhoundblog-can-and-will-do-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":1793,"position":3},"title":"Celebrating the spirit of transparent real estate weblogging: BloodhoundBlog can and will do more . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 17, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm thinking that I should take a much larger role in the growth of the RE.net. Many people are convinced that hundreds of agents and lenders will be starting real estate weblogs in the coming year. 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Debunking Zillow.com, which was written last July and which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1704,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1704\/making-the-connection-the-objective-of-real-estate-weblogging-is-visceral-and-viral-not-rape-and-run\/","url_meta":{"origin":1793,"position":5},"title":"Making the connection: The objective of real estate weblogging is visceral and viral, not rape and run","author":"Greg Swann","date":"July 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This will have to be brief, because I'm crushed for time, but we're promoting Real Estate Weblogging 101 at the StarPower Conference this morning, so it's a topical topic. 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