{"id":2188,"date":"2007-11-08T17:02:24","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T00:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2007-11-08T17:30:54","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T00:30:54","slug":"2188","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2188\/2188\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big Hello From Austin!  Here&#8217;s Where My Head&#8217;s At"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello to everyone!  Let me start out by saying that I&#8217;m flattered\/excited to be here\u2026I&#8217;ve already received two congratulations from colleagues who (already) read Greg&#8217;s post (about 5 hours ago) and my Google alerts have already hit me for &#8220;eric bramlett&#8221; with the same post.  Let&#8217;s just say that BHB carries some weight, sucka!<\/p>\n<p>Well, since I completely copped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericonsearch.com\">Blackwell&#8217;s<\/a> style by asking to write here, I thought I&#8217;d continue my &#8220;flattery by imitation&#8221; and start out with an intro post that shows my point of view, and you guys can go ahead and infer how my occupation(s) shape that POV.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/appaonthenet.com\/photos\/audiot_appa1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !supportLists]-->1)      <!--[endif]-->Entrepreneur.  This is first &amp; foremost because it&#8217;s what I am.  I love to think outside the box, hate having a boss, &amp; love making money.  As an entrepreneur, I&#8217;ve come up with a total of 3million business plans, successfully implemented one, and successfully failed one.  I have a couple more I&#8217;m seriously brewing right now.<\/p>\n<p><!--[if !supportLists]-->2)      <!--[endif]-->Realtor.  Because it pays the bills, and I&#8217;m good with people.  I take pride in my work, and treat people fairly.  I disclose any bonuses before contract (Greg) and honestly look out for my clients&#8217; best interests at all time.<\/p>\n<p><!--[if !supportLists]-->3)      <!--[endif]-->Broker.  I wish it paid the bills, but it doesn&#8217;t.  I hang anywhere from 8-12 agents&#8217; licenses at any given time, and about half of them depend on it for income.  I like helping them, and love watching them succeed.<\/p>\n<p><!--[if !supportLists]-->4)      <!--[endif]-->SEO\/SEM.  I&#8217;ve jacked w\/ TONS of marketing, and online fits me well.  I&#8217;ve successfully marketed multiple websites, and think I know a little bit about the subject.  I&#8217;m looking forward to (finally) meeting a bunch of friends @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pubcon.com\">Pubcon<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026that&#8217;s where my head&#8217;s at, and those are the subjects that I will bring to the table.  Hopefully, I can start some lively debate, and I hope I can contribute as much as I will learn!<\/p>\n<p>By the way&#8230;.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a4hFwJm41h4\">Where&#8217;s YOUR <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2188\/2188\/#more-2188\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello to everyone! Let me start out by saying that I&#8217;m flattered\/excited to be here\u2026I&#8217;ve already received two congratulations from colleagues who (already) read Greg&#8217;s post (about 5 hours ago) and my Google alerts have already hit me for &#8220;eric bramlett&#8221; with the same post. Let&#8217;s just say that BHB carries some weight, sucka! Well, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14784,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14784\/being-an-entrepreneur-is-kind-of-awesome\/","url_meta":{"origin":2188,"position":0},"title":"Being an Entrepreneur is Kind of Awesome","author":"Damon Chetson","date":"July 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"MSNBC ran a pretty cool article on me (and another lawyer) and about how an increasing number of young lawyers are starting their own practices. In general, it was a good article. I hope I didn't come off as too much of a braggart. People - at least anonymous commenters\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Flourishing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Flourishing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/flourishing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":451,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/451\/blogoff-post-74-five-ways-to-piss-off-an-entrepreneur\/","url_meta":{"origin":2188,"position":1},"title":"Blogoff Post #74: Five ways to piss off an entrepreneur . . . ?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Problogger 'How To...' Group Writing Project, blogtrepreneur brings us \"5 Ways To Piss Off An Entrepreneur\":1) Cut off the broadband: I can't think of anything worse than not being able to access the internet. 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