{"id":2243,"date":"2007-11-20T11:59:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T18:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2007-11-20T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T18:59:08","slug":"how-do-you-get-to-carnegie-hall-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2243\/how-do-you-get-to-carnegie-hall-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re adding another Bloodhound to the pound today, and this one is a real treat, Bill Leider of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realestateshows.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Estate Shows<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/30.jpg\" align=\"left\"\/>Bill Leider is the CEO of Real Estate Shows, a hosted virtual-tour solution. His background is in corporate and business management in publicly-traded and privately-owned mid-size companies.<\/p>\n<p>Bill has won The Odysseus Medal and The People&#8217;s Choice Award, and Jeff Turner told me why when we met at the NAR Convention: The man simply will not <i>stop<\/i> trying to perfect his message.<\/p>\n<p>I tell the contributors that there are no rules at BloodhoundBlog, but there actually is one rule: We&#8217;re not selling our products here. We throw off a lot of traffic to contributor&#8217;s sites, and I think that great thing. I want for people to prosper as a result of their work here. But the work we do here is about improving our minds &#8212; yours, ours, everyone&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m saying this because Bill is in the business of selling virtual tours, and I know he has strong feelings on what does and does not work in real life. If he touches on these subjects &#8212; and I think he might with his first post &#8212; understand that he is writing from his experience, not trolling for your business.<\/p>\n<p>More announcements to come, believe it or don&#8217;t.<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>We&#8217;re adding another Bloodhound to the pound today, and this one is a real treat, Bill Leider of Real Estate Shows: Bill Leider is the CEO of Real Estate Shows, a hosted virtual-tour solution. His background is in corporate and business management in publicly-traded and privately-owned mid-size companies. 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