{"id":2468,"date":"2008-01-04T10:02:34","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T17:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2008-01-04T10:02:49","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T17:02:49","slug":"heads-up-folks-theyre-not-consumers-theyre-his-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2468\/heads-up-folks-theyre-not-consumers-theyre-his-cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"Heads up, folks: They’re not consumers, they’re his cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"

What they’re saying, no matter how true it might ring to you, is scripted. (Why does it ring true to you? Because they’re parroting back to you the things you’ve written and read over the last two years.) They’re not talking to your clients, they’re trying to snare your broker for their consulting practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Video isn’t interesting just because it’s not text. Bad remakes of commercials so bad they were parodied years ago on a bad TV show are not good content for your weblog. It’s a good scam on their part, but why are you promoting their business?
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What they’re saying, no matter how true it might ring to you, is scripted. (Why does it ring true to you? Because they’re parroting back to you the things you’ve written and read over the last two years.) They’re not talking to your clients, they’re trying to snare your broker for their consulting practice. 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