{"id":2592,"date":"2008-02-13T04:36:06","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T11:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2008-02-13T08:10:54","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T15:10:54","slug":"stash-that-cod-piece-im-not-waxed-fruit-and-you-are-not-a-rock-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2592\/stash-that-cod-piece-im-not-waxed-fruit-and-you-are-not-a-rock-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Stash that cod-piece: I’m not waxed fruit and you are not a rock star"},"content":{"rendered":"

I should probably stop picking on this little nebbish<\/a>, but he’s such a champion at leading with his chin that I find him hard to resist. His theme? “Rewriting the book on how to kick ass.” I wish I were joking. I’m gonna guess that he wasn’t among the first picked on the ass-kicking team in grammar school, and I’ll bet a large dollar he wasn’t even in huge demand for the coloring-outside-the-lines squad. I just love it, though, that he’s so completely dysclued that his ass-kicking theme song is entitled — wait for it — Unchained.<\/i> And before you trouble yourselves trying to imagine Kevin Boer and Noah Rosenblatt in day-glo-hued spandex tights with huge cod-pieces — these two being Davison’s envisioned rock stars of real estate — stop for a moment to consider that we are talking about marketing in the world of Web 2.0. Rock stars are all about “Me, ME, MEEEE!!!!” This role belongs to the customer, not the vendor — this according to this same mental midget a few weeks ago<\/a>. Brian Brady and I are rewriting the book on real estate marketing, an iterative endeavor that will see its next big advance at the real<\/i> Unchained<\/a>. But if you want to find a Web 2.0 star, it’s not me or Brian or Kevin or Noah. If I were to pick one person who best expresses what consumers<\/i> are looking for in a Realtor or a lender, I would pick Dan Melson<\/a>. There’s is nothing<\/i> of a rock star in the man, but if “fiduciary” had a face, it would be his — and that comes through in everything he does.<\/p>\n

I, very much on the other hand, command attention. The words I, me and mine are sweet on my tongue, and I have to admonish again and again that what I am teaching and what I am doing are two different things. One of the persistent delights of my life is how well Teri Lussier understands this, and how much she is able to pull out of the things I say. Dilberts like Davison live a Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I should probably stop picking on this little nebbish, but he’s such a champion at leading with his chin that I find him hard to resist. His theme? “Rewriting the book on how to kick ass.” I wish I were joking. 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