{"id":2959,"date":"2008-04-13T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T18:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2008-04-13T11:38:07","modified_gmt":"2008-04-13T18:38:07","slug":"the-real-team-eric-and-what-my-boys-teach-me-about-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2959\/the-real-team-eric-and-what-my-boys-teach-me-about-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"The REAL Team Eric – and what my boys teach me about marketing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have probably noticed me talk about Team Eric–a group of Real Estate Agents who work with me as part of the Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World contest.<\/a> (Thankfully, this effort concludes in two weeks! It has been fun!). But here is the REAL Team Eric.<\/p>\n

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That would be the lovely Mrs Eric (codename: Jen) along with our 4 kids. Why am I getting personal with this post? Well, because I have learned MUCH about marketing from THIS Team Eric. (and would like to share some of it.) Especially the one in the upper right (Cameron ,16 ) and the lower left (Jordan, 9). <\/p>\n

What do a 9 year old and a 16 year old know about marketing? Actually quite a bit. You see, they are in the business of marketing real hope to parents and other kids with Autism. Cameron has Asperger’s syndrome and Jordan has classic Autism. They speak at seminars nationally on the subject. Yes it is kind of wierd to be the parent of kids who regularly can comfortably get up in front of hundreds of people and talk about “their life with Autism” and “Autism Mythbusters” and other such fun. <\/p>\n

So, anyway, here are some quick things they have taught me:<\/p>\n

1. Be online. Promote it.<\/strong> They wanted me to help them create AutismNotes.com. So we did. They wanted to give up their anonymity (to a degree) to help others. So we did. They are NEVER too busy to let someone know about the site and are always talking with people about it.<\/p>\n

2. Manage your Reputation.<\/strong> Google “Cameron Blackwell autism” or “Jordan Blackwell autism” you will see quite a bit about stuff they are doing. If you Google your name, how are you doing? Cam has 6 of the top 10 for ‘Cameron Blackwell’.<\/p>\n

3. Make Friends.<\/strong> That has been the theme of what I have tried to do with the Google contest, but the idea was NOT original. Cameron over the years has actually befriended SCORES of the worlds leading minds in the field of Autism. Many have had dinner at Casa de Blackwell! His Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You have probably noticed me talk about Team Eric–a group of Real Estate Agents who work with me as part of the Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World contest. (Thankfully, this effort concludes in two weeks! It has been fun!). But here is the REAL Team Eric. 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