{"id":2969,"date":"2008-04-14T12:31:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2008-04-14T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T19:31:18","slug":"is-eric-blackwell-the-best-father-the-best-friend-he-could-be-on-his-way-to-being-named-greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2969\/is-eric-blackwell-the-best-father-the-best-friend-he-could-be-on-his-way-to-being-named-greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Eric Blackwell the best father? The best friend? He could be on his way to being named Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2959\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Blackwell showed us all yesterday<\/a> what a great job he&#8217;s doing as a father.<\/p>\n<p>Today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanwardrealestate.com\/WordPress\/marketing-contest-for-the-greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world-coming-to-an-end\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Ward offers potent evidence that Eric is a very good friend to have:<\/a> He is throwing his support behind Eric in the SEO contest to determine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericonsearch.com\/greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world-your-name-here\/\" target=\"_blank\">who is the Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have been an honorary member of Team Eric &#8212; a member in the sense that I have done what I can, honorary in the sense that I don&#8217;t know how to do much &#8212; but Ryan has been a serious contender in the competition. Advising his supporters to send their links to Eric&#8217;s entry instead is a stunning tribute to their friendship and to the respect they share for each other.<\/p>\n<p>This contest has been fun and very instructive. It doesn&#8217;t matter who wins if we all learn from it. Even so, if you would like to help Eric in his final push for the finish line, put up a link to his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericonsearch.com\/greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world-your-name-here\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some sidebar code if you want it:<\/p>\n<p><textarea name=\"Eric Blackwell is the greatest real estate agent in the world\" readonly cols=\"58\" rows=\"5\" wrap=\"physical\">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.ericonsearch.com\/greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world-your-name-here\/&#8221; alt=&#8221;Is Eric Blackwell the greatest real estate agent in the world?&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;Is Eric Blackwell the greatest real estate agent in the world?&lt;\/a&gt; Copy and repost this link to help him win!&lt;\/p&gt;<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>Copy all the code from within the box and paste it into the sidebar of your web site or weblog. It&#8217;s plain vanilla HTML, so it should work fine in any page.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, every drop of Google juice is going to matter, and we don&#8217;t want for Eric to finish the race on fumes. He&#8217;s been a great friend to everyone who reads BloodhoundBlog. Here&#8217;s our change to pay back a little of what he&#8217;s given us.<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>Eric Blackwell showed us all yesterday what a great job he&#8217;s doing as a father. Today, Ryan Ward offers potent evidence that Eric is a very good friend to have: He is throwing his support behind Eric in the SEO contest to determine who is the Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World. I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[3,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3039,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3039\/whos-the-greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world-thats-a-title-im-willing-to-compete-for-but-the-winner-of-the-greatest-real-estate-agent-in-the-world-seo-contest-is-bloodhoundblogs-eric\/","url_meta":{"origin":2969,"position":0},"title":"Who&#8217;s the greatest real estate agent in the world? 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I am contemplating deadlines at work, and issues, and how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2625,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2625\/its-about-relationships\/","url_meta":{"origin":2969,"position":4},"title":"It&#8217;s about RELATIONSHIPS&#8230;.","author":"Eric Blackwell","date":"February 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Those who know me online KNOW that I am all about relationships. That's my currency and my value to people is my word. As contests like the GREATEST REAL ESTATE AGENT IN THE WORLD unfold...sometimes all you can do is correct things as they go... 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