{"id":399,"date":"2006-09-26T04:22:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T11:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2006-09-26T04:23:02","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T11:23:02","slug":"blogoff-post-22-weblog-review-the-real-estate-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/399\/blogoff-post-22-weblog-review-the-real-estate-tomato\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #22: Weblog Review: The Real Estate Tomato . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Cronin’s weblog, The Real Estate Tomato<\/a> could not be better-named. Juicy, tart and refreshing. Jim has a terrific graphic sense, and that serves to liven the place up as well.<\/p>\n

This is a business blog, in more ways than one. Jim’s evangelical mission is to spread the idea of real estate blogging among practitioners — and not just Realtors. But Jim is a vendor, as well, and — although this is rarely obvious — his role is to move his company’s product line. I deeply admire the deft way Jim handles this, because I feel that the best salesmanship of those products comes from his not<\/i> ramming them down our throats. I trust him because he doesn’t betray my trust, and that’s a lesson every salesperson should learn.<\/p>\n

The blogging platform is Typepad, which I don’t hate, but which has a truly annoying trackback system. Overall the site is clean and easy to use.<\/p>\n

Jim Cronin is an excellent teacher and The Real Estate Tomato is an excellent teaching web site.
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Technorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, sellsius 101<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jim Cronin’s weblog, The Real Estate Tomato could not be better-named. Juicy, tart and refreshing. Jim has a terrific graphic sense, and that serves to liven the place up as well. This is a business blog, in more ways than one. 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