{"id":412,"date":"2006-09-26T06:23:48","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T13:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=412"},"modified":"2006-09-26T06:24:15","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T13:24:15","slug":"blogoff-post-35-real-estate-weblogging-dont-be-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/412\/blogoff-post-35-real-estate-weblogging-dont-be-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #35: Real estate weblogging? Don&#8217;t be boring . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2006\/06\/how_to_get_traf.html\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Godin offers 56 tips on how to get traffic for your weblog<\/a>. Here is tip number fifty-five:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Don&#8217;t be boring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I actually dislike much of the advice Seth is giving, if only because you see those stunts so often. I like organic search results, and I like authentic weblog entries. If I feel too much like there is a strategy or a tactic behind a post &#8212; even if it&#8217;s only &#8220;What do I do now?&#8221; &#8212; I get creeped out.<\/p>\n<p>A useful mantra: When you have nothing to say, say nothing.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t blend well with the idea of frequently updating a weblog, but that simply means you have to dig deeper&#8230;<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\/sellsius 101\" rel=\"tag\">sellsius 101<\/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>Seth Godin offers 56 tips on how to get traffic for your weblog. Here is tip number fifty-five: Don&#8217;t be boring. I actually dislike much of the advice Seth is giving, if only because you see those stunts so often. I like organic search results, and I like authentic weblog entries. If I feel too [&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-412","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":414,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/414\/blogoff-post-37-weblog-review-seths-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":412,"position":0},"title":"Blogoff Post #37: Weblog Review: Seth&#8217;s Blog . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Since I mentioned Seth's Blog, why don't we review it? I think Seth Godin has very interesting, very useful ideas on marketing. But I think his weblog can be too much a Delphic Oracle at times. Visually, it's very clean. Even though he easily could, he doesn't clutter up his\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":417,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/417\/blogoff-post-40-real-estate-weblogging-post-on-weekends\/","url_meta":{"origin":412,"position":1},"title":"Blogoff Post #40: Real estate weblogging? Post on weekends . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"More from Seth Godin offers 56 tips on how to get traffic for your weblog. Here are tips number forty-one and forty-three:Post on weekdays, because there are more readers. Post on weekends, because there are fewer new posts.In real estate weblogging, there are a lot more readers on weekdays than\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":432,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/432\/blogoff-post-55-real-estate-weblogging-write-about-blogging\/","url_meta":{"origin":412,"position":2},"title":"Blogoff Post #55: Real estate weblogging? Get real . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"More from Seth Godin offers 56 tips on how to get traffic for your weblog. Here are four that I've had enough of:Use lists. Include polls, meters and other eye candy. Do email interviews with the well-known. Be anonymous.Anonymity can be cool if there's a reason for it. If you\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":1311,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1311\/the-need-for-a-personal-link-goes-deep\/","url_meta":{"origin":412,"position":3},"title":"The need for a personal link goes deep","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 17, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"So says Seth. Is disintermediation in the line-up for local TV? We can hope, can't we? Could the whole Hollywood trashfest be next? Make my day. How deep can the roots of a hyper-local weblog go? Ask Jim Duncan. And: Privacy is an unintended consequence of inefficiency. 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