Here’s a question with a following, judging by the 300 unread emails in my inbox:<\/p>\n
Are you glad you took the Sellsius° 101 Blogoff Challenge?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Emphatically, yes. BloodhoundBlog is going to end up with dozens of new, worthy posts as a result of this — call it by its right name — dumb stunt.<\/p>\n
I normally work from around 6 am to around 10 pm, a 16-hour day. I’ve been at this since last night at midnight, so I’ll finish in a little over 18 hours. My arms are tired and my brain is slightly mushy, but other than that I’m in good form. I could do a listing appointment right now and no one would guess that I’m toast.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, I really thought this would go faster than it has. At my best — which ain’t now — I was averaging about nine-minutes a post. The Leggy Blonde has been reading behind me, and she has been gracious enough not to tell me what kind of typos I’m making.<\/p>\n
But: This is proof enough that this is possible. My whole life, I have argued that the secret to getting anything done is to not stop doing it, so I could probably throw another 35 posts up against the wall between now and midnight.<\/p>\n
But I won’t…
\n<\/p>\nTechnorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, sellsius 101<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n
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