{"id":5085,"date":"2008-10-18T08:43:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T15:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5085"},"modified":"2008-10-18T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T15:46:58","slug":"a-blog-is-a-place-to-connect-locallypart-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5085\/a-blog-is-a-place-to-connect-locallypart-1\/","title":{"rendered":"a Blog is a Place to Connect (locally)…part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently wrote here on this blog <\/a>about the need to go beyond REALTOR to REALTOR linking and that a blog, properly implemented could be a GREAT way to attract local RELATIONSHIPS and thus links. I also wrote recently on my blog about the fall of the newspapers,<\/a> the vacuum that was left<\/a>, and the advantage that affords us to be CITIZEN JOURNALISTS<\/a>. And I promised to show some examples of what I was talking about.<\/p>\n

Fast Forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A group of us got together to help each other find ways to do just that. Although there are (currently) only 10 of us in the group, I wanted to share a few of the cool bloggy ways that we are combining the principles above with some neat WordPress tools to generate local connections and go local.<\/p>\n

One of the guys in our group is Scott Hack. He is a REALTOR in my office. Oldham County Wired<\/a> is his attempt at building local relationships by disintermediating the dead tree media with a community blog of his own. Here are some cool things he’s done:<\/p>\n

Used Eric Bramlett’s QuizMaster 3000<\/a> plugin<\/strong> to generate a University of Louisville fan quiz<\/a> on his blog. (That got posted on a local sports forum \ud83d\ude42 )
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\nHad a friend write movie reviews.<\/strong> (Greg called it right when he said “Vanity thy name is author” and I can find local community members MUCH more willing and talented than the dead tree media can!) <\/p>\n

He’s personally connected<\/strong> as he has done stories about local folks. (Think they might USE his services for Real Estate?) <\/p>\n

Used his Google Calendar Feed<\/strong> to power a “Community Calendar Page<\/a>“. Hmmm…how many folks do you think will come to his blog and connect with him because of him asking for dates for THEIR events? <\/p>\n

On my token attempt, Southern Indiana Times, I am using a plugin called WP-Classified (just released in bug free enough to post here form) that adds a classified ad section to the “paper”<\/a>. I will be adding more to that and using it to garner repeat traffic.<\/p>\n

These are just a couple of the ways we are Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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