A Bloggers Blowout Blast!

The first quarterly Phoenix Active Rain Bloggers meeting hosted by Brian Brady played to a packed room this morning - check Brian's blog post for the complete details.

Greg Swann of BloodhoundBlog was in attendance.  It was clear from the first few sentences that this was someone who has much to share about blogging - strategy, linking, philosophy and much more.

As we went around the room Greg had specific incisive advice for the other attendees, that will likely save days if not months of "do it yourself" research on our own.

One theme that Greg reinforced to us all was that credibility is paramount - lose that and you've lost it forever.  Many of his posts take the "Discrepancy + Truth = Blog Post" approach - which identifies fibs from the mainstream media, identifies the truth, and in one instance resulted in a retraction just yesterday (I think) by one of the media "big boys"!

Greg referred several times to Chris Anderson's "The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More " which I took to be a recommendation - fortunately it's something just arrived from Amazon so it move to the top of the stack!

One of the notable quotes from Greg was "If Dustin Luther is the Water, then all others are the Wave" referencing Dustin Luther of RainCityGuide.com.

Others in attendance included the notable Jay Thompson (The Phoenix Real Estate Guy)and Jonathan Dalton (Dalton's AZ Homes) who provided insight into how and why they started blogging and how they have traveled far in such a short time.  I'm not going to steal their thunder here - so check out their blogs (linked above) for their own musings!

Brian Brady "I'll never buy donuts for real estate agents" did just that this morning, along with juice and bagels, and The Marriott Group looks forward to the second meeting - sometime next quarter!

 
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23 Comments on A Bloggers Blowout Blast!

Suzanne - it truly was a blast - I learned a lot - gives us much to think about for our team meeting next week!

01/05/2007 03:28 PM by Tony Marriott, Associate Broker, CRP, CLHMS, CRB, CRS ~~ Phoenix Arizona (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Thanks for the comment - the meeting was very impressive!

01/05/2007 03:29 PM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

I am SOOO jealous that I don't live in Phoenix.  What a group!

01/05/2007 03:40 PM by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

I, too, am jealous.  We might have only 3 bloggers in the entire state of Virginia at this point in time.  I will have to live and learn vicariously through the posts on AR.

01/05/2007 05:01 PM by Tony Arko (Market Advantage Real Estate)

Nice post  :)

It was great meeting everyone and being able to put a face and person to the words.

The long tail is *very* interesting stuff. For more, see the blog: http://longtail.typepad.com/

01/05/2007 05:16 PM by Jay & Francy Thompson (Thompson's Realty)

Sounds like you all had a wonderful and productive time. I'm jealous:(

01/05/2007 05:19 PM by Bryant Tutas-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc

Maureen - It's only a 4 hour flight!

01/05/2007 06:05 PM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Tony - Perhaps a "virtual" blog blast?!

01/05/2007 06:06 PM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Jay - It was great meeting you and thanks for the link to the "long tail"!

01/05/2007 06:06 PM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Bryant - Feel free to join us next quarter - I'm sure Brian wouldn't mind!

01/05/2007 06:07 PM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Um, would it be worth a $79 plane ticket or a 5 hour drive (each way) next time?  I am not a jealous person but right now I wish I coulda been there!

:drool:  Donuts, what kind?  Krispy Kreme?

01/05/2007 06:54 PM by Renee Burrows - Las Vegas NV Real Estate (Nevada Realty Solutions)

Please tell me more... I'd love to know the context around Greg's comments!  :) 

01/05/2007 07:25 PM by Dustin Luther (4Realz)

Renee - If it were me - I would spend the $79 to be there!

01/05/2007 07:41 PM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Dustin - Greg was singing your praises!  He was giving us a "mini history" of real estate blogging, and you figured prominently as one of the key bloggers!

01/05/2007 07:42 PM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Indeed Dustin, Greg applauded you more than once. You are The Man.

Renee - Fly, forget driving! But do come!  All the Krispy Kreme's closed around here :(

Mo - you should move to Phoenix. We'd love to have you. You could escape the MI winters. I know a couple of really good agents that can help you find the perfect home.  

I didn't really think about it at the time, but it was truly an Arizona Rain Storm. Did you realize that we had the #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, and 15 Arizona ActiveRain points people there? (and more. And I could have missed someone - sorry...)

And me without a camera...

01/05/2007 09:20 PM by Jay & Francy Thompson (Thompson's Realty)

Thank you everyone for the participation. 

Renee, I'd say the plane ticket is worth it. 

Phoenix is the epicenter of real estate blogging.

Let's all encourage Lorine Lovett to post. 

More comments later. 

01/05/2007 11:07 PM by America's #1 Mortgage Broker

Dustin Luther: Please tell me more... I'd love to know the context around Greg's comments! :)

Slightly misquoted.

Verbatim: "Dustin Luther is the water. Everyone else in real estate weblogging is just a wave."

I was speaking to your overall influence, but specifically to Linkation, Linkation, Linkation.


01/06/2007 11:16 AM by Greg Swann (BloodhoundRealty.com)

It was very nice meeting you guys...lots of fun and informative!

01/06/2007 01:16 PM by Kaushik Sirkar (Call Realty, Inc.)

Kind words from Greg have extra meaning from me as I happen to view him as one of the most interesting, persuasive and intelligent real estate thinkers I've ever met (online and off). 

01/06/2007 05:32 PM by Dustin Luther (4Realz)

Well put Suzanne.  I enjoyed the meeting as well.  I found this to be a very educating experience and look forward to the next get together.  I feel fortunate that Phoenix is the place to be and our team is here.

Ken

01/07/2007 12:27 AM by Ken Spencer (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Suzanne (and Tony),

As one of the three bloggers in Virginia, a "virtual blog blast" would be great! Definitely count me in and let me know how I can help.

01/08/2007 04:48 PM by Danilo Bogdanovic-Real Estate Consultant -Loudoun and Fairfax County (Market Advantage Real Estate)

Kaushik - Great to meet you too!

01/09/2007 08:33 AM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

Danilo - Not sure how that would work - but will ask the guru - I mean Brian!

01/09/2007 08:34 AM by Suzanne Marriott, Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO (Keller Williams Realty Professional Partners)

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