project blogger: Bloggers Connect & Project Blogger Podcast - 06/11/07 12:12 PM
I can't wait for Bloggers Connect in July. It is a one day prelude to the annual Inman Connect San Francisco conference which is always a highlight of my year. Most of the AR development team is going to be there and Matt and me will be present to award the winners of Project Blogger. I also believe Matt and/or myself will also be speaking on some of the panels.
In case you haven't heard of Inman Connect SF, it is basically like the Navy Seals version of the National Association of Realtors annual convention. Pretty much everyone behind the cutting … (10 comments)

project blogger: Project Blogger - Week 2 Judging Results - 05/01/07 06:08 AM
Reviewing Bloggers for Project Blogger, I've enjoyed seeing the interaction between teacher and apprentice, and the step forward visible in blogs from the previous week.  While Project Blogger is a blogging competition, keep in mind that above this goal, Project Blogger is a safe and exciting opportunity to explore who you're about [apprentices] and to invite that personality and uniqueness into your blogs. Judges may only grasp one part of your gig, or be on the watch for certain key components. While I encourage you to venture out into new territory, to explore a new level of transparency as an important … (20 comments)

project blogger: Project Blogger Update: Week April 9th Through April 15th - 04/17/07 01:12 PM
 Wrapping up week one we have quite a few blogs being put out by our teams.  The following  links demonstrate what our contenders have been able to put together during their fist week.
Check out the Coaches Corner from Joel over at Inman. 
 
Apprentice:Julie Ferenzi Coach: Jeff Turner Real Estate Shows Blogs:Living In Plainfield Julie's Blog
04/15/2007 Where to buy in or near Plainfield. Date: 04/13/2007 Grand Opening of Strack and Van TilThis has nothing to do with Real Estate but everything to do with Humanity... Date:04/09/2007 My name is Charlotte and this is my web.
Apprentice:Theresa Lussier Coach: Greg Swann, BloodHoundBlog Blogs: … (22 comments)

project blogger: Project Blogger Pre-Season Roundup - 04/10/07 11:55 AM
 
After a few weeks of buildup, today is the official start of the project blogger competition. Here are some of the pre-season efforts that were undertaken by the coaches and their apprentices. A special thanks to Caleb for compiling the blogs and Bob for helping me sort through them for this post. 
As you can see, some teams utilized the pre-season to really hit the ground running and some teams have certainly been less visible in their preparation. It's possible we missed a few pre-season posts but with the amount of coverage this is already getting, Caleb had his hands full compiling … (18 comments)

project blogger: Project Blogger - Meet the teams - 04/09/07 09:09 AM
 
Coach - Jeff Turner, RealEstateShows
Jeff Turner is the President and Founder of RealEstateShows.com. Over the past twenty years, he has been both a successful entrepreneur and a senior executive in a large corporation. He lead his last entrepreneurial effort, J.J. Grace, Inc., to the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies list. Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Grace College (Indiana) and a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Ball State University (Indiana). Jeff is married to Racquel (Rocky) and they have six children. (That is not a typo.)

 Apprentice - Julie Ferenzi - Blog
I can't … (44 comments)

project blogger: Two New Project Blogger Coaches - 03/30/07 10:00 AM
I am very pleased to announce the addition of two additional esteemed coaches to our Project Blogger competition: Drew Meyers with Zillow and Paul Chaney with Blogging Systems.
Drew Meyers is a Partner Relations Associate at Zillow, a real estate Web site based in Seattle. Drew works on a wide range of projects and recently celebrated his year anniversary at the company. Among them were creating Zillow's neighborhood search database and organizing the Carnival of Real Estate. In addition to being part of Zillow's blog team, he actively writes about business and technology on his personal blog.
 
Paul Chaney is … (13 comments)

project blogger: Project Blogger - 03/13/07 08:52 AM
The goal is simple: We will be selecting 10-15 blogging coaches to each train a real estate blogging apprentice of their choice. Over the course of about 4 months, the blogging coaches will aim to develop the most successful real estate blogger they can.
The coaches and apprentices will be chronicling their Project Blogger experiences on their own blogs and the Project Blogger group on ActiveRain.
Here are the details:
 
Pre-Season: March 12th - April 8th
      Getting the 'kinks' worked out.
      Developing the blogsite
      Hand calisthenics

Competition Begins: April 9th
       No more excuses, the race is on.
Competition Ends: July 15th (14 weeks later) … (112 comments)

project blogger: Project Blogger - Meet the coaches - 03/13/07 08:23 AM

Teresa Boardman, StPaulRealEstateBlog 
Author of the origional, St. Paul Real Estate Blog, started in November of 2005. Teresa is recognized as a top real estate blogger. She now generates most of her personal real estate business as a result of her blogging efforts. She has a loyal following on a variety of blog sites. Her internet marketing classes taught in cooperation with Keller Williams are hugely popular with St Paul real estate agents from all brands.
 
Joel Burslem, FutureOfRealEstateMarketing
Fairly new to the real estate space, Joel has quickly secured his position as a progressive thinking real estate marketing expert through his … (27 comments)