Years ago, long before I met Cathleen the Leggy Blonde and came to be so joyously entwined if not actually entombed in matrimonial and connubial bliss, I wrote an essay about personal ads at the dawn of the age of five-hundred-channel television. But now, in the blink of a decade, we are on the verge of five-hundred-thousand-channel television, a net.wise video niche for every conceivable itch.
That goes for BloodhoundBlog, too, by inches and hours, in fits and starts. By tomorrow, we will have published ten audio and video podcasts in the few scant weeks since the start of the year. And there are many, many more to come. On top of everything else we might do, mega-producing Realtor Russell Shaw has committed to doing a complete step-by-step mega-production course in podcast form. You’ll be able to download his hard-won advice and review it until Russell’s expertise becomes your own.
Our podcasting prowess made news twice this week. First, Kris Berg posted a forty-five minute podcast with Redfin.com CEO Glenn Kelman, asking him the kinds of tough questions only a seasoned real estate professional would know to ask.
Our Redfin coverage was robust and then some. I wrote a companion piece to Kris’ interview, and her husband, San Diego Realtor Steve Berg posted a great list of follow-up questions for Kelman. The next day, I wondered What if Redfin gave a PR offensive and nobody came? And Redfin.com ended up winning this week’s Cheez Whiz Prize: Redfin.com’s CEO Glenn Kelman: “What if the parasites had to eat the parasites?”
Our second bit of podcasting news came from recordings of Dustin Luther’s Real Estate Weblogging Seminar. The original recordings for these podcasts were made by Rudy Bachraty of the Sellsius Real Estate Weblog. Dustin is best known as the founder of Rain City Guide, although he works as a technology evangelist for Move, Inc. Rudy’s initial recordings suffered from some quality issues, but BloodhoundBlog’s intrepid audio engineer Allen Butler (himself a top-producing Realtor) was able to scrub the audio to bring Dustin’s voice forward.
So far, Part I and Part II of Dustin’s seminar have been posted. Part III will appear on BloodhoundBlog tomorrow.
Brian Brady posted a brief summary of the seminar, then followed this up with a fuller detailing: “So, you wanna be a real estate blogger?”. This week Brian also blessed us with an introduction to a charitable real estate affiliate program and the first of two posts on elusive profitability in real estate brokerages.
Our newest contributor, Phoenix-based Realtor Allen Butler, not only worked to clean up both the Dustin Luther and Glenn Kelman podcasts, he also graced us with two articles: Podcast Audio and DOM Trickery.
Never one to be outdone, Kris Berg also weighed in with three other articles: The Sporting Life – Random Musings, Getting the “L” Out – A Stump Speech and a reflection on Zillow.com’s quarterly report: Lucky or Consistent(ly Bad)?
Investment maven Jeff Brown brought us Real Estate Investing Is A Lot Like Pitching — Timing, Helpless In San Diego — Or Any Place Like It — Get Outa Dodge Now and Small But Helpful Tip — Practical Use Of After-Tax Analysis. Our other investment guru, Michael Cook, posted three articles of his own: Beginners Landlord Tips, To Partner or Not to Partner, That is the Question and Value Investing 101. Between the two of them, BloodhoundBlog is becoming must-reading on the subject of real estate investing.
Jeff Turner continues to explore the intricate wrinkles in the Realtor/client relationship, bringing a much needed consumer perspective to the debate. This week’s contributions: “Well, you can’t talk…” and Yes, Consumers Do Need To Understand You.
And: You know what? There’s more — a lot more. Drop by and see for yourself. But while we love to have you stopping in for a visit now and then, where we really belong is in your RSS feed-reader. If you make your living in real estate, we’ll feed you the ideas you need to feed your bottom-line. Not only that, we’ll feed you workout-length podcasts to help you keep your mind and body in perfect tune.
We’re headed for five-hundred-thousand-channels of content-rich bandwidth, never doubt it. BloodhoundBlog’s goal is to be top dog in real estate news and commentary — in prose, in audio and in video. And there is always something to howl about…
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Allen Butler says:
I must say that I am fabulously excited about this place, and thanks again for inviting me! I see great things in the future for us all.
Allen
February 11, 2007 — 7:37 pm
Teresa Boardman says:
I just did a quick search and the domain name:
http://www.WeAreAllThatAndABagOfChips.com is available. I wouls buy it before anyone else does. 🙂
February 12, 2007 — 1:27 pm