Let’s get the introduction out of the way first, a brand new BloodhoundBlog contributor:
Dayton, Ohio, is the life-long home and territory of Teri Lussier, the newly-minted Realtor become newly-minted real estate weblogger who is Greg Swann’s co-contestant in Active Rain’s Project Blogger.
I didn’t like the Project Blogger logo, so I made one just for us:
I wrote about this real estate weblogging contest nearly a month ago, but it’s taken a while to iron out all the details. You can read all the rules at Active Rain. I’ve already been building stuff as course material for the contest.
And this will continue. A great many very interesting people campaigned to compete with me in this contest. I picked Teri because she was game and fun, and because she was the greenest candidate overall, both as an agent and as a weblogger. But, even though I could only pick one co-contestant, everyone is invited to play along with the BloodhoundBlog team.
How’s that? Because we’re going to conduct the entire contest in public, of course. I’m sure Teri is aghast to discover that she is now a BloodhoundBlog contributor. I didn’t tell her I was planning this. Her charge, going forward, will be to talk to us about the challenges she faces as we build a weblog for her back in Dayton. Meanwhile, I cannot keep my own trap shut, so you can figure pretty much everything will get blogged about by one or both of us.
I don’t care if we win. Cathy will just give the prize money to indignant cats. But I do care that we do this job properly. Teri is her own person, and there is only so much I can teach her. But I will endeavor to teach her — and you — everything I know about real estate weblogging.
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Jay Thompson says:
This should be interesting… I’m looking forward to it.
Good luck Teri! You’re working with a master. Take advantage and learn all you can.
March 16, 2007 — 10:43 pm
Brian Brady says:
Wow! What a great idea to throw Teri to the wolves…errr hounds right off the bat.
Teri, I’ve learned more about provocative writing in 3 months than I have in 30-some years of formal education. You will learn, teach, and best of all, you’ll have fun!
Welcome!
March 16, 2007 — 11:43 pm
Greg Swann says:
> I’ve learned more about provocative writing in 3 months than I have in 30-some years of formal education.
I’ve been meaning to say this to you, but I haven’t gotten it done: Your posts on the sub-prime implosion have become a huge, enduring draw. Everybody does very well within a day or two of a new post, but you never know for sure which ones are going to have real legs. Our archives are heavily prowled, but your sub-prime posts are heavy hitters every day. My hat is off to you, sir.
March 17, 2007 — 12:10 am
Teri says:
You insufferable bastard, I happen to like indignant cats!
March 17, 2007 — 1:09 am
Jeff Turner says:
Teri, as a 1979 graduate of Beavercreek High School, just outside of Dayton, I welcome you to Bloodhound and to the competition. Please don’t let Greg’s passion for words with lots of letters get in the way of you finding your own voice! 🙂
March 17, 2007 — 1:48 am
Greg Swann says:
> You insufferable bastard, I happen to like indignant cats!
But exactly.
March 17, 2007 — 6:28 am
Greg Swann says:
Jeff, have you picked your protege yet?
March 17, 2007 — 6:58 am
Kris Berg says:
Teri – Good luck! I hope you have a working knowledge of Latin. 🙂
Greg – Next year I would like to lobby for a contest that turns established yet mediocre webloggers into better ones. I’m your girl.
March 17, 2007 — 8:45 am
Jeff Turner says:
Greg,
Yes, I have. Here is my choice:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/56684/Project-Blogger-Let-s
March 17, 2007 — 3:21 pm
Jay Thompson says:
Kris Kris Kris….
“Greg – Next year I would like to lobby for a contest that turns established yet mediocre webloggers into better ones. I’m your girl.”
Established – certainly
Mediocre – certainly NOT!
March 17, 2007 — 6:29 pm
Kris Berg says:
Jay – Did you want that in small denominations? 🙂
March 17, 2007 — 7:39 pm
Sharon Simms says:
Teri, Congratulations! You should have a wonderful education. Gregg, thanks for sharing the whole course with all of us.
March 17, 2007 — 8:00 pm