Project Blogger Coaches Corner: Week 10 Summary

Project Blogger Weekly Rankings are up, as is Guest Judge Jessica Swesey's review of Project Blogger Week 9. As an aside, Jessica also posted a great resource for all bloggers, Apprentices and Coaches; Laws bloggers should know -- check it out.

On to this week from our Coaches:

Paul Chaney (Blogging Systems)
Submit Your Blog to Blog Directories and Search Engines

Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato)
Why Real Estate Blogging Is Like Golf.
White Hat SEO for Real Estate Blogging and the Reciprocal Link

Ardell DellaLoggia (Seattle Area Real Estate Blog)
What Does "Bait and Switch" Blogging Say About You?
Apprentice Achieves "Link Love" Status
Mommy, I'm not "good enough" - Project Blogger

Drew Meyers (Zillow Blog)
Project Blogger Update: Community Events & Local Weather

Greg Swann (BloodHoundBlog)
An RE.net taxonomy: Identifying types of real estate weblogs

Frances Flynn Thorsen (theRealtyGram)
What is the Secret to Publishing a Great Blog?

Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)
The Power Of The Evil Hook

M.I.A. this week

Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate)
Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing)
Pat Kitano (Transparent Real Estate)
Dustin Luther (RainCityGuide)
Sellsius (sellsius real estate blog)

Project Blogger is a blogging competition co-sponsored by the ActiveRain Real Estate Network and Inman News. 12 blogging coaches selected 12 apprentices to mentor and set on the path towards real estate blogging superstardom. The winning team will be announced at the Bloggers Connect conference this summer in San Francisco. You can find all the coaches' and apprentices' blogs at Project Blogger Links.

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Project Blogger Coaches Corner: Week 8 Summary

Mark your Calendars. June 11 at 11am PST - Inman News will be hosting an audio conference call on Project Blogger and how to get a real estate blog started.

You'll here first hand from two Project Blogger Coaches, Jim Cronin and Jeff Turner, and the experiences of their apprentices. The call will be hosted on the Talkshoe.com network. To dial in and participate in the call, you will need to sign up for a Talkshoe.com account and get a PIN.

You will be able to listen live over the Internet or download the call as a podcast without an account however.

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To catch up on all the Apprentice action, check out Carnival of Project Blogger and the ActiveRain Project Blogger Round Up Week 8 May 28- June 3.

Don't forget to vote for the best pairing here.

On to this week's Coaches Corner:

Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)
Jeff gives us his readers a scare with his post over the weekend.

• Some Gizmoz Are More Fun Than Others
• This Is My Last Post

Paul Chaney (Blogging Systems)
Paul's back with us after a short absence. Good to see him back.

• Good Article on Becoming the Neighborhood Expert
• Blogging, a Tool to Attract Mainstream Media Attention
• Search Engine Ranking Factors from SEO Experts

Ardell DellaLoggia (Seattle Area Real Estate Blog)
Ardell's been on a tear, offering up some good advice this week.

• Picking Links for your Sidebar
• Write your VERY FIRST Blog Post Now
• Working on the Sidebar - Building Resources for your Readers
• Anatomy of an Apprentice's Post
• Repeat after me: "I LOVE Zillow" and "I LOVE Redfin"
• What if the Apprentice doesnt write the Post?

Greg Swann (BloodHoundBlog)
Greg gives us a couple of good posts on Google and optimizing your blog for search engines.

• Teri Lussier: There are no do-overs in weblogging
• Dancing on bridges: Apprehending great real estate webloggers
• Blogwisdom: Be found, be relevant, don’t be spam-tossed and don’t even think about being evil in the Church of Google
• Do you want your real estate weblog content to be highly searchable on Google? It helps to let things go to your head

Sellsius (sellsius real estate blog)
Sellsius asks an important question...

• Do You Suffer from B.A.D.D.: Blog Attention Deficit Disorder?

M.I.A. this week

Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate)
Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing)
Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato)
Pat Kitano (Transparent Real Estate)
Dustin Luther (RainCityGuide)
Frances Flynn Thorsen (theRealtyGram) 

Project Blogger is a blogging competition co-sponsored by the ActiveRain Real Estate Network and Inman News. 12 blogging coaches selected 12 apprentices to mentor and set on the path towards real estate blogging superstardom. The winning team will be announced at the Bloggers Connect conference this summer in San Francisco. You can find all the coaches' and apprentices' blogs at Project Blogger Links.

Technorati Tags: Project Blogger, Real Estate Connect, Bloggers Connect, real estate blogging, real estate blogs

Project Blogger Coaches Corner: Week 7 Summary

Mark your Calendars. June 11 at 11am PST - Inman News will be hosting a Project Blogger conference call for all interested participants. It'll be your chance to hear firsthand from some of the Coaches and the Apprentices. The call will be archived as a podcast for those of you who can't attend the live recording. More details forthcoming on this blog.

This week's Carnival of Project Blogger is up - check out the Carnival of Project Blogger Week #3 post for Nick the Appraiser's Top 5 submitted posts.

This week saw a first - the first video post from a coach, Jeff Turner. I wonder how many more of these we might see... personally, I think it's a very nice format and was inspired to create my own. Wouldn't it be great if all the coaches and apprentices introduced themselves this way?

With that, on to the rest of the Coaches' posts:

Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)

• It's My Responsibility To Communicate Properly: The Power Of Words
• Ever Wonder How Oprah Would Describe An RSS Feed?

Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate)
Teresa explains her absence last week, and I sympathize. (It's a busy time for everyone and I've been less than stellar in my own contributions - a fact I hope to rectify soon!)

• Project Blogger - This is no Bull

Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing)
Jeff inspired me to do my own video update.

• Video Update for Project Blogger

Ardell DellaLoggia (Seattle Area Real Estate Blog)
This week, Ardell chronicles the close relationship she's developed with her Apprentice.

• Jeff Turner Speaks - Project Blogger
• I'm Missing Kevin
• 199 Emails to Kevin Tomlinson - My Apprentice

M.I.A. this week

Paul Chaney (Blogging Systems)
Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato)
Pat Kitano (Transparent Real Estate)
Dustin Luther (RainCityGuide)
Sellsius (sellsius real estate blog)
Greg Swann (BloodHoundBlog)
Frances Flynn Thorsen (theRealtyGram)

Project Blogger is a blogging competition co-sponsored by the ActiveRain Real Estate Network and Inman News. 12 blogging coaches selected 12 apprentices to mentor and set on the path towards real estate blogging superstardom. The winning team will be announced at the Bloggers Connect conference this summer in San Francisco. You can find all the coaches' and apprentices' blogs at Project Blogger Links.

 

Technorati Tags: Project Blogger, Real Estate Connect, Bloggers Connect, real estate blogging, real estate blogs

Project Blogger Coaches Corner: Week 5 Summary

If you haven't done so already head over to ActiveRain and check out the Project Blogger Weekly Rankings, you can also catch all the Apprentices' posts on the Project Blogger Round-Up: Week 5 May 7th- 13th.

This week from our Coaches:

Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate)
Teresa celebrated her Active Rain Anniversary this week and also gave us these words of advice.

• A picture is worth a thousand words - Project Blogger

Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato)
Jim's been a busy guy this week - organizing the Carnival of Project Blogger, where you can go and see the best of the Apprentices' posts last week.

• Just 3 Spots Left To Host The Carnival Of Project Blogger
• All The Hosts Are In, Carnival Of Project Blogger... Now What?

Ardell DellaLoggia (Seattle Area Real Estate Blog)
Ardell's Apprentice gets his blog up and running this week and Ardell reminisces a bit about her first blog posts.

• My First Days as a Blogger - January 2006
• Kevin's Debut!! YES!!
• A letter from Tisza

Drew Meyers (Zillow Blog)
Drew needs some help with a template this week - are there any developers out there that can help him?

• Project Blogger Update - Calling All Developers

Greg Swann (BloodHoundBlog)
Greg issues a challenge to all the Apprentices this week.

• A ProjectBlogger challenge: The ProBlogger Top 5 contest

Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)
Jeff wants the Apprentices to have some fun but also reminds us there is a serious side to blogging too.

• MEEZ: Sometimes You Just Need To Have Some Fun
• Like A Dark Cloud: When Comments Get Ugly And Personal
• Add Your Other Blogs RSS Feed To Your AR Sidebar
• The Power Of A Plainfield Mom: YEO In Action

M.I.A. This Week

Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing)
Paul Chaney (Blogging Systems)
Pat Kitano (Transparent Real Estate)
Dustin Luther (RainCityGuide)
Sellsius (sellsius real estate blog)
Frances Flynn Thorsen (theRealtyGram)

Project Blogger is a blogging competition co-sponsored by the ActiveRain Real Estate Network and Inman News. 12 blogging coaches selected 12 apprentices to mentor and set on the path towards real estate blogging superstardom. The winning team will be announced at the Bloggers Connect conference this summer in San Francisco. You can find all the coaches' and apprentices' blogs at Project Blogger Links.

Carnival of Project Blogger is Live

Week 1 of the Carnival of Project Blogger is up at the CREN Blog. Head over there for the best posts from the past week of Project Blogger.

Project Blogger is a blogging competition co-sponsored by the ActiveRain Real Estate Network and Inman News. 12 blogging coaches selected 12 apprentices to mentor and set on the path towards real estate blogging superstardom.

The winning team will be announced at the Bloggers Connect conference this summer in San Francisco. You can find all the coaches' and apprentices' blogs at Project Blogger Links.

Technorati Tags: Project Blogger, Carnival of Project Blogger, ActiveRain

Project Blogger Coaches Corner: Week 4 Summary

Another installment of Project Blogger Coaches Corner this week. Make sure you catch up on last week's Apprentice Round-Up and before you move on to this week's digest, consider the following question... Blogger Idol, Where's Simon Cowell When You Need Him?

The Real Estate Tomato says what this contest needs is a neutral critic to step forward and really offer the Coaches and Apprentices some tough love. Anyone want to take on the challenge?

In any case, on to this week's coaches summary:

Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing)
Project Blogger Update: Week 4 | Future of Real Estate Marketing Blog

Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato)
Real Estate Blog - Introducing The Carnival Of Project Blogger

Ardell DellaLoggia (Seattle Area Real Estate Blog)
Content is King for a Real Estate Blog - Project Blogger
Happy Birthday Kevin Tomlinson!!

Greg Swann (BloodHoundBlog)
A picture of The Third Career: If we’re not blogging for business, what are we blogging for?

Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)
Itsnoteasytoreadyourpostsifyoudon't Give Them Some Air
12 U.S. Laws That Impact Bloggers
Are You Dense Or Something?
YEO: Leave Your Children Out Of It

This week's Missing in Action

Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate)
Paul Chaney (Blogging Systems)
Pat Kitano (Transparent Real Estate)
Dustin Luther (RainCityGuide)
Drew Meyers (Zillow Blog)
Sellsius (sellsius real estate blog)
Frances Flynn Thorsen (theRealtyGram)

Project Blogger is a blogging competition co-sponsored by the ActiveRain Real Estate Network and Inman News. 12 blogging coaches selected 12 apprentices to mentor and set on the path towards real estate blogging superstardom. The winning team will be announced at the Bloggers Connect conference this summer in San Francisco. You can find all the coaches' and apprentices' blogs at Project Blogger Links.

Technorati Tags: Project Blogger, Bloggers Connect, Connect SF, real estate blog, real estate blogging

Project Blogger Coaches Corner - Week 3 Summary

If you missed last week's apprentice round-up make sure you catch it at Week 2- Project Blogger Round-Up. Caleb Mardini from ActiveRain also released the competition's Weekly Rankings.

Some great advice pouring in from the Project Blogger coaches - here is this week's weekly summary:

Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate)

• Real Estate Blog - Week? Update?

Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing)

• Project Blogger Update

Paul Chaney (Blogging Systems)

• Project Blogger: Coming in 5th Two Weeks in a Row

Ardell DellaLoggia (Seattle Area Real Estate Blog)

• www.SouthBeachRealEstateBlog.com - Can someone post a screen shot please?
• Blogging is Easy; Getting Results is Hard
• Choosing Your Blog Role Models - Project Blogger

Dustin Luther (RainCityGuide)

• How about those SEO tweaks?

Drew Meyers (Zillow Blog)

• Project Blogger Update: Zestimate Integration

Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)

• Flickr-ing Local Photos: You Engaging Others (YEO)

And while not a pure Project Blogger update, the guys at Sellsius threw a party last week with many of the coaches and apprentices in attendance.

• Sellsius Surfs with Real Estate Bloggers in Laguna Beach
  

M.I.A.

Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato)
Greg Swann (BloodHoundBlog)
Frances Flynn Thorsen (theRealtyGram)

This week's updates from all the coaches' apprentices can be found on the Project Blogger Group - remember, you can also vote for you favorite team over there as well.

Project Blogger Coaches Corner - Week 2 Summary

Before we dive into all the coverage, I'll leave it up to Project Blogger Judge Matt Heaton (ActiveRain) to weigh in and give us the Project Blogger Results For Week 1. Congratulations to all the teams!

And so, onto this week coaches' commentary:

Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate)
10 things to avoid on your business blog

Paul Chaney (Blogging Systems)
Project Blogger: I've Got a Tiger by the Tail!

Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato)
Officially Judged On Project Blogger. Oh Yeah, We Are Already Generating Leads!

Ardell DellaLoggia (Seattle Area Real Estate Blog)
Project Blogger - "Bonding" with my Apprentice

Pat Kitano (www.TransparentRE.com)
Building a Commercial Real Estate Blog
Future of Commercial

Sellsius (sellsius real estate blog)
Project Blogger: Beachamptons Blog Makes a Splash

Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)
Hello Dolly! Dolly'll Never Go Away Again
Pimp My Blog: Give Your Blog A New Paint Job
Promoting Community Events: A Video Chat With Julie

M.I.A.

Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing)
Dustin Luther (RainCityGuide)
Drew Meyers (Zillow Blog)
Greg Swann (BloodHoundBlog)
Frances Flynn Thorsen (theRealtyGram)

This week's updates from all the coaches' apprentices can be found on The Rainmaker's Blog.

Remember, winners of the Project Blogger will be announced at Connect SF 2007. Make sure you register for the Bloggers Connect conference to meet many of the Coaches in person and get some invaluable first hand advice from these blogging experts.