Archive for the 'Blogging' Category

Sellsius Flashback: 2007 Blog Predictions

In January 2007 we made some blogging predictions. I found prediction #8 interesting.

Want to know the state of the blogos in 2007? We have no idea but this is what a Times Square fortune teller told us:
1. Every website will have a blog. After hearing this, we demanded our money back. […]

Zen Blogger’s Manifesto

My guide to blogging. I sent to Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void and he asked permission to publish it. That was a thrill– rubbing elbows with the A-listers.

Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid is a man after my own heart— bright, witty, satirical, profound with humility & humor. Plus, his drawings make me […]

Flashback: Blogging Marathon: 50 Posts in 1 Day

It was just a wacky idea. Could we post 100 posts in a day– 50 each? Yeah, why not…just make ‘em short. We burned out at 50. We wondered if anyone could hit 100. Little did we know 2 bloggers would try it.
Here was the final post that 50 […]

Sellsius Flashback: The 101 Blog Post Challenge

Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end. The date: September 22, 2006.

It seems that we have two contestants thus far Robin:
1. Ardell DellaLoggia of SearchingSeattleblog who says - I’m not just pussyfooting around this time, Batman!
2. Greg Swan of Bloodhound Blog who says - Wait til they getta loada me.
You […]

The Blogging Record Still Stands: 102 Posts in 1 Day

The record for blog posts written in a 24 hour period is 102. It was set September 27, 2006 by Ardell DellaLoggia and Greg Swann (yes, that Greg Swann). It was a great day because the entire (tiny) real estate blogosphere was part of it. Are you old enough to remember? I […]

Are You A Blogoholic?

Written on July 2, 2006, we suspected this blogging thing could be dangerous.

Signs of Blogoholism. You know you’re a blogoholic if:
1. You constantly check your stats, technorati rank & links before you eat breakfast and before you go to sleep
2. You work on your next blog post while you’re in the shower, at work, talking […]

Sellsius Joe and Trulia Rudy Reunite for Blogging’s Sake

Joe and Rudy
My old partner and I reunited to teach a blogging class, hosted by the Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR), the largest local REALTOR Board in the whole darn country, serving Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties, New York.   We blabbed about blogging all day and surely added some more bloggers to […]

Show Me the ROI: Is Web 2.0 a Load of Hooey or Who’s Making Hay?

Some folks in the real estate industry have decided it’s about time to ask “how big is yours?” referring, of course, to your big bucks return on your time investment in blogging, social media, Active Raining, Facebooking, Web 2.0 yada yada yadaing…. or are you just havin’ fun?
Some question whether old school methods […]

Sellsius Talks to Real Estate Radio USA

I had the opportunity to speak with Real Estate Radio USA’s Barry Johnson and Barry Cunningham. We talked about legal issues facing bloggers. Have a listen here. (Episode 82)

Kentucky’s Un-American Attempt to Outlaw Anonymity on the Internet

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in McIntyre v Ohio Elections Comm. (1995).

Ad for the Federalist Papers, written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, under the pseudonym Publius (chosen by Hamilton). Published in 1787 .
Kentucky Bullies Free Speech Under […]