Archive for the 'Blogging' Category



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 […]

Making History With Steve Spalding and a Band of Bloggers

Steve Spalding, writer of the radioactive How to Split an Atom, invited me to participate in his blogging experiment History of Blogging, a collective, link weblog network, with a focus on technology and marketing. I was more than happy to collaborate with the great group of writers Steve selected.
The circle of writers […]

A Departing Note

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom - for himself. ~Elbert Hubbard, author (1856-1915)

In my opinion, the recent controversy within the blogging community was not a waste of time. We learned we each felt strongly about important issues — freedom of speech, the value of dissent, the control of the […]

Sellsius Joins Home Gain Blog Crew

I was invited by Home Gain General Manager Louis Cammarosano to contribute to their real estate blog. After checking out the website and blog, talking to Lou and learning more about Home Gain, it appeared to be a useful site for consumers and real estate agents.

Home Gain has a reputation as a Web 1.0 […]

Prominent Bloggers Leave Bloodhound Blog

Jay Thompson, Kris Berg, Jim Duncan. If you read real estate blogs, you know these highly respected and talented writers. All were contributors to Greg Swann’s Bloodhound Blog. No longer.
Jay Thompson (Phoenix Real Estate Guy), was the first to announce his withdrawal in a comment to this post. Later, it was […]

The Indirect Marketing Benefits of Blogging

Here.  h/t FoREM.