Interview with Jeff Turner of Real Estate Shows

Anyone who has spent any time in the Real Estate Blogosphere (re.net) is very familiar with Jeff Turner. He is a staple of the online real estate community and always willing to lean a helping hand. So when we ask him to answer a few questions for an online interview, he quickly agreed. Below is part one of the interview.

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What is Your Blogging Objective?

Blogging for Enlightenment

I have been reading the Maverick blog by Mark Cuban recently. If you haven’t had a chance to read his post, I recommend you give it a try. In fact, recently I’ve been reading several blogs authored by C-level corporate types. The variety of topics are both interesting and thought-provoking. Mark (Owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team) seems to get on his occasional anti-big media rants but always makes his point about blogging in a manner that helps you understand how to build your brand and elevate the perception of your product or service in the eye of the public. His no-holds barred blogging style is both transparent and honest. He has a pretty big ego, but then again, look what (or who) he has to deal with on a day to day basis. Talk about egos – NBA ballers must possess the biggest egos of all. I’m not prone for recommending many blogs but in this case, I say give it try and let me know what you think. Be prepared – it’s different!
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Dakno Marketing Acquires Blogger Lounge!

Acquisition Strengthens Dakno Marketing Blog Marketing Solutions

Raleigh, North Carolina – Dakno Marketing, Inc. a rapidly growing real estate web design and marketing firm, announced today the acquisition of Blogger Lounge and its blog portal http://www.bloggerlounge.net/. Blogger Lounge is the comprehensive blog marketing Web site recognized by Technorati as one of the top 1% of blog sites in the world. The acquisition highlights Dakno’s investment to transform social media marketing functions into a viable component for real estate professionals who desire to effectively reach consumers in the blogosphere.

Added to Dakno’s ever-expanding real estate web products and marketing services, the acquisition of Blogger Lounge and its authoritative blog site will enable thousands of professionals to have immediate access to all of Blogger Lounges’ marketing minds, tools and resources. BloggerLounge.net contains a wealth of information resources including blog writing tools, B2C marketing to the blogosphere, blog site development tools and more. The addition of this asset will make BloggerLounge.net a true one-stop destination for professionals and organizations who seek to broaden their on-line presence and knowledge.

According to Brad Carroll, CEO/President of Dakno Marketing, “Blogger Lounge and its’ Web site is one of the largest repositories for blog skill development, as well as social media marketing concepts and promises to provide a platform to gain high-value blogging consultation and experience. Offering a wealth of information on social media marketing, SEO endorsement benefits and a superior platform for real estate marketing idea incubation, this blog site acquisition is a natural fit with Dakno’s overall growth plans and new emphases on social media marketing.”

“Blogger Lounge and its’ highly regarded blog site has proved to be a valued resource to the blogosphere for many years. Possessing a strong network of more than 1,200 blog sites, BloggerLounge.net has a superior Web site infrastructure, and a solid revenue generation track record which closely aligns with ours,” said Bobby Carroll, Director of Business Development at Dakno. “This acquisition advances our growth strategy and our ability to deliver superior blog marketing consultation.”

About Dakno Marketing

Dakno Marketing is real estate web design and a single-source solution for online and offline real estate marketing needs. Providing client-focused real estate marketing solutions since 1998, Dakno counts many of the industries top producing real estate professionals and brokerages as its clients.

For additional information regarding Dakno Marketing, Inc., send an email to info@dakno.com, visit their Web site at www.dakno.com, or call (919) 877-8511.

The Lounge Has Been Sold!

Hi everyone! After almost 2 weeks since I first announced that I was going to sell this blog , finally a great offer came! I’m really satisfied with the result of this negotiation and I’m happy to announce that Blogger Lounge has a new owner and that it’s in very good hands.

Through all these months we’ve shared and learned form each others, I’ve known very good friends and loyal readers. I’m very grateful with all of you. Thanks for the experience and thanks for the wonderful moments, we’ll meet again.

Thanks to all of my loyal readers, but above all friends. Thanks to:

Jon
Santosh
Mjda
Thomas
Phlizzow
James
Prasanga
Caroline
Josh

If one day you need someone to talk or if you need an advice or just a friend, you knw where to reach me. medianthem(at)gmail.com

Well thanks to all of you I wish I could thank each one. That’s it! See you my friends! and keeo enjoying BloggerLounge now with a new head and a new administration.

Bye.

George C.

Become Part of The Creative District!

Yesterday I stumbled accross with a very interesting blog, StylishLabs ; It is a blog about creativity, innovation, trends, design and much more, I think it will become a great blog soon.

StylishLabs is a community dedicated to all those designers, developers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, artists, bloggers and creatives looking for inspiration, style, ideas, creativity and knowledge. Our aim is to build a space where ideas flow, and where knowledge is shared also a space to inform you about the latest trends, tips, ideas and news.

Here you’ll find all you need to know about design, creativity, innovation, style, entrepreneurship and much more. This is a place for the talented ones and for those willing to become part of a new breed of creatives and entrepreneurs. But this is also a space to learn and share, with a little bit of fun and style. If you want to be part of the new age, The Age of Creativity you’re in the right place.

Well their first project is very interesting too, StylishLabs is calling for creative sites around the Internet to become part of this “Distinguished circle“. So if you run a blog or site about design, freelancing, creativity or innovation submit it now and the guys from SL will review it as soon as possible.

New WordPress Theme. Aureol 1.0!

This is my newest theme, the second of the autumn-winter collection 2007.

3 Columns

Widget Ready

Wide Content area

Unique Design.

This theme is available for Download. I hope you like it. what do you think?!

Download Aureol 1.0!

Comment//Zation V2 is Over!

Our 2nd edition of the Comment//Zation contest is officially over, I was expecting more comments but well, sometimes it happens. Anyway, I’m glad to announce the winner of this contest, with a total of 10 comments mjda won the premium logo design service! Congratulations. The service this time has a value of $350. But for Mjda is free!

So, to the winner come on and claim your prize, contact me so we can start with your poject. To the other readers, please participate and comment.

New WordPress Theme. Pristine 1.0!

Today I want to introduce the first theme of my new autumn-winter collection 2007, it is called Pristine 1.0. This is a 3 colum widget ready theme, wide spaces and clean atmosphere. Pristine 1.0 was created in collaboration with Web Hosting Geeks and PR6 SEO Directory.

This theme is available for Download. I hope you like it. what do you think?!

Download Pristine 1.0

Comment//Zation V2 Contest! Win a Premium Logo Design!

Hi everyone! Today I want to announce our second Comment//Zation Contest! You might remeber our first contest, where Santosh won the logo design. Well This time BrandNiu is going to be the desegner of the winner’s logo.

The Rules

Again, the rules are very simple, during this 2 weeks, starting from today, until Tuesday 18th write as many comments as you can, share your opinions, ideas and thoughts with us about the posts on this blog, but please write good comments, only high quality, relevant and useful comments will be approved, there are some old post where comments are closed.

The one that comments the most will be presented as the winner of this contest. The deadline date as I said is on Tuesday 18th , so hurry up, it only takes less than two minutes to write a good comment.

The Prize

If you become one of the top commentators of these two weeks, you’ll receive a backlink, but the winner will get an amazing Premium logo design for his/her blog or website or product, or whatever!, designed of course by me.

A good logo design can cost you up to $1,000 so this is a really good deal, you just have to comment, that’s it.

Additional to that, the winner will also receive a permanent backlink from this blog because his/her name along with the name of the blog (or whatever) will be published in a post.

That’s it! start commenting and spread the word!

5 Signs To See If Your Are a People Person

There’s something we must all have to increase our posibilites of success, we must be very well conected, we must have “touch” and good relationships. Remember that if you want to lead you always need someone that follows you, right? , because above all “A leader is a people person”.

The point of this post, is that you understand how important is the ability to relate well to others because this will become part of your future professional success. Probably you are the most brilliant designer or programmer in the world, but if you lack of social graces you will not develop into a leader or an outstanding element, of course for every rule, there is a conspicuous exception. But how can you determine whether you are a people person or not? Well, there are 5 signs that can help you to define this.

• You listen to toher people’s ideas. But not just listen,you pay attention towhat they’re saying.

• You make eye contact. Everytime someone approaches, you establish visual contact, this is the best way to start a good conversation.

• You try to be in the same situation as others. This means you have the ability to put yourself in another person’s situation and mindset. A people person cares about his fellow man and woman.

• You Try to give them what they want. Because you know that one day everything will come back to you. What you give is what you get.

• You’re not a pusher. You understand that things have to be dome as you want them to be, but you also understand that if you push someone the result willnot be perfect. Lead, don’t push. Teach don’t impose.

All great leaders, from CEO’s to ruler’s have this special talent. Most of all never forget that they are also humans just like you, this is something very valuable and worthless that can be acquired over time, so if you feel you still don’t have it, don’t worry and start practicing.

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