Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World - A Clarification

Posted Feb 20, 2008 @ 5:41 am, Viewed by 334 Visitors, Read 347 Times.

Those who know me online KNOW that I am all about relationships.

That’s my currency and my value to people is my word. As contests like the GREATEST REAL ESTATE AGENT IN THE WORLD unfold…sometimes all you can do is correct things as they go…

Bob Wilson from San Diego and a couple of others did me a great service yesterday by clarifying something for me. He enquired about whether he would get a link back from my page AFTER the contest was over (with a bio and a picture for being one of the greatest real estate agents in the world). I indicated that he would.

In doing so, it “could” be claimed that I violated the spirit of the competition…I do NOT want to do that in any way…I am trying to not only win this competition, but build the authority that will keep us at the top for a long time.  Sometimes you have to CLARIFY positions as you go and for me it is time to make things clear.

The true benefit that you get from joining my team is that you can work with the best of the best in building AUTHORITY online. This is NOT about trading links and has never been. We have learned more together as a team and formed some great relationships. (Wanna join us and LEARN together?) That is what it is about. If you linked to me in the hope of getting a link back:

PLEASE take your links down. I do not need that kind of help and I humbly apologize for the misunderstanding.

Here is what I hope:

That you can SEE the sincerity and HEAR the honesty in what I am writing and that because I am being totally upfront about this you will still want to participate. In fact, if you really want to be part of TEAM Eric…simply start building some on line authority and pass it to us.

INSTEAD: If you link to me, (as I ALSO said in the beginning of this thing) I will provide you with our Week;ly Update for Team Eric, analyzing the competition.

And thanks Bob for pointing it out in the email to me last night. When I make mistakes I try to correct them quickly. I had to talk with existing team members to make sure that they had no misunderstandings as well.

I will be posting this same message on several places on the web in an attempt to make sure things are clear.

Eric Blackwell

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4 Responses to “Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World - A Clarification”

Great post Eric!  Can you point me in a direction where I can learn a little more about building authority.  Is this a buzz word or an actual SEO term that has gotten past me?

Posted 4 months ago

Looking forward to the weekly update on Team Eric! Cal

Posted 4 months ago

@LouDog; Building Authority is synonymous with building links EXCEPT I like the term better because it connotes that you major effort is spent building your complete online reputation as opposed to just getting inbound links to your site by whatever means possible. This means that you focus more on building true relationships with bloggers and participate on their blog whether they are do follow or not. Why? Because the relationship is MORE important than the link. you KNOW if you have the relationships, the links will eventually follow...OVER TIME. If you have the links, will the relationship follow? Hard to say... Bottom line--it is simply a different mentality in generating results. Sometimes I have to kick myself in the butt to remember fully what I beleive and remind myself to live it. I think that happens to all of us from time to time. @Cal- This week's update will be fun...last weekend sure was productive. Thanks for being a great member of Team Eric. Best Eric    

Posted 4 months ago

Thanks for the explanation.   I hear what you're saying and agree 100%.  Its funny how it is almost a religion.  With the way everything is going tech, it is good to see some technologies coming back to human control. Thanks again

Posted 4 months ago
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Eric Blackwell Eric Blackwell is Director of Technology for RE/MAX Properties East. He helps REALTORS reach and assist their clients using Technology and he is the Webmaster of www.HomesinLouisville.com. Eric also consults on Search Engine Marketing issues and does Search Engine Optimization for select clients. Read More

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