Now Up: Real Estate Blog Pro. A new blogventure!

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Look Ma, another new blog! Introducing RealEstateBlogPro.com – the latest blogventure of yours truly. Why? Or more accurately to quote my wife, “Why the heck do you need another blog?” How about, “Why not?” Actually, believe it or not I honestly put some thought into starting this thing. Thought! Can you believe it? Here’s my justification. It works in my mind, and maybe … [Read more...]

Why I deleted my ActiveRain blog posts

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Tonight I went into my ActiveRain account and deleted every article I’d ever posted there. When I mentioned this on Twitter, it caused a bit of a stir, so I thought I’d take the time to explain my actions. Some backstory… Back in February 2009, the ActiveRain network announced they were moving to a pay model. What had once been free would now cost money. This caused quite the discussion, … [Read more...]

Phoenix Real Estate Guy Turns Five

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Today marks the fifth birthday, anniversary, blogiversary – whatever you want to call it – of Phoenix Real Estate Guy. In the geologic time scale, five years isn’t very long. In the real estate blog time scale, it’s an eon or so. A lot has changed in this space in the last five years. Long gone are the days when all the real estate bloggers pretty much knew each other on a personal … [Read more...]

City Guide Gilbert – Blogsperiment #7,387

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Introducing CityGuideGilbert.com This is just what I need, another blog project / thing to do. So what is it?  In a nutshell, it’s a… city guide to Gilbert, Arizona. A place for folks to share and discover some of the cool places to eat, shop, drink, hang out and whatnot in our fair little corner of the Phoenix metro area. At this point in time, it is woefully light on content. But … [Read more...]

Customized Short URLs: Brand your links on Twitter, SMS, Facebook, etc

I’ve been toying with the thought of using “branded” short URLs for awhile now. What’s a short URL, and why use one? Short URLs take lengthy web page addresses like: http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/the-seller-didnt-submit-my-offer-to-the-bank-on-a-short-sale/ and “convert” them to something significantly shorter. This is quite useful in applications that limit the number of … [Read more...]

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