The Best Damn Real Estate Blog on the Planet

by Jay Thompson on October 14, 2008 · 32 comments

in Blogging / Social Networking, Random Musings

best damn real estate blog on the planet t-shirt

I always wanted a Phoenix Real Estate Guy t-shirt, so when the e-coupon arrived from OvernightPrints.com (a fabulous site by the way) offering 20% off on a t-shirt, I no longer had an excuse.

Now they say that bloggers can develop an ego over time. Getting an inflated head over something like a real estate blog is just plain silly. Oh don’t get me wrong, I like to see traffic, and I love getting links and comments. I like it even more when the phone rings and people ask me to be their Realtor. That is after all, pretty much the point. So of course ego had nothing to do with the catchy little tag line on the back of the shirt. Who’s to say what is really the “best damn real estate blog on the planet”?

I do however now have a t-shirt that says it and I’m not too shy to wear it (if I can get it over my head). And we’ll see in a few minutes what Google thinks is the “best damn real estate blog on the planet”. (Edited to add: 9 minutes after posting this, Google made its decision)

Believe it or not, I’ve already had several people ask where they can get one. Some are serious, some not-so-much. OvernightPrints doesn’t have a “store” you can set up so others can order. But there are sites that do exactly that. Any recommendations?

Marketing a real estate blog off-line isn’t a bad way to increase brand/blog awareness. I’m going to order a few more. You just never know where these things might start popping up. . .

Updated: OK, if you really want one… Please note this one is slightly different than what is pictured above. Pick a shirt style/size, pick a color. You can also customize it! I get 10% for every shirt purchased, which I will donate to breast cancer research.


 

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1 Brian Tercero October 14, 2008 at 10:38 pm

Nice shirt! You need a custom paint job for your ride next! Hmmm… not a bad idea actually. RSS icon all huge on a white care, you couldn’t miss it!

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2 Justin McHood October 14, 2008 at 10:40 pm

Uh, I’m gonna need to find one in XXL.

Wait.

Maybe XXXL.

Tammy fed me pasta tonight.

Justin McHood´s last blog post..Ignite Phoenix: 5 Minutes Sometimes Feels Like 5 Hours

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3 Nick Bastian October 14, 2008 at 10:41 pm

ssaawweeettt… If you cut the neck out, it should fit over your head just fine. :-)
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4 Loren Nason October 14, 2008 at 11:08 pm

Jay, check out Zazzle to create shirts and have a sorta store and also their is cafepress

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5 Lisa Sanderson from Poconos Real Estate Blog October 15, 2008 at 3:43 am

Let me know if you decide to start renting backs to plaster this on. I could use a little cash.

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6 Bobby Carroll - Crystal Coast Blog October 15, 2008 at 4:37 am

Jay - The understatement of the century - “bloggers can develop an ego over time“. Now add to that ingredient the egomania driven industry we eat, sleep and breathe and it’s a recipe for a terminal case of “bigheadatosis”. Where’s my t-shirt? :-)
Bobby Carroll - Crystal Coast Blog´s last blog post..Swansboro Mullet Festival Draws Big Sunday Crystal Coast Crowd

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7 John from Maryland Real Estate October 15, 2008 at 8:28 am

Very impressive, only 9 minutes for Google to make its decision.

John´s last blog post..Baltimore Real Estate

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8 Jonathan Dalton October 15, 2008 at 8:47 am

I’ve seen you try and wear a hat. Ain’t no way that things getting over your head, Gazoo.

Jonathan Dalton´s last blog post..Namwest Files for Bankruptcy

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9 Alex from Freelance Work October 15, 2008 at 9:54 am

Hahaha too cool. It’s kind of hard not to take advantage of offers like this, I’m guilty as charged too. But when you have a great site and it’s making money, why not make yourself into a walking billboard!

Congrats on the Google rank too, 9 minutes is one of the fastest indexes I’ve seen.

Alex´s last blog post..Bashing bloggers without a cause

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10 Joseph Bridges October 15, 2008 at 5:12 pm

Jay,
This really is a cool idea. The online brand combined with the offline merchandise. Make sure you look to sign a deal with someone to represent all of your offline ventures :)
Joey

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11 Ricardo Bueno October 15, 2008 at 8:48 pm

No more writer’s block I guess huh?! LoL.

Are you going to wear it the next time you LiveStream your AZREBN meeting?

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12 Morgan Carey October 15, 2008 at 9:51 pm

That’s to funny Jay. I have always been a big fan of novelty shirts. We have something called “bathtub weekend” here in Nanaimo, and every year for many years, myself and 4 friends would get together and have a little fun - part of the deal was, each year one of us was responsible for coming up with the shirts, ah youth.

Probably my favorite shirt (that I still have) is the “what happens at Google (Front) Stays at Google (back) that I had custom made for my team and I the last time we headed down to Google HQ - I gotta tell ya, they made quite the impact, and got people talking (even to us) - Just surfed the web looking for a pic, this is the best one I could find from Jim Boykins blog: http://www.webuildpages.com/se.....uy-jim.jpg

Morgan Carey´s last blog post..Brokering Our Way Out of Foreclosures?

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13 Phoenix-RealEstateGuy October 16, 2008 at 5:37 am

Is this a preforeclosure sale for your business?

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14 Morgan Carey October 16, 2008 at 9:01 am

Was that directed at me? No it was not, in fact I didn’t write that blog being referenced, apparently this blog has a neat little feature that tries to determine a blogs last post - but for me, I didn’t write that, it’s just the last post by some other member in our group blogging community.
Is this a preforeclosure sale for your business?

Morgan Carey´s last blog post..Day Care and Financial Planning

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15 Paul from Pet Rescue October 16, 2008 at 11:22 am

How many did you have printed?

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16 Barry from Scottsdale Homes For Sale October 16, 2008 at 8:48 pm

Morgan, what’s going on? are you going to Pubcon this year?

Barry Cox

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17 Morgan Carey October 16, 2008 at 10:28 pm

Hey Barry,
How are you - Pubcon - nah, have never really been much of a fan (Love Brett) but not really my vibe if ya know what I mean.

GMAC asked me if I was going to NAR next outing, I am considering it, don’t suppose it is in Vegas is it?

Morgan Carey´s last blog post..Highlights of Greenville South Carolina Real Estate–Views from Riverplace

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18 Roger Hamilton October 17, 2008 at 7:39 am

Nice shirt!

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19 Larry Yatkowsky October 18, 2008 at 6:45 am

J.
Never mind getting the shirt over your head. The real question is:
Does the RSS logo hide a beer belly? :>)

Larry Yatkowsky´s last blog post..Vancouver Homes Have Deadly TV’s

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20 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy October 18, 2008 at 10:16 am

Larry -

It’s going to take more than that logo to hide my beer belly.. ;)

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21 Mike Pannell ( Dallas Realtor) October 18, 2008 at 8:40 pm

I need one in 5xtl. Those are neat. I need to make some shirt for my company again.

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22 Jeffrey Buettner October 19, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Shirts are an excellent idea. You have a great blog by the way.

Jeffrey Buettner´s last blog post..New FlexMLS Tutorial - Contacts

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23 cassiano travareli October 20, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Nice way of advertising. I like the t- shirts I would want a M size.

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24 Equity Release October 21, 2008 at 5:34 am

Now this is the best way to advertise your blog :) a very innovative and affordable way of advertising

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25 Arlington condos Jay October 21, 2008 at 5:29 pm

I love it! I’m ticked I didn’t think of it first. I have been printing t-shirts for a couple years now to hand out to former clients “I found my home on JustNewListings.com” and “real estate 2.0 where consumers win!” on the back w/ logo and all.

Anyway the t-shirt is excellent and a great gift to all clients in the past year and going forward, Jay.

jay

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26 Home Reversion October 24, 2008 at 3:48 pm

Considering its a localised site, I think shirts are a great idea as they will mostly be worn around your home state.

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27 Toronto Lofts February 3, 2009 at 12:43 am

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28 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy February 3, 2009 at 5:54 am

Dear Toronto Lofts -

WTF? Seriously dude, you may want to lay off the alcohol.

I’m assuming this is some sort of auto-generated comment left in a lame (very) attempt to get yourself a back link.

But you see, it failed as I have the power to remove the link. I thought though about leaving it so people cold see how foolish you’re being.

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29 Kirsten Mason February 14, 2009 at 1:47 pm

I ‘m not sure I would do this for my blog. But it’s a great idea.

Kirsten Mason´s last blog post..Kamloops Real Estate Blog’s Cartoon Of The Week

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30 Sell House Fast February 24, 2009 at 4:45 am

Cool T-Shirt,

Did you get any traffic from it?

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31 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy February 24, 2009 at 6:16 am

It’s virtually impossible to say if any additional traffic was gained. There is a lot of noise in the traffic numbers. I doubt it lead to much of anything significant.

BUT, there is *no question* that it’s a conversation starter. Several folks have engaged with me when they see it in stores, standing in line, whatever. And that is clearly a good thing.

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