Comments on: BiggerPockets Hosts The Real Estate Blog Carnival #159

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:31:16 +0000

Just keep submitting your articles to the Carnival of Real Estate and if you keep putting out great content, you’ll get better and better exposure for your articles.

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By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:41:33 +0000

Øyvind – Thanks. That’s why you’ll continue to be successful . . . you know what you’re talking about!

By: Øyvind Eriksen

Øyvind Eriksen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:06:57 +0000

Joshua, how could you ever be alone on that thought? It is based on pure logic and if you view it from a marketing perspective, you are spot on. Marketing is about quality and perception, whether it is an article or a product you are promoting.

If people submit a post to a blog carnival that is a sales article, they are doomed to fail. However, most blog posts are sales articles, because they are intended to get visitors to the site.

It all comes to down to one simple principle, just as you mentioned Joshua, “it is all about quality”.

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:03:45 +0000

Thanks, Øyvind. I was hoping that I wasn’t alone in my thoughts.

By: Øyvind Eriksen

Øyvind Eriksen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000

I agree Josh. Quality content will prevail. However there are too many blogs out there that do not post good content, and spam to get visitors.

In the end, quality posts is the main reason people visit your blog, again, and again.

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:41:09 +0000

John –
When people send crap posts that they spend three seconds on, someone needs to keep it real with them. Quality will always rise to the top. Not all of the posts submitted, but not included, were crap, but there were certainly posts that were.

This isn’t about bashing submissions . . . it is about sharing QUALITY content that will be of interest to the audience of the carnival and host.

We had someone submit a blog post that was nothing but information about a property they were selling – is that worthy of inclusion in the carnival? I call it like I see it . . .

By: John

John — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:06:24 +0000

Well when people like Joshua bash the rest of the submissions, maybe people might not want to submit articles.

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:48:25 +0000

My pleasure, Ben.

Even 40 entries is tiny compared to the total real estate blogging pool. It probably comes down to lack of knowledge, forgetfulness, and some laziness.

Keep up the good content!

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:16:46 +0000

Not a problem, Øyvind. Keep writing good content and of course, others will share it!

By: Øyvind Eriksen

Øyvind Eriksen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:23:35 +0000

Good carnival, and a good list. Thanks for mentioning my article.

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:32:26 +0000

My pleasure, Saundra!