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By: Bribe Me! | Real Estate Magazine - Real Estate Opinion Column - AgentGenius

Bribe Me! | Real Estate Magazine - Real Estate Opinion Column - AgentGenius — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:06:52 +0000

[...] a vendor offers me six months free of a service that benefits me and my clients, will I take it? Yep. (especially if I’m already a paying [...]

By: Amy Chorew

Amy Chorew — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:57:38 +0000

Thanks great stuff, really appreciate it.

By: Christine Rich

Christine Rich — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:21:57 +0000

A much belated thanks for this wonderful stocking full of gifts. Even as a blog entry, it’s fantastic to have the rundown of tools that you’ve highlighted over the year. I read this blog all the time, and the real gift has been to be able to learn about this industry from a bunch of people who really care about it. Far more productive and fun than going to the weekly meeting at the office!

By: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:58:30 +0000

Out-freaking-standing comment, Joe.

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:35:42 +0000

Joe may win the prize for best comment EVER.

In fact the last three comments here are some of my all-time favorites. And I’ve read a lot of comments….

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:16:37 +0000

Dead on Joe.

A lawyer friend and I were discussing the actionable insult concept yesterday. He wished he was a contributor just so he could see how much fight was in the dog, or if this was just a mutt whose bark was worse than its bite.

By: Joseph Ferrara.sellsius

Joseph Ferrara.sellsius — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:37:56 +0000

@Christina “All animals are created equal but some animals are more equal than others.” (Animal Farm, George Orwell).

IMO, Agent Genius is changing the face of the group blog. It is taking risks, trying new methods and pushing the envelope. This is how progress is made. I applaud Benn and Lani for their in assembling a cast of interesting, knowledgeable and clever writers here. They have raised AG above the fray to become a must-read blog (in my book, to the dismay, no doubt, of other regimes.

The desire to compensate contributors in some way should be celebrated. It is long overdue– for is it not the contributors who build the traffic and the brand, to the benefit of the blog owner? Indeed.

Bribery? The accusation is an actionable insult, absent proof of the act. It is a prejudgment of character, borne of an ignorant or vindictive mind, which serves to corrupt public perception and obscure the truth. “The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice” (Charles Colton).

If blogs that compensate their writers using advertisers’ money are bribers, then the blogs taking contributors’ content without paying them are thieves.