Real Estate Snippets: Yankee Blog Swap 2006

Cape Coral, FL, December 19, 2006 - RSS Pieces, Inc., a Florida based real estate blogging firm, announced the first annual Yankee Blog Swap. The December 19^th 2006 event will bring together 28 of the most influential real estate bloggers for the Internet equivalent of a “Yankee Swap.” Household real estate names like Zillow and Redfin will trade blogs for the day with real estate pundits and man-on-the-street Realtors® to offer consumers and real estate professionals a full spectrum of information on everything from current market conditions to the future of online real estate services.

Drew Meyers of Zillow explains,"By pairing bloggers with similar focuses, the Yankee Blog Swap serves as a form of blogger discovery for real estate blog enthusiasts. As a participant, the value lies in networking with other participants and exposure to a new audience." Additionally, the Blog Swap intends to raise awareness to consumers that real estate bloggers can be valuable resources for those considering a real estate purchase, sale or financing.

When asked what the value of the swap to the average homeowner would be, Jonathan Dalton, a multi-million dollar producer with Century 21 Arizona Foothills, said "I'm looking forward to sharing my perspective on the real estate market with readers in Minnesota and also hope my readers here in Phoenix learn something from Bonnie. With consumers' thirst for information, the more viewpoints they see on the state of real estate, the better."

This inaugural event launches YankeeBlogSwap.com, a site dedicated to connecting bloggers in related industries for the purpose of expanding their respective readerships with fresh viewpoints from various authors. Bloggers can use the free Yankee Swap network to find guest writers for their blogs or participate in the frequent industry events.

The first Yankee Blog Swap kicks off across the Internet early Tuesday morning, December 19^th with the following bloggers swapping sites:

Transparent Real Estate’s Pat Kitano vs. Zillow’s Drew Meyers

RSS Pieces’ Mary McKnight vs. Future of Real Estate Marketing’s Joel Burslem

St Paul Real Estate Blog’s Teresa Boardman vs. Phoenix Real Estate Guy's Jay Thompson

3 Ocean Real Estate’s Kevin Boer vs. SLC Real Estate’s Nigel Swaby

Issaquah Undressed’s Larry Cragun vs. Maury Properties’ Andrew Maury

Chicago Home Weblog's Geno Petro vs. NY Houses 4 Sales’ Christine Forgione

Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Blog's Jonathan Dalton vs. Real Estate Snippets Bonnie Erickson

The boys of Sellsius vs. Real Estate Tomato’s Jim Cronin

ML Podcast’s Michael Price vs. FamousAgents.com’s Elise Wright

My Tech Opinion’s Reggie Nicolay vs. Ubertor’s Steve Jagger

Redfin's Glenn Kelman vs Rain City's Ardell DellaLoggia