A lot has happened since we started Blogging Systems Group just over a year ago, November of 2005. It has been a whirlwind experience and we've been very fortunate as a company to have made some inroads into the real estate industry, with many good things coming as a result.

I dare say none of it tops what just happened. Blogging Systems Group has been included in the Swanepoel Real Estate Trends Report 2007 as one of the Top 10 Trendsetters in the real estate industry for 2006!

What's most amazing to me is that some of the other names on the list you'd immediately recognize: Google, Zillow, Obeo, Redfin, and RealEstate.com to name a few. Stefan indicates the reason for our inclusion was that we were responsible for expanding the role of blogging in the real estate industry. We made real estate blogging "mainstream."

I don't want to sound as if I'm acting in any way self-congratulatory. I'm truly humbled by this honor and grateful to be named. Everyone in our company deserves a pat on the back, for it was their hard work and effort that made us what we are. I'm just the standard-bearer.

If you'd like to learn more about blogging in the real estate industry, download the Blogging Systems whitepaper.

DISCLAIMER: In the interest of full-disclosure I should mention that Stefan is a client of Blogging Systems Group.