Greg Swann (blogger)

Greg Swann is the lead author for a leading US based realty website Bloodhound Blog[1] and also DistinctivePhoenix.com,[2] which is devoted to historic and architecturally-distinctive homes in Central and North Central Phoenix. In 2007 Swann was one of ten blog coaches for Active Rain's Project Blogger competition. He also writes for a number of other real estate focused magazines and websites.[3]

Greg Swann is a Phoenix-area real estate broker[4] and is frequently interviewed for news items (including the New York Times[5]) relating to this area.[6][7]

When Ben Behrouzi's Brabus Ventures filed a controversial lawsuit[8] in defense of their ePerks brand against minor blogger Vlad Zablotskyy[9][10][11] on June 4, 2008,[12] Swann established a legal defense fund for Zablotskyy[13] and instigated a community led re-branding of the company as eJerks.

  1. ^ "Greg Swann".
  2. ^ "Phoenix-area Historic, Architecturally-Distinctive and Luxury Homes | DistinctivePhoenix.com | Historic Phoenix homes, distinctive Phoenix architecture, extraordinary Phoenix lives". Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  3. ^ "Greg Swann | the Phoenix Real Estate Technology Exchange". Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  4. ^ "Gregory Swann - PEORIA, AZ Real Estate Agent | realtor.com®". Realtor.com.
  5. ^ Streitfeld, David; Healy, Jack (28 April 2009). "Phoenix Leads the Way Down in Home Prices". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "In Phoenix, 'Zombie' Subdivisions Rise from the Dead". NPR.org.
  7. ^ "In Phoenix real estate, zombies start waking up". 13 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Brabus Ventures v. Zablotskyy | Citizen Media Law Project". Citmedialaw.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  9. ^ "BloodhoundBlog.com | Memo to ePerks.com: You idiots! Trying to censor a real estate weblogger is a poor way to defend your reputation – such as it is… | National real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgage and investment news". Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  10. ^ "Brabus Ventures Corporation v. Volodymyr Zablotskyy". Realestateradiousa.com. June 15, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  11. ^ "MLRC | Lawsuits Against Bloggers". Medialaw.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  12. ^ "Barabus vs Zablotskyy". Scribd.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  13. ^ "BloodhoundBlog.com | Support the Vlad Zablotskyy Legal Defense Fund: A real estate weblogger is being throttled by corporate bully ePerks.com. The free speech rights you will be fighting for are your own… | National real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgage and investment news". Retrieved October 20, 2011.