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Is Your Marketing Relevant?

February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment

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I’m a fan of silly things – they usually make me smile , but sometimes I end up just scratching my head and wondering why people do silly things when they don’t intend to. And more and more frequently I see people doing sill things in social spaces.
Your community ( or [...]

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Tags: Opinion · Social Media

This is Why Brandie Young ROCKS!

October 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Its the middle of a really busy work day, so obviously I need to check out what my friends are doing on Facebook (I am after all an American). And there is the lovely Brandie Young on my live feed Asking
Like this? Want to do something about homelessness in Austin, San Antonio, New Orleans, Providence, [...]

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Tags: Opinion · Social Media · economy

The Great ReBarCamp Controversy?

October 21st, 2009 · 11 Comments

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As I write this, I am in a hotel in Western Pennsylvania, where ReBarCamp Pittsburgh will take place tomorrow.
I’m writing this post because of a few conversations I had recently with friends of mine. It seems that there was a conversation about whether ReBarCamps served any purpose. Concerns were expressed that [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Conferences · Real Estate · Social Media · Technology

Heading Back to Chicago

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments

I spent several days last week teaching the SMMI CSM course to a group of top agents in Chicago. I left there Saturday to attend the wedding of my best friend’s daughter in Sarasota Florida, but I find myself in Tampa this morning waiting to fly back to Chicago for ReBarCamp Chicago,
You may be familiar [...]

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Tags: Conferences · Real Estate · Social Media · Technology

In This Corner…Two Attorneys & One Broker

March 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments

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Tomorrow morning I fly out to Atlanta for ReTechSouth.
The conference has grown into a pretty substantial it event describing itself as;
A place where agents, brokers, lenders, builders and many other real estate industry practitioners could join together to collaborate on how technology can improve business
Sounds pretty good doesn’t it? And I’m very impressed [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Conferences · Real Estate · Social Media · Technology

Twitter PR Strategy

January 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Twitter PR Strategy, originally uploaded by ogilvyprworldwide.
With the limited budgets of many real estate brokers and agents, Social Media is bcoming a place where you need to be if you want to increase your sphere of influence and obtain new business opportunities.
This chart, has a social media life of its own. Created to explain a [...]

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Tags: Social Media · Technology · Wacky stuff

2009 HAS to be Better

January 9th, 2009 · Comments Off

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2008 was a tough year. And its not one I’m sorry to see leave.
The challenges we face in business are justĀ  part of our business, which is now and has always been cyclical. ButĀ  2008 will always be the year that I lost my best friend, suddenly, without explanation (not that [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Conferences · Opinion · Social Media

The Law of The Mind – Marketing 101

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I love the book “The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing“.
I like it because it doesn’t try to be more than it is, it makes sense, its a quick read, and each time I read one of the 22 laws, I have a Duh moment.
One of the 22 laws is Marketing Rule # 3 The Law [...]

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Tags: Real Estate · Social Media

Who Lives in Your Blogosphere?

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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I’m tough to buy gifts for. It drove my wife and son nuts. But they have always racked their brains and come up with some outstanding things for birthdays or Father’s day. This year my son and daughter-in-law got off easy.
Knowing how involved I had become in Blogging and social media, they [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Opinion · Social Media

The Growing Blogosphere

September 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Technorati recently published their report on the “State of the Blogosphere / 2008″ , the newest version of an annual study which has been digging into trends in blogging since 2004.
I’ll actually be doing more of an analysis of their findings over at BuzzBuilderz, the social media marketing site maintained [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Social Media