transformational technology Originally uploaded by Will Lion When we get involved in social media to build our businesses, often there is that last Century thinking behind the 21st Century technology. We try to determine who we are in a vacuum rather then seeing the world through the eyes of our consumer. Some of it...
There is a lot of conversation in the real estate industry about print advertising being overtaken by on-line alternatives. There are surveys that show that most buyers start their search for homes on th Internet, and obviously it is better for the consumer to see more photos,in color, with amps and statistics,then it is...
Hopefully, if you’re reading this post, you read my earlier post from Inman Connect in San Francisco earlier this week. That was sort a neat tech moment, written on my phone, a Treo 755, during the conference in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. It was just one of several exciting moments for me,...
Yesterday I got to meet a number of the people that I have been conversing with, arguing with and agreeing with for several months. In an very limited structure these people gathered together from all over the country to talk about what they do and how they can do it better. Tagged on to...
Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org I read a recent rant in a blog written by a well known blogger who shall remain nameless (because I don’t feel like promoting him). In the post there is a lot of rhetoric about doing how this blog is the only place where the truth is spoken without...
Photo Courtesy of ResPres and Creativecommons.org For years I have avoided going to Inman Connect. I go to Century 21′s International Convention. I attend two NAR meetings , and several committee meetings. I attend REOMAC conferences because I am a member, and I generally have two brainstorming group meetings a year. Its a lot...
As people in the real estate industry talk about blogs, it seemed to me that agents would find it easier to start blogging about who they are and what they know if they didn’t have to learn it all on their own, and maintain a rapid pace of writing from the very start. In...
Photo by KIWI NZ I got an email earlier this week from one of my Partners. “Would you suggest defending our listing? Check out Philly Blog – the blog is 2040 St Albans. The blog poster was a previous buyer in a failed transaction. The home inspection revealed defects. The seller was willing to...
Photo by Glutnix There are lots of directions that real estate professionals take in their blogging efforts. And even more conversation in the blogosphere about blogging. It may be a narcissistic trend. Or maybe we just want others to validate our direction or the business benefit of this , as yet unquantified activity. But...
Today, Inman News announced their 11th Annual Innovator Awards finalists. In the category of Blogging the finalists were; Blog 1000Watt Blog AgentGenius Big Picture Blog FBS Blog Homegain Real Estate Blog It is not amazing to me that Benn Rosales and Lani Anglin-Rosales achieved such recognition so rapidly, nor that Inman recognized the quality...
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