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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

Is the For Sale Sign Dead?

November 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
It seems that everyone is always trying to improve on the poor old “For Sale” sign.
I was reading a recent Blog at Sellsius which speaks about  Custom Fit Realtyin Wisconsin who  is using Matrix codes on its house for sale signs to reach mobile users. The company’s new technology allowing buyers to take a photo [...]

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Tags: Opinion · Real Estate · Technology

The Vanishing Real Estate Section

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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 to read [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Real Estate · Social Media · Technology

REBAR & Bloggers Connect

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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 the INMAN Connect [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Conferences · Real Estate · Technology · Uncategorized

I’m Going to Inman Connect

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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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 of travelling, [...]

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

We’re Being Showcased!

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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Since you’re reading this you know we’re committed to being on-line as a company.
We Blog, we twitter (follow me @billLublin or this blog @c21agvoices), we maintain the “normal” websites for people to look for properties, we publish our listings to century21.com, and we syndicate our listings to over a [...]

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Tags: Real Estate · Technology

Bricks & Clicks Is the Industry REALLY Changing?

July 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I already did a version of this post on AgentGenius which turned into a rant on service. But the nice thing about posting to more then on place is that I can take a single idea and expound on it from different perspectives.
 This perspective is the resistance I believe the majority of people have to adopting [...]

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Tags: Social Media · Technology · Wacky stuff