kill your business with social media? i’m convinced it can happen. here’s how: ignore social media – there are still a large number of folks that don’t see the need to engage in social media in any form – facebook, linkedin, activerain, blogging, youtube or twitter. they still don’t see the need, don’t understand it, [...]
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keeping networks green
six words of advice to those new to social networking if you’re relatively new to social networking, let me offer one word of advice: don’t talk business all the time. ok, that’s more like six words of advice, but it bears repeating: don’t talk business all the time. there. now you’ve got twelve words of [...]
facebook smackdown
in a recent exchange of missives between some real estate practitioners on facebook, i couldn’t help but wonder, do these people know these exchanges are visible? are they cognizant of the fact that everyone in their networks can see their posts? do they not know how a wall post works? oh yeah? it all started with [...]
i’d like to buy a vowel…
if you’ve been in this industry even a short time, you’ve noticed the onslaught of letters – a.k.a. designations – following behind many agents’ names. achieving these designations can represent quite an accomplishment and an investment of time and money, not to mention gathering some worthwhile knowledge and skills to provide a higher level of [...]
green? are you sure?
don’t get me wrong. i’m all for the national association of realtors green initiatives. education, designations, resources on their website, pr and advertising campaigns. let’s face it – they’ve got it goin’ on when it comes to heightening environmental consciousness. but when you’re closing transactions that require 6 pounds of paper to fulfill every party’s [...]
overwhelmed, oblivious or ostrich?
i’m seeing posts on facebook that clearly violate most states’ advertising requirements, and tweets that would cause ambulance chasing attorneys to salivate over the chance to sue an agent and company over their breach of fiduciary duty. not to mention all the possible violations of article 12 of the realtor code of ethics. it’s crazy to say the least.
blogging from my iphone
i tweet from my iphone, so why not blog from it too? the concept borders on insanity i know, especially considering the iphone’s touch screen keyboard is designed for fingers the width of a pencil. hell, it took me six tries to type “designed” right now. and i’d be crazy to think i could write [...]
claim your blog
you’re up mr. can’t-blog-in-6-weeks-cuz-you’re-too-friggin-busy given the fact that the upcoming stewart title success series class is on the topic of advanced blogging, and my man derec shuler (@derecshuler on twitter) has tasked me with the section on publicizing and registering a blog, i figured i’d make this an interactive example using technorati to claim your blog. some that [...]
ain’t no silver bullet
i recently spent time in an instructor development workshop presented by tom martin of the instructor training institute (iti). it was some of the best training i’ve attended in my 19+ years in the real estate industry, and certainly took effort. for 3.5 days we pushed the envelope and went outside of our comfort zones. it [...]
the definition of insanity
in a rut? resistant to change? call it insanity. albert einstein is credited with the quote defining insanity as “…doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” a lot of people refer to the real estate business as “insane,” but most are referring to the dramatic cycles of the market and the [...]
