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The Power of Relationships & Influencers - Industry is the Antisocial Part 2 By: Benn Rosales

Are You The Antisocial? In part one, we discussed the antisocial at some length, and for good reason. In social media there are two sides of every fence- Industry and those that see themselves as the consumer of Industry. Serving Salad Inside the Walled Garden Industry is often perceived as the Big Wall. We’re served exactly what an Industry wants served and nothing more. There is no collaborative relationship in a 1.0 universe, and relationship potential is non-existent. Customer service...

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Taking a Pulse Via Poll... By: Lani Rosales

Easy Polling Tool: There are a trillion options for taking polls, but I’ve been playing with an option that doesn’t require you to pay, sign up for an account or even give away any of your passwords. TwtPoll is designed to instantly poll your friends on Twitter or Facebook...

7 Tips for REBarcamp & Inman Connect Travelers

7 Tips for REBarcamp &#... By: Benn Rosales

Traveling to New York is not for the faint of heart, and might be frustrating to the n00b traveler attending REbarcamp New York and Inman Global Connect. So before you go, we threw together a few things you should be planning for before you leave that may save you a little time,...

The Backside of Interne... By: Mark Eckenrode

Are you spending your time, energy, or money driving traffic to your website? Now’s a good time to beef up your internet marketing plan and not only save a few bucks but increase your personal profits.

Internet Leads and What... By: Amy Chorew

According to NAR and other research we have done independently, 80% of leads generated by you or your company over the internet are lost, marked as dead or simply thrown out? Why is this happening? An online consumer contacts you by email. They want an immediate response to their...

Are Your Spaces Singing Your Favorite Sounds?

Are Your Spaces Singing... By: Nickie Rothwell

Sound has a dramatic effect on how you feel and how you respond, so why not put the simple power of sound to work on your behalf? You can use pleasing sounds in your environments to subtly transform your spaces into surroundings that support you. Consider...

Relationships Key To Su... By: Ginger Wilcox

2008 sucked. Pure and simple. The economy sucked. The real estate market sucked. Many people’s lives were really not good in 2008. We all know that 2008 was a rough one for many of our friends, family and associates. Excuse my lack of eloquence but enough suckiness....

Super Hero Style or Yawn, Shrug and Muggle?

Super Hero Style or Yaw... By: Ken Brand

”What makes a good agent?” You and I could write a multi-chaptered book about the answer. Maybe we will someday. In the meantime, here’s a shortish answer in blog post form. Basically, you have to behave like a Super Hero with multiple personalities. You’re...

The Setup, The Pitch and the (Agent’s) Stolen Identity

The Setup, The Pitch an... By: Matthew Rathbun

The Phone Call In my job I get a “what-the-heck” phone call almost every day. This week I received one that I had to share. What would you think if you found out that someone was posing as you, the listing agent, in an effort to steal money from unsuspecting consumers?...

Thoughts on Site Design... By: Kelley Koehler

I’ve been doing some thinking recently, going through some of my favorite techno-geek/online persuasion books in preparation for my talk over at REBarCamp in New York next week. And I’ve also been in an extended conversation with a friend about a new site design. ...

10 Mistakes Sellers Mak... By: Lani Rosales

Awesome. This is awesome. I want to put this video on all of your blogs FOR you so your sellers can see it; this is really clever. It’s rare that a non-real-estate-produced piece is done with an understanding of the content (like this video for example), but this is done...

Bring It On... By: Paula Henry

By the time this is posted it will be 2009; it may even be 2009 before I finish it. I’m really looking forward to a new year and will stay awake to ring it in. Not because it brings great promise or hope, though it does. Not because I have made any monumental resolutions...

Questions for You…... By: Kim Wood

It’s Time Many people will take a step back and do some evaluating at the dawn of a New Year when it comes to their business, but have a harder time realizing it might be time to take some closer looks at themselves. So in this article, I’m not talking. Just bringing...

NAR Plans to Extend Clueleseness into 2009

NAR Plans to Extend Clu... By: Jonathan Dalton

Jay Thompson has covered the saga of NAR’s entry into the Tournament of Roses Parade over on NAR Wisdom, so I won’t rehash the whole thing here. But I couldn’t resist this nugget culled today’s e-mail from NAR, signed by our new president, Charles McMillan: Also,...

Fantastic New Yard Sign... By: Russell Shaw

When I saw what my friends, John Kalinowski and Derek & Mariana Wagner had done with this idea, like everyone else I thought, "Pretty nice. In fact, really nice". But I also saw that they were only using photos of the house the sign was in front of...

The Power of Relationships & Influencers- Social Endorsement- Part I

The Power of Relationsh... By: Benn Rosales

When We Gauge Value Almost every day, a person or product lands in front of me and you and we’re left with a choice to look into, or look away. Almost instantly a first impression is made and you make a determination as to the value of the relationship potential. As real...

New Year Quotes for You... By: Lani Rosales

Happy 2009! Each year as we consider our resolutions, buy bottles of champagne, cook up a pot of lucky black eyed peas, we spend a few days before the Times Square ball drops preparing. As bloggers, we publicly proclaim that we’re going to stop eating chocolate and that...

You Are Being Stalked... By: Linsey Planeta

Confession When asked to write for Agent Genius my response was, ‘Really?’ As an avid reader, I’m often blown away by the insights expressed so eloquently by the writers and the incredible depth of the ensuing conversation. And for the first time ever, I have...

It’s a New Year, ... By: Heather Elias

Reflecting on a Year to Remember I’m a New Year’s Baby, so I’m allowed to be melancholy and introspective at the turning of the calendar. I have only one resolution for the new year: Succeed. Instead of writing about how I can adapt that resolution to various aspects...

Resolved to Get Involve... By: Lisa Sanderson

Congratulations on your decision to volunteer! No matter how big or small a commitment you make, you’ve chosen to join many of your real estate peers in becoming a community leader, advocate and expert. You will reap many benefits not the least of which include building a...

Indoctrinating Home Buy... By: Lani Rosales

This video will anger you, but hear me out… This video is a very well produced documentary style depiction of a consumer’s take on how to deal with those pesky Realtors. I am not a Realtor but even I can tell you several factual flaws in this video and we could debate...

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