By Lani Rosales on February 27, 2010
This will only take a second…
Ever wonder why some people comment on Agent Genius (and other websites) and there is a picture of them next to their comment? It’s not because they gave anyone money, because they have any superpowers or because they’re…
Posted in New Media | Tagged blogging, gravatar, Technology
By Lani Rosales on February 22, 2010
Keeping it simple
This week, I came across a listing in the MLS whose description began with “This is a doll house.” I wrote about it here on AG and highlighted the negative responses of the public to the copy. I encouraged people to run…
Posted in Marketing | Tagged blogging, copywriting, Marketing
By Melanie Wyne on January 10, 2010
FTC to Refocus Privacy Efforts
So I’ve notice a good deal of discussion here on Agent Genius related to privacy. I thought I’d devote this post to how policymakers in Washington, particularly the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are viewing the topic and how the…
Posted in Politics, Real Estate | Tagged blogging, FTC, privacy
By Benn Rosales on December 30, 2009
Thanks for that retweet, Dick
[Warning: Dicks and the faint of heart may find the following offensive] We all love a great retweet, especially by Dick- you know, that guy/gal who strives to influence you using social media? Their reasoning really doesn’t matter, but it…
Posted in New Media | Tagged blogging, online content
By Janie Coffey on December 23, 2009
Yes, I am a demanding little girl, even with Santa.
For 2010, I just have a few little things on my list, not too much to ask for I don’t think!
That Panoramio would get a better picture uploader. Come on! One at a time? …
Posted in Coaching, New Media | Tagged blogging, camera, Cameras, geo, geomapping, geosocial, geotagging, geoweb, pictures, Tech, Wordpress
By Lani Rosales on December 16, 2009
Not good.
Today, GOOD published an interactive infographic about the cleanest and dirtiest water in the nation. Of course Texas held two of the top five spots, and sadly, Florida held two of the bottom five and the dirtiest water in America features lovely…
Posted in Coaching | Tagged blogging, utilities
By Benn Rosales on December 14, 2009
What is this, Caligula?
I’ve seen people complaining about promoting your listings on ActiveRain. Long, lofty, self-righteous, and often poisonous diatribes about why you shouldn’t clutter up their experience with your incessant need to do business or make money- well screw them. I say be in…
Posted in New Media, Real Estate | Tagged active rain, blogging, realtor networking
By Matt Stigliano on November 4, 2009
Surely you know the answer to that.
It seems rather simple. We all know that just because it’s on the internet, it’s not necessarily true. There are all sorts of lies, half-truths, and outright wacky stuff floating around out there. The internet is one…
Posted in Coaching, Real Estate | Tagged blogging
By Lani Rosales on October 23, 2009
Active Rain Real Estate Bloggers
Real Estate Blogging platform ActiveRain.com awards user points for various activities ranging from setting up a user profile to creating content, joining groups, or even commenting on other Active Rain blogs.
While we don’t really know what the points-to-closings ratio…
Posted in Real Estate | Tagged active rain, blogging
By Lani Rosales on October 16, 2009
Like nails on a chalkboard
We’ve talked about grammar before and together, we’ve gone over the differences between its and it’s and their and there but no one is perfect… even those of us (like me) who have degrees in English and cringe at…
Posted in Coaching, Marketing | Tagged blogging
