Embracing Change

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Paulette Costa.

Who Moved My Cheese? We’ve all read it. Dr. Spencer Johnson’s book featuring the ever-famous Hem and Haw and Sniff and Scurry characters- a national bestseller that is still used in many corporations today to educate and prepare their organizations for change. In Leading Change, by John P. Kotter, the author says “By any objective measure, the [...]

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Metro Brokers

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

Today Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is twice as nice as we double the size of our agent force and announce the addition of Atlanta-Based Metro Brokers to our family. The media and blogosphere is all atwitter, literally, about the news, which is quite possibly the largest brand transition to date. And if it’s [...]

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#BeatCancer: The Power of New Media

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

You may have noticed this hashtag a lot over the weekend. It was the highest trending topic on Twitter. And that’s because a group of very clever people demonstrated the power of social media for social good. The goal was to set a Guinness World Book record for the largest social mass media message distributed [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

Social media has now permeated much of our lives. You can’t escape it. CNN references Twitter streams on a daily basis, YouTube is the second most used search engine with over 100,000,000 videos and the 55 and older female crowd are in a Facebook frenzy. I’m not much for rules regarding social media. I lean [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 26. Jun, 2009 by Jason Steele.

As local emissaries, real estate agents and brokers could be broadcasting valuable info about their market through their Twitter account instead of the typical stream of consciousness ramblings about what they are doing right now. If there was any question about the viability of broadcasting relevant information of this sort,  Nixle might be it. Nixle [...]

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RETech South

Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

On March 20th, I was one of a few hundred people who attended RETech South (#rets) in Atlanta Georgia. It was a special event for several reasons. First and foremost because of the organizers. Two local Atlanta Realtors who for the second year in a row invested their own time and energy to bring together their peers both inside and outside of their trading area. This is a rare and wonderful thing. I have huge respect for Matt Fagioli and Brad Nix. Thanks for everything you do.

Another reason this event was special was the attendees. People from all major brands and unaffiliated companies, big companies and small companies were all represented. Some new to the industry, some long time veterans. Some tech power users, and many self-professed non tech people. Their one common driving force: how do I use various technology based tools to better serve my clients and operate my business?

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