Tag Archives: Facebook
The REport
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
New Orleans came together this past weekend to celebrate the city’s resurgence since the devastation of hurricane Katrina five years ago. It is truly uplifting to see the region making such great strides since being shaken to its core. What an inspiration for communities! Another thing bringing communities together – young and old – is [...]
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Here I Am! (Facebook Places)
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Wendy Forsythe.
I’ve been a Foursquare user for a while. I’ll admit at first I didn’t get it and it seemed a little creepy to be broadcasting to the world exactly where I was. Soon enough, the hesitation faded and the addiction set in. So you can imagine that I was a kid in a candy store [...]
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The REport
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
Further evidence of how we are all so tightly connected is how quickly the recall of 550 million (and counting) eggs from two Iowa processing plants has spread. Here’s hoping the eggs are located rapidly and no one else gets sick. Locating of another sort has technology and social media enthusiasts talking about Places, Facebook’s [...]
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Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 1)
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Josh Ferris.
Location-based services are what’s hot in social networking right now and for good reason. By using a simple app on your smartphone you can share where you are and what you’re up to with others in your network (updates can be automatically sent to your Facebook and Twitter accounts) which fosters more frequent communication and [...]
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The REport
Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
You have to admire Delta’s embrace of social media. The company recently gave customers the option of buying tickets via Facebook through its new “Ticket Window.” The new function allows fliers to book any domestic flight without leaving the page. Very cool! The airline giant also monitors Twitter and responds to customer complaints (i.e. missed [...]
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The REport
Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
USA Today released its preseason college football Top 25 coaches’ poll this week, so naturally, talk on the practice field was about … Twitter. Turns out some high profile coaches want the only tweets in their camps to be those of practice drill whistles. At number five ranked Boise State, head coach Chris Petersen has [...]
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The REport
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
Let’s get the sad news out of the way first. Last week, Twitter’s oldest user, Ivy Bean, a 104-year-old English woman died. She’ll be sorely missed by her more than 55,000 followers. What an impressive following! The news reminds us of the age-defying nature of social networking: seniors are the fastest growing demographic of social [...]
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The REport
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
The amplitude of the Internet was proven once again last weekend when WikiLeaks released approximately 92,000 classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. White House officials are no doubt revisiting their handling of classified documents in light of this. What is your policy on protecting important business files from ending up on the Internet? What [...]
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The REport
Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
Keep your friends close! A new survey found that 88 percent of Facebook friends have physically met each other as opposed to only 48.2 percent of people who have met their Twitter followers. This news is probably not surprising to Twitter Founder Biz Stone who recently said Twitter is a news service not a social network. [...]
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The Week Before Inman
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Wendy Forsythe.
This is the third ‘week before’ Inman Connect that the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate team has prepared for.The 2008 week before Inman was also the week before the official launch of the brand, and the week before welcoming our first franchisee to the network. That was a week I will never forget. I don’t [...]
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The REport
Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
As temperatures reach record highs along the east coast, another record has been broken: Lady Gaga became the first living person to attract 10 million Facebook fans. More than even President Obama, but less than Texas Hold ‘em poker and Family Guy. Consider this, even if your numbers aren’t “Ga Ga” on Twitter, new data [...]
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Who are these brokerages? What’s different about them? Can we learn anything from them? We’ve created this directory to begin bringing the answers to life
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Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 2)
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Succession Planning Part 2: Nine Keys Areas of Focus
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The REport
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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
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Here I Am! (Facebook Places)
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The REport
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Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 1)
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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
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How Do You Know What Your Customers Really Think (Part 2)?
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Summer: THis week Time Magazine features Rethinking Home O...
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Linda Lyons: I absolutely agree with you, Noreen. I see no use...
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@Corcoran_Group: Hi there Ryan, Interesting thoughts and for the...
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