Tag Archives: Internet

Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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Social media’s power in capturing the public’s imagination was in full display again this week when a Jet Blue flight attendant quit his job after he “hurled obscenities at passengers over the airliner’s PA system, then deployed the inflatable emergency chute, slid down and fled.”  He instantly became an Internet sensation, spawning a Facebook page [...]

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The REport

The REport

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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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

The REport

Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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What speed!  What dexterity!  And I am not just talking about the continuing spectacle of The World Cup, or excitement of the now-decided NBA Finals (congratulations Lakers).  Last week, Twitter fans posted a record 2,940 posts per second just 30 seconds after Japan scored against Cameroon in The World Cup.  A record which stood for [...]

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The REport

The REport

Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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If tweets actually chirped the global din would be as pervasive as vuvuzela horns at the World Cup. Twitter just announced there are 65 million tweets sent daily!  In such a crowded field, I truly believe faithful practitioners of elegance and etiquette will be rewarded. Speaking of rewarding, most marketers will tell you that word [...]

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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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The warmer temperatures have brought, along with seasonal allergies, a sense of hope and perhaps a flurry of optimism to the housing market. Last month, as home buyers felt a sense of urgency to take advantage of the tax credit and an influx of foreclosed homes lured them to the market, pending home sales shot [...]

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Week In Review

Week In Review

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

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When it comes to the current real estate climate, we at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate have been preaching cautious optimism for months, as some data indicates the market is recovering and yet other data indicates it is still turbulent times. A recent survey from Move.com indicates the number of consumers interested in investing [...]

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Wendy Forsythe Interviews Ricardo Bueno – Ribeezie Media

Wendy Forsythe Interviews Ricardo Bueno – Ribeezie Media

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

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In an exclusive interview, Ricardo Bueno from Ribeezie Media, talks to Wendy Forsythe about blogging with a purpose to reach a larger audience and answer the average internet surfer’s everyday questions. And Twitter? Use it as your first interaction when growing your network. Watch to learn more!

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#BeatCancer: The Power of New Media

#BeatCancer: The Power of New Media

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

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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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Next Gen Lead Generation

Next Gen Lead Generation

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

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As the business continues to change and consumers demand a different type of interaction between themselves and the real estate professional the techniques and responsibilities of lead generation will also continue to evolve.

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Will the Next Generation Brokerage Scrap Agents for Employees?

Will the Next Generation Brokerage Scrap Agents for Employees?

Posted on 25. Aug, 2009 by Nicolai Kolding.

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Nine years ago, my boss, along with four other company employees, jumped ship for a boatload of stock options from an Internet-based real estate firm that promised to dismantle “old economy” companies like ours and, quite simply, take over the real estate world as we knew it. About a year later he and the others [...]

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Newspaper vs. Internet

Newspaper vs. Internet

Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

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In real estate we have already seen the value of newspapers virtually disappear in terms their power to attract buyers. The following chart is one that I recommend every agent have on hand during a listing appointment. It clearly shows where buyers are finding the homes they buy, and it’s not the newspaper.

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