Tag Archives: Smartphone
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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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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Smart Phone Overload!
Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by Paulette Costa.
I’m on Smart Phone Overload! Here’s my dilemma: Do I stay with what I have, my current smart phone, which I like and serves my purpose, has useful applications for my needs and functions in nearly any area I travel, or do I switch based on hype? There is so much to choose from, so [...]
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The REport
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
So you’re already using social media to communicate with potential home buyers and sellers. Now what? LinkedIn now provides a new feature which allows people to receive updates and information from companies, including job placements and recruiting information. This is an easy and unique tool to show potential future employees that you practice what you [...]
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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Sherry Chris.
The new year is already starting out with a bang, with a plethora of news buzzing about in the real estate industry. As positive and negative reports and articles surface about what’s to come in 2010, we have learned that—in the words of The Wall Street Journal—“the outlook for 2010 is uncertain, at best.” There [...]
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Back to the Future (again)!
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Rick Gregory.
As he asked for another from the bartender that thought a Commodore 64 was an old car, I realized that Bill was right on the money; we can’t forget about how we got here. No, it wasn’t a discussion about creation versus evolution and it had nothing to do with me forgetting how to get [...]
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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Sherry Chris.
Maybe it seems self serving, but to me the biggest news of the week is that we have doubled our size with the new affiliation of Metro Brokers! With this one partnership, we have added 28 office locations and nearly 2,300 agents. Wahoo! Moving on to other news… Historic low mortgage rates and government incentives [...]
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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by Sherry Chris.
This week marked the official beginning of the holiday season and, as Christmas trees were being lit in Rockefeller Center and at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the real estate industry was abuzz. As a result of the “original” first time home-buyer tax credit, the number of homes with sales pending in October reached its highest level [...]
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Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by Sherry Chris.
Brokers, you wake up and realize you are behind the social media marketing eight ball. You scramble to amass a social media marketing strategy. After all, everybody is talking about it as if it’s super easy. We know better. And while many have risen to become social media celebrities, financial success eludes them. I Media [...]
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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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You know you’re tech savvy if …
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by Paulette Costa.
Or, better yet, what is “tech savvy”? The word technology sends a chilling tingle of fear down some agents’ spines. ”I’m not computer savvy” excuses are often followed by the nervous chuckle that translates to please don’t hold that against me. The enabler in me wants to tell them it’s okay, I did’t grow up [...]





