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 is [...]

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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 have [...]

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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 with [...]

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

Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by Jason Steele.

Marketing Experiments blog did a great job of compiling a list a must read Twitter tips for business all in one post. Just when you think you have Twitter figured out (love or hate wise) another new way it is being used in business springs up. This post titled Twitter for businesses: 7 articles + [...]

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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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Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend…

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

I was one of the original Blackberry users.  Not everyone knows this, but the Blackberry actually launched in Canada a few months before the US launch, and I remember proudly showing off my new “friend” at a U.S. real estate conference before anyone there was able to own one. Research in Motion, the company that [...]

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