Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
While Twitter seems be all the rage these days, Facebook’s new fan pages for businesses offers entrepreneurs a new way to build brand recognition “build
While Twitter seems be all the rage these days, Facebook’s new fan pages for businesses offers entrepreneurs a new way to build brand recognition “build
A simple blog post featuring by Matthew Rutledge. Pictures indeed do say 100o words in this piece titled AM/PM. Okay, so this is not about
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
Occasionally we need to laugh at how funny the English language can be. I saw this and couldn’t help but be amused. For the second
Granted we’re bullish about Twitter. But we’re also realistic about it. TechCrunch brings some of that realism to life in this post titled On Twitter,
I take a deep breath, swing open the car door, pop the umbrella, grab my stuff and make a run for the office through the pouring rain. Just another day in Jersey! As I’m jumping over the puddles I hear my iPhone ringing and think here we go.
Anthony Tjan, CEO, Founder and Managing partner at VC firm Cue Ball believes that businesses rely to heavily on demographics to understand their customers when instead they ought to be focusing more on their psychographics. But now, with new technologies such as OpenID single sign-on service, gleaning that data could change all that. Read more over at Harvard Business Publishing in his post titled Want to Understand Your Customers? Go Psycho.
To fail or not to fail. Just as real estate is finally contending with the reality that newspapers really don’t deliver value and that their demise might open up mew opportunities, Washington steps in and talks bailout. Is this a good idea? The Business Insider Silicon Alley had some thoughts on that this week.
Lynda Gratton is a professor at London Business School. She often writes smart/feel good articles. Learn to Glow is one such example that offers us insight into how to become invaluable at work.
Can you over Twitter? Yup. And when you do, you run the risk of loosing followers. Check this video by RodneyB from Reachd.
In the early days of the economic downturn, many broker owners took a “wait and see” position, hopeful that the market would turn around quickly. As the bad news continued, survival mode kicked in and brokers found themselves playing catch up and making tough decisions they never thought they would have to make such as closing offices, downsizing staff, merging with competitors. The focus was primarily on doing the things in the present that would help guarantee a place in the future. Times such as these do not allow most of us the luxury of thinking ahead and planning for what the future will look like in this industry.
No I am not talking about ‘swine flu’. Reading an article this morning by Dan Heath and Chip Heath (the book Made to Stick has
Those responsible for attracting new agents to their offices have certainly been challenged by today’s real estate market. A look at the decline in NAR membership only adds to the discouragement many recruiters are feeling. So let’s regroup.
Programmable Web keeps a running directory of mashups adding 36 new ones last week to the list. Lot’s of good ideas here for real estate
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