Tag Archives: consulting

Traits, Skills and Features of Tomorrow’s Top Real Estate Agents

Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2011 by

One of my Twitter friends Sean Carpenter is conducting an upcoming Top Agent/Manager Retreat next month and asked me to share my thoughts to identify the main traits/skills/features of tomorrow’s “top agents”.  It’s always difficult to predict the future; however … Continue reading →

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We Must be Willing to Change – Hootsuite and Empire Avenue Were My Change This Week

Posted on Friday, June 17, 2011 by

{EAV_BLOG_VER:c7435903b5c7d17a} I’ve always been a great fan of both Tweetdeck and Hootsuite which I have used for the past few years or so. Wanting to stay abreast to the changes I used Tweetdeck on my laptop, Hootsuite on my smartphone … Continue reading →

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Will Our Real Estate Industry Remain a Hodgepodge? Not If You Start “Raising Your Bar”

Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 by

Over the past year or so I have been listening a lot, reading a bunch, and asking many questions to get a better handle on what the real estate brokerage of the future will look like, what models will prevail, … Continue reading →

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Realtor/Broker/Owners – Take a Brutally Honest Look at Your Organization

Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 by

Here’s a small yet important quiz for Realtor/Broker/Owners to take a brutally honest look at your organization to see how it weighs out with the real estate company of the next wave of change in our real estate industry. True … Continue reading →

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Zillow is a Great Place for Realtors to Place Listings

Posted on Sunday, April 19, 2009 by

Zillow.com is an online real estate service dedicated to helping you as an agent, get an edge in real estate by providing you with valuable tools and information. Once they hatched their idea, they needed a name. “Zillow” evolved from … Continue reading →

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5 Reasons Real Estate Agents Should Be Blogging

Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 by

There are many reasons for a Realtor to Blog in today’s real estate market. Below I have included just a small list of those reasons: 1.     Blogging will drive traffic to your website and listings by including key words and … Continue reading →

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Blank Faces, Need Stimulus Plan to Improve Profiles

Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 by

Did you ever notice the blank faces of some of our networking friends on Active Rain, FaceBook, LinkedIn? (and other groups),  I’m talking about real estate agent profiles with no picture of the connection, no profile to explain what they do … Continue reading →

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Marketing Your Listings and You, on Trulia and Zillow

Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 by

Two Major portals that I use for marketing listings are Trulia and Zillow. Both have tons of information, allow for a personal profile, and give you an opportunity to claim your listings. Trulia is a real estate search engine that … Continue reading →

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