One of my “secret” prospecting tools as an agent was to send thank you notes to people that I had met. My wrinkle was that I kept a box of thank you notes and a roll of stamps in my car so that I could write that note, address it and mail it immediately. Depending…
I was out to dinner last night with my wife and two other couples. We talked about a variety of topics, laughed a lot and generally had a good time. In due course of time, the topic of conversation changed to from music (they all are musicians or singers) to technology and the question of…
I recently learned of a new web based tool for staying on top of the news that is important to you. It does this by watching the social stream and organizing what it finds in several different and interesting ways. And that;’s just the public portion. If you register (currently free), you can get personalized information…
Have you ever wanted to get in on the ground floor of some new technology? You know, be the first kid on your block to have the newest cool thing? If so, now is your chance. I was contacted by Michael Baker, the founder of Open House Trader and was asked by him to take…
I spent 3 and a half days last week in San Francisco attending Agent Reboot and Inman Connect. Although I could write volumes about my experiences at both events, I won’t do that now as I want to zero in on one particular thing that I learned that can have a major positive impact on…
Ever wondered what happens to those business cards that you pass out to people that you meet? My hopes were that the person would take the card and sooner, rather than later, use it to contact me! Of course, the reality is much different. Unless someone has an immediate need to get back to me,…
I am constantly amazed by the iPhone apps that keep appearing. The brilliance of the designers and the versatility of the iPhone just blow me away sometimes. Case in point, I just ran across a FREE iPhone/iPad app (MagicPlan) that will allow me to to create floor plans by just using the iPhone camera. The…
It all starts out innocently enough, a game asks for permission to access your account, then an email app does, then another game and before you know it there are countless numbers of third parties who have access to your social accounts. Most of these are harmless enough and they don’t really cause any grief,…
I found a cool way to monitor any mentions of your name, your brand, your clients, your competitors and virtually any keyword you choose. You can monitor mentions on blogs, websites, videos, news feeds, forums, images,Twitter and Facebook. You can do this online or you can download desktop clients for Windows, Mac or Linux machines.…
The new Timeline for business pages went active on Friday for most Facebook business pages. This change is a pretty radical departure from what was available before, and at first I was inclined to hate it. But, since Facebook looks like it is going to become the “Borg” (of StarTrek fame), the quote “resistance is…
