Drop those business cards

I have become tired of carrying business cards around. So much so that I have no idea where my box of business cards are stored.  The whole concept of exchanging small bits of paper that ultimately end up in landfills bothers me, so I decided some time back to forgo the whole process. But, this…

6 cool websites to help your business

Did you ever have one of those days where all of your carefully crafted plans just flew out of the window? Today was such a day for me. I was planning on getting a number of things done that got put off because I was out of town all of last week, but a number…

Information overload solved!

I sift through an incredible amount of information every day. I read 4 blogs (ChrisBrogan, Mashable, LifeHacker, ProBlogger) on a daily basis, others from time to time.  I get e-newsletters from waay too many sources to list here on a daily basis, I read paper magazines about real estate and technology as they arrive, and…

Are you in the game?

As I write this, the New York Giants football team looks like they are not.  The number 1 seeded team in this year’s Super Bowl hunt is likely to go down to Philadelphia (#6) and Donovan McNabb.  Something that no one would have predicted last September. What happened? I can’t say for sure, but from…

A few things to do now to get your business started right now!

2008 is finally over and 2009 is here. The New Year has always felt like new opportunity for me. I always enter January with high hopes for the things that I want to accomplish in the year ahead and this year is no different. Many of you journeyed with me last year on my quest…

It’s been quite a year, hasn’t it?

With all that’s gone on this year, and as weary as we all are of current events, I hesitate to bring this topic up. But, I figure if I helped just one person save even one dollar, then it would be worth it. What am I talking about? Taxes, that’s what. We’ve just gone through…

Five books every real estate agent needs to read (to make more money in 2009)

We are knee deep in the holiday season and as I travel around real estate offices I see fewer of you around.  My assumption is that you are out showing houses, looking at the inventory, meeting new clients and otherwise working on your business in order to be ready for 2009. One of the things…

Video Made Simple

If you’ve been to my "Tech Tools for Realtors®" or my "YouTube and You!" classes recently you have heard me talk about the line of video cameras from Pure Digital known as the Flip.  The reason why I have been so high on these cameras is because they seem made for Realtors®.  I am sure…

Social Marketing tipping point

Well, November 4th has come and gone and we have a new President-Elect.  I can honestly say that from my perspective the elections couldn’t have come a moment too soon as I was truly weary of the many propositions, issues and races. But, the Presidential race held my attention right to the very end.  I…

Time to Turn Lemons into Lemonade!

One of the nice things about writing a blog is that you get to write the blog!  What I mean by that is that I get to choose when I write and what I write about.  I also get to choose to let someone else write if I want to, and today is one of…