Manage your email before it manages you!

Today I am high up on my soapbox.  I want to rave and rant about about a pet peeve that I have and it’s one that you may have as well. You may have guessed from the title that I am talking about email.  Specifically, I am talking about how email gets handled and why…

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Jerry Kidd

Cool freebie whips PDF files into shape!

Did you ever ever run into this problem?  You scan some documents into a pdf and find out the resulting PDF file is too big to email?  Or maybe you created a flyer for one of your listings and “printed” it to PDF and ended up with a gigantic PDF file that’s once again too…

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Jerry Kidd

Extremely cool way to send mass emails using Gmail (And it’s FREE too!)

I can’t tell you how many times I have had to “coach” real estate agents about the dangers of sending mass emails from their personal email accounts.  I understand why you would want to send your latest listing or fabulous newsletter to all 350 people in your farm via one email. After all, it is…

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5 Ways to Use Pinterest to Get Leads

  There are several tools and features on Pinterest that can actively help you shape the path of your business in the interest of finding more people who may genuinely be interested in connecting with you. (For some statistics on Pinterest go to: http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/pinterest-stats/3/) Add Your Location The first step is to make your location known…

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Low cost, effective way to get seller leads

Over the past two weeks I ran a little experiment to see if I could get leads on potential home sellers. What I wanted to do was to get names, email addresses and street addresses of people who MIGHT be interested in selling their homes. I had some parameters that I wanted to observe. It…

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The absolute best way to ensure that you have WiFi wherever you go!

How important is it to you that you be able to connect to the Internet while working away from your home or office?  For me, it’s very important to have WiFi, so for the past 6 years or so I have been paying Sprint a monthly fee to be able use their network on a small…

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Easy way to communicate difficult information!

I went to Inman CEO Connect last Tuesday in San Francisco. CEO Connect is part of the week long Inman Connect conference that takes place in San Francisco in August and New York City in January (Note to Brad Inman…really??? NYC in January???). I could not attend the actual Conference on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday…

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Just say no to Windows 10…for now!

I just got back from a summer’s worth of travel to Spain and then to Maui.  I had a great time at both destinations and really enjoyed the sights, sounds, smells, activities, people and of course the FOOD! While I was gone, Microsoft released the latest version of the Windows operating system, Version 10.  It…

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6 Benefits of Using LinkedIn to Grow Your Business – Last in the series

If you want a solid online presence with more activity on the professional front, LinkedIn is the best place to start. When you communicate with your followers, you are communicating with the first level connections who serve as a powerful force when it comes to spreading the word about you. You are also likely transmitting…

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5 Tips for Creating the Perfect LinkedIn Company Page – Part 4 of a series

Your LinkedIn Company Page is one of the most important elements of your presence on this social media web service. In order to maximize the benefits of using LinkedIn, it is necessary to have an eye-catching company page that represents you and your business in a meaningful way. Five Ways You Can Improve Your Company…

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