I am very excited to announce that I have joined Bradley Real Estate in San Rafael as the newly created Director of Technology, Social Media and Education! I have been following the growth of Bradley Real Estate for the past few years and have liked what I heard and saw. So when I ran across…
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…
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…
March 30, 2012 is less than a week away as I write this, and by the time you read this it may only be a few days away. What’s the big deal about March 30th? If you don’t have a Facebook business page, it’s no big deal at all. But, if you do have a…
With so much emphasis these days on the paperless transaction, storing things in the “cloud” and on mobile computing, I thought it might be a good idea to explore some ways to stay safe online. During my research online I found many good resources for learning how to avoid making security mistakes. But one source…
How well do you use Facebook? Twitter? LinkedIn? WordPress? If you are like most, you probably know enough to make basic use of these sites, but are you really up to speed and getting the maximum value from them? If not, you could search YouTube for instructional videos (Assuming that you watch the most recent…
Last week I talked about being visible via blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. And I alluded that there was a caveat to doing so and that it wasn’t what you might think. For years now I have been concerned about what I perceive is the lack of focus or direction that most real estate websites…
A few weeks ago I attended a real estate BarCamp in Redwood City. Don’t ask me why it’s called that. Instead, go to http://rebarcamp.com/ and learn more about what BarCamps are all about. While I was in a session that was talking about marketing yourself online, the presenter was talking about how his team uses…
Unless you have managed to avoid turning on your computer, television and radio for the past several years, you already know that social networking is probably the biggest thing to hit the web since AOL popularized the online experience in 1996. Some of the most talked about social sites are Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter. …
I learned about a new Microsoft Beta program the other day that promises to make life a bit easier for users of Windows 7, Vista and XP. It’s called “Microsoft Fixit Center”. It’s a small download that you obtain from http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/ and install. Once installed, you login with your Windows Live ID. After you log…
