In light of yesterday's lawsuit, I think that it is an appropriate time to talk about online reputation and what I think real estate blogging should include. Real estate is a relative late comer to the blogosphere, but the concept has spread like wildfire because there is great demand for real
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01/30/2008
Ok, the title is corny, but the sentiment remains. There are many good people here in Active Rain and I have been fortunate to meet more than a few since joining in April. I am more fortunate still to have had some of these bloggers migrate over to join me at EWM.I am pleased to announce that
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01/02/2008
In this market of excess inventory and slow moving listings, it is not uncommon for brokers to offer a higher than usual cooperating commission to entice other agents to come and show their listings. While I certain appreciate the lure of the higher commissions, I can't help but think... who doe
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09/24/2007
Yes, I feel a bit like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. My month long journey down the yellow BLOG road has been full of twists and turns, but most of all it's been about many lessons learned.1. Yes the blog is a bit like the Land of Oz. There is so much going on. Every day so many voices, subjec
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09/17/2007
We are off and running with the company blog! After two 10 hour launch days filled with training, tips and education I am happy to report we are up and running. We are still adding features, organizing and tweaking the site, so we are still technically in the "soft launch" phase - but my agents a
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08/23/2007
Captains's Log: Star Date launch minus 1 dayOur mission: To Boldly go where no Real Estate Company has gone before... An agent generated hyper local real estate blog.We will officially launch the EWM Blog tomorrow and Wednesday. After reading Lenn Harley's post and many other similar posts and co
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08/20/2007
Some days I can't get out of my own head...you know what I mean - those days where thoughts rarely find their way to actions. So I thought I would put a call out for clarification to see what kind of opinions come back. Our IT department has been working on a listing feed to drop to some of the
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08/13/2007
As part of my pitch to get our agent's on board for the upcoming company blog, I have been encouraging participation in Active Rain. To date, 170+ of our associates have taken me up on that. About 30 or so have actually posted more than one post and I get more calls and emails from people yet t
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08/09/2007
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to stand in front of your office group and hold a sales meeting? Although you may think you have never had this experience - you probably have and just didn't know it.I am in the process of building a company blog and have begun to post about the process
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08/07/2007
First rule of real estate management, don't ever discuss Floor Time in a sales meeting. If you have ever stepped into this mess you know it's true. So, at the risk of stepping into a pile of controversy... do you think a company blog can be virtual floor time?I have started writing in my other b
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08/04/2007