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More and more online businesses are allowing for their visitors to have real-time conversations with company representatives via an instant message window powered by some form of live chat or live support software.  I believe this to be a key component in any business' web 2.0 marketing strategy....
02/05/2008
What is appropriate, what isn't appropriate for a blog?  This a question our team finds itself asking all of the time.  We've decided to create a community specific blog for the community of Roswell, GA.  We want the blog to be about the community, not necessarily real estate.  We also want the b...
02/05/2008
I may not be a real estate expert, but I believe what is currently happening in real estate markets across the country is what people have long known would happen, but didn't want to admit. Up until recently real estate was a business in a field full of "part-time" licensed Realtors...it was a lu...
01/28/2008
Johns Creek filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by outdoor advertising firms against Fulton County in an effort to prevent a proposed settlement agreement.  Under the approved proposal by the Fulton County Commission, the county would approve sign permits for 74 billboards, including 31 in J...
01/07/2008
Just thought I would share this marketing idea with you (as well as post to my online journal of marketing ideas)... Next holiday season provide wrapping paper to your clients and prospects and include a note/letter titlted, "Don't get wrapped up with the wrong Realtor"...
01/07/2008
It is easy to explain because most of us deal with it every month.... Mortgage Interest Number 1 Best Tip Most Americans who itemize their "Mortgage Interest Paid" realize that a large chunk of the monthly mortgage payment is made up of interest. The IRS lets you deduct that interest in many case...
12/18/2007
I was pretty shocked at the discover this report uncovers regarding hotel drinking glasses... The report has video footage of house keeping cleaning glasses and coffee pots with a blue liquid labeled, "Do Not Drink"...sometimes house kleeping merely rinses the glasses with water, no soap. The vid...
12/17/2007
The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety partnered with the Milton Department of Public Safety for the annual Shop-With-A-Cop event on December 11th, 2007 at the Windward Parkway Wal-Mart. With the assistance and benevolence of Wal-Mart, one of north Fulton's most well-known and consistently pa...
12/17/2007
I came across an article today written by Brian Patton that is proof that Georgia housing may be undeserving of gloom. Contrary to the reports on the housing market at a national level, Georgia is doing quite well, here's why:According to the Federal House Price Index Report, Georgia posted 3.54 ...
12/17/2007
Milton parents should be proud of their students, they ranked the highest among Fulton County high school students for the Georgia High School Writing Test. More than 94 percent of the Fulton county's juniors passed the test.
12/17/2007
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