Jus' Livin in Worcester County

One of the draws to living in Worcester is it's colleges and universities. There used to be a billboard by the Shrewsbury St exit of 290-E that listed 10. It's not there now, but the colleges still are. Having so many colleges in such a small area means that you may find people from age 16-76 in ...

Cool feature for those of you on Twitter, Twitter Grader twitter.grader.com has a feature where you can see everyone who's in your local area who's on Twitter. After you type in your Twitter ID, you will see that beside your Location, there is a link that says Twitter Elite. If you click on it yo...

Have you ever wondered what social networking sites you should be on? There are a few main ones that you must be on - MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. You may also want to join the social networking sites that are specific to your industry. Of course you are already on Active Rain. The f...

You read that correctly. With Google's new Gmail Custom Time you can back date email. Did you forget to send an executed copy of a document on time. Back date it. Did you forget someone's birthday? Back date an ecard. You can also mark it as "read" to make them think they forgot about it. Pretty ...

WHAT IS SOCIAL NETWORKING - I'm sure you've heard that people buy from people they know, like, and trust. Social networking is all about giving people a chance to get to know you and like you so they will want to find out more about you and what you do. Social networking sites allow you to connec...

When you meet someone for the first time, do you tell them that you are a real estate agent? That could be a bad thing - here's why.Everyone has a pre-conceived idea of what a real estate agent is. For the most part, Realtors rank just above used car salesmen in the eyes of the general public. So...

Big surprise coming! Did you know that the Real Estate community is one of the most marketed group? J/k, there's no surprise there. We are all looking for that magic bullet that will catapult our business to the top. Someone comes along and says they have that magic bullet and we are so quick to ...

It's really funny how there's so much information on the internet, but when you're looking for something and you don't type in the right keywords, you can't find it. I was recently looking for an "autoresponder" when I should have been looking for a "sequential autoresponder". Apparently they are...

One of my favorite books is a collection of articles by Amy Dacyczyn (pronounced Decision) called The Tightwad Gazette. Amy was a pioneer. She started back in the early ‘90s writing articles on ways to live within or below your means back when living on credit cards way above your means was the n...

You want to know what I saw today!?! A VA, here on Active Rain, who says she is "certified Military Spouse Virtual Assistant". Ok. Who gives that certification? And what the heck does it mean? Why do Military Spouses need a VA? I swear some of these certifications are purely made up. I think I'm ...