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Welcome to the Technology for Real Estate Professionals technology glossary. This glossary is available through a permalink on the right side of every page. New terms will be added on a regular basis.Thanks!Frank Jewett==========Blog - Web LogAn internet journal publishing model that is easy to d...

Have you ever tried to import contacts from Microsoft Excel into Outlook and gotten a "no named ranges" error message? The process for importing contacts from Excel into Outlook is not obvious, but it is simple if you use a comma separated values or CSV file. CSV files are commonly used to transf...

Today, I received a question from an agent about how to set up Outlook 2003 to work with his Yahoo! webmail account. Microsoft provides a wide variety of instructions and demos on the Microsoft Office website. One of these demos shows how to set up Outlook 2003 to retrieve messages from your webm...

Think you're too old to blog? Think again.One of the world's most famous blog writers is a 96-year-old grandmother from Spain named Maria Amelia. Maria started blogging on December 23, 2006. As she explained at the top of her blog, "Today it's my birthday and my grandson, who is very stingy, gave...

Before I get inundated with comments about the value of home ownership, the question in the title is about software, not housing. Software, unlike housing, tends to depreciate and become obsolete, forcing us to purchase upgrades or replacement software. With that in mind, what should you think ab...

How many of you have ever tried the spell-checker here at ActiveRain?Have you ever noticed that it doesn't know words like blog, blogs, blogged, blogger, and blogging?Does it not seem odd that a spell-checker which is meant to be used on a blog can't spell blog?Does it not seem odd that a spell-c...

San Jose is made up of suburbs that stretch for miles in every direction.  Within this large, irregularly shaped city there are many different neighborhoods.  Within many of those neighborhoods, there are a few blocks of land that were never incorporated into the city.  Some of these areas are bl...

Are you looking for ways to use technology to save money and improve your marketing? I have two new Technology For Real Estate Professionals classes with "hands on" labs scheduled in February at the Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®.Friday, February 8th - 9:00 AM to 10:30 AMMicrosoft Ou...

Viral marketing is when you create a marketing message so entertaining, interesting, or compelling that others voluntarily spread that marketing message for you. In the old days, before computers, we called this "word of mouth advertising", also known as "referrals", and recognized it as a valuab...

I started posting on November 9, 2007, so Wednesday was my two month birthday on ActiveRain.  I'm big on tracking and trends, so let's see how my second month compared to my first month.First Month: 14,428 points, 58 blog posts, 199 comments made, and 298 comments receivedSecond Month: 14,872 poi...