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One Week on Google Voice:  Progress and Pitfalls

One Week on Google Voice: Progress and Pitfalls

I was lucky enough to be one of the people with a Grand Central account when Google took over with its new Google Voice service (sometimes being a geek who signs up for every new service pays off, even if you had no idea what…

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Personal Business, Business Personality, and Social Media

Personal Business, Business Personality, and Social Media

There is an interesting post by Rob Hahn, AKA Notorious Rob, that touches close to home for me — Personal Business, Business Personality, and Social Media: An Interview with Todd Carpenter, NAR. The issue at hand is whether people should maintain two separate personalities online…

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Goomzee Enables Text Message Chat Conversations Between Buyer and Seller

Goomzee Enables Text Message Chat Conversations Between Buyer and Seller

Goomzee just announced a new next messaging marketing product called InterAct. The technology enables text message chat conversation between buyer and seller: When enabled, the InterAct feature will record additional text messages received during a specific time period and link them to the initial buyer…

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Online Meetings :: Really Feeling This…

Online Meetings :: Really Feeling This…

You’re reading all over Inman and in other news, mobility of the real estate agent and the office.  New apps that question, what is really the office?  Do I have to meet clients at the office…or simply meet at a local coffee shop or cafe for face-to-face time. Online…

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The Greatest "Cool Tool" of all!

The Greatest "Cool Tool" of all!

Hi Everyone, The Coach here!         Haven’t spoken in a while, my apologies for that. I (Like so many others) was a little distracted by life and the “curve balls” in can throw you 🙂 Thus the moral of my (short) story today….As a Father…

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Feedfuze – Managing Your RSS Feeds

Feedfuze – Managing Your RSS Feeds

Here’s a great way to syndicate and manage RSS feeds like none other I’ve seen.  Feedfuze allows you to create fuzes, then place them in containers to be hosted on your Blog or Website.  Fully functional with editing capability.  You can select which articles from…

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Social Media in Real Estate – Part 2: Facebook

Social Media in Real Estate – Part 2: Facebook

Facebook is a phenomenon used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. According to Facebook.com / comScore — Facebook has over 110 million active users, is the 4th most-trafficked website in the world, and is the most-trafficked social media site in the world. These are…

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A Quick and Easy Tool for Turning E-mail Signatures into Outlook Contacts

A Quick and Easy Tool for Turning E-mail Signatures into Outlook Contacts

For those of you who are constantly turning e-mail signatures into Outlook Contacts, I found a cool piece of software you can utilize — Anagram 2.1. Today, I recorded a quick video post (here’s my 1st video post comparing the iPhone to the BlackBerry) explaining…

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Social Media in Real Estate – Part 1: Twitter

Social Media in Real Estate – Part 1: Twitter

There are a number of free tools out there that can help you market yourself and your listings through the use of social media. Whether it’s posting an item on Facebook, blogging on Active Rain, uploading a video to ZIPVO (my employer), or posting a…

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Why Real Estate Agents have Embraced Technology

Why Real Estate Agents have Embraced Technology

My dad is the arguably the most intelligent person I know, but he has this thing against technology and anything that requires him to do more than press a few buttons. So it was with not a little wonder that I recently saw him use…

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