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Behind "Door #1" at Inman Connect … "Fear & Embarrassment"

Behind "Door #1" at Inman Connect … "Fear & Embarrassment"

“This is not my Locker” I know it is inevitable that I will be asked (perhaps 100’s of times) “What did you learn from Inman Connect SF this week”? or “What was the most interesting thing you learned at Inman Connect SF”? or some variation…

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RSS Feeds & Real Estate Leads – Really…"Kiss Your 'RSS' Good-bye!"

RSS Feeds & Real Estate Leads – Really…"Kiss Your 'RSS' Good-bye!"

When Eric Bryant wrote the original Kiss Your “RSS” Good-bye, he was referring to RSS feeds being a thing of the past as social networking sites like Twitter provided a filter for really good articles, “Kinda like a ‘Human Aggregator’”. I thought this was a…

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Facebook throws a scare at the small business owner

Facebook throws a scare at the small business owner

Once upon a time…  as in yesterday The mighty Facebook decided in it’s infinite wisdom to eliminate the ability for a Facebook Page to set a landing tab for new visitors.  This is critical to many page owners as the preferred landing tab can convert…

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Facebook Privacy Scanner – Is your data going where you think it is?

Facebook Privacy Scanner – Is your data going where you think it is?

 With everyone wanting to maximize our ‘social graph’ when it comes to either building our real estate business or our personal brand, sometimes that can come with a price: privacy. Being that most everyone reading Geek Estate is on Facebook in some capacity, I wanted…

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REBarCamp Phoenix and Foursquare

REBarCamp Phoenix and Foursquare

photo credit: Sirinyay If you are coming to REBarCamp/Phoenix, (and why not?) here’s your chance to connect with others on the increasingly popular social network http://foursquare.com Personally, I joined a while back and then didn’t do anything with it.  Since SXSW I’ve been experimenting with different…

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How to AutoFollow Everyone and still pay attention

How to AutoFollow Everyone and still pay attention

The following is just my personal opinion.  How you use Twitter is entirely up to you and as far as I’m concerned, you are right. With that said, assuming you are in sales, or in the “engagement” business I believe in the AutoFollow.  I set…

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5 Twitter Analytics Programs

5 Twitter Analytics Programs

I just finished reading Matthew’s post on ClickTale, and I’ve gotta say I’m pretty impressed; I’m pretty sure we’re all huge fans of real time analytics and the ability to watch an actual user session is amazing! We also had a great post on human…

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A Conduit Toolbar for Internet Browsers

A Conduit Toolbar for Internet Browsers

Creating A Conduit Toolbar for Internet Browsers Conduit.com is a site that allows you to create a “custom” toolbar that works with popular Internet browsers like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari.  The toolbar can be custom created from scratch, then offered as an…

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Social Media's "Top 10" Human Aggregators!

Social Media's "Top 10" Human Aggregators!

You might remember just a few short weeks ago I wrote a post, here on GEB, coining the phrase “Human Aggregators”, entitled “Kiss Your RSS Good-Bye”. It was about how, using an application like Tweetdeck (Though Hootsuite and others would work as well), you could essentially…

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Use Linkedin and Facebook to Increase Conversions

Use Linkedin and Facebook to Increase Conversions

As many social media experts, gurus, and ninjas try to “monetize” social media for their clients, others are focusing simply on the connection and interaction with clients.  Dare I say “engaging”?  Engagement used to be for when 2 people decided to get married, but today…

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