It’s a pretty sure bet that you have a cell phone. What about text messaging, do you use it? If you don’t, consider yourself in a very small minority. Nielsen Mobile surveys shows that by the second quarter of 2008, text messages had exceeded the…

In my opinion, even with millions of members, LinkedIn has always been a site to ‘meme’ yourself to death, and brag about others.  Recommend, and get recommended.  The site, again in my opinion, was not much more than, an on-line profile, a resume’ of sorts,…

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…

I’m at REBarCamp in Houston right now, and Paul Chaney is currently giving a keynote speech. He just detailed 5 trends that are turning this world upside down: Consumer skepticism and resistance to advertising Media fragmentation is out of control Increasingly the consumer is in…

We have a new entry to the broker blogger space — as of today, Steve and Kris Berg are now operating as San Diego Castles Realty. They were formerly agents for Prudential California Realty and have built a great brand in the San Diego area…

Ok, the #1 reason Brokers hire me, is because I possess the rare ability to translate “Geek Speak” into English! #2 is, I can spend 8 hrs reading all the coolest Blogs on the Internet and decipher what cool new tool has some relevance to our…

“Mr. Watson, come here, I need you”…recognize those infamous words? I hope so, they are the words spoken by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant, Mr. Watson (Is this the same guy that Sherlock Holmes called “Homey”?). History has recorded this as the very first phone…

Here’s a humorous look at blogging and copyright. Swallow your coffee first and then click through to this blog post by Faye Hendry. Faye’s blog tells you repeatedly that she’s a christian but that fact only adds to the irony of the image Mike Mueller uploaded…

That’s right.  It’s gonna “rain” this year, but not on the parade.  ActiveRain Corp. is a proud sponsor of the Real Estate BarCamp this year being held in Houston, Texas.  Rumor has it that Rich Jacobson aka (Sparky) and Brad Andersohn aka (Active Brad) will…

Last Tuesday we held the Vancouver Real Estate Technology Meetup at Ceilis Irish Pub. We ran it in a little different format this month. We had 3 tech savy Realtors on stage with me to have a question and answer period about the technology they…