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technology

Me and @LilZebra explain one of the things we love about social media

March 12, 2010

I made this video today in order to thank Wayne Holt for a very thoughtful gift that he gave me. Wayne ROCKS!

I wish that YouTube wouldn’t have cut me off at 1:30, but alas. After that, Ava went down for a nap. As much as I love Wayne, I wasn’t about to [...]

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Join me Inside the Zoo with my email newsletter. . .

February 1, 2010

Considering my last post was on January 1st, I figure that writing the next post on February 1st provides the perfect amount symmetry.  ;-)
One of the reasons that I haven’t written a blog post in a month is that I began my newest adventure. . .fatherhood.  I’m loving every minute of it.
One of the other [...]

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2010 Top 5 HOT or NOT List (in Black and White)

December 14, 2009
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What buying a stroller can teach REALTORS about social media

October 26, 2009

Kari and I bought a stroller on Sunday.
We’ve been shopping for a stroller for quite a while.
I want to share our stroller-buying story with you.  I want to share our stroller-buying story with you because our story illustrates how you can effectively use social media in your business.
The story of two first-time stroller-buyers
This is our [...]

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Sean from BlogInstall.com fixed my blog! He ROCKS!

October 20, 2009

As noted in my previous post, I was having crazy Wordpress problems earlier today.  None of my themes worked, and the site was unable to find any of the .css files needed to make things display correctly.  Basically, it was an effed up mess.
I put a tweet out there, asking for some help.  Lots of [...]

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5 Awesome Things I learned at RE Blogworld

October 19, 2009

So, last week, I was at RE Blogworld.  If you are a regular reader of the blog, you probably noticed that from my previous posts.  On one of those posts, Doug Francis left a comment asking me share the top 10 things I learned while I was there.  Thanks for the suggestion, Doug!
I’m going to [...]

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Let referees show you how to set expectations for communication

September 3, 2009

Communication is a key part of your business.  Most of the negative feedback you ever get in your business can probably be traced back to some sort of communication issue.  
As I was thumbing through my basketball rulebook recently, it occurred to me that referees do a good job of setting the communication expectations of [...]

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Don’t get caught watching the real estate scoreboard

August 12, 2009

In the 9 seasons that I have officiated basketball, I have seen a whole lot of basketball games.  Not as many as some refs, but certainly my fair share.  Some of those games have been buzzer-beating barn-burners, others have been 30-point snoozers.  One thing is for certain in all of those games– one team lost, [...]

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Some brief thoughts on Facebook Fan Pages for REALTORS

June 29, 2009

Todd Carpenter, the Social Media Manager for NAR, wrote a brief post on one of the NAR blogs all about the recent flurry of Facebook Fan Page invites. I left a comment there, but wanted to address the issue here, too.
I made this brief video to share my thoughts about Facebook Fan [...]

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Thursday, 4/30/09 brings us dueling webinars. Whose side are you on?

April 28, 2009

Apparently the stars are aligning this Thursday, April 30th at 10:30 AM PST (1:30 EST).
At that time, you have not one but TWO great real-estate related webinars from which to choose. Both of them are ABSOLUTELY FREE!
This first of the webinars will feature yours truly. I’ll be sharing my experiences as [...]

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