Real Estate’s branding challenge: An interview with Marc Davison of 1000watt Consulting

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Many of you have been asking me for the radio interview I did with Marc Davison from 1000Watt  Consulting. Here it is in all of it's glory. It was a great interview with a bunch of good pieces of wisdom throughout. Below are some time stamps of different topics we got into. Let me know what you … [Read more...]

Who’s using which Social Sites?

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Cool infographic from FlowTown.  Check it out. I think the Facebook and Linked-In age stats on the bottom are intriguing. Which stat is the most intriguing to you? Flowtown - Social Media Marketing Application … [Read more...]

10 Technology and News real estate articles you may have missed the week ending November 12th

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TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS The dream of homeownership lives This broker/owner was thirty-something. He looked a lot like me. And sounded unlike any real estate executive I had ever spoken with. I had asked him, in the course of a discovery meeting that kicks off many of our engagements, to … [Read more...]

10 Technology and News real estate articles you may have missed the week ending October 22nd

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TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS Are you Lead-Generating or Trust-Generating I am in many brokerages on a regular basis. The most consistent message I hear? Lead generation. Much of this discussion is about gaining leads in the online space. An interesting two words together…lead generation. It makes … [Read more...]

Are you coming to Agent Reboot in Denver? Bring your business to the future level!

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What is Agent Reboot? Coming up in Denver on Wednesday, September 8th is Agent Reboot produced by inmanNews. Inman puts on some great conferences and this will be no exception. I'm not even a real estate agent and I'm still going!! Here's what it is straight from the source. "Agent Reboot is … [Read more...]

Realtors and Facebook: 6.5 ways to LOSE Friends and Influence People to HIDE You.

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CC Image courtesy of SarahDeer on Flickr ① Suggest people become a fan or "like" your business page to people who  have never done business with you. Be intentional and specific about who you ask to be fans of your page. Also, try Facebook ads as well... but don't send out SPAM to everyone you … [Read more...]

Top 8.5 reasons NOT to have a blog based website for your Colorado Springs real estate business.

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Top 8.5 reasons NOT to have a blog based website for your Colorado Springs real estate business. 1) You want to make sure and let people know that you aren't up to date on the current real estate climate because you don't have the time to update them. 2) You find that your time is better spent … [Read more...]

Translate your Technology

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We are in the middle of a technology series for Colorado Springs Realtors® and mortgage loan officers in helping them translate their technology to their businesses. It has been held at a great venue in Colorado Springs, Air Academy Federal Credit Union. Here is some of the links and content we … [Read more...]

Facebook is Totally a Fad… Just Like Google.

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Except that Facebook isn't a fad, but yet many real estate and mortgage professionals in Colorado Springs are treating it as so. Facebook had a major thing happen this last week... It surpassed Google in internet traffic. Compliments of 1000 watt's blog, this infographic gives you some cool and … [Read more...]

10 Resources to help you Explode in 2010

So, these are some great blogs/ebooks/mind maps for real estate agents(and really any business people) out there that will help you mentally and practically.  I would highly recommend you follow them, get their rss feeds, whatever you need to do to listen!  I do... 1 50 Do-it-Yourself Marketing … [Read more...]