From the monthly archives:

October 2008

I need your help for a Bloggers Connect surprise. . .

October 28, 2008

Some of you will, no doubt, remember the Blogger Trading Cards that I was able to cook up with Grant and Gia from RealSeekr.com for the folks who attended RE BarCamp in San Francisco.  That was a lot of fun.  For Inman Connect NYC ‘09, there isn’t a BarCamp, but I still want to do [...]

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What I’ll be doing at NAR2008. . .will I see you there?

October 27, 2008

The 2008 National Association of REALTORS Conference and Expo is just over a week away (Nov. 7-10).  That means I’ll be traveling to Orlando, and it’s gonna be a busy week.
I hope that I’ll be able to see a lot of familiar faces, and get to meet even more new ones.  In case you are [...]

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Blog Action Day: Want to fight poverty? Follow these examples. . .

October 15, 2008

Today is Blog Action Day, and the topic is poverty.
I’ll be honest, I’m not impoverished, nor is anyone reading this blog post.  So whatever I have to say on the fight against poverty would largely be symbolic.  I think it is far more valuable for you to see examples of folks who are actually doing [...]

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NAR has many Michael Jordans. It needs Phil Jackson

October 14, 2008

There has been quite a bit of discussion recently about the National Association of REALTORS hiring a Social Media Manager. Jay Thompson wrote a post on Agent Genius that generated a ton of great comments, and Benn Rosales shared his vision for the position.
I left a comment on the posts, but the more I [...]

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NAR looking to hire a Social Media Manager

October 8, 2008

This post from the CRT Blog is one of the most interesting things to come through my RSS reader in quite some time.  Looks like the National Association of REALTORS is going to hire a Social Media Manager.  That should prove interesting, to be sure.
I took a look at the job posting on Monster.com.  Benefits [...]

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The impact of the bailout: Past Chief NAR Economist speaks up live!

October 7, 2008

Justin Zimmerman is a guy a met a few months back when he asked me to participate in his webinar series, Good Morning Real Estate (affiliate link).  I was glad to help, and was able to give a presentation about social media in real estate.
Justin has been building up buzz for the official launch of [...]

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Is this really how people want to conduct a real estate search?

October 6, 2008

Here in the Charlottesville area, the largest real estate publication is owned and operated by the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS. It is called the “Real Estate Weekly.”
The Real Estate Weekly (REW) is exactly what you might expect it to be- dozens of pages of ads by real estate and mortgage professionals, with some [...]

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The $700B Bailout: it doesn’t matter what you think.

October 6, 2008

My conference meeting for the upcoming NCAA basketball officiating season is tomorrow. That makes this one of my favorite times of year. The basketball season is just around the corner. . .
A funny thing has happened every year I have been officiating basketball. Every year, there are changes to the rules, and [...]

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An interview with "Cookie the sheep" at Old Farm Day in Fluvanna

October 4, 2008

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Utterli AIR app

October 2, 2008

Trying out the new Utterli AIR app
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