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community

A big THANK YOU to the Michigan Association of REALTORS (and a special thank you to Mark Lemon)

October 22, 2009

Two weeks ago, I was in Traverse City, MI at the Michigan Association of REALTORS Conference and Expo.  I was given the opportunity to lead three presentations about social media.  I had a blast!  I really enjoyed my time and Michigan, and I just wanted to say “thank you” to everyone who made it possible, [...]

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I’m giving a free presentation to local residents about social media

February 18, 2009

Today, I am on the cover of the local publication, The Rural Virginian (sorry, no link). You can download the article, though. The article was written, very well I might add, by local freelance writer Wendy Edwards. You can follow Wendy on Twitter, too (@WendyTime). The interview itself was a lesson in how social media [...]

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Forget Real Estate 2.0. How about we try 1.5 for a while?

November 3, 2008

Baketball referees, by and large, tend to be very confident people. Confidence is pretty much a prerequisite for survival in the world of sports officiating. Confidence is a good thing, but it can also get you in trouble. I remember when I first started officiating high school basketball. Like every other referee, I started out [...]

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How/Why Do You Use Social Media?

June 16, 2008

As you might imagine, I have been thinking a lot about community building recently. Whether you blog for business, blog to inform, or just blog to amuse, we all want to build a community, don’t we? Or, if not build one, at least find one where we can be a useful, active member. There are [...]

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Spread the Love Day– June 18th, 2008!

June 13, 2008

What is Spread the Love Day? We could all use a little more love, couldn’t we? My idea for Spread the Love Day was inspired by Gary Vaynerchuk, Chris Brogan, and Benn Rosales (among others). The concept is simple– I want you do something for someone else that you wish could be done for you. [...]

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On Becoming the Inman News Community Mangager

June 9, 2008

Today, I embark upon what I expect will be a very interesting, enriching, and exciting endeavor. Today, I begin in my position as Community Manager for Inman News. What does this mean? Well first of all, it means that I will still be blogging and creating the best possible content I can right here (did [...]

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