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Why we don’t need more professionalism among REALTORS

February 10, 2010

If you want to start a debate among baseball purists, bring up the designated hitter.
If you want to start a debate among Realtors, bring up professionalism.
Frankly, I’m sick to death of both discussions.
I really think that, as an industry, we need to move past the whole “we need a higher degree of professionalism in real [...]

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

December 14, 2009
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Realtor.com is on Twitter. Interesting. . .

March 27, 2009

So, I got some love from the REALTOR.com blog today. The post was about their recent foray into the world of Twitter, and how they used it to help my Mother-in-Law with a REALTOR.com issue she was having. Frankly, I am glad to see REALTOR.com getting involved with Twitter for the [...]

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Send me your questions for an interview with the NAR Social Media Manager

February 20, 2009

I have been saying for a while that the real estate blogosphere pretty much revolves around Virginia. In case you don’t believe me, here is further proof. . .
You may have noticed that NAR recently announced that the position of Social Media Manager has been filled (an announcement made in VA, by the way). [...]

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Dustin Luther, Jeff Turner, and Rudy Bachraty show you how to engage your clients with social media

November 10, 2008

This video is a recording of the session held by Dustin Luther, Jeff Turner and Rudy Bachraty at the 2008 National Association of REALTORS Conference and Expo. The session was all about how REALTORS can use social media to engage their clients. Dustin, Jeff and Rudy do an excellent job of explaining how [...]

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Diamond Dwellings brings social media to the NAR2008 Expo

November 9, 2008

This video is a recording of a live-stream that I did at the 2008 National Association of REALTORS Conference and Expo. The panel discussion was very lively, the questions were great, and everyone shared tons of great information and strategies about real estate and social media.
The panel was moderated by Matt Fagioli of Diamond [...]

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Panelists show attendees how to blog for business at NAR2008

November 9, 2008

This video is a recording of a live-stream that I did at the 2008 National Association of REALTORS Conference and Expo. The panel discussion was all about how REALTORS can successfully use blogging for business. Tons of great information and discussion of strategies and best practices.
The panel was moderated by Dustin [...]

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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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You Can Also Catch The Zebra on the REALTOR Magazine Blog

April 17, 2008

Just this week, I started a series of posts over on VARBuzz that will focus on the history of the National Association of REALTORS. Specifically, I’ll be writing posts as I make my way through the new Centennial book that was published by NAR.
When I first pitched this idea to the good [...]

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