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A new chapter for the Zebra

January 1, 2010

There is something to be said for starting out the New Year fresh. Yesterday was my last day as Community Manger for Inman News. My journey as Community Manger began over a year ago. It was a wonderful ride. I learned a ton about all kinds of things. The kinds of things that will continue [...]

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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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The BIGGEST announcement in the history of The Zebra. . .

June 17, 2009

Just watch. . . Ok, so to be completely accurate, Kari is the one who is pregnant, but I helped. Needless to say, we are EXTREMELY excited. We actually found out on Mother’s Day (how cool is that?), but wanted to sit on making a huge deal out of it until we had time to [...]

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Enter the Inman News Photo Contest, and you could win $200!

March 11, 2009

FULL DISCLOSURE– I am the Community Manager for Inman News Inman News has just announced a photo contest for real estate professionals, and the winner of the contest will walk away with a $200 Amazon Gift Card.  Sweet. Here are the details from the announcement: The photo should tell a story about the housing market [...]

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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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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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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 [...]

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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.  [...]

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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 [...]

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