Matt Dollinger, of @Properties in Chicago, raised a very interesting question at the Leading RE conference that just concluded. He then raised it again over Twitter (Matt is @mattdollinger) and the discussion threatened to overwhelm the 140-char limit. It’s time for bloggery. Matt’s question was this (in essence): In 2015, with companies like Trulia, Zillow, … Read more
1. Thou shalt not spam thy friends. 2. Thou shalt not be LinkedIn with coworkers, for LinkedIn has replaced most job sites for recruiting. Social network with thy coworkers around the large container that dispenseth water. 3. Thou shalt think twice before being Facebook Friends with coworkers, clients, and prospects. And definitely think thrice before … Read more
Just a brief note from the Leading RE Show going on right now in Scottsdale, AZ. I got to sit in on a great session earlier today with a speaker who I gather was a luxury marketing consultant. He actually had some great points to make and great things to say. However, a theme he … Read more
So I ask an innocent question recently on Twitter: “What’s the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?” And I got a number of interesting responses. So of course I have to blog about it, heh. Heather Elias (@heatherflynn) wrote: @robhahn interruption marketing versus permission marketing. Actually, I take that back. More like broadcasting versus … Read more
I’ve been meaning to check out The Local — New York Time’s foray into what they’re calling ‘hyperlocal’ media but only got around to it just now. Imagine my surprise and pleasure to discover that my neighborhood (Millburn, Maplewood, and South Orange) is one of the two trial neighborhoods for The Local. (The other one … Read more
Sometimes I’ll get a really nice comment or praise from various folks who read this little blog of mine. Like this twitter I got recently: @robhahn haha, you always have some of the best reads. Will spend the necessary time. Keep up the forward thinking. In those moments, because I am human and subject to … Read more
Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve heard of this “social media” thing. But if pressed to define it, you — like the rest of us — would stammer out a few words about Twitter, Facebook, and blogs and then… realize that the term is more or less undefined. Well, here’s the Wikipedia … Read more
(Part 1, Part 2) Petraeus on Unity Another major lesson from counterinsurgency is the importance of coordination and synchronization: It is also essential that we achieve unity of effort, that we coordinate and synchronize the actions of all ISAF and Afghan forces — and those of our Pakistani partners across the border — and that … Read more
“Forward, the Light Brigade!” Was there a man dismay’d? Not tho’ the soldier knew Someone had blunder’d: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. – Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charge of the Light Brigade Todd Carpenter (@tcar on … Read more