He thinks real estate brokers should start local newspapers: What should not-so-busy real estate brokers do? Why not start a local newspaper? Here’s how I would do it. Assume you’ve got six people in your office. Each person is responsible to do two things each day: Interview a local business, a local student or a … Read more
Gary Vaynerchuk, of Wine Library, is a tremendously entertaining speaker. And he spoke at Inman NY this past week. While we wait for the official video from the good people of Inman, I found this… what do you call it, bootleg conference speaker video? on this blog post by Sue Adler, a realtor who actually … Read more
While I managed to escape the fate of practicing law (except for a summer experience, which is to actual legal practice as Barbados is to Mogadishu), I still have a great deal of affection for, and interest in, the business of law practice. In fact, I wrote an entire series musing on whether real estate … Read more
I’m reasonably sure that none of you currently reading this has ever thought that those three terms belong together. But they do! Recently, I got into a discussion with the inimitable Teri Lussier about Fred Astaire vs. Gene Kelly. Well… to be fair, it wasn’t much of a discussion. More of Teri beating me about … Read more
I was tempted to jump in after part 1, when Danilo Bogdanovic threw down the gauntlet. But man, am I glad I waited until he was all done with his series on the future of real estate brokerage. You really owe it to yourself to read the whole series: Part 1, Part 2, and Part … Read more
Ines asks a fantastic question: What would happen to your business if your blog or favorite Social Media Site were to disappear tomorrow? Her entire post is worth reading, as it relates quite a bit to disaster recovery, data security, and copyright maintenance. All worthwhile things to think about. My followup question is: What if … Read more
Ines asks a fantastic question: What would happen to your business if your blog or favorite Social Media Site were to disappear tomorrow? Her entire post is worth reading, as it relates quite a bit to disaster recovery, data security, and copyright maintenance. All worthwhile things to think about. My followup question is: What if … Read more
So my post about Twitter is generating a fair amount of commentary from readers. The general tone appears to be that while one shouldn’t Twitter just to generate additional business, it’s still worth doing for a variety of reasons, such as being Web 2.0 savvy, being in-touch with non-client business associates, and personal pleasure. Here’s … Read more
According to Forrester Research, 6% of Americans use Twitter. Robert Scoble calls bullshit: There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that many people are using Twitter. My data shows that the regular users are between 50,000 and 300,000. A high percentage of which are outside the United States. That doesn’t come anywhere close to the numbers required … Read more