Monthly Archives: August 2010

Why Not Be Social? When Social is Lost.

This is what it is all about. This crowd is gathered as a result of social media.

Sometimes I wonder if people really understand why they are using any social media platform.  Are they there because they were told they should be? They were told it was “cool”? To sell something? Most people seem to get it.  They converse, share and work together to build a new community.  The key word in…

Maybe I am Wrong?

It happens occasionally – I am wrong once in a while. When I am, I am always happy to admit it!  I hope I was wrong in my “doom and gloom” predictions of last week (too early to tell).  That would be the best “wrong” ever! After price reductions on a majority of my listings last week, I have…

Is It Time to Toss Your Real Estate Agent?

I am going to tackle a question today because I think it is a question that a lot of Sellers ask themselves.  My friend Katie, whom I know from co-hosting a community WAY back when on iVillage, sent me this question. “My sister is struggling to decide whether to toss her agent and get another…

I Don't Need an App to Tell Me Who My Friends Are. Do You?

Maya, Chris Drayer and Gahlord Dewald in San Francisco

I love a bit of fun as much as the next person.  I have a twilk background on my Twitter page and it is fun to see it change over time as it looks at those I have interacted with the most in my Twitter stream.  I like that Twilk digs deep and goes back…

Something Wicked This Way Comes, part Deux

I wrote about it yesterday as I put the pieces of the puzzle together and saw the pattern develop.  Today while finishing a report for a corporate client I had to calculate an absorption rate a specific price point in a popular zip code in a geographically desirable area of North Wilmington (DE).  What I…

"Something Wicked This Way Comes"

If you like my upbeat and relatively snarky but often positive posts, this one might not be a favorite of yours but as a business woman, I noticed a few puzzle pieces coming together today.  So my apologies for being a downer. We are in the cross-hairs of a rather large storm.  Late last Fall…

What Social Platforms Do You Use and Why?

Aside from the top platforms, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Linked-In, etc. what other Social Media platforms, or related do you like to use? I am working on some documentation and I want to include some other platforms that I might not use well, or often. I would like to be able to share their function and…

Video

I need to do more videos, I feel like I am falling behind and need to make that a priority. Although I so often feel as though I am falling behind on a multitude of things, the reality is I am pressing forward on so much, the progress is divided into too many things to often…

Owning My "Join" Video for Coldwell Banker

I have had a lot of people telling me how much they love this video. I cringe  when I see myself on video. It is old conditioning, childhood fear, or just complete and total lame and residual self-hate from earlier in life. Whatever the case may be, part of my whole “own it” philosophy is getting…

A Great Video: Blood Sucking Vampire REALTOR

The irony in watching this video, was not lost on me, I have a very similar conversation often with clients, and see this situation.  The Consumer perception of what we the REALTOR offer, and the way they react to us – and the illusion of a loan modification.  Watch – it really speaks quite a…