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2006
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It’s fun Friday at my office today! And here is our quiz of the day. How well can you locate states on a map? I readily admit Geography has never been one of my strengths. But this Geography Quiz can be a good teaching tool! And hey, we need to be able to locate all those referrals we sen...
09/29/2006
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I’m heading off to Phoenix next week for a RE/MAX Conference. The thought of an almost 6 hour flight from Connecticut to Arizona and another 6 hours back already has me going stir crazy. I’m thinking of how to best use the time since “Relaxing” for 12 hours just isn’t in my vocabulary. I do h...
09/29/2006
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Angus blogged today about Mentoring Groups It made me think about the Cyberprofessionals, a mentoring group with a history of over 10 years. They Cyberprofessionals got their start in the summer of 1995. They met chatting on the old RE/MAX Compuserve forum and had an idea, meet in person and ...
09/28/2006
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I just started using Visistat to track the web traffic on my website. The traffic reports are very detailed and better yet, they are real time. I especially like the Georgraphic Information right down to the visitor's city! The very coolest part is the live StatCaster which you can keep open o...
09/26/2006
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The Mother of all Trade Shows and my favorite real estate event of the year is coming!! Yep, it is The National Association of Realtors Expo and I wouldn’t miss it for anything. With over 600 exhibitors and tons and tons of cool stuff, I formulate a plan each year to see as much as I can see in...
09/25/2006
But I have to ask. Tomorrow I’m heading down the highway an hour or so to give a presentation on blogging to an office meeting of about 100 or so. I’ve given the presentation before so I’m well prepared and my hand-outs are just about ready. The first time I gave this presentation, I realized...
09/25/2006
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I’ve attended the Howard Brinton Conferences for a number of years and have listened to his Star Power Tape Series for even longer. One of the ideas that has stuck with me since I heard it …. Star Bob Wolff’s routine of writing notes every day to not only clients, but to average people he came...
09/24/2006
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No Room in the InboxI've had an office pet for a few years now. Our most recent additions are these two girls, Lily and Molly. We use Lily and Molly in our advertising and many of our marketing pieces. Lily and Molly have even sponsored "Ledyard's Best Pet Contest", w...
09/24/2006
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There have been a few blogs of late from newbies (I say affectionately as we were all new once.) looking for ideas of how to increase business. When agents start in the business one of the first things they do is print up business cards. The second thing they need to do is actually give ...
09/23/2006
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I just sent an email to a local agent with some information about an offer I was putting together on one of her listings. I received an “auto responder” saying she was out of town and wouldn't be returning emails until after the 27th. Period. (That’s 5 days from now). Wow! While I understan...
09/23/2006
