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Realtor?s Guide To Blog Writing Tip #2: RSS Subscriptions?Grow Your Audienc
2008-02-18 21:00:00
The following video “RSS in Plain English” produced by childhood time tripping website commoncraft.com, is a brilliantly simple way to explain the process of subscribing to a blog. RSS means “Really Simple Syndication” and it is one of the best methods to increase a blog’s readership, convert casual one time searches into daily visits, and ...
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Published Article Resource Guide: deansguide?s Real Estate Industry Article
2008-02-16 21:50:00
Today is the launch of deansguide’s “Published Article Resource Guide ” page created to provide a quick, organized, and easy to utilize go-to source of how to’s, tips, guides, and steps to improve your business. This page and subsequent published article resource guide pages will be located on the right sidebar just below the “archives” page ...
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Real Estate Brokers-Realtors Survival Kit Tool #6: Jay Abraham?s 3 Methods
2008-02-16 00:25:00
Jay Abraham marketing-trainer superstar, billed as the 7,000,000 man, is the preeminent authority on how to grow your business in the world. Thanks to the fantastic resource blog strategicprofits.com, 5 incredible videos are available illustrating Jay’s strategies during a recent seminar. If you never take the time to listen to Jay in these ...
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Proclivity LLC Ph.D John Egger?s Top 10 Executive Derailment Factors: Realt
2008-02-14 19:23:00
John Eggers, Ph.d and President/CEO of Proclivity LLC is an expert in human capital issues effecting businesses, employee challenges in the workplace, and measuring the best method for hiring the right people within an organization. Egger’s University of You (YU) is billed as “A Personal, Career & Organizational Development Forum” and “Resources to Help You ...
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?Why Being First In Google Will Really Help Grow Your Real Estate Business?
2008-02-13 01:06:00
One of the must read blogs in the blogosphere, therealestatebloggers.com, outlined a 2006 Cornell University study that is a call to arms for real estate brokers and agents yet to adopt blogging as a marketing tool. In the article “Why Being First in Google Will Really Help Grow Your Real Estate Business ” the following points are ...
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Realtor Health Tip #1: 8 Steps To Combat Stress
2008-02-12 02:52:00
Stress is one of the most devastating health concerns people face in today’s fast paced 24-7 society. Stress leads to sleep disorder, heart related maladies, high blood pressure, and it often drains energy leading to a weakened immune system. 8 Steps to Controlling Stress: 1. Rituals–Begin your day with a ritual that centers you in peace. Meditate ...
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San Francisco City Guides: How To Get To Know Any San Francisco City Neighb
2008-02-10 19:40:00
One of the most intriguing, history infused, hands on methods of getting to know a San Francisco neighborhood is offered by San Francisco City Guides . The service is sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library and it is free. The mission statement of SFCG: “City Guides volunteers are serious about sharing the fun of discovering San ...
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Darth Vader vs Luke Skywalker: McCain’s War Machine vs Hillary-Obama&
2008-02-10 02:13:00
2008 will go down as the turning point and most serious year in the history of the United States since Kennedy faced down Khrushchev’s WW3 challenge in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The election that is moving ever close brings with it the type of peril that can catapult us into the darkest chapter in American history or this election can become a history making break–away from the Republican “army” that we now suffer under. For the United States, the crisis began on October 15, 1962 Courtesy the thinkquest.org Analyze the Points: 1. The Candidates are window dressing in this crisis–none of these people will have free reign to implement their policies 2. The Party Policies are the real debate and danger as the Republican and Democratic parties already have in place their strategies moving forward Vote for Ideology: 1. A vote for the Republicans translates to a vote for continued never ending War in the Middle East justified on the premise of wi...
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Realtor?s Guide To Blog Writing Tip #1: Three Components Of Success
2008-02-09 03:16:00
Blogging is the most powerful next generation online marketing tool available to Realtors today. The #1 concern in a Realtor’s mind is being able to produce compelling content on a daily basis. Reality dictates that technology is and will remain the biggest challenge to entry and content the biggest “psychological” factor to adoption. Let’s concentrate ...
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California Victims of 1031 Exchange Rip Offs and Industry Professionals: Yo
2008-02-08 17:29:00
SB 1007 is an attempt to wash away any memory of Mike Machado’s ignorance of the entire 1031 Exchange process, it’s rules, and the unregulated Dodge City atmosphere the industry has operated in (with impunity) to this point in it’s history. If I were a California Qualified Intermediary, investor, or anyone involved in this industry ...
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California Bill SB 1007 No Mention Of ?Dual Signatures?: San Jose Mercury N
2008-02-05 03:53:00
Courtesy James Burke (Gangster) Wikipedia One month into Q1 2008 California Bill SB 1007 is being trumpeted as the savior of swindled 1031 Exchange investors by the San Jose Mercury News: “If a bill currently winding its way through the state Senate had been law even a year ago, Bay Area investors would not have ...
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How Do You See The Super Bowl Live For $20: Just Show Up
2008-02-04 00:49:00
January 10, 2008 the San Francisco 49ers destroyed the record breaking Miami Dolphins, Dan Marino and company, 38-16 at Stanford University stadium in Palo Alto, California. I wanted to go to the game as it was only 50 miles from my home but like the rest of America–I didn’t have a ticket. Resigned to the fact ...
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2 Principles of Networking For Realtors: ?It?s Not Who You Know?It?s Who Kn
2008-02-01 03:52:00
Jeffrey Gitomer is the man behind the quote: “It’s not who you know it’s who knows you.” He is also the most important source for networking aka connecting in America today. Go to gitomer.com for a mountain of evidence on why this man is so important to your success. I have spent the past 5 ...
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There Are No Words No Matter What Your Political Beliefs
2008-01-30 03:26:00
*Thanks go to my friend Tom Proell mortgage broker First Horizon Home Loans of Walnut Creek, California. This is a reminder of the things we take as entitlements, the ideals we believe are our rights, the things that we hold near and dear. This is not a political statement. This is merely a reminder. Regardless of ...
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Real Estate Broker?s Survival Kit Tool #4: Google?s Corporate Culture Appli
2008-01-28 18:13:00
If you are over 40 years of age and worked in corporate America you have probably experienced corporate cultures from high stress “push it over the edge” to win-win watch out for the other guy. Because the corporate culture mirrors the company founders, many corporations were all about watching the bottom line and operating from ...
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San Francisco Forty Niners 5 Super Bowl Titles: 1980?s Most Dominant Era In
2008-01-27 20:14:00
All due respect goes to Tom Brady, a local Nor Cal guy, and the Boston Patriots. Great team but not the greatest ever. That designation, in my opinion, goes to the San Francisco Forty Niners voted team of the 1980’s. Why are the Niners my choice as the dynasty of all dynasties? 1. 1980’s: Coming off ...
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Did You Know Jesus Was Black? Earl ?The Pearl? Monroe aka Black Jesus
2008-01-26 02:32:00
Have you ever admired an artist a virtuoso who has no equal? A force so unique and astonishing that you were left to wonder–will I ever see that again? Earl Monroe was one of those artists–I have never seen anyone since do the things the Pearl could do. Black Jesus and “Clyde” the greatest backcourt ...
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?20 Ideas To Relentlessly Self Promote You and Your Business?: Lifemoxie.co
2008-01-25 01:14:00
Last night I attended the San Francisco chapter of the Women in Consulting networking group in order to experience consultant Ann Tardy’s “Driving Revenue in 2008 with Asking + Relentless Self-Promotion.” Ann is the force behind www.lifemoxie.com. Simply put Ann Tardy’s presentation was most valuable instructional 60 min workshop I have ever experienced. Ann’s delivery is ...
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Wordpress Creator Matt Mullenweg Raises $2.9M In Funding: Blogging Can No L
2008-01-24 07:26:00
Today marks the turning point and trumpets the arrival of the sea change in American media and culture; the revolution begins as the preeminent open source software platform for blogging, Wordpress , creator Matt Mullenweg has received $29.5 million in a series B Funding for his company Automatic. This event validates, legitimizes, and transforms the once ...
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Experts Board: deansguide?s Plan For Best of Breed Business Directory
2008-01-23 02:33:00
Everyday I am asked by someone in business or personal dealings “Hey Dean do you know someone or a company that can do____?” Because of this demand for best of breed services and products, I am currently compiling a “Experts Board” which will perform the following functions: 1. Best of Breed Services: A group of ...
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WebGuild?s Web 2.0 Conference & Expo Silicon Valley: The Future Of Real Est
2008-01-22 03:53:00
If you are a Internet marketing professionals, Web 2.0 professionals, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, real estate brokers, or product marketing managers then you should attend the WebGuild Web 2.0 Conference and Expo in the heart of Silicon Valley-Santa Clara, California. Why should you attend? 1. Cutting edge topics: Information about the Web 2.0 World and marketing 2. Keynote ...
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Realtor Safety At Open Houses: 3 Tips And A Warning That Could Save Your Li
2008-01-19 20:32:00
As reported by John Harper “East Bay Rapist Arrested” nearly a year ago, ex convict Daniel Duran was attempting to assault Realtors at open houses in the Dublin-San Ramon-Pleasanton areas. Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident as described by the following video about similar activity in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Warning: Do not get caught ...
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The Sport of Kings Loses It?s King: Bobby Fischer United States? Greatest C
2008-01-19 01:04:00
Brilliant, talented, eccentric, and controversial United States grand master chess champion and king of the sport Bobby Fischer died today at the age of 64. With Bobby’s passing goes a part of my life that I owe to this man and the game that is the “Sport of Kings” with all due respect to ...
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Independent Brokers Network Marin: Networking Power For The Independent Rea
2008-01-16 04:55:00
Today marked my third year attending the Marin Independent Brokers Network meetings. For any Realtor, broker, or investor interested in Marin County real estate this is a fantastic place to begin. The monthly event, normally on the first Tuesday of each month, was a state of the county address 2007 performed by long time veteran ...
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Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs: Venture Capital Nirvan
2008-01-15 17:38:00
What do Raman Khanna General Partner at Onset Venture s, Arun and Sachin Founders of vBrahma, Li-Ping Wang M.D., Ph.d stem cell researcher at Stanford University, and Josh Jaffe General Manager of news agency The Deal and Tech Confidential.Com have in common? They were all attendees and people I met at the Silicon Valley Association ...
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?Devastated Still With No Hope. . .?: Another 1031 Tax Group Victim Needs Y
2008-01-13 01:57:00
The 1031 Tax Group victim’s list continues to get longer and more compelling with the following comment-letter I received this past week. Like Elizabeth and the other victims of the Okun owned 1031 Tax Group, Rudy Lozano is a victim with the type of story we all should be alarmed about hearing. Even worse, ...
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Real Estate Broker?s Survival Kit Tool #3: Google?s Philosophy?Broker?s Gui
2008-01-12 05:01:00
In Tool Kit #3 (Part 2) we will explore the second 5 truths that Google has discovered in doing business successfully. The biggest issue brokers and agents face is that the majority of the industry hates change, is unwilling to change with the times, constantly fights to horde information that the public already has ...
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Real Estate Broker?s Survival Kit Tool #2: Google?s Philosophy?10 Things Go
2008-01-10 17:44:00
The standard operating procedure for most businesses is to push forward their mission statement as the end all be all road map to success. The most successful and influential company in America right now is Google and Google has a corporate philosophy worth examining. The following is Part 1 the first 5 of ...
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Hillary Clinton?s ?Unintentional? Lesson For Realtors: Work-Life Balance, 3
2008-01-08 23:57:00
The balance between work and life remains one of the biggest challenges facing Realtors , corporate America, and individuals today. Never was it more prevalent in a more public forum than in the case of Hillary Clinton’s emotional response to a campaign question in New Hampshire: “How do you do it. . . how ...
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Real Estate Broker?s Survival Kit Tool #1:?Year of The Blog Networks? Kitan
2008-01-07 20:50:00
Pat Kitano, former Wall Street investment banker and analyst, founder and principle of leading real estate consulting firm Domus Consulting Group, is the most important visionary pundit in real estate today. His blog transparentre.com, voted one of the top 25 innovative blogs by Inman News, is positing the most important information and predictions available to ...
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