blogging active rain: Total Independence is the New 2012 Business Attitude - 11/17/11 07:23 AM
I work on my real estate website, Frisco TX Homes everyday. If I wasn't with clients or family, you can be sure I'm working on my website or some form of business marketing. Yes, some might think I need a life - however, working on my website or other work-related activities
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blogging active rain: Dallas Mavericks the underdog and Real Estate rookies - 06/13/11 07:10 AM
We are all over town with the victory the Dallas Mavericks brought home last night against the Miami Heat 105-95. Here we are in Dallas, we are planning for a Mavericks Victory Celebration (most likely in the week of June 20th).
Here's what the Mavericks, the underdog and Real Estate rookies
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blogging active rain: Beyond Making the Phone Ring - 12/02/10 12:25 PM
This is a great follow up blog from my awesome friend, Barbara Todaro - A Rich Man is Nothing but a Poor Man with Money... Barbara talked about the importance of making the phone ring and shared that BLOGGING could make the phone do that. On top of that, Barbara encouraged
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blogging active rain: Be The Local Unofficial Ambassador of Your Town - 11/22/10 07:58 AM
I consider myself as the unofficial ambassador of Frisco TX. Especially when clients come to town, relocating from wherever they were from, I take pride in showing them not just the homes and neighborhoods they may purchase in, I take them around town and paint it red!
I've done this just
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blogging active rain: What A Brand Is & Isn't - 09/27/10 10:22 AM
A brand extends far beyond colors, font styles and replication throughout all marketing aspects of a business. A brand represents YOU, Inc. whether you are a real estate professional, a stay-at-home mom, a pastor or a student.
As Chris Brogan explains in his recent blog, Personal Branding Basics for 2011, Chris
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blogging active rain: Window to Your Blog ....... - 09/12/10 07:57 PM
Your blog is truly a window into your life if you do it in such a way where you are fairly open on it. My first real experience is when I read my husband's blog and although I've known him for over 13+ years, there are still some pretty interesting things
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blogging active rain: Why Do You Share Confidential Information about How to Improve Business? - 09/03/10 10:49 AM
Active Rainers is a bunch of sharing and giving people. Read blogs on here and you'll find awesome tips on how to run our real estate business. Some of these tips are life- and business-changing.
Why do Active Rainers feel compelled to share confidential information on how to Improve Business?
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blogging active rain: Want to Show Up on Page 1 of Google? - 09/02/10 06:32 AM
Today 9/1/2010 is another great celebration day for me. Today, I found that my website, www.Frisco-TX-Homes.com is finally on the 1st PAGE of GOOGLE. What a prouder moment is that I did it ALL by myself, without the help of any "Google" companies (can you imagine that???)
This process began in
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blogging active rain: Choosing to work with Real Estate Professionals armed with Market Statistics - 08/30/10 03:06 PM
Disclosure: This article is written with no intention to attack other real estate professionals without the same business practices. It is mainly to share personal experiences and observations on Why a Consumer May Choose to work with Real Estate Professionals armed with Market Statistics.
Real estate professionals who constantly monitor,
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blogging active rain: How Blogging Makes Me a Better Realtor® for my Clients - 08/28/10 07:16 AM
You think you are a contributor to the community when you blog. You think you are just sharing a story or an incident. You think you are just ranting. Yes, you ARE doing all that. But little did you that the comments and feedback you receive on your post may CHANGE
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blogging active rain: How to play in the Rain - 08/12/10 10:54 AM
I wrote Your First Days on Active Rain a while back and it's time to expand on it. Please find some time to read it as it explains the logic of why you want to use Active Rain as your real estate blogging platform.
The original post was written couple of
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blogging active rain: Mile Markers and Celebrations - 08/06/10 08:48 AM
I am going through a Leadership Summit with Willow Creek Church in South Barrington IL these couple of days. Willow Creek church is the 2nd largest church in the world and its lead pastor is Bill Hybels - a well-known and highly respectable leader in the Church ministries.
Through this vision,
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blogging active rain: Friends Watch Each Other's Back on Active Rain - That's Why - 07/29/10 10:43 AM
My dear friend, Leolinda Bowers of Surprise AZ blogged a featured post on her Five Reasons Why I Blog on Active Rain. I can't agree more!
Then, a few days ago, a new Member on Active Rain, Justin Bowers wrote his first post and it turned into a featured post, I
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blogging active rain: Active Rain gives back to Local Agents - 07/21/10 09:20 AM
I had a blast yesterday meeting and teaching local real estate agents about Real Estate Blogging for Business at Hexter-Fair Frisco TX. Janeil Lester of Hexter-Fair invited me to share some pointers that has kept me fairly successful these past 2 years that we've been in business together.
When there is
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blogging active rain: Different Seasons, Different Mentors, Different Crossroads - 07/16/10 08:27 AM
I've been actively blogging on Active Rain for over 3 1/2 years now. As I look back on my journey and how I came to this point in my life, I smile. It's been pretty smooth sailing, one that I could chart my path.
Active Rain has been the only key
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blogging active rain: Your Blog May Touch Lives Beyond Your Imagination - 06/26/10 09:11 AM
There are over 185,000 of us here on Active Rain. Each of us brings a unique and compelling value proposition as to why other members as well as the public (or consumer) may want to subscribe to our blogs.
No doubt that our main goal when we blog should be about
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blogging active rain: Rejection Never Felt So Goooood - 06/15/10 10:31 AM
Ever had someone slam the phone on you and you felt darn good about it???? Well, I just experienced it for the first time and it was quite an interesting experience.
Just as I was looking for a topic to write about this morning, I received a phone call. It
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blogging active rain: Enrich the Lives of Others Through Your Blog - 06/14/10 02:07 PM
These past few weeks, I have definitely been connected with my dear friend, Barbara Todaro through our private conversations. I look up to Barbara for her wisdom in business and in life. We spoke about alot of things. Last Saturday, Barbara mailed me a copy of Go Givers, Sell More! She
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blogging active rain: When will perfection begin? - 05/28/10 08:55 AM
If I had waited for perfection, life would have never begun - for me at least.
Last Saturday, I helped Ms. Jennifer Allan of Sell with Soul with the Blogging Inspiration webinar. I shared with the group who tuned in with what I learnt about blogging.
Did you know that I
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blogging active rain: The Battle Between the iPhone and iPad. Guess who won??? - 05/25/10 11:03 PM
I have debated for a while now to get an iPhone. I like it for its display of websites. Just much friendlier on the eyes. The pinnacle moment was when I just couldn't read a Good Faith Estimate that a client wanted me to review on my phone - the old
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