Take the StageI am sitting here reading the August REALTOR magazine and the cover story is about Stepping into the Limelight. It covers the experience of 26 agents who take on the improv in Chicago. I so much agree that REALTORS need to work on their public speaking skills and learn how to think on their feet. We all need a confidence boost and standing on stage can really help you. So many people worry that public speaking will make them look stupid, hey have you seen me speak, I play on looking stupid. I do think my career helps me in everyday life to be able to get my point across. When out socialy I feel myself kick in my speaker mode and can sit back and listen to myself. As REALTORS you need every tool you can get to win over clients. The trick is being able to not only speak but listen is the first tool you need to sharpen! Dick Betts National Speaker Real Estate
Next Spring in TallahasseeHey friends in Tallahassee we just inked in March 4th and 5th of 2009 to come to Tallahassee. I always enjoy coming to your great city and so many of you attend my sessions each time I show up! I think this will be my 5th or 6th trip to your city. So the next time you see Susan or Christy at the association office thank them for supporting me! Dick Betts National Speaker Real Estate Mobile Technology Trainer
Need help in the San Diego areaAbout once a week I get an email from somebody wanting to know when I will be close to their city because they NEED to take one of my classes. I normally direct them to the local REALTOR association or MLS or even their broker to host an event. Many times it leads to me getting hired, but now and then the person takes it upon themselves to pull together a class. Well we have such a movement happening in San Diego! An agent who reads my blogs and spends time on my website is taking the bull by the horns and putting together a class. If anybody is interested in jumping in please contact me and I will hook you up with the group that's pulling this together. Thanks, Dick Betts National Speaker Real Estate Mobile Technology Trainer Premiere of "Beauty and the Geek"I am happy to announce the premiere of "Beauty and the Geek" in Sacramento, CA. For months now I have been telling attendees of my seminars we were planning on rolling out our newest presentation for keynote addresses and meetings. Anybody that knows me has already figured out which role I play in "Beauty and the Geek", so let me tell you about the Beauty. My REALTOR/Business Manager/National Speaker/Wife, Shelby who in her own right has been a very success speaker working from Hawaii to the east coast. She brings a working REALTOR's point of view when it comes to technology. Both of us are Certified e-Pro trainers and she has a background in contact management and training long before we ever met. She does carry the latest greatest technology and applies it daily to her career and life.
So the presenation about Mobile Technology has me giving the Feature and Shelby giving the Benefit for the Real Estate Professional. If you have ever met us you know it will be entertaining to watch the interaction between us! So the first time we present "Beauty and the Geek" will be at the Sacramento Association of REALTORS Business and Technology Expo held at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento on September 5th. The great thing is it's open to everybody! They have a $25 member fee and a very fair $30 non-member fee. This gets you entry for the entire event which they tell me is the second biggest REALTOR event in California after the state convention. 45 exhibitors, 4 nationally know speakers and tons of prizes including Laptops, Weekend Getaways, I-pods, Cameras and much more. There also will be 3 chances to win $1,000 and gourmet lunches, snacks and beverages. For more information about the Expo click here; http://www.sacrealtor.org/events/bte/bte.asp For those of you that would like to attend they plan on having a form on line shortly you will be able to pull off their website. For the rest of the country we will be doing "Beauty and the Geek" other places in the country but nothing scheduled within 200 miles of Sacramento. Dick Betts National Speaker Real Estate
Treo 800w my opinion so farMy email has been overloaded with questions about the new Treo 800w. In fairness I have not received mine yet so I have been doing research the old fashion way, reading the specs and articles from others.
Any of you that know me I look at Smartphones not for fluff but rather for business. This is the strongest business Smartphone ever released. The new 6.1 Windows Mobile powers this device to new levels as far as business is concerned. Handling the MS bundle, push email, Wifi, GPS, 2.0 megapixels for 1600 x 1200 pixel shots makes this Smartphone the right Smartphone to conduct business. The screen is 320 x 320 which is the highest resolution of any phone on the market today, the higher resolution does make a big difference when you see the device. The size is right for one handed operation, it's smaller then the 700w or 750 and it looks like the Centro, actually uses the same battery as the Centro. One major change which is the connection on the bottom, Palm has had about 3 or 4 different connections over the years but they finally got it right. They have gone with the microUSB port and have dropped the 2.5 headset jack which in the past caused the phone to not work without headset. Yes you will need all new chargers etc but you do have a stereo headset in the box. Something else new with the Treo 800w is the expansion card, it uses the microSD which will support up to 8gb, let's see you fill that puppy up! The Wifi is fast, very fast I have read speeds up to 850k and averaging around 500k. Generally speaking I am not a fan of GPS on the phone because of being on the phone and killing the battery. This could change my mind and will look later to revisit this subject. Battery life "they say" four hours of talk 200 standby. Just go buy more chargers or even pick up a second battery, because they use the same battery as Centro's you should find a deal. Bottom line, if you are picking a business tool then the Treo 800w is very strong, is it a Palm OS killer, well it's crippled it and when Palm brings out their new OS I am sure it will pass the 800w. If you want a trophy phone with all kinds of cool but not productive parts then look some where else. The Treo 800w out preforms all other Smartphones and Blackberry today and will even out preform the not yet released Bold in business fuctions. Dick Betts National Speaker Real Estate Mobile Technology Trainer
Hey Montgomery, AL we are coming for 2 1/2 days!It's official I am coming to Montgomery, AL to offer 5 different 3 hour classes! The staff at MAAR/MLS is such a joy to work with! Together we picked a course selection that will appeal to all, from basic Contact Management, to Mobile Technology all the way to Today's Top Technology Trends. The dates to block off in your calendar are August 20th in the afternoon and all day 21st and 22nd. We are putting the final touches on the schedule and flyer and will post it later this week. Thanks to all the agents, brokers and staff of Montgomery for having me back on a regular bases! Dick Betts National Speaker Real Estate
Blogging has changed Sunday TV and NewspapersI enjoy getting the Sunday morning paper,turning on Sunday morning news programs and having a cup of coffee. As I am half reading and half listening I read and hear the word blog at the same time. It seems everybody is now either quoting or referring to blogs. I am again reminded how blogging has changed not only my world but the world around me. I watched my web hits jump thru the roof, I been hired places I never heard of and been interviewed by publications I could have only hoped for because of blogging. And how about the social networking? I have friends on blog sites that read my stuff and one of them sent me a comment last week he knew what I was doing but didn't know what his own family was doing. Rock on bloggers! Dick Betts National Real Estate Speaker 4% of agents blog?On Wednesday of this week local Real Estate Trainer Chad Kumpe ask me to make a guest appearance at a local seminar he was conducting. It worked out for me as I was leaving later in the day for 3 gigs in Indiana. He shocked me with a fact, 4% of the 1.2 million agents blog! So I looked at the most popular Real Estate blogging sites and realized he was right. I know when I am called upon to give my "Today's Top Technology Trends"seminar I always ask how many are blogging and surprised with the show of hands. So my questions is WHY? Are all you bloggers keeping this powerful tool to yourself? Do agents look at this as too much time and work? Are they afraid of the unknown blogging world? This week I started to collect business cards and send them an invitation, I can't do much more then that, or can I? Dick Betts National Real Estate Speaker
Speed up your Mobile EmailIf you are like most people you just get too many emails a day, and the thought of downloading them all to your phone brings up visions of spam, shopping websites and just plain junk coming into your Smartphone. Well there is a setting you need to know about on both Palm operating Smartphones and Windows operating Smartphones that will speed up your email and unclutter your life. Read below for which device you are using. Palm OS, if you are using Versamail, which some carriers label it as "Email" you can change a few setting. Go to your email, tap on the "Menu" button, looks like a set of steps going into the basement, then scroll across looking for "Options" and under Options you will see "Preferences". Tap on "Preferences" and scroll to "Incoming", at the top of the page you will see "Get" tap where it says "Entire Message" and switch it to "Subject Only". What happens now it will download only who it's from and the Subject line. So you can quickly delete if junk or open it and tap on the small envelope at the bottom of the page to download the body of the email. Windows OS, go to your email and tap on the word "Menu", and you will see "Delivery Preferences" then tap on "Filters", in the middle of the screen it will give the choice of either "Get Message Headers Only" which you want to select or "Get full copy of message", which slows down your email. Some carriers use their own designed and built email program, you might want to contact them if you can't find the above buttons and areas. Dick Betts National Speaker Real Estate
Treo 680, 700p, 755 and Centro owners here's a cool trickFor those of you that own either a Treo 680,700p, 755 or Centro here's a hidden trick. Hold down your house button, sometimes called the home key and keep it held down. It opens up a drop down screen with the last 8 programs you opened. Then using your thumb on the five way navigator, scroll up and down to select the program you want to go to and smash the center button. If your like me you live in four or five programs and this way you can access them quickly! Dick Betts National Real Estate Speaker
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