Cheryl Ritchie's (goldenresults) Blog

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Real Estate Agent - RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - 71785

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2010 

It's Time for a Free Flea and a little Closet Overhaul at Mosquito Gulch. About once or twice a year I have what I call a Free Flea. I ask some of my friends over or customers or neighbors and walk thru the house and open closets and doors and point. The point is to pitch whatever I have not used...
04/24/2010
FUN in the SUN Research for NEW Southern Md Market Reports. Okay, step one I figured out the new YouTube Search Stories. Here's a sample. The glitch I had was that I could not see the create button until I downloaded Google Chrome. So, step one, I've finished the Search Story product for my new ...
04/24/2010
Cool Excel graph tool instrcutions for blogs!OK, I admit I am not the most adept when it comes to software like Excel, but one of my sister's (Karen - for those of you who've met her) is awesome at teaching herself all kinds of stuff when it comes to technology, and I knew she knew how to do char...
04/24/2010
This is clever!Falling in Love Is Wonderful! A couple of days ago, Seth Godin wrote a blog about buying a house. He called it "How to Buy a House" and started it off with, "Actually, how to think about buying a house." He went on to talk about the "…enormous social pressure and the expectations t...
04/23/2010
Halfway thru developing my NEW Southern Maryland Market Reports, I have figured out Youtube.com Search Stories and tonight I am figuring out the special Google Maps component mentioned by Renee Burrows in a recent post. These two way cool tips from fellow Active Rain Bloggers will really add zip ...
04/22/2010
Contact Managers: Top Producer versus Agent Office...It's been the unanswered question in my Real Estate Career. My long term thinking has been that whomever owns your database owns you. So the concept of the monthly fee with 8i meant they owned me and my database. So over the years I have dabble...
04/22/2010
Agents earn their keep from contract to close. The sales part is the easy part.Once an offer is accepted most sellers breath a sign of relief. After sometimes months of marketing, their wait is over! Or is it?? When my sellers sign that buy/sell agreement I let them hug, cry, scream, etc... then ...
04/22/2010
Okay, I read about the Google Search Stories on Bill Gassett's Boston post at  click here . OR easier yet, visit http://activerain.com/blogsview/1599333/showcase-your-online-dominance-via-google-search-stories-on-youtube- to read about  Bill Gassett's  post on Google Search Stories. But take note...
04/21/2010
When your friend has Cancer....Caregivers verus Front Line Friends...Well it has been almost a month since a lifetime friend found out she has Cancer. If there is a Guidebook or Rulebook for the Front Line Friends, I wish I had it. I have stumble bumbled my way into trying to find ways to be a go...
04/21/2010
I like anything Twitter! Twitter is a lot like Active Rain and other blogging communities in the fact that it becomes more beneficial and useful to you when you give value to others through your posts. One great way to get started on Twitter and to establish a strong following is to put some valu...
04/21/2010