real estate shows: Opening The Mobile Blogging Bag Of Tricks - 06/24/08 06:09 PM
My mobile blog fest begins tomorrow morning at 4:00 AM.
That's when the entire Turner family, six kids and two parents, will head off on our annual road trip to West Virginia. I blogged all along the way last year on our CA TO WV... AND BACK AGAIN blog. This year
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real estate shows: Happy Memorial Day - 05/26/08 11:59 AM
Happy Memorial Day to everyone on ActiveRain!
My country,’ tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing;
land where my fathers died,
land of the pilgrims’ pride,
from every mountainside let freedom ring!
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real estate shows: Imitation May Be The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery, But... - 02/25/08 01:49 PM
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but forgetting to erase the author's name is just not smart. However, it is humorous.Watch this. Imitation Is Certainly Flattery, But This Is Funny from respres on Vimeo.
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real estate shows: A Valentine's Day Present I'll Never Forget - 02/14/08 09:43 AM
Five years ago today, the idea behind Real Estate Shows was born. It wasn't until two weeks ago, during a telephone interview with The Internet Marketing Center, that I recognized this milestone was approaching. When the interviewer asked me how Real Estate Shows got it's start, I realized that the timing
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real estate shows: Holiday Greeting Themes Now At Real Estate Shows - 12/07/07 05:38 PM
Warm Wishes This Holiday Season!
This time of year always makes me stop and think about what is important in life. It forces me stop and count my blessings. It gives me pause to think about the world as I'd like it to be. And it gives me the opportunity
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real estate shows: Utterz Launches Holiday Greeting Templates - 12/07/07 04:21 PM
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real estate shows: Will Video Kill The Virtual Tour? - 08/22/07 10:01 PM
The short answer: NO. The long answer: Definitely not. But to hear the new wave of video technologists talk, you’d think that all other media are officially dead. They’re telling us to throw away our digital cameras or be declared obsolete, even though these videos are just another form of virtual
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real estate shows: Flyers, Distribution, RSS Feeds And Full Screen Play - 08/10/07 01:30 PM
We are announcing the pending arrival of several new features for RealEstateShows.com today. Many of you have specifically requested these features and I'm happy to say that most, if not all, will be launching on August 21 23, 2007. Flyers And Distribution - Coming August 21 23, 2007On August 21 23,
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real estate shows: One Hotel Room - Two Blondes - Three Cameras - 07/31/07 06:57 PM
Put Them All Together And What Do You Have...Just this silly blog post that's really about photo technology. :) Yesterday I mentioned in a comment that I was arriving in Oakland at 11:20 and Laurie Manny asked if I wanted to cab it to San Francisco with Roberta Murphy. Well, of
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real estate shows: PLEASE STOP USING ALL CAPS! - 07/30/07 09:21 AM
THIS QUALIFIES AS A RANT. I SEE THIS PRACTICE ALL THE TIME, AND I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. YOU'VE SEEN IT TOO... AN MLS OR REALTOR.COM LISTING, A POST OR A DESCRIPTION IN A REAL ESTATE SHOW, AND THE ENTIRE TEXT IS IN CAPS.... LIKE THIS. HELLO? THIS SEEMS SO BASIC
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real estate shows: AR Tutorials: Embedding Anything In Your ActiveRain Blog Posts - 07/28/07 04:55 PM
Several clients have emailed me in the past two weeks asking how to embed Real Estate Shows into their ActiveRain blog posts. It works just like any other embed code, so I thought it was time to do a how to video on this subject. I'm going to use RealEstateShows.com embed
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real estate shows: It Was A Strange Day On The Radio - 06/05/07 01:36 AM
I Had Never Been On A Radio Show Before, So I Had No Idea What To Expect. I certainly didn't expect the Santa Clarita Business Hour to be punctuated by reports of a suicide attempt on the 14 Freeway. (Click here to see my behind the scenes video) I certainly didn't
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real estate shows: Sellsius Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag - 04/03/07 02:36 PM
Well... we did give them a heads up. :) New features will be launched tonight at RealEstateShows.com. Chief among them is the ability to embed a YouTube video in your Shows, so they can be included where ever your Shows go... including Realtor.com, and our new Panoramic Player for panoramic photos.
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real estate shows: A Day At The Museum | The LA County Museum of Natural History - 01/21/07 05:25 PM
For my money, whether you're a child or an adult, one of the best ways to spend a day is at The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. I recently took my children for the day and I was as mesmerized by the displays as I was by their reaction to
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real estate shows: Newspapers Are Good For Something! - 12/04/06 05:05 PM
The demise of real estate classified advertising is well known. (And I'll admit I am trying to hasten their demise.) Several posts (Here is one by Chichi Ahia) in the past week have talked about advertising budgets and where you should be spending your money. It's evident from all the numbers,
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real estate shows: Reach Your Buyer's Network of Family & Friends - 11/29/06 02:11 PM
You know there is no way to guarantee that your clients are going to run and tell their friends and family about you... no matter how great of a job you do for them on either side of the real estate transaction. You can't force them to do it. But on
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real estate shows: If You Can't Fix It, Feature It! - 11/28/06 06:31 PM
Dawn McCurdy came up with a creative way to sell a home that needed a lot of work. She used honesty and the "Mission Impossible" theme song from our Just For Fun music library, to give this real fixer-upper a great marketing piece. She decided not to take a "this
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real estate shows: Highlight Your Expertise And Educate Your Clients - 11/28/06 09:06 AM
It's important to highlight every skill you have when trying to set yourself apart from the masses. Using Internet tools to create presentations that highlight thoses skills in an evocative way is critical. People want to connect with you and your message. They don't want cold presentations. Find the right
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real estate shows: Reach The Network Only Your Children Can Reach - 11/28/06 09:00 AM
When we saw this show we said, "Yes! That's perfect. She really gets it." Julie Eichacker took some time away from selling and went to the Valentine's day party at her child's school. She, of course, took her camera so she could capture the moment. When she got home, she
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