myspace: MySpace and Links - 07/05/07 10:56 PM
There has been recent chat about the value of MySpace and its link value on Ken's old post, Squidoo talk again (members only). The topic of MySpace and links goes back farther to a post by Brian on using MySpace for real estate lead generation, MySpace to Market Real Estate?, and
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myspace: Myspace and Real Estate - 07/02/07 11:18 PM
Remember when internet sites 1st made their way onto real estate business cards? Weird wasn't it. Well guess what's coming next! Many professionals have begun to advertise with both conventional web sites and myspace type forums. You see it regularly on TV from big name brand companies. Some offer only
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myspace: Myspace.com, Blogs and Too Much Information - 06/25/07 09:02 AM
If you haven't heard of myspace.com, then you need to stop reading this article right now. Some people hate myspace.com, others love it and most, at least know about it. For awhile, I steered clear of myspace.com myself. It wasn't until my daughter started getting into the myspace community, that I
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myspace: Real Estate Blog Articles Are Now Appearing On MySpace - 06/24/07 02:27 PM
Shortly after posting the article before this one (Should MLS Brokers Be Allowed To Blog About Other MLS Broker's Listings?) I noticed a good amount of traffic coming in from a source I had not seen before: MySpace.Had someone hijacked the article?Was someone reproducing a feed on their MySpace
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myspace: Video, Podcast, and Other Gadgetry - 06/21/07 04:07 PM
So now that we're in this whole "Web 2.0" movement, what's next? Let me tell you what I think....First off, let me begin by saying that the opinions to follow are based on traveling the country for the past year, being part of a start-up company who is utilizing many of
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myspace: The new wave - 06/17/07 01:40 PM
Talking sites Making your website talk you can view mine at www.NicholsonHomeTeam.com <a href="http://voice2page.com/learnmore.php?offer=free&affil=8795513"><img src="http://voice2page.com/affils/9.gif"></a>To research and sign up just go to the site below or click the voice2page logo on my website, or at the bottom of this bloghttp://www.voice2page.com/learnmore.php?offer=signup&affil=8795513Michael Knox, the creator of the world's #1 best selling sports videogame,
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myspace: What's next?? - new update - 06/07/07 07:37 PM
DO I RIDE WITH A HELMET? YES BUT ONLY BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WANTS ME TO! BUT IT IS MY CHOICE STILL, WELL SORT OF!!!!! I USE TO NOT WEAR A HELMET UNTIL I STARTING RIDING MY OWN BIKE AS AN ADULT.... DID YOU HEAR THAT?... IT'S THE SOUND OF YOUR RIGHTS QUIETLY BEING
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myspace: Meet your client - BEFORE - they need you...Social Networking 3 must-do sites - 06/07/07 11:40 AM
No I am not talking about "MySpace" or "Facebook", those two sites may make you seem hip, but as far as reaching your target audience, you are a little off - unless you are doing rentals or sell in a college community. There are 3 other venues, that truly speak to
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myspace: Five Days Off? Are You Kidding Me??? - 05/24/07 05:41 PM
I am a real estate agent through and through. I took to it like a duck to water. Cell phone? Check. Obsession with office voicemail? Check. PA's and listing agreements neatly compiled in my car? Check. So naturally, when my fiancee, Nick, said he wanted to go camping for Memorial Weekend...... I asked how long we
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myspace: Marketing on MySpace with vFlyer - 05/24/07 01:39 AM
A growing number of vFlyer users are taking their flyers to MySpace. Users are using flyers in their profiles (Example) and blogs (Example), many are using flyers and widgets on their pages to sell real estate (Example: Darren Kittleson), promote their events (Example: Chola), hire employees, publicize organizations (Example:
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myspace: Sex Offenders on MySpace "GOIN' DOWN!" - 05/22/07 10:14 PM
Hoorrraaayyy!!! Finally, Myspace is turning over the files over of known sex offenders. GREAT NEWS! They have already deleted over 7,000 profiles of convicted sex offenders. Now, they will be handing over the names, addresses and profiles used online of known convicted sex offenders who have opened up accounts. Our kids
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myspace: MySpace networking - just isn't AR, is it? - 05/10/07 04:44 PM
I have been MySpace networking for months upon months. Before I was even licensed, I was making friends "in the biz" on MySpace. But has it helped? I've gotten a few leads off of myspace. They have been cold leads, but they are still some. I just maintain my presence, helpful attitude,
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myspace: Active Rain is MySpace... - 04/26/07 11:51 PM
I have a MySpace account, I couldn't even tell you what my log in and password is (ok hackers, I'm not asking for help here) - I never bothered putting together my profile, occassionally I'd get emails telling me someone wanted to add me as a "friend". I read various articles
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myspace: Real Estate Bloggers in the News - 04/10/07 01:42 PM
"Blogging has become a key marketing tool for real estate agents." Michelle Mowad, a talented writer for the San Diego Business Journal, called last week inquiring about real estate blogging and the impact it is having on our San Diego real estate business and life. We talked about Web 2.0 social networking sites like
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myspace: So, how did I get here anyways? - 04/07/07 08:53 PM
I often wonder that. I'm not talking life itself(That is a whole different ball of complex wax), but here on Active Rain. How did Mr. Sardi end up on this Great Forum? I'm not sure if I was invited...if I was, not sure by who? I'm not sure if I stumbled across
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myspace: ActiveRain has eaten into my MySpace Time! - 04/03/07 10:10 AM
I never thought it would happen but it has. I have found myself logging into ActiveRain more often that MySpace. Here's a key difference: MySpace is for my personal contact with my friends and ActiveRain is for networking and advice for me. I have found so many good posts on ActiveRain
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myspace: Are 35+ Million Eyeballs Enough For Your Message....For Free? - 03/24/07 11:31 AM
Imagine placing your marketing video in front of 35+ million viewers on the Web at no cost to you. That's real estate marketing today, a radical departure from "the old days." It is a valid, powerful marketing tool that is within reach of all of us.You've heard about YouTube and MySpace,
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myspace: WIDGETS to lead people to your web page - 03/08/07 11:36 PM
OK, this is too cool, I added a new widget after seeing my live chat window working and is it ever cool! You can choose from different designs of the button below and link it to the page it will open on. I thought when I first did it that it
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myspace: Programming Your Mind for Success - 03/01/07 09:32 PM
Are you aware of the precise reason why people fail so often in their lives? Are you aware many people view you yourself as a failure? Certainly you can look through your own life and find a few areas you are failing at. No one is successful in everything they do. The number
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myspace: Please Welcome Michael Cook to Active Rain - 03/01/07 12:05 AM
Michael Cook is a multi-family investor and graduate student at the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University. He is a co-author at Bloodhound Blog and a serial winner of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing. Greg Swann found him writing his stuff on myspace and quickly recruited him to write at
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myspace: Myspace Tactics #2 for real estate agents - 02/18/07 11:43 AM
MySpace Tactic #2 - Create a Fun Profile Example - http://www.myspace.com/legalcrook For this second tactic you're going to have to build a second Myspace page. Which means you're going to need to register with a different email than you used for your first profile. If you don't have a second email address you
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myspace: MySpace: Using it effectively for real estate and mortgage marketing ? - 02/17/07 07:43 PM
O.K. Before I start...If anyone has a MySpace account and it is Real estate or Mortgage related Go head and shoot a friend request my way at my MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/loanofficersuccess MySpace is a real enigma to me...It seem that there are people trying to use it to market effectively and
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myspace: 5 Cardinal Rules of Web 2.0 Marketing -- Rule Five - 02/11/07 11:15 PM
Web 2.0 Rule #5 - Find a Product Worth Selling On this blog I will share several tactics on how even a homeless person can make good money on the Internet. But regardless of how good or free my marketing system is you still need a product of value before you stand any
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myspace: 5 Cardinal Rules of Web 2.0 Marketing -- Rule Three - 02/11/07 02:24 AM
Web 2.0 Rule #3 - Build Your MySpace Account In A Way That Does Not Violate Their Terms of Service Rule Of Not Allowing Any Commercial Sites Basically you have to understand a couple things about Myspace. First of all they make money every time someone clicks one of the many ads
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myspace: 5 Cardinal Rules of Web 2.0 Marketing -- Rule Two - 02/10/07 06:55 PM
Web 2.0 Rule #2 -- Build an opt-in list to be able to effortlessly communicate with your prospects. Because an opt-in mailing list is always the nucleus of any successful marketing venture. It is absolutely essential that you start building your own opt-in list as soon as you possibly can if you
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myspace: 5 Cardinal Rules of Web 2.0 Marketing -- Rule One - 02/10/07 06:54 PM
5 Cardinal Rules of Web 2.0 Marketing Before I take the time to layout some actual tactics I want to first establish what I think the five Cardinal rules of Web 2.0 Marketing are. Web 2.0 Rule #1 -- Build your network in the precise presence of your prospects. Sounds like simple advice
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myspace: You "The Broker" Person Of The Year - 01/16/07 05:20 PM
“You”, Time’s 2006 person of the year. I am sure some people may think this seems like some type of cop-out...or even stupid? I think your opinion greatly depends on your generation. However, Time Magazine is part of one of the biggest media conglomerates in the universe. So give them some
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myspace: Still Playing Around on MySpace? - 01/02/07 02:42 AM
I have a few different conversations going around the web about how to use MySpace to generate leads... So far, people seem pretty darn down on the medium, but the good news (for me) is that it forced me to join and thereby connect up with some of my teenage family
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myspace: I'm preparing a blog post on how agents can use MySpace... - 12/28/06 11:55 AM
to market themselves. Anyone on ActiveRain want to share their experience trying to market themselves on MySpace? Here's my profile: http://www.myspace.com/dustinluther. Please feel free to add me as a friend on that network as well!
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myspace: My Son, MySpace, and My Advice - 12/26/06 04:50 PM
I see references to the 'connected generation' in The Harper Team's blog and elsewhere. It's all true... right down to the "...they can burn you and your reputation in a matter of hours across the Internet through their social networking..." part. Good news travels fast on the information superhighway. Bad news travels
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myspace: Myspace - 12/16/06 12:19 PM
I was wonder how many agents use MySpace as another way to network. I see some agents on there and was wondering how it was working out. I started a myspace account and thought I'd give it a try and see if I can network a little that way. Oh ya
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myspace: Using Networking Sites (Myspace, Facebook, ActiveRain, etc.) Effectively - 11/07/06 11:03 AM
Many people are just being introduced to networking sites, and are using them to connect with prospective clients. This post offers some tips for how to avoid the dreaded "SPAMMER!" accusations that some people are all too ready to slap you in the face with. Personally, I would rather be hit
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myspace: MySpace to Market Real Estate? - 11/02/06 08:26 PM
I read a funny article about a few of my colleagues here in San Diego and the success they've had marketing to the MySpace generation. It was in the Voice of San Diego and this article featured an agent named Seth O'Byrne. I have communicated with Seth a few times and
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myspace: ONLINE NETWORKING: What works for me - 10/16/06 10:54 PM
Someone asked me this evening what my opinion is on which online networking site to find actual business contacts through as well as real estate referrals.
For me I like to create and maintain (daily, weekly, or monthly) a profile on at least five different networks mainly because I’m an internet
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myspace: Does anyone have a "MySpace" Real Estate page? - 10/10/06 07:57 AM
I might be late in the game with this post, but I was just wondering if anyone had a "myspace" page for there business. Now I know it's mainly teenagers that spend all day on the site, but I have been seeing more and more small businesses taking part in the
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myspace: How We "Stumbled" Across Active Rain - 10/04/06 10:20 AM
I actually read all of my emails. In fact, that is how I found out about Active Rain. Our web service provider (Advanced Access) sends out informative emails all the time. While reading one, I found that they were promoting Active Rain and MySpace as a way to connect with other
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myspace: Getting Your Name Known for FREE - 10/03/06 11:58 AM
Active Rain Being on ActiveRain is a great tool for every realtor. For example: Let’s say you’ve sold a house in the past and that client is looking to get a hold of you. If he/she types your name in a search engine and you post or have a good ranking
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myspace: Keep them Safe......... - 10/02/06 02:12 PM
I don't know about any of you, but I am a mother of a teenage boy, who feels that HE can DO what he wants, SAY what he wants, TALK to who he wants - and GO where ever he Wants.. HA! Although we live in a "SAFE" neighborhood there are
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myspace: Myspace and Background checks - 09/29/06 03:59 PM
Just a quick note for the gen X on here. Myspace has grown rapidly and many of us may have active sites there. Many employers are now checking myspace when doing their background checks. With that in mind your clients may also do the same. So double check your site and
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myspace: Younger Realtors in the Business - 09/12/06 12:41 PM
I decided to join the real estate business when I was 19, but had started to think about the business when I was eleven. I dropped out of college at Cal State Monterey Bay in 2003 and came back to San Diego, where I attended classes, passed the real estate exam
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myspace: Link for the Day: Ice Rocket - 09/05/06 09:57 AM
I don't know if this has been posted before, but it is a very cool tool for searching blogs, myspace, telephone pics and other info. Active Rain members might be interested in searching their own names to see the results. http://blogs.icerocket.com/?tab=blog This can also be a great source for blogging ideas.
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myspace: Does Anyone MySpace? - 09/01/06 04:19 PM
Hey, I was just wondering if anyone does the MySpace thing. I actually posted on there before I even heard of AR. I do confess that nowadays I spend a whol lot more time on AR then My Space. If you are on My Space, look me up: Agent Ang I
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myspace: Victims and Victors of Web 2.0 - 09/01/06 10:01 AM
This morning, I read where MYSPACE.com drives more retail traffic than MSN.com The authors are not talking about hits to the site; rather, they are referring to advertiser clicks, which should sound an alarm to many--including ttraditional search engines and advertisers alike. If MySpace can deliver more traffic to eBay, Amazon and
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myspace: A retraction... - 09/01/06 12:51 AM
Previously I may have stated that I didn't believe MySpace to be an effective form of networking and marketing. Now I must reanalyze my thinking. Although I sought out this person to answer their question, this situation may very well lead into a great referral opportunity. On a simple post asking
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myspace: AR v. Myspace - 08/30/06 02:06 PM
I stumbled upon AR about a month ago. I was invited through another networking website that was not really for networking but more for gossip. You may well have heard of "Myspace", well the networking, information, and ideas I get here are so far above. The other site was like a huge billboard
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myspace: MySpace Anyone? - 08/26/06 05:47 PM
How does everyone feel about the MySpace "Craze" and it's effect on the Real Estate Market? I myself am a MySpace addict. I have just recently started advertizing my website through MySpace and am getting a couple of leads per week. I am curious what everyone else thinks about this site. Kelly
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myspace: Get yourself noticed - 08/01/06 10:02 PM
I am pretty much all over the internet. I have a profile on yahoo, windows live, myspace, friendster, xanga, blogger and so on. MSN: c21ang@hotmail.com myspace.com: www.myspace.com/famsantana xanga: Agent Ang Friendster: Agent Ang
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