obeoman: Charity Golf? Me? ...everyone stand back a bit! - 09/10/08 05:57 PM
I am going golfing tomorrow.
I don't golf, but my RE/MAX clients do.
Thank Heavens it's for the Childrens Miracle Network!
Details later tomorrow.
In the meantime, you better back up a bit...(!)
I will be at a RE/MAX GOLF event through Thursday evening, September 11th.If you need immediate … (13 comments)
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obeoman: Obeo is giving away free Obeo HomeSites and free StyleDesigners - 09/06/08 11:42 PM
..AT THE WRA FALL CONVENTION IN WISCONSIN DELLS TO WISCONSIN REALTORS!
The past year?Incredible:-nearly a third of the state is a FEMA disaster area touched by flooding and storms,-nationally, 500,000 Realtors made no money last year-and the market is being eaten by the Bear(s)(!)But you are still here-
… (8 comments)
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obeoman: Personalized. Polished. Professional. Realtors Only. - 09/05/08 01:22 PM
Looking for one-stop print solutions for your listings?
ObeoPublish is Yours.
Here it is:
ObeoPublish.
Polished. Professional. Personalized.
Powerful.
(and priced right!)
You need postcards, brochures, business cards, seasonal marketing materials-
You need them done right, and need them done fast.
And mailed out quicker to your clients!
… (10 comments)
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obeoman: HELLO, TEXAS! REALTOR ROUNDUP IN SAN ANTONIO SEPT. 9-11! - 09/02/08 05:59 PM
Hey Texas Realtors!
We will see you in San Antonio and we can help you corral some buyers, TOO!
Obeo, a leading provider of full-service residential real estate online marketing products in North America, will be a vendor at the Texas REALTORS® Convention and Trade Expo September 9-11 at … (9 comments)
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obeoman: Honor all workers and their labors:-HAPPY LABOR DAY,EVERYONE! - 08/28/08 10:19 AM
Honor the workers.
And their work.
All of them.
On Labor Day!
Hi!I will be out of the office August 28-September 1, returning to work on Sept. 2 in the morning.If you need to place an order, have a question about your account, email or technical support, please call … (2 comments)
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obeoman: HEY WISCONSIN REALTORS-FREE RE TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS-SEPT 9 AT WRA CONVENTION! - 08/27/08 05:16 PM
VERL WORKMAN-ROCKIN' REALTORS AT THE WISCONSIN REALTORS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION,
SEPT. 9th 2008!
Anyone who has seen Verl knows he will Rock your Real Estate World!
He has got a blog that keeps it real for Realtors.
NEW THIS YEAR FROM VERL
GADGETS, WIDGETS AND OTHER … (9 comments)
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obeoman: UPDATE:GOLDEN! INMAN RE OLYMPICS:2008 Real Estate Pacesetter Award Goes To:... - 08/24/08 11:46 AM
OBEO! The experts in buyer behavior.
Comin' in first
The Medal Winners of the 2008 Real Estate Pacesetter Award,
were voted by the Inman Real Estate Trends Group.
Stefan Swanepoel, best selling RE author, outlined the rules for the Inman RE Olympics:
1. Innovative Web 2.0 company or … (11 comments)
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obeoman: THANKS TO EVERYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE INMAN REAL ESTATE OLYMPICS! - 08/22/08 05:59 PM
THANKS to STEFAN SWANEPOEL and INMAN NEWS
and all the participants who are voting for their favorite RE tech vendor or brokerage
at the Real Estate Olympics.
It is a great time, with MAJOR participation,
MAJOR players, GOOD NATURED COMPETITION and some PRETTY FUNNY comments.
I suspect when the votes … (8 comments)
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obeoman: HEY BLOGGERS! VOTE TODAY AT THE INMAN REAL ESTATE OLYMPICS! - 08/19/08 02:47 PM
Okay gang-here is a chance to have some fun and put your on line marketing company #1
in the Real Estate Olympics at Inman News.
...(or your other favorite!)
It's easy: We got A LOT of support from the general social community-making it in as one of eight … (6 comments)
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obeoman: Green, open, recycled: The Wisconsin Trend Home-WOW and NOW! - 08/13/08 04:45 PM
Take a look at this home in the Waukesha, WI area-pretty nice!
The Wisconsin Trend Home looks great saving the planet, too!
Just a few of its green and sustainable features:
Recycled roof tiles and masonry components.
It captures 43,000 gallons of water a year that can be used for irrigation … (14 comments)
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obeoman: Mi Boss nowz how 2 spel-du yu? - 08/11/08 06:19 PM
Glade Jones, my Big Boss, grabs some lens time with the boys from brokeriptv.com at Inman.
He totally owns the scene, teaches these vidders how to spell AND looks good doing it.
Hey, why are all these videos poppin up in an Obeo blog?
Glade Jones at the NYC Inman … (3 comments)
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obeoman: ...less than three minutes of fame...where's the other twelve? - 08/06/08 07:00 PM
...but when you have great people like Mark Schow, you only need three minutes.
Once again, the boys at www.brokeriptv.com have the questions and we have the answers:
...great information about great products you can turn on this crazy nut of a market!
I gotta go make some calls, … (4 comments)
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obeoman: SUMMER SHORT COURSE: Real Estate Web Marketing 101 - 08/05/08 07:48 AM
Think of this as a very, very short version of summer school:
Check you ROI on your current marketing plan.
80% of home buyers are on line-, so make sure all your listings are on line.
Then, re-align your marketing budget now for fall and winter to reflect reaching that 80%.
… (3 comments)
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obeoman: Promiscuity Flutters around Maggie Valley and Waynesville, North Carolina. - 08/01/08 09:51 AM
Maggie Valley and Waynesville are full of flowers at this time of year, and the flowers draw many beautiful butterflies, and bees (and me)! The butterflies seem oblivious to any discretion as to which flowers they taste... It seems there are more butterflies this year than last, but maybe I am … (8 comments)
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obeoman: UPDATE: Voices From The Flood: Sandbags, sweat and tears.... - 07/24/08 04:00 PM
Imagine having to lift the sandbags again.
Like snowdrifts all over town, they were brought to the curb one by one
and left for the front-end loader. Hundreds of thousands of them.
More sweat.
Millions of dollars in damages. Homes are still in the process of being lost.
It takes … (13 comments)
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obeoman: We briefly interrupt this blog to bring you.... - 07/16/08 04:34 PM
Hey gang-things are getting better here in Ft. Atkinson!
...and I will have some more details for you after some time off:
I will be out of the office July 17-20th returning Monday, July 21st, in the morning.
If you need to place an order, have a … (12 comments)
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obeoman: AR MEMBER LANE BAILEY KICKS A$$!...just sayin'... - 06/05/08 01:04 PM
Lane Bailey
...and is just a down-to-earth nice guy, to boot.
Readers of his blog here at AR "Looking Out from the Garage" already know that.
ANd he has definite marketing chops we can all learn from.
After taking a look around at his whole plan, I had to … (10 comments)
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obeoman: Winning is Great!-and RE/MAX RULES! - 05/20/08 09:56 AM
RE/MAX ROCKS!
Sorry this is a little late-
THANKS TO HUGE NUMBER OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED!
But here are the winners of the OBEO-RE/MAX SCAVENGER HUNT:
ALLISON MAIDA-RE/MAX PREFERRED, MADISON-WEST WI
APRIL HAYDEN-RE/MAX 100, BROOKFIELD ,WI
Luis Carus-RE/MAX TOWNE SQUARE, MONROE, WI
Each of these … (3 comments)
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obeoman: STOP TWO ON THE INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT FOR REMAX - WISCONSIN! - 05/09/08 08:37 AM
:- ) HELLO HUNTERS!
Well, RE/MAX WI Agents-here we are at the second stop for clues-
-on the RE/MAX WISCONSIN INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT!
(The hunt starts Friday MAY 9th and is limited to RE/MAX agents in WI.)
Here is what you are looking for to win your Silver Obeo tour:
-A … (7 comments)
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obeoman: Real Estate makes my head hurt...sometimes... - 04/08/08 10:09 PM
(free brain drawing from www.clipartreview.com)
...from the WSJ...in Italy, the had to let a 400+lb criminal out of jail
Why? There was no bed in the Italian jail that could accommodate his obesity....
....and why is redoing the bathroom, where we spend the least amount of time,
has almost an equal ROI to the kitchen, where … (32 comments)
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obeoman: REALTOR MAGAZINE: Best Photos, More Photos: 50% OFF DOM! - 04/07/08 10:04 PM
REALTOR MAGAZINE: Best Photos, More Photos: 50% OFF DOM!
WOW!
Okay, give your listings the chance they deserve: you know the BEST photos are the BEST first impression.
REALTOR magazine thinks so ,too:
Read on:
From the on line version from REALTOR magazine:
1 Photo = 70 DOM
20 Photos = 32 DOM
This is a no-brainer.
We all laugh our heads off … (14 comments)
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obeoman: Ten Things You Know You Can Blog About: - 04/06/08 10:55 PM
1.) Your city parks - and dog parks!!!
2.) Arts programs for kids!
3.) Life-long neighborhood residents-what did it used to be like?
4.) Groundkeeper for the school sports fields-"green" real estate.
5.) A local popular cafe.
6.) Got any street musicians out in the early spring weather?
7.) … (85 comments)
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obeoman: iGoogle: a great FREE tool to keep Realtors in the know! - 04/06/08 10:19 PM
Probably quite a few of you
know about and use the iGoogle feature-
in about 15 minutes, you can set up a tabbed Google homepage
(my iGoogle is pictured above)
to do just what you want it to do:
clocks in time zones, calculators, search boxes, keyword news searchs
blog searches, mapping tools, YouTube search box-
it … (26 comments)
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obeoman: Wisconsin most stable in Midwest housing market!!!:WRA - 04/03/08 08:26 PM
(WRA logo from http://www.wra.org/)
Wisconsin is the most stable housing market in the Midwest!
By the numbers, from the WRA:
-Up .02 in 2007-Median home sale price;
-This WRA chart shows a slight drop in sales in 2007, but Wisconsin sales outperformed the nation in Q3 of 2007.
-Ranked 29th nationally in foreclosures, less than one … (0 comments)
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obeoman: YOUR PERFECT Virtual Tour! - 04/03/08 07:24 PM
What is it?
or
What is YOUR perfect visual tour?
Full service photography? How many still photos?
How many panoramas?
What kind of features do you want?
Do you wany to be able to change the paint, carpet, cabinets and countertops?
What kind of branding?
Mapping? Satellite photos?
Interactive floorplan?
School info?
Local comps? Wish List? Download-able?
Where do you want it … (2 comments)
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obeoman: Grab a life jacket and have a seat! - 04/03/08 06:57 PM
(Along the Rock River-SHS photo)
...it seems like lately,
everything is pushing the limits.
Mortgages, housing inventories, foreclosures-
Unavailable, too tight, too high or just too many to run away from.
When the river comes up, you never know what it is going to bring with it.
One thing it does bring is rich silt.
New ground to … (4 comments)
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obeoman: Teresa Boardman is calling me a Weenie! - 04/02/08 06:30 PM
Dip me in mustard and put me on a stick.
Teresa Boardman, who we all know is the Mother of All Bloggers,
and an activerain member,
was Twittering away with me one day.
My silly smiling avatar had made her laugh. And laugh.
And then humanity came into play.
She called me. A small, honest connection in a big … (10 comments)
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obeoman: FREE VIRTUAL TOURS FOR LIFE! - 03/31/08 09:53 PM
(Fool Image from http://www.english-blogs.com/)
Obeo is giving away free tours to all Realtors. Anywhere. Anytime. Anyone.
Forever and-never.
Simple:
If you sign up with us today,
we will offer you
FREE UNLIMITED PHOTOS FOR ALL YOUR LISTINGS PLACED AT ALL REAL ESTATE WEBSITES
FOREVER!
Never worry again about fussy sellers
wondering if their listing is being seen-
or even sold!
WE WILL BUY … (20 comments)
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obeoman: PennyMac from heaven? - 03/30/08 10:58 PM
It's called the Private National Acceptance Company LLC.
PennyMac.
It's made up of former executives from Countrywide.
The idea is to buy up at-risk mortgages and home loans to help owners keep their homes.
It might just work.
At what cost-that remains to be seen.
This report on Marketplace radio news offers a pretty good overview.
It … (14 comments)
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obeoman: Yadda, yadda, yadda.... - 03/28/08 10:57 PM
There are four points to a compass,
but 360 degrees as you go around it.
That is confusing enough.
Add in oh, say an average of 80-90 emails a day,
three or four phone calls an hour, 12 photographers scattered over a whole state and
a thousand-plus clients in your core market.
Some of you are already … (0 comments)
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obeoman: Fly high! - 03/26/08 09:52 PM
(SHS Photo)
The robins are back.
In force.
They flew all the way back from Texas and some points further south,
to spring in the Midwest and Canada.
Where there are still some places facing winter weather.
But the robins aren't going back, even if it does snow.
Again.
Even if it's cold and windy,
they will naturally seek … (16 comments)
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obeoman: No Peeps! - 03/23/08 01:46 PM
(Iconic image from http://www.amazon.com/)
...well, if ya sleeps,
ya don't get no Peeps.
My mad dash to the store at around 1 p.m. today - at the encouragement of BFFL, Theresa-
for a few Easter essentials - ham, a chocolate bunny, jelly beans and Peeps.
I am blogging this very quietly, as she is due downstairs … (15 comments)
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obeoman: Spring - what a brand! - 03/21/08 03:55 PM
Spring is bringing runoff-and sales-back into the sunshine!
Daffodils peeking up through the mulch...
...geese and ducks back on the river...
...fair breezes instead of frozen gales...
...buds warming in the sun!
Not too tough to blog about the coming of spring.
Whether you had snow or not - it has been a LONG winter this year.
And … (8 comments)
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obeoman: Madison, WI and Middleton, WI: Two of the Best Places to live in the U.S.! - 03/19/08 03:29 PM
(Graph from www.city-data.com)
It is pretty easy to see by the peaks - and valleys-in this graph that
Madison and Dane Co has housing choices for every home seeker!
What it doesn't show you is the coming year.
With lower prices, good inventory,
and location, location, location:
Madison, WI and its surrounding suburbs like Middleton
in Dane county … (5 comments)
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obeoman: WRA WISCONSIN HOME SALES REPORT:DOING BETTER THAN THE NATION! - 03/18/08 06:21 PM
(Image from www.loanswithrob.com)
Sme great news in black and white from www.wra.org:
Wisconsin Home Sales Dip in 2007 But Prices Stable - State's housing news much better than nation
Date: February 14, 2008
For More Information Contact: David E. Clark, Economist C3 Statistical Solutions Inc. Office phone: 414-803-6537
Madison- Wisconsin housing sales decreased but prices increased … (6 comments)
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obeoman: Níl aon tintéan mar do thintéan féin! -There's no place like home! - 03/17/08 04:36 PM
(Photo from Google-tradtional Irish cottage)
Céad míle fáilte romhat!
..ma auld sod
(A hundred thousand greetings to you!)
my Old Land
and every Irish soul longs for it when they are alive,
and wants to be buried in it when they pass on.
Me auld athiar was a Trahan, me fathair am O'Connor,
authair to me, a Trahan.
Ma an chlann.
My family. Immigrants like all.
Living first in … (2 comments)
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obeoman: COWABUNGA! SPRING BREAK! - 03/16/08 06:12 PM
(Photo from http://www.2000floridatravel.com)
Spring Break-It's here!
...or it's going to be very soon:
Realtors who are nearly broke or have a broken marketing program.
Well, this is your chance to break away from the old marketing plan:
Plant a sign. Put an ad in the paper. Snap a couple crappy photos. Pray.
Spring into the new marketplace:
Put your listings where … (16 comments)
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obeoman: A slam-dunk for any Realtor... - 03/12/08 03:59 PM
Steve,
Just wanted you to hear about my recent experience with Obeo.
Your photographer, Eric Vidar, was great. Very personable and best of all took fantastic photos. This home was staged very well by the homeowner and the virtual tour and still photos captured it at its best. The day after the tour … (2 comments)
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obeoman: Your phone s***s, for the 130th time... - 03/10/08 07:19 PM
Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates an early telephone in 1876.Early Office Museum photo
(photo borrowed from www.wired.com)
Well, it's here.
Again.
-for the 130th time.
The anniversary date of the telephone.
But listen up:
Here is a chance for you to love your phone.
Not hate using it, not being able to find it, not being able to hear … (8 comments)
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obeoman: Bloodhound Blog-"For virtual tours, we are switching to Obeo.com..."-Greg Swann - 03/04/08 09:38 AM
Well, the dogs are barking again...DO you hear them?This is something you can understand:How to market your home on line. And do it right. Every time.Greg Swann at the Bloodhound Blog is going with Obeo.He tells the Arizona Republic he really likes our StyleDesigner .You will, too. And so will your sellers.Imagine your buyers … (7 comments)
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obeoman: ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Now? - 03/02/08 10:39 PM
...Zzz...
Sleep.
It is such a wonderful thing.
That is why we all have such a hard time
getting enough of it,
when we want it,
for how long we want to.
Sounds kind of like the current market,
doesn't it?
And, bet you never thought
sleep could be seen as an ironic activity-either!
The great thing about sleep is pretty … (8 comments)
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obeoman: Yahoo BUZZ Beta can't find your real estate blog! - 02/29/08 09:33 AM
...once again, another web search that just doesn't cut it.Yahoo! BUZZ Beta has been out for a while,it's yet one more way of running through the web to find cool stuff.Only some of the best stuff is never going to get found.When you search for real estate blogs at Yahoo BUZZ,you get … (2 comments)
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obeoman: Dreams don't ask why... - 02/27/08 10:09 PM
(SHS Photo)
Just another old house being torn down in town.
Or is it?
It was someone's dream once to own this home.
And they did. Their family grew up there.
The dogs barked, the dishes were washed, the lawn was mowed,
the kids dreamed at night in their bedrooms:
What will I be when I grow up?
Isn't … (7 comments)
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obeoman: Are you the sad clown? - 02/26/08 06:05 PM
...without someone to look at your listings,
you are just a sad clown in the spotlight looking for someone to hand you a hanky.
Face it. You have to ask hard questions about your marketing program:
-who is doing this?
-is it full service?
-what are they doing for me?
-is my branding-logo,colors, … (0 comments)
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obeoman: Are you a sad clown? - 02/25/08 08:15 PM
...without someone to look at your listings,you are just a sad clown in the spotlight looking for someone to hand you a hanky.Face it.You have to ask hard questions about your marketing program:-who is doing this?-is it full service?-what are they doing for me?-is my branding-logo,colors, profile-right?-what are their web exports?-how … (2 comments)
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obeoman: ...What's that smell? - 02/24/08 09:43 PM
(Graphic from iStock via Google)
Forget about snow, ice, wind
and your aching back.
Imagine you are a farmer or a gardener.
Now,
did those ideas planted in your head get enough
attention over the past long dark and dreary weeks?
When the sunny spring market hits,
are you ready to work the market
and help it grow?
It comes … (2 comments)
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obeoman: Pretty. Powerful. Realtors only. - 02/22/08 01:20 PM
Pretty, isn't it?
Pretty powerful, too.
It can take up to 30% off the time on market for your listing.
Obeo is the on line leader.
But we don't say so.
1,000,000 buyers come to Obeo every month to look at listings.
And our HomeSite and other products:
StyleDesigner
SpaceDesigner … (5 comments)
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obeoman: Real Estate agents are farmers... - 02/20/08 04:10 PM
(Clipart found at istockphoto.com)
Real Estate agents are not
harvesters or sowers.
They are farmers.
They are the experts in the home ownership cycle:
consumer-centered, connected and socially networked.
This agent knows the value of free, unfettered access to information.
And adds value to a life-long relationship with their homeowner client-
Not the type of farmer you expect, … (4 comments)
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obeoman: Jack-or jackette-be nimble...and be quick.... - 02/19/08 09:19 PM
(Image from http://www.alphabet-soup.net )
w0w.
I have been saying that a lot lately.
...have you?
Everything is giving me a w0w.
-and no one wants that to become
an
ow!
How many of us know someone
or a whole bunch of folks
who might think they are nimble, but have a lot of questions?
"...blogging?...where do you find the time?"
"...how many … (8 comments)
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obeoman: Realtor? Photographer? Marketing? What ARE you doing? - 02/17/08 03:08 PM
I came across this video on YouTube.
Well, the images say it all.
Consumers run from a bad experience-
hasn't each of us?
This means buyers really, really, really do not like bad pictures.
Sellers like them even less, so
...it is logical to think none of us do.
Give yourself, your sellers and the buyers … (9 comments)
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obeoman: What do buyers want to see online? - 02/14/08 06:16 PM
This is what one million buyers come to Obeo each month for.
The best on line marketing you can give them.
Bloodhound Blog loves it.
We are a preferred provider for RE/MAX.
HomeSite and Obeos' great on line solutions:
StyleDesigner
SpaceDesigner
ObeoConnect
keep the buyers coming back.
To you.
Call 800-729-6236 for Obeo in you area.
In Wisconsin,
262-325-8687
Obeo-The experts … (8 comments)
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obeoman: What a Realtor isn't.... - 02/13/08 05:07 PM
...a Realtor isn't the person who has all the answers:
-but a Realtor can find them.
-a Realtor isn't the person who left those muddy tracks on your carpet;
a Realtor always has those blue bunny booties for your buyers.
-a Realtor isn't the person you call to fix your home;
a Realtor is the person … (12 comments)
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obeoman: Mortgage walkers: JUST a penny for your thoughts? - 02/11/08 11:28 AM
(Sign from mdforeclosurelaw.com)
....Monday all over the world!
and so are the foreclosures.
What can you do?
This began a long time ago.
There was a lot of really flexible money laying around.
And it was pretty much there for the taking-by mortgage brokers, buyers and sellers.
(...there may have been some greed involved in there somewhere, too...)
But this … (4 comments)
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obeoman: Realtors vs. Winter, Round 2...Do Bermuda shorts come in Lycra? Tell Us Your Snow Story! - 02/10/08 05:14 PM
(graphic from the web-google image search)
As Mother Nature and Old Man Winter team up for Round Two
in the seasonal grudge match against Realtors and their sidekicks, the Vendors,
Rebecca Levinson stopped by at my blog here at AT and left a great post on:
how to shovel your way to success.
It is … (0 comments)
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obeoman: Are you wearing Bermuda shorts in a blizzard? - 02/09/08 05:24 PM
(Photo our our back window.)Everyone has heard it - I hope:"There is no such thing as bad weather,just bad clothing."Are you ready for the next storm?How can we even think about that - we are still in the middle of the FIRST one!Are you taking notes and making a list of … (20 comments)
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obeoman: "Obeo, baby-where have you been all my life?"-Greg Swann, Bloodhound Blog - 02/08/08 11:26 AM
There is no doubt that a Dog, in this case a Bloodhound, is Obeos' best friend.
Greg Swann and his merry band of no-B.S. bloggers at Bloodhound Blog always have something to howl about.
Greg, by his own admission, doesn't care for much of what is out there in virtual-visual-marketing land.
The howling on a-very … (10 comments)
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obeoman: Whew...broken snowblower...snow stopped...back is ok..open houses can resume! - 02/07/08 08:21 PM
(Image found at http://www.atomstozebras.com)The snow finally stopped and we are almost back to normal....I think the7 got all eight hundred-plus cars and trucks off the interstate, anyway... Open Houses and shooting virtual tours can resume! Take a look at the date on the above radar image - it's from LAST YEAR.On February 24th.Mother Nature … (5 comments)
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obeoman: Facebook Group for Realtors Shut Down! - 02/07/08 10:36 AM
Inman news reports on this right now.
It really points out a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, even if you are in the same garden!
And that there is value in protecting the REALTOR trademark.
But there seems to be a small disconnect - how many Realtors would be real if … (2 comments)
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obeoman: Pretty. Powerful. Realtors Only. - 02/04/08 02:38 PM
Pretty, isn't it?Pretty powerful, too.It can take up to 30% off the time on market for your listing.Obeo is the on line leader.But we don't say so.1,000,000 buyers come to Obeo every month to look at listings. And our HomeSite and other products:StyleDesignerSpaceDesignerObeoConnectkeep the buyers coming back.To you.The Realtor. The expert in … (15 comments)
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obeoman: Don't let Spring ambush you... - 02/03/08 06:18 PM
(Groundhog found via google at www.students.haverford.edu) It is here and gone. Groundhog Day. But don't let the sun catch you off guard in six weeks! Winter will still be with us for a long, long time. Perfect timing! What better opportunity to take a look at what usually happens in the Spring real estate market: Sellers are going … (10 comments)
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obeoman: Couch Potato Bloggers Unite! - 01/31/08 10:34 PM
The simple fact is wireless makes it possible to hit the sofa and do the horizontal blog.Come on.You've done it.Gotten the Linksys all fired up, checked the voice mail one last time, got a bag of yummies and a cold beverage (of your choice,)from the 'fridge and hit the divan.You won't admit it in … (8 comments)
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obeoman: Blogging History Made in Wisconsin Blizzard! (-probably...) - 01/29/08 10:26 PM
Mother Nature tried as hard as she could,
winter storm warnings, freezing rain and falling Christmas decorations.
but she did not keep 17 or so hardy Wisconsonites
from REMAX-Preferred Madison, Keller-Williams (and Obeo)
from having (what may have been)
the first ever Realtor Blogging Seminar in
Madison, WI at the RE/MAX training center.
(Eric Kodner called - he … (14 comments)
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obeoman: The middle word in blogging is"ogg"... - 01/25/08 08:30 PM
...in fact, it is the only word that needs bling to make it blogging.Words are like that, and on a flat piece of paper or on a screen in an email, they are very easily dressed up.With what we feel-what we think the other person might be feeling.What we read into … (5 comments)
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obeoman: Please Join Me In Welcoming Tamara Axtman to Active Rain! - 01/22/08 05:42 PM
At the Wisconsin REALTORS Association (WRA) Winter Convention in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, I found my buddy Steven Stearns chatting with Tamara Axtman, of American Home Shield Home Warranty. Steve was trying to convince Tamara to join Active Rain.
Steven can be pretty persuasive at times. I joined in the discussion … (13 comments)
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obeoman: Why me? Why now? Why not? - 01/22/08 03:58 PM
No email.No internet.Limited phone service.For almost two days at the WRA Winter Convention in Lac du Flambeau, WI.Diogenes got nothing on me.After spending the past two days wandering around the conference with my laptop open, looking every bit the beggar I was, I made it to my email. I had been … (2 comments)
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obeoman: Eating the Elephant, 2.0 Bites at a Time... - 01/15/08 07:11 PM
(Photo by Anna Grist at Stock Xchng)
All I can say is WoW!
Who is THAT Hungry?
Most Realtors are - or should be, or are gonna be really fast, this year.
There are those meandering and grazing in the bloggosphere that are having a hard time stepping up to their new diet.
I might say to … (1 comments)
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obeoman: Soft Skills for Hard Times:Blogging, Social Networking and On Line Communities - 01/14/08 03:30 PM
Let's all get together and learn about the New Marketplace: it's easier to work in than you think!
Referrals, networking, leads, branding - it happens pretty fast and you should know where you're going-and why!
The New Marketplace: Hard Knowledge for Soft SkillsBlogging, Social Networking and On Line Communities
January 29th, 2008
1:30-3:30 PM … (2 comments)
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obeoman: Twelve Days of Christmas for Realtors - 12/19/07 08:49 AM
(Urban Outfitters is offering a Charlie Brown Chirstmas tree!)
Twelve days of Christmas for Realtors:
12 ARMs a-justing;
11 lovely Listings;
10 Bankers Begging;
9 Leads a-calling;
8 Maids a-cleaning;
7 percent Commission;
6 working Websites;
5 Golden Offers;
4 Calling Centers;
3 day Weekend;
2 Points at closing,
...and a closing and a sale per week! … (5 comments)
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obeoman: CALLING ALL WISCONSIN BLOGGERS OR WANNABEBLOGGERS!!!-LET'S MEET UP! - 10/22/07 12:06 PM
...or wannabebloggers!
I am working on a blogger meet-up - date in November to be determined - -location likely to be in Ft. Atkinson, between Madison and Milwaukee; -anyone who is currently blogging or wants to learn about blogging.
Blogging can get you talking to people you might never get talk to, … (1 comments)
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obeoman: ...HEY, GANG ...if ya want cream, ya gotta milk the cow! - 10/16/07 06:29 PM
(Free Cash Cow from istockphotodotcom)
...Remax is arguably one of the largest real estate concerns in the world, and no doubt they have some of the best tools and training for their agents - along with fostering their independent spirit!
About 200 of these great agents and brokers gathered at ReMax … (2 comments)
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obeoman: No Crazy-Bad pictures, PUH-lease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 10/12/07 05:47 PM
Sellers hate them! Buyers like them even less...
So, why do bad real estate pictures end up on the web when they drive sellers to the brink of hysteria and buyers to nausea, and onto the next mediocre batch of images? Why are there are millions of bad RE photos … (11 comments)
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