list: Top 10 Most Expensive Cities to Live: Relocation Anyone? - 07/11/09 06:27 AM

Courtesy Forbes.com
Forbes.com is the master of lists and Top 10 offerings. One of the most compelling is their Top 10 Most Expensive Cities to Live. The following is the list and each city’s 2008 ranking. Notes of interest shows Japan dominating the Top 10 list with #1 and #2, New York City vaulted from #22 to #8, and Copenhagen, Denmark is in the Top 10- remains a mystery.
World’s Most Expensive Cities to Live
1. Tokyo, Japan: 2008 ranking #2, Cost of Living index 2008: 127; Cost of Living index 2009: 147
2. Osaka, Japan: 2008 ranking #11. COL … (8 comments)

list: What Does Traffic Mean to Your Site? Seth Godin's Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List - 02/04/09 06:24 AM
Stataholic.com posted a great article: "Seth Godin's Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List." This is a great article if you are ready to begin measuring traffic and it's significance to your own efforts. The following is the Top 10 sites with their traffic increases over the past 6 months. The list includes over 150 sites and their progress but I wanted to concentrate on the Top 10:
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list: Darren Rowse's Top 10 People Twitter Beginners Should Follow: Make Your Own List - 11/29/08 06:36 AM
Darren Rowse is a very influential and important blogger to read if you wish to understand the blogosphere. He provides tips and how to articles that are incredibly easy to understand, very important in your research, and helpful for your continued development in blogging. His site, problogger.net, is one of the 'superstar' sites and resources I follow to make sure I am getting as much as possible out of my ongoing education.
Another great article I feel is very important for people to consider is Darren's "Ten People All Twitter Beginners Should Be Following." Normally I would agree with everything Darren … (14 comments)

list: American Film Institute's Top Inspirational Movies: A Guide for the Holidays - 11/29/08 03:52 AM
The AFI aka American Film Institute is a rich and storied institution that provides a fantastic look at the American film industry. One of the best things about their site is the many top 10 and top 100 lists available for the true film fans.
Holiday movie fans will be especially happy with “AFI’s 100 Years 100 Cheers” a list of the Top 100 list of what AFI dubs “America’s Most Inspiring Movies.”

Cheers Top 10
1. It’s A Wonderful Life: Is anyone better than Jimmy Stewart for gratitude?
2. To Kill A Mockingbird: A curious choice due to it’s … (2 comments)

list: Fortune Magazine List of Fastest Growing Industries "Top Growers": Real Estate #1 - 11/06/08 11:51 AM
It is tough times for many Realtors today. Yet over the course of the last 5 years the Real Estate industry has been the #1 revenue growth industry in the country according to Fortune Magazine. In 2007 Real Estate experienced a 29.9% growth rate beating the second place industry of engineering and construction by over 10%.
What Does This Mean?
1. Real Estate is still a pillar and cornerstone of our U.S. economy
2. Real Estate experienced incredible growth and profits over the past 5 years
3. Hopefully Realtors saved their profits to weather the storm of the economy
The Future
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list: Chicago Most Stressful City According to Forbes.com: How Does That Sit With You? - 09/18/08 04:06 AM

Forbes.com Market's reporter Maurna Desmond
Forbes.com recently released their list of the top 5 Most Stressful cities in America to live. Surprise: Chicago and not New York City was ranked #1. The list is based on mass generalizations and crystal ball forcasting. According to writer Maurna Desmond: "Chicago's rising unemployment rate, expensive gas, high population density and relatively poor air quality create a perfect storm of stress, according to measures we used to calculate the country's anxiety hot spots."   What no shot on the weather? 
How Does Maurna's report make you feel? If you are angry or just disagree … (15 comments)

list: Torino, Italy to San Francisco, California via LifeHack's Dustin Wax: Blogging Brings Instant Information And Recognition - 07/31/08 03:38 AM

Dustin Wax Why do I love to blog? Why is it the most important business and social networking task I perform daily? Here is a perfect example of 6 degrees of separation. An Italian blogger in Torino, Italy, who subscribes to deansguide because he thinks we may be related (joke), sent me a link to his bookmark (digg) "10 Skills of Life You Need To Succeed at Almost Anything." The original blogger? The mighty and powerful lifehack's Dustin Wax.
A big thank you goes to my "friend" from Italy who found me on my blog directory Mybloglog. The other big … (10 comments)

list: How To Win New Clients, Build A Contact List, And Become The Expert In A Niche: Employment Networking Groups Your Ticket To Leads And New Partnerships - 06/18/08 07:15 AM
During your search for outside the box networking events, a great place to look after you have found your "society charity" events is in the employment niche. One of the best sources of contacts pertinent to the author I represent has been employment networking groups.
Why Networking Groups for Employment?
Many folks are being forced out of jobs, lay offs being the first step, and need to reevaluate their financial positions. Many decide they want more from life and wish to become entrepreneurs in a field that is a passion for them--following their hearts. Others feel stressed by their expenses including … (0 comments)

list: Dean's Weekend Guide Top 10 Real Estate Movies of Alltime! - 06/02/08 05:23 PM
The Top Ten Real Estate movies of alltime run the gamet from paranoid fear to giddy cash infused heaven. One thing remains true, art sometimes imitates life and life imitates art. My list for a weekend snuggle fest:
 
1. Glengarry Glen Ross: The ultimate alltime scary and frightening real estate movie. With a world class cast of superstars including Al Pacino, Jack Lemon, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, and Bruce Altman. This is without a doubt the nightmare of all Sales nightmares where ABC has nothing to do with your alphabet, a man's watch is worth more … (5 comments)

list: Blog Content Idea #1: "Mine" Your Email For Articles - 05/25/08 06:24 AM
Although most people feel that generating ideas to finished articles is the most daunting task associated with blogging, it's the technology curve that is the real challenge, there are many strategies that will help you overcome this task.
Mining Your Email
One of the easiest ideas to generate content is mining your own email. Your goal is to find situations or stories where people can learn from your actions, benefit from advice you provided, or  become aware of something of value.
Example: If you helped a first time home buyer find a great tool (mortgage calculator, school, referral) that made a … (6 comments)

 
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Dean Guadagni is the Business Director for Inner Architect a social media marketing agency. We help businesses, corporations, and entrepreneurs understand how to utilize Web 2.0 and social media tools to deliver their value message. We perform diagnostics, create social media marketing plans, implement strategies, measure analytic information, as well as provide retainer based ongoing maintenance. We utilize direct marketing targeted strategies to measure our clients' message effectiveness and their ongoing engagement with their audience of consumers. This blog is an extension of http://Innerarchitect.com and my business self help real estate blog http://deansguide.wordpress.com. I write about business self help, networking, marketing, and branding. Interspersed within this core content are the techniques and tips on how to use social media like Linkedin and Twitter as well as your blog as the hub of your efforts to gain exposure and recognition with your target audience(s).


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