Joe's Blog

What does Cancer, Dancing, Dinner, Wine, and an Auction have to do with each other?  Well, Stomp Out Cancer is a fundraiser benefiting the American Cancer Society and you are all invited Saturday, May 21st!  Preston Premium Wines is hosting this event.  Nothing more fun than seeing a bunch of cow...

Cassandra, my (our) daughter graduated from Washington State University this past winter and walked yesterday to receive her diploma.  I couldn't be more proud of her.  She has always known she wanted to teach kids and set out at age 16 on her first year of college to do so.  At age 20 she not on...

HubSpot posted a great article on personalization's effect on marketing. I think the article is a must-read for all of us who take marketing seriously. Among the many points made, here are a just a few I appreciate: #8. "The future is in making websites, products, or experiences personal in a dee...

Seemingly quietly, ActiveRain has been sold? AgentGenius posted a rather interesting article on what AG says is the sale of ActiveRain and there has been a number of comments, many by ActiveRain loyalists. 40+ last time I checked.  I checked a few places and have not read anything further on the ...

My wife and I are in Denver attending a seminar for our real estate business. This guy in the airport asked me for a kiss, so I obliged him. Since all bald guys are beautiful, I couldn't resist.  Ladies, because bald guys are so incredibly sexy, please maintain your composure while viewing my (ou...

We are proud to announce the establishment of the endowed Gwen Leth Lecture Series at the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center. This lecture series will be dedicated to topics which have impacted local, state, national, and international history, including the Manhattan Project at Hanford. More impo...

When blogging, make it easer on your readers by highlighting key points in bold, using subtitles, adding bulleted lists, or any combination thereof. I read this blog entry (a great article btw, read it!) and it REALLY needed subtitles. I assumed the article would be good, as the article was featu...

Using Flickr to host your listing photos might get your account deleted. Here is an excerpt from Flickr's TOS: Don’t use Flickr to sell. If we find you engaging in commercial activity, we will warn you or delete your account. Some examples include selling products, services, or yourself through y...

We paid for 400 GB of file storage from Google through our Google account.  Well, bad news folks, there is no support for Google services and their "Terms Of Service" protect them from pretty much everything. We purchased the storage for our listings photos and video, plus our family home video a...

he picture below captures the essence of spring in the Tri Cities; Relaxing on the Columbia River with family, and the cold days of winter behind. The picture was taken by me on my first springtime bike ride around the Tri Cities. I have this 25 mile loop I ride and I just so happened to take a b...