These beautiful red trumpets are adorning the top of a store on the Paseo Mall in Santa Barbara. Given that so many places have them growing in hedges or archways, we think that they must be unofficially the official vine of Santa Barbara County. Happy Saturday, Ron & Alexandra - WATCH VIDEOS
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04/30/2011
Our Curious Cat Zoe This post is dedicated to those of you who have embraced the art of journalism and have become bloggers on top of everything else required of your career in luxury real estate marketing. Consistently producing original content can be challenging at times. But, here is our s
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04/27/2011
“When you're just like everybody else, you've got nothing to offer other than your conformity” ~ Wayne Dyer “Stand out or bow out!” ~ Ron & Alexandra Seigel, LOL Authors & Community Founders Conformity is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to what individuals perceive is n
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04/27/2011
Blue Frog by Michael Galber As a luxury real estate marketing professional, if you are interested is leapfrogging over your competitors here is one of the all time best strategies: Be the opposite choice to the No. 1 market leader! You can jump over the pack and become the No. 2 in your market
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04/26/2011
Photo by UCLA 90024 As a luxury real estate marketing professional it is crucial to understand what is at stake by seizing the market leadership role and being the first to come to mind when potential clients (or referral sources) think of the best agent for the job. The difference between the
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04/25/2011
This past Friday evening, we noticed the sun shining as it was pouring rain, and then we looked up and saw this magical sky with double rainbows. We thought you would enjoy this as much as we did. It is one of the manifestations of Nature's art. Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy Sunday! Chee
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04/24/2011
On our wonderful sojourn to Palm Springs, we met a friend at a coffee place known as Koffi's. The building had modern and minimalist achitecture. The entrance to the store had this beautiful cactus. The shadows and the framing of it made it feel like a painting from different perspectives.
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04/23/2011
When we were in Palm Springs, we kept noticiing these beautiful trees, known as the Palo Verde tree. Aptly name for its green trunk and branches (Palo Verde translates as green stick in Spanish), it shows off its yellow blossoms in Spring. Everywhere we looked they were in bloom. What a perfe
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04/22/2011
The luxury goods market is conservatively estimated to be 359 billion dollars. It is actually up 6% from last year, according to American Express. After a long period of not spending luxury buyers are obviously getting over their “frugal fatigue which bodes well for those engaged in marketing l
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04/20/2011
We took off to Palm Springs at the crack of dawn (5AM). After driving several hours in drizzle and rain, it was lovely to see the sun as we headed onto Highway 111 into town. Springtime in the desert shows us so many beautiful plants, such as this cactus, and we loved the contrast of the green
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04/20/2011
