Archive for Cool Technology

BlogWorld Insights #2 – The US vs. Them of Media

Collaboration could possibly be the cure all to what ails us – but until we dump the “Us vs. Them” mentality and start operating from a level of abundance (and strict ROI) I think we have a long way to go.

Five Things I’d Like from Inman Connect ‘09

Gimme big, bad, cutting edge innovation… I have naughty-hot dreams about this kind of thing at home. But give me some case studies with metrics and analytics as to HOW you have implemented it and WHAT your clients think of it.

The Rules for a Changing Game

The real estate market is a changing animal, and one that those aligned with it must adapt to, or be left behind. In this presentation done at the Chicago Sparkt event, I discuss the future of the real estate brokerage model, the future of our industry, and the rules for our changing industry.

Looking Beyond the RE.net Matrix

The world does not look all sunshine and roses outside of the Matrix. There are challenges here as well, obstacles that I will face, and lessons to be learned from the RE.net Matrix. One cannot exist without the other in our world any more than it could in the movie. But, I for one, can attest to the fact that this world, outside the argumentative noise of existing problems, looks like one with solutions on the horizon.

The Humanizing of the Social Web

For my presentation I was asked to discuss “Rules for a Changing Game” and how social media and other influences will forever change the real estate industry. Thanks to a couple of highly influential people by the names of David Armano and Peter Kim I was able to put together the following presentation.

Jerry was a Real Estate Broker… (aka the conduit between new and old)

In countless posts across the Web, from 1000watt consulting to Inman to a post by Ashfaq Munshi over at FOREM and even the Notorious R.O.B. the topic of real estate brokerage’s future (and office) are dotting the radar.

The Ten Commandments of Twitter Usage

The 10 Commandments of Twitter Usage – Real Estate Version

Leadership: What You Could Learn from Dan Hesse

In 2007 Sprint/Nextel appointed Dan Hesse CEO of the customer-service-flailing company. Since then, Dan and his marketing team have worked across all different forms of Media to deliver a message of customer service and “biz-love” to clients across the nation.

The Holy Grail of How To’s – The Twitter for Real Estate Book

So this wasn’t what I was planning about blogging on, but I have to put this out there…

Nicole and Reggie Nicolay (@nik_nik and @cyberhomes) have completely outdone themselves and put together an amazing (and free) E-book entitled Everything You Want to Know about Twitter for Real Estate at the Cyberhomes Blog.

While we’re on the topic of Twitter…

And while we’re all hopped up on the topic of Twitter, I wanted to give a shout out to a fellow blogger who I THINK (personally, me…) has probably put together the best list of Twitter Applications around.

Twitter apps are all over the place. Whether hooking it up to FriendFeed so that your updates feed to your Facebook status, or a simple widget that resides on your blog to keep your readers up to date (see right sidebar!) these applications allow you to utilize Twitter more effectively and really harness the power of the site.