Google Street View to Include BFE by the Year 2011 – says The Onion

According to the really really smart people in charge of Google Maps (including Google Street View) they are in the works of covering every nook and cranny of the world by 2011. (Just kidding)

However, they have done a great job of increasing their overall view of the United States and the world by increasing their coverage map:

Turn Your Gmail Account into a Text Messaging Machine

Big shout out to Joel Burslem from FOREM for sending out a Tweet the other day discussing Google Labs’ new process for sending text messages from your Gmail account.  The full “How To” can be found on the Google Labs Official Gmail Blog here , but it’s easy enough.  I even put together a quick video [...]

Altos Research – All the Stats You Need Delivered to You

So I’ve already said that I’m a numbers junkie. Stats, trends and all of those numbers that horrify some people make me giddy with excitement. A number of months ago we at @properties released our 2007 Market Report based on micro-neighborhood findings here in the Chicago area. I talked extensively about our findings and what [...]

Advertising vs. Marketing (Part 2) Know your Clients to Know the Difference

This is a follow up to my original post “You’re NOT Marketing… How to STOP Advertising and Start Marketing!”. This Utterz talks more about HOW to incorporate the knowledge of your target audience into your efforts to create true MARKETING campaigns instead of Advertising.

You’re NOT Marketing… How to STOP Advertising and Start Marketing?

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So, I’m driving down the road today and had to take a picture of this. Why? Because it reminded me of how so many companies (not just real estate companies) approach their marketing efforts… Even more so, it made me think about how many people, (and industries), don’t know the difference between ADVERTISING and MARKETING. [...]

Google Alerts – Managing your Identity, Favorites, and Your Competition

Ok… Maybe I’m a Junkie, but I can’t write enough great things about Google. So let’s say… hypothetically of course… that you like reading about all of the following things: Real Estate Market Statistics The latest technology for your Blackberry Social Networking Media Developments Indie Rock Bands playing in Chicago Great Grilling Recipes Barack Obama [...]

Become the James Bond of Real Estate – 20 Ways to Boost your Confidence

  “He who has confidence in himself will gain the confidence of others.” – Leib Lazarow So what do James Bond and the most successful Real Estate agents that I know have in common that so many others lack?  It’s simple really… they all have an unbelievable amount of confidence. Seriously though.  Would James ever [...]

Google Reader Part 2: Recommended Industry and Technology Blogs

Since the Google Reader post got such good reviews, I thought that I would make it easy for you to get “plugged in” (or Turned On for you 1000Watt Readers) to some of what I feel to be the best blogs out there. Where I believe that these represent many different types of elements that [...]

The Meatball Small Dip Big Moo Sundae You Factor?

If you haven’t met Seth Godin yet, it’s time you introduced yourself…. Better yet, introduce yourself to his blog and his way of thinking. SETH GODIN is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change.  More importantly he is a lifesaver for the real estate industry, and any other that depends on a living, breathing [...]

Ode to Sprint PCS: Healing your public image with the “Human” Element

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni-VeMEx6pA]   I love this video and what it is trying to convey to the general public.  Will it work?  — That remains to be seen. In an attempt to become more “human”, “likeable”, and “Just Like Us” Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint/Nextel has issued this advertising campaign in an attempt to “stem the bleeding [...]