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BlogWorld 2009 Insight – Engineering your Business

This is the first of a series of posts expressing insight into certain topics covered during my recent trip to the Blogworld Expo 2009, in Las Vegas. “Engineering is the heart of everything in your business”

Golf, Gadgets and The Root of Realtor Problems

Social Media and any other “quick fix” that’s promised to you by a Facebook or magazine ad isn’t going to cure an ailing real estate career any more than my $200 driver did my golf game. In fact, COACHING isn’t going to fix your career either unless you are willing to do the work OUTSIDE of coaching to advance your career.

Advising the Face of Real Estate Today

You are a real estate professional. You have taken an oath to serve your clients and advise them to the best of your ability. This “advising” is not limited to the negotiation of the property and searching of the MLS, you are in the truest form, a financial planner for their current and future home situation.

Happy Holidays from Matt and The You Factor

Wishing all of you the Happiest of Holidays this season and positive thoughts for an outstanding 2009!
~ Matt Dollinger and Family

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Real Estate 2.0 – The Migration to Real Estate Advisor

Recently, even before the changes in the market, I began talking about what we can simply refer to as “Real Estate 2.0”. This “Migration to Real Estate Advisor” has been fostered by some wonderfully generous leaders of our industry including Marc Davison of 1000 Watt Consulting (www.1000wattconsulting.com ), NikNik and Reggie of My Tech Opinion [...]

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 [...]

Away For Important Matters

I will be away from blogging for the next months as I devote my free time to supporting my candidate for the 2008 Presidential Election.  Please do your part for your country and regardless of your political affiliation, register to vote for this upcoming election.
Matt Dollinger
TheYouFactor.com

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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 [...]

Fear and the Art of Real Estate Success

The Only Thing We Have To Fear… Is Fear Itself
On March 4, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt faced a country in fear, in depression and receited one of the most eloquent speeches in Presidential history. Entering the Presidency in the middle of the Great Depression, Roosevelt inherited 13,000,000 unemployed and almost every bank in our [...]

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 could [...]