Socializing With Dru Bloomfield: She Beat the Down Real Estate Market Using Social Media

There are many reasons why social media and real estate mix so well. For one thing real estate is an intensely people business.  Successful agents are defined by how well they treat their customers and are able to deal with them more than anything else. With the vast majority of people starting their home search [...]

Four Reasons Why Google Buzz Is Doomed

“Me too”.
That pretty much summarizes Google Buzz.
It’s obvious they’re trying to take away market share from Twitter and Facebook and quite frankly its not going to work. Most tech types flock to anything Google does thinking the company has some special power. It’s almost a religious experience for techies. If you look closely though you’ll [...]

Socializing With Non-Profit Director & Refugee Advocate Kelli Donley

In many ways social media and non-profits are a match made in heaven. Social media is about conversations that are authentic, genuine and transparent. These are all attributes of successful non-profits.  This is not to imply that for-profits can not use social media, but only that non-profits have a built in advantage when it comes [...]

Five Things I Learned About Social Media in 2009

Recently I asked myself what I learned about social media in 2009. It’s an important question because the media is grown a lot in the last few years. Many have adopted the tools and some have left it behind while others continue to stay away. Still others have made millions.So, here are the top five [...]

Break In, Steal, Check Facebook On Way Out = FAIL

Some of us are a little more addicted to social networks than others. But then again our addiction hasn’t necessarily been a bad thing – at least I’m hoping.  Now for this burglar, well it’s a different story.
MARTINSBURG – The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar’s arrest after he [...]

If You Charge For It, It Ain't a Tweet-up!

Call me a social media purist but one of the best aspects of this new medium is that it fosters free collaboration, information sharing and interaction among participants. I can’t tell you how much I’ve learned from those I’ve met and interacted with on various social media channels. This open spirit is the main reason [...]

Social Media Meltdown

A few days ago a woman by the name of Amanda Bonnen posted this tweet about her apartment:
“You should just come anyway. Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay.”
She had 18 followers. So, a few people saw it.
However, yesterday Horizon Realty filed a defamation lawsuit [...]

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