According to Joe Ferrara of Sellsius, charity makes you hot: In three studies involving more than 1,000 people, Dr. Tim Phillips and his research team from the University of Nottingham found that women place significantly greater importance on altruistic traits than anything else (in all three studies). The findings were published in the British Journal … Read more
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more. – … Read more
I was tempted to jump in after part 1, when Danilo Bogdanovic threw down the gauntlet. But man, am I glad I waited until he was all done with his series on the future of real estate brokerage. You really owe it to yourself to read the whole series: Part 1, Part 2, and Part … Read more
Ines asks a fantastic question: What would happen to your business if your blog or favorite Social Media Site were to disappear tomorrow? Her entire post is worth reading, as it relates quite a bit to disaster recovery, data security, and copyright maintenance. All worthwhile things to think about. My followup question is: What if … Read more
Ines asks a fantastic question: What would happen to your business if your blog or favorite Social Media Site were to disappear tomorrow? Her entire post is worth reading, as it relates quite a bit to disaster recovery, data security, and copyright maintenance. All worthwhile things to think about. My followup question is: What if … Read more
(Disclaimer: Move, Inc. is a client of Onboard Informatics, my employer. But I have spoken to no one there, nor anyone here who deals with Move, for this post. Everything here is my opinion, based on my own research into publicly available information.) In what is an unusually long post for him, Dustin Luther laments … Read more
So my post about Twitter is generating a fair amount of commentary from readers. The general tone appears to be that while one shouldn’t Twitter just to generate additional business, it’s still worth doing for a variety of reasons, such as being Web 2.0 savvy, being in-touch with non-client business associates, and personal pleasure. Here’s … Read more
Matthew Rathburn puts the NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2008 into context. I think it’s worth reading the whole thing, including the cool graphs he’s put together. Matthew’s got some useful insights from the realtor’s perspective: Whereas some agents are dwelling on the issue that the Buyer is finding their home on the … Read more
According to Forrester Research, 6% of Americans use Twitter. Robert Scoble calls bullshit: There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that many people are using Twitter. My data shows that the regular users are between 50,000 and 300,000. A high percentage of which are outside the United States. That doesn’t come anywhere close to the numbers required … Read more