Social Media is a SinkHole??

I’m still amazed that people keep bringing this up. I recently read an article on a real estate site to which a marketing person proclaimed that Social Media was a sinkhole for professional real estate agents. Seriously?

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6 Ways to Stay Ahead of the Competition

If you’re a blogger, you’re fighting the competition to be successful. And competition is tough. I know what you’re thinking, if you could only figure out what would would make you stand out from the crowd, you would stop what you’re doing and take notes. Well competition is what makes you and I better. It makes you step up your game and increase your productivity. Why am I mentioning competition? Well if you’re reading this, you are looking to get an edge over your competition. Don’t worry, it’s natural to want to have the edge over everyone else. And I’m going to tell you how to get the edge over the competition. (more…)

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Understanding Your Demographic

As a blogger, you must identify with your readers and understand precisely what they want. This process is very important to make your site a success. The basic idea is to find out as much as you can about your readers. Once you understand your readers, you will be capture their attention and provide them with valuable content.

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Social Media – Are We Losing Real Life Interactions?

This video is from July 2009 Ted Conference. This is a very interesting video of Stefana Broadbent, a cognitive scientist, who has spent decades observing people as they use technology. What is the effect of IM, Facebook, Texting …. are we missing connecting on a intimate level? I think you’ll enjoy the next 10 min. while watching this.

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How to Market Your Video on YouTube!

I was talking the other day to someone about online videos and what some company’s are doing to say “we are on YouTube”. It’s one thing to create a video and put it up on YouTube …. that’s a good start. But what do you after that? Rather then listen to me talk away … I think it’s probably best if you hear it right from the sources mouth: Production Manager Matthew Liu of YouTube.

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Video is in … are you?

Everyone is trying to figure out Social Media…. is it here to stay? Where is it all going? What should we invest in?? And guess what … I don’t have the answer. I’m not quiet sure anyone out there does. My thought process on this is why are we over-thinking it?

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