Last week I was lucky enough to attend Blog World and New Media Expo. As the name (or former name) alludes, there is a strong and almost exclusive focus on content. Just about every session I sat in had some mention of SEO. The timing of the conference couldn’t have been better since I’ve gotten a number of questions recently about folks I know … [Read more...]
On the Need for Common Definition
People often argue about if agents are worth what they are paid, who is a good agent, what makes a good agent, and so forth. I’m not (for now) going to dive into any of these questions, but instead step back and try and determine how do we even go about setting up the discussion in order to answer those questions? The more I think about it, the … [Read more...]
Disruptive Business: Avoid Becoming a Casualty of Progress
They say there’s such a thing as being too good at your job. Well, this is a post about just that. From time to time, there are companies that come around and are so good that they can destroy a market and/or even mess with other semi-related businesses. This isn’t necessarily a good or bad thing. What it is, however, is a good lesson to learn … [Read more...]
How to Value a Home: Common Sense Over Emotion
The emotional play – it does work The other day during the annual GenBlue conference, Coldwell Banker debuted their new commercial. It’s an emotional approach to “How to Value a Home” featuring the iconic voice of Tom Selleck. It’s well done, no doubt about it. When you watch it, you’d have something wrong with you it it doesn’t evoke some sort of … [Read more...]
Reevaluating "Free" – You Get What You Pay For
I received an email the other day from a friend of mine who told me that I came up in a conversation he was having with a client as a Subject Matter Expert on a certain topic. Although they would have loved to work with me, they are a non-profit and are very budget conscious. They are opting to use some interns to do this project. More sympathetic … [Read more...]