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As many social media experts, gurus, and ninjas try to “monetize” social media for their clients, others are focusing simply on the connection and interaction with clients.  Dare I say “engaging”?  Engagement used to be for when 2 people decided to get married, but today it has quickly become the reason you use Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets.  In fact, it might be the most overused word of 2009.  We all agree social media and engagement are here to stay though, at least … Read More »

I was searching the Geek Estate repository recently and saw the significant number of iPhone application reviews for real estate professionals on the market.   I’m salivating over them as I write this and often wish my Blackberry would magically turn into an iPhone.  I haven’t made the switch yet primarily for one reason.  I’ve been telling myself that I’m more efficient as with my Blackberry as I can type with my eyes closed and much faster than an iPhone.  Those of you with iPhones might … Read More »

A couple of months ago I was using Twitter search and discovered Deed Street.  Deed Street is an open micro-blogging platform which offers aggregation of real estate Tweets using the “^” tag on Twitter.  The site, which was launched in September, requires a user to either login using their Twitter account or to simply post on Twitter using a specific tag or dual “^^” tag.  Side note, although the correct name of the (^) tag is a Caret, I’ve read that the founder Doug Lazovick … Read More »