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The Power of Word Of Mouth

In 1989 fresh out of university I started a  business with a college buddy.  I remember those early days fondly.  Our business only had a handful of employees.  We worked long hours for very little but we had a great time.  We started out recycling / remanufacturing...

Yellow Pages Advertising Analysis and a Prescription for the Future

I recently attended the Kelsey DMS2009 conference to learn more about they YP space.  There is certainly a lot to learn.   I am very interested in better understanding how the real estate industry’s relationship with YP has evolved over the years.  I am sure that many...

Cool (And Smart) New Google things

In the last few days Google has announced some really cool things.  The most significant is that Google is leveraging their search engine dominance to give their Google Profiles (see mine here – Brendan’s Google Profile ) So here is what Google is doing,  They have...

Graphing Social Patterns East Recap

I was working on a post to recap GSP East conference.  However, I just noticed that Frank Mashraqi of Fotolog posted a great recap.  So I am just going to link to it here.

New Inman Site Strategy Explained

I have always been a fan of free and providing value . Done right this doesn’t mean you  can’t make money (maybe you can even make more).   I really like the idea of transforming a paid subscription (web 1.0) into a paid social network (very web 2.0).   I like what...

Realtor Ratings and Reputation 2.0

Last night I posted a video on Reputation 2.0 and Identity 2.0  we made on NoMoreDoorKnocking and am getting a lot of email from people asking me questions.  Jay Thompson posted it and Joel Burslem included it in a very interesting discussion on Identity 2.0 and the...