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Your Online To-Do List (So Important, You Should Have Done These in 2009!)

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 9 Comments

By Stefanie Hahn What was hot online in 2009? 1. Google LOVES Facebook Fan Pages. Have you set one up for your real estate business? You should – trust me on this… no one wants to see your business on your personal Facebook page.  Setting up a Fan Page is a fast and fun way to share your business information, …

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Make Sharing Your Blog Simple

Blog Contributor Professional Development, Technology & Social Media 7 Comments

By Jeremy Williams You work hard to add content to your blog so why not allow all that great content to be shared to the masses.  Two of the biggest social media platforms right now are Facebook and Twitter.  Millions have chosen to get connected whether socially or for business networking purposes.  Sharing your blog with Facebook and Twitter users …

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YoPros Named 2009 YPN Chapter of the Year

Blog Contributor Professional Development, Young Pros in the Spotlight, YPN Chapters, YPN News 3 Comments

By Erica Christoffer, Contributing Editor Three exceptionally talented and highly involved YPN chapters were in the running for 2009 Chapter of the Year: Houston, Missouri, and Minneapolis. All three took on creative planning to grow membership and provided constructive networking and educational opportunities for young real estate professionals. In the end, the Minneapolis YoPros took home the title to become …

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Social Media: The Real Goal!

Drew Burks Professional Development, Technology & Social Media 1 Comment

By Drew Burks I’ve heard it said that … … “Life is all about who you know.” But, I believe there is something even more important. Who Knows You? That’s right… who knows you is far more important than who you know.  This may be one of the most valuable benefits of social media and quite possibly the one area …

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Is Instruction Part of Your 2010 Business Plan?

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Personal Fulfillment, Professional Development, Technology & Social Media 2 Comments

By Nobu Hata Let’s face it, when it comes to sharing our expertise on forums such as the YPN Lounge, Twitter, even Facebook, we sure spend a lot of time preaching to the choir.  Social Media how-to’s, blogging tips, Twitter in your marketing plan… The fact is, the majority of us have already figured out how to implement new media …

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The 12 Days of REALTOR® Christmas

Blog Contributor Outreach, Personal Fulfillment, Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 9 Comments

By Brian Copeland With December 25 only a few days away, it’s a great time to not only think about giving to others but also to consider touching your clients and sphere of influence in an impactful way.  While it may be a bit late in the season to pull some of the bigger things off on this list, who …

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Five Must-Have Real Estate Tools

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Establishing Your Business, New REALTOR®, Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 5 Comments

By Dawn Miller If you’re a new REALTOR® or if you’ve been in business awhile and re-evaluate your budget every year, I am here to reassure you there are only five tools you need to start or maintain your real estate business. I’ve complied a short list of the must-have’s for those REALTORS® newer to the business who are questioning …

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Being Business Effective via Social Networking

Blog Contributor Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 4 Comments

By Brooke Wolford Social networking to many is extremely confusing and some think is a complete waste of time.   But it is there to help you brand yourself. There are so many sites and you must be active on all of them for it to be effective.   Here are some ways to simplify the process and to get noticed: 1.  …

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Practitioner Rating Systems Are Here to Stay

Blog Contributor Being a REALTOR®, Business Challenges, Professional Development, Technology & Social Media, YPN Events 3 Comments

By Nobu Hata, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger It’s been an interesting couple days home! Your thoughts, Joe-Six-Pack? We’ve got a site for that. Lost amid the cocktails of the YPN get together, and the hubbub of HouseLogic/RPR/NAR Second Century Initiative babble, was the Houston Association of REALTORS®’ win of NAR’s Visionary Award. Taqi Rizvi, CTO of HAR, “created one of …

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My Top 5 Highlights of the NAR Annual Conference

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By Jessica Hickok, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger It’s Sunday, day 3 of the annual conference here in beautiful San Diego, and I can’t help but think I don’t want it to end…however, I’m really excited to get back to work! Every year that I have attended the NAR Annual Conference and Expo, I always find it to be a huge …