AGBeat » Janie Coffey http://agbeat.com News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:21:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Do you operate as a professional or as a public servant? http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/do-you-operate-your-business-as-a-professional-or-a-public-servant/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/do-you-operate-your-business-as-a-professional-or-a-public-servant/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:58:20 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=32544 People often go into real estate because they are people persons (does that work, grammatically speaking?)  They like people, they have the gift of gab and are all around good people.  What they often don’t realize is that being a real estate agent, and making a good living from it, is a business.  A real estate agent is a professional, [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/do-you-operate-your-business-as-a-professional-or-a-public-servant/feed/ 35 Using a #Tweetchat to highlight your local market knowledge http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/using-a-tweetchat-to-highlight-your-local-market-knowledge/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/using-a-tweetchat-to-highlight-your-local-market-knowledge/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:36:36 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=31806 Sharing local real estate statistics, data and informed insights on your local real estate market is something that can really set you apart as a true expert. Why not put together a group of several Realtors and form a group to hosts a weekly local online real estate chat? Called a RealEChat, and you can host it via twitter using [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/using-a-tweetchat-to-highlight-your-local-market-knowledge/feed/ 26 It’s my way or the highway. What about the consumer’s way? http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/its-my-way-or-the-highway-what-about-the-consumers-way/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/its-my-way-or-the-highway-what-about-the-consumers-way/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:38:15 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=31308 As technology has grown in real estate, a line has been drawn in the sand between many agents.  Some believe that technology, including social media, blogs and high-tech phones is the way to go.  Some think that the tried and true, belly to belly old school approach is, and always will be, the answer.   Either way, they seem to [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/its-my-way-or-the-highway-what-about-the-consumers-way/feed/ 32 The 10 newest/coolest geo-mapping apps for RE Bloggers http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/the-10-newestcoolest-geo-mapping-apps-for-re-bloggers/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/the-10-newestcoolest-geo-mapping-apps-for-re-bloggers/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:52:01 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=30782 Incorporating maps into your blog or website can be an engaging and exciting way to snag your readers’ attention.  New technology has allowed mapping to become nearly a living breathing thing which you can create, explore and share.  It’s not your momma’s flat paper map anymore! Here’s a snapshot of some really cool things you can do with geo-mapping to [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/the-10-newestcoolest-geo-mapping-apps-for-re-bloggers/feed/ 20 Keep your local blog buzzing with amazing content http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/keep-your-local-blog-buzzing-with-amazing-content/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/keep-your-local-blog-buzzing-with-amazing-content/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:21:39 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=30486 Focusing your blog on a local or even hyper-local community is all the rage right now in real estate blogging.  And for good reason.  If you spread yourself too thin over a large geographic area, the “synergy” (to use an over used word) of all of your efforts is just not likely going to pay off as well as if [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/keep-your-local-blog-buzzing-with-amazing-content/feed/ 33 Cheap & easy way to dominate your farm using video http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/cheap-easy-way-to-dominate-your-farm-using-video/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/cheap-easy-way-to-dominate-your-farm-using-video/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:13:26 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=30027 Video is an easy, fast and inexpensive way to dominate your market.  The benefits of video are two-fold.  On the consumer side, readers love video, it’s easier to watch a video than read a long text based blog.  On the SEO side, Google loves video and will often push video up in ranking faster than text, so you have a [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/cheap-easy-way-to-dominate-your-farm-using-video/feed/ 54 Do search consumers want to be called or left alone? http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/do-search-consumers-want-to-be-called-or-left-alone/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/do-search-consumers-want-to-be-called-or-left-alone/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 14:48:36 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=28155 It’s the age old dilema.  Realtors have property search sites set up with one goal and one goal only – to gain leads with the idea of converting them to clients.  We don’t do it as a community service, we don’t do it to be nice, we do it to build business.  Consumers, on the other hand, may want to [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/do-search-consumers-want-to-be-called-or-left-alone/feed/ 46 Check-ins & likes – crafting how the world sees you http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/check-ins-likes-crafting-how-the-world-sees-you/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/check-ins-likes-crafting-how-the-world-sees-you/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 16:52:43 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=27924 Tyler Bell, in his post, “Why check-ins and like buttons will change the local landscape“, absolutely nails it.  We check-in and “like” things not only to share information and locations with our friends, fans and followers, but to share a part of us.  To reveal something about us.  It is a form of self-expression and self-crafting in a way.  We [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/check-ins-likes-crafting-how-the-world-sees-you/feed/ 13 Host a Tech Savvy Scavenger Hunt in Your Local Community http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/host-a-tech-savvy-scavenger-hunt-in-your-local-community/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/host-a-tech-savvy-scavenger-hunt-in-your-local-community/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 15:20:28 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=27613 OK, Ok, you don’t need to barcode a building, but you can create a scavenger hunt in your community for those tech savvy peeps who would love to rise to the challenge. A fun and simple way to do this would be to create an account with StickyBits.com and place StickyBit stickers around your area requiring your participants to check [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/host-a-tech-savvy-scavenger-hunt-in-your-local-community/feed/ 13 Crazy and/or Unique Local Content Maps for Your Blog http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/crazy-andor-unique-local-content-maps-for-your-blog/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/crazy-andor-unique-local-content-maps-for-your-blog/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:14:02 +0000 Janie Coffey http://agentgenius.com/?p=24822 Google Maps Mania is a mashup-of mash-ups.  The site collects and displays map mash-ups created with the Google map API.  There are maps of just about anything; historical spots, celebrities, beer spots, milk farms.  You name it, it’s probably there.  Embedding some unique or useful maps into your blog provides engaging content for your readers. You can also use Google [...]
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