AGBeat » Rich Jacobson 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 REBarCamp – “Where Passionate Sharing Meets Hungry Learning” http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/rebarcamp-where-passionate-sharing-meets-hungry-learning/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/rebarcamp-where-passionate-sharing-meets-hungry-learning/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:00:21 +0000 Rich Jacobson http://agentgenius.com/?p=6154 Experiences that Transform Every once in a great while, you encounter/experience something that revolutionizes/challenges your thinking, and transforms/changes the way in which you approach business/marketing. The REBarCamp is one such experience. The recent REBarCamp in Houston Texas was the second such event I’ve attended in the past year. I had also participated in the REBarCamp San Francisco, just prior to [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/rebarcamp-where-passionate-sharing-meets-hungry-learning/feed/ 7 Staying Positive in a Negative World http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/staying-positive-in-a-negative-world/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/staying-positive-in-a-negative-world/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:08:26 +0000 Rich Jacobson http://agentgenius.com/?p=4991 Bad News fosters Bad Attitudes It’s hard not to fall prey to the incessant bombardment of bad news from Wall Street and Capitol Hill, as financial markets continue to crumble, sending out shockwaves of gloom and doom that trickle down into every corner of the world, and threaten our sense of comfort and security. No Market is an Island There [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/content-ownership-and-other-urban-legends/feed/ 63 Taking the ‘Hype’ out of Hyper-Local Blogging http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/taking-the-hype-out-of-hyper-local-blogging/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/taking-the-hype-out-of-hyper-local-blogging/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:40 +0000 Rich Jacobson http://agentgenius.com/?p=2333 It Only Takes 10 Steps… Rain god, Jonathan Washburn, made a statement in his recent ActiveRain blog article, “10 Steps to Localism Success“: 5. Do not post a bunch of self serving marketing material on the bottom of your post: If a home buyer or seller finds your information interesting they will figure out how to contact you. Also, our [...]
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