AGBeat » Teresa Boardman 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 Share your Stories http://agbeat.com/real-estate-mortgage-economy/share-your-stories/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-mortgage-economy/share-your-stories/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:57:17 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=11160 Story telling is an art People love to tell stories and they love hearing them.  A good story can impart wisdom and some times teach a lesson. Before the written word was invented the story teller was an important member of the tribe. He or she was responsible for collecting tribal history and wisdom and passing it along to the [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-mortgage-economy/share-your-stories/feed/ 7 Feeling Disconnected Can be a Good Thing http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/feeling-disconnected-can-be-a-good-thing/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/feeling-disconnected-can-be-a-good-thing/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:43:46 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=10984 Disconnecting A few days ago  I did something that I have not done in many months.  I disconnected.  What I mean by that is I stopped checking email, looking at twitter, answering the phone and going through my feed reader to read the latest news on the internet. I even managed to leave the house without my cell phone.  Once [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/feeling-disconnected-can-be-a-good-thing/feed/ 11 Secrets? What Secrets? http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/secrets-what-secrets/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/secrets-what-secrets/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:52:38 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=10779 I  recently agreed to give a four hour presentation as part of a technology day that is being put on by our local association of Realtors.  When I met with the event coordinator to get the course approved for continuing education she asked a question that I have been asked before. Why would I teach direct competitors how to create [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/secrets-what-secrets/feed/ 19 Finding Blog Posts http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/finding-blog-posts/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/finding-blog-posts/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:31:16 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=10379 Writing every day is a challenge It isn’t easy to crank out a blog post every day and there are times when we all struggle to find content.  Most of the 1500 or so posts on my local real estate blog come from my every day experiences but that isn’t enough. Over the years I have assembled a small collection [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/finding-blog-posts/feed/ 8 For The Joy of It http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/for-the-joy-of-it/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/tech/for-the-joy-of-it/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:05:23 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=10171 More than two years ago I started a mobile blog, jsut for fun. I guess the best way to describe it on the about page: “An experiment really. The places I go the things I see via camera phone, with real time posts to the internet via MMS. Kind of like watching paint dry except slower” The blog is on [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/what-is-your-plan/feed/ 9 The Blog or the Newspaper? http://agbeat.com/real-estate-law-marketing/the-blog-or-the-newspaper/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-law-marketing/the-blog-or-the-newspaper/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:56:58 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=9670 Reporters looking for drama Some of the posts on my business blog get the attention of local media and the reporters call.  What I find fascinating is that they often already have their story and they call people until they find someone who will corroborate it. I think it has something to do with needing two sources. As a Realtor [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-law-marketing/the-blog-or-the-newspaper/feed/ 11 I Flunked Facebook http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/i-flunked-facebook/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/i-flunked-facebook/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:55:21 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=9266 I flunked Facebook It is hard for me to share this with the public but I flunked Facebook.  I have tried to get it but it just isn’t working for me. I had this epiphany when my son and my sister-in-law both found me on facebook and wanted to be my friend. They found me two years after I opened [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/social-media/i-flunked-facebook/feed/ 37 Communication Ain’t What it Used to be http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/communication-aint-what-it-used-to-be/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/communication-aint-what-it-used-to-be/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:36:50 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=8995 My post title is just wrong and I am not just talking about the word “ain’t”. Communication has not changed at all. New Tools The tools we use for communication have changed since the 1940′s and I am sure everyone has noticed.  I remember last year when my daughter was living in France how nice it was to see her [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/communication-aint-what-it-used-to-be/feed/ 6 Confessions of an Underestimated Geek http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/confessions-of-an-underestimated-geek/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/confessions-of-an-underestimated-geek/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:38:05 +0000 Teresa Boardman http://agentgenius.com/?p=8291 Geek It was Todd Carpenter who first called me an underestimated geek.  I don’t write much about technology  I write more about what to do with it and what it does for me.   When it comes to all around geekiness I rate pretty high but I won’t go into it, ask Todd. A couple of nights ago I was asked [...]
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