10k Research officially launched today. The company is a for-profit entity set up by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors that slices, dices and visualizes MLS data into local market metrics suitable for consumer consumption. Their service is available to brokers, MLSs and associations across the country. I wrote about their hometown market effort a [...]
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Brokers, it’s time to get out of the cockpit
Brian wrote this piece just about a year ago. The title became the basis for a live presentation we have given throughout this past year on a variety of topics including branding, marketing and communication, sales and creative thinking. —-…
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Brushing the sands off a brand
This was one of my last posts of 07. It’s one of the many posts I wrote last year about branding, a subject I have a particular expertise in having worked for 20+ years in show business building personal celebrity…
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On the brighter side: 2 things that suggest a path for online real estate innovation in ’09
My post on online real estate innovation yesterday was pretty bleak. That’s still my sentiment, but here’s a counterbalance: I think the single biggest opportunity in online real estate in 2009 lies in improving our grasp on the real estate…
Bedrock
Abracadabra. Your Web site has vanished. Your blog: MIA. HomeGain, Trulia, Zillow, ActiveRain … all gone. As if they never existed. You reach for your phone but there’s no dial tone. Your computer — no Internet activity. No e-mail. No…
60 Minutes on real estate, act two
Last night, millions of Americans got to watch 60-minutes’ latest installment on the real estate market. The segment centered on Stockton, California – ground zero for the foreclosure epidemic, where 4,200 homes either sit in default or foreclosure. That number…
A bit of hope in my inbox
Last week I wrote an article for Inman News titled Nothing lasts forever. I wrote it at 1:00 in the morning — a spur of the moment release of emotion. I considered writing commentary about the conference itself but chose…
96 hours later – Innovation
The saga continues: Captain’s log star date: 1-18-2008 It’s been 96 hours since my first distress signal. Still no response. There appears to be no sign of life on planet Realtor. I am a lead. Lost in cyberspace. My mission…
The building blocks of real estate’s future
Last Friday, I found myself driving from Dallas to Waco. Destination: Baylor University. The reason: To participate in a 2-day think tank regarding the state of affairs of real estate sponsored by Gary Keller, Chairman of Keller Williams Realty. Baylor…
Where is real estate’s Steve Jobs?
Technology has Gates. Style has Martha. Industrial design has Steve Jobs. Sports has Cuban. Capitalists have Gene Simmons. They serve as guides. They make sense of their categories. They offer direction. Explanation. Sometimes, hope. Who does real estate have? Who…
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