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Welcome back! About a month ago I attended a business networking group meeting for the first time.  While I thoroughly enjoyed the meeting and left the event with a lot of new contacts that I hope to meet with again, there was one gentleman that seems to not understand proper email etiquette. Every since that [...]

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This post has been a long time coming, and part of it is my own damn fault. More on that in just a second. For full disclaimer purposes: stop reading this post if you believe you should not pay for someone else’s hard earned knowledge or skills or that everything informational ought to be free [...]

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Yesterday, I sent many of you a link to a brief real estate marketing survey.  I’ve gotten some responses, and there is a consensus on a few items. The most “alarming” is that no one who responded is happy with what they’re getting out of their business.  Furthermore, 75% are not generating enough income to [...]

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I just placed a pizza order to be delivered by Domino’s at 5:30 PM.  Their fancy order tracker (which I think is pretty cool, but I’m not sure this is what they had in mind) informed me that the pizza was baked and put into a box at 5:40 PM.  At 6:04, it informed me [...]

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I neglected to elaborate on the “bad client” story as mentioned earlier in the week so here are some of the things I learned from a recent client relationship that went bad in a hurry in spite of my gut telling me to avoid it all costs at the outset. Oh well, live and learn [...]

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Ever had one of those days where you question whether you’ve made wise business choices lately? Today has been one of those days, but I’m afraid the answers I uncover over the next few weeks aren’t going to be to my liking. I know I violated my own gut instincts with one decision in particular, [...]

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Since I’ve been on a good vs. bad kick lately with TV ads, what is your opinion of the Cadillac spot featuring Kate Walsh? Good or bad?

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