Entries from January 2008

January 3, 2008

Why Hugh MacLeod Could Steal Your Business

(if he wanted to)

Exclusive Blog of Geese interview with Hugh MacLeod

In Cumbria, England,Hugh MacLeod sits at his computer speaking to an audience of thousands all who care about what he has to say. He doesn’t hold a real estate license here in the U.S. and certainly doesn’t intend to. However, if he wanted to, [...]

January 3, 2008

A Look At The Industry In 2010

There I sat in a classroom full of fourth graders all given the task to write what the year 2000 would look like. There wasn’t a doubt in my mind. I scratched down flying cars, smell-o-vision, fingerprint scans on doors; I had it all.
It amazes me to see how many people will [...]

January 2, 2008

Social Marketing Distractions

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, Pownce, Dopplr, Jaiku, Yelp, Plaxo, iLike, VodPod, Mahalo, Satisfation, Seesmic, YouTube, Google Video, Digg, Technorati, Reddit, del.ico.us, StumbleUpon, Furl, Spock…this list could go on for days. Web 2.0 has given everyone and anyone a reason to make a social website service.

Social marketing and the importance of social capital are just [...]

January 2, 2008

No More Excuses

I had a professor in college who’s email used to be noexcuses@aol.com. He didn’t want to hear them. None at all. If you didn’t do something that was your fault. “Own that fault” he sometimes said.
I hear a lot of excuses from agents when I am on the road. [...]

January 2, 2008

With Newspapers In Decline, What Will You Do?

If there were such thing as a sure bet then I would put money on the fact that newspaper circulation will continue to decline. Editor and Publisher reports a sharp decline in circulation in the vast majority of the top newspapers in the country. (See the list below)
Does it mean that newspapers are [...]