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Re: Shades of Miami 2007 | Vancity Condo Guide - Steve Saretsky

kemp — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:32:13 -0000

That is a scary final chart. I wonder... does it reflect the rapid decline in the sale of other types of inventory (ie single family homes) or the idea that money has moved to new build product. What say you Steve? What does the data (each segment as a percentage of total volume) say?

Re: Freshen Up Your Portfolios with Fresh Grade | Tech Tools Daily #115

kemp — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:42:14 -0000

Thanks 21CL team! We have a sample form for Parents. You can find it here along with an additional presentations for parents. https://care.freshgrade.com...

We have no plans to eliminate our Free plan and we currently sell an enterprise version of FreshGrade to Schools and Districts which is an additional layer of integrations, services and data insights.

We have a ton of great resources in our video training center - https://www.freshgrade.com/... - and our knowledge base - care.freshgrade.com

We really enjoyed your review and welcome any additional feedback or ideas.

Kemp from FreshGrade.

Re: Soaring house assessments destroying Vancouver

kemp — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:56:41 -0000

I don't know who you think an old fashioned Vancouverite is. Your assumptions bleed with your implied bias. It's hard to read anything you write and not hear you making assumptions and writing off massive numbers of unique individuals. You just clump everyone who disagrees with you in your pot of distaste and don't have anything to add that changes minds or makes much sense.

You even contradict yourself as you "rob us of adding value as a conscious, intelligent agent."

Your point about money laundering is the only intelligent thing you've said. Everything else seems to be simply your personal opinion and some deep seated hate you have for the concerns of others. Wish you'd add to the conversation or admit others have points but it seems obvious from what you post that you are likely beyond hope.

Growth is inevitable. Empty neighbourhoods are not.

Re: Soaring house assessments destroying Vancouver

kemp — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 01:47:37 -0000

Forget growing into a big city. I don't know many Vancouverites in this land locked paradise who are interested in that. Let's at least have people contributing to the city living in the homes in the city. Let's be a world class city that doesn't feel the need to 'grow large' with empty properties where the benefits are largely from property transfer taxes and for developers and the real estate industry. The spoils of this city aren't increased properties values as the article clearly states they are the lifestyle its location and amenities provide. Never say never. There are a large number of locals helping drive this market.

Re: Soaring house assessments destroying Vancouver

kemp — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 01:36:12 -0000

Just wait until your neighbourhood is half empty. Then the entire westside and then... who knows. It's become offside that the government is doing nothing about it. "Allen how would you feel if we took actions that decreased your property value?" Sounds like you'd say "Great! At least then there'd be people living in the houses around mine." The neighbourhood I grew up in in the 80s was half empty in the late 90s now it is 70-90% empty... A dead neighbourhood. That's where we are in a lot of places are headed for in most neighbourhoods in Vancouver.

This is not a foreign investment or domestic investment argument this is a living neighbourhood argument. We should not allow our city be a safe haven for global and domestic investors without major costs to do so. Other cities globally take steps to mitigate the ghost neighbourhoods phenomenon and we should too.

We should be a thriving city full of life and families and people who work in the city. We can't be the 'greenest city' when everyone drives in from the Fraser Valley because they have no choice. Let's get off our duffs and hold our government accountable to us the people that live and work in Vancouver. Who not only pay property taxes but income taxes and spend their income largely within the city. We should not be supporting the very wealthy special interests foreign and domestic that continue to lobby and present 'facts' better than citizens to the halls of power. I for one have had enough.

Re: Win an $1800 weekend getaway to CIMC 2015 in Squamish

kemp — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 01:36:42 -0000

Thanks! I am looking forward to hearing from Fabricio too

Re: Win an $1800 weekend getaway to CIMC 2015 in Squamish

kemp — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 01:35:30 -0000

Thanks muchly!

Re: Hopper, the Startup That’s Been in Stealth for Six Years Finally (soft) Launched This Week

kemp — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:50:17 -0000

It's travel experiences made social with better than average starter content and UX but...

Will we (the users) drive another content engine?

Re: Google Analytics multi-device tracking and measurement protocol

kemp — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:18:51 -0000

This only work when users are required to sign-in to the site, right?

Re: Rise of the Parent Blogger

kemp — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:38:14 -0000

Thanks Nicole! Glad you appreciated NV and where we come from and what we are trying to do.

Re: Social media is not your saving grace: Experiences should first be defined and supported

kemp — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:44:52 -0000

Real Social Media Experts will never tell you that social media is a 'GOLDEN KEY' to unlocking meaningful customer relationships. Anyone who tells you this is certainly not an expert.

Re: Want More Sales? Invest In Customer Service.

kemp — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:16:50 -0000

Great post. I couldn't agree more. I am especially saddenned to see banks particularly in Canada that have 13 Twitter accounts to spew promotional material and NONE that provide customer service. If you have 1 Twitter account it should provide customer service. If you have 13 at least 4 of them should provide customer service.

Re: Reporter accused of plagiarism tells Poynter his side of the story, but inaccurately

kemp — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:10:16 -0000

Brilliant analysis and follow up. I was left wondering until I read the article. Glad you included the screenshot.

As you state at the end. The truth is clearer than ever.

Re: HootSuite Grows As Other Social Dashboards Are Eaten - SocialTimes

kemp — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:20:29 -0000

Thanks for this great write up Cameron!

We keenly await Google's release of an API to manage G+ Profiles.

Re: Canadian Startup reBroadcast.me Launches Social Marketing Platform

kemp — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:22:02 -0000

Cool idea. Walking that fine line that sunk previous Twitter apps like this. Hopefully this Canadian Startup can stay on the right side of Twitter's Rules of the Road.

Re: Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong

kemp — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:07:10 -0000

These dark social visits are represented by 4+ groups. Mobile apps, email, instant messaging AND desktop applications like tweetdeck. There is more of that dark social coming from social than either Chartbeat or the Atlantic is estimating. Whether its 5% or 50% remains to be seen.

Re: HootSuite targets Asia, adds support for Sina Weibo and traditional Chinese

kemp — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:52:50 -0000

HootSuite is based in Vancouver, Canada

Re: Maturing at the Lectern: Condifidence

kemp — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:09:26 -0000

I haven't had any official training mostly just trained as a public speaking enthusiast then as a teacher. That really helped. I bet I could become an even better speaker by getting some training and an agent :)

Re: Fire Drills: Social Business Crises Simulation

kemp — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:54:51 -0000

Hi Jeremiah,

At HootSuite our Professional Services division has conducted these types of simulations for customers in energy, media and government. The scenario is built in close coordination with the client to establish and test their workflows while simulating the type of environment they will experience in times of greater communications needs.

The event usually last a few hours and is done to simulate a multiday event. Afterwards our team makes recommendations, shares best practices and highlights positives while enabling our clients to test out their communications, workflows and processes for when a real event hits.

Re: Fire Drills: Social Business Crises Simulation

kemp — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:30:53 -0000

Hi Jeremiah,

Great to read about other organizations doing this type of work.

At HootSuite in our Professional Services division this is a service we have been conducting for a variety of clients in specific verticals including energy, government and media.

We build custom scenarios with our clients and input our expertise to assist in workflows, persona building and best practices. Upon completion of the simulation which generally lasts for a few hours but represents days in a real life scenario we provide feedback and advice on improving processes, workflows and responses.

We always enjoy reading Web Strategist. Thanks again!

Re: Fire Drills: Social Business Crises Simulation

kemp — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:16:46 -0000

Hi Jeremiah,

Great to read about other organizations doing this type of work.

At HootSuite in our Professional Services division this is a service we have been conducting for a variety of clients in specific verticals including energy, government and media.

We always enjoy reading Web Strategist. Thanks again!

Re: HootSuite Workaround: See (and Respond to) Retweets You May be Missing

kemp — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:21:45 -0000

Mark,

I guarantee that a search stream for @[username] shows who retweeted the message as the Twitter Search API which is used for that actually parses new retweets into the old retweet style. You're missing something. Drop me a line and let me know what you see. Side note: The reason you see those tweets in "Mentions" under your profile is that that tab is actually built from a Twitter Search API call for '@[username]'

Re: Is it a tech bubble?

kemp — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:18:57 -0000

Facebook is overvalued. The revenues and secondary data sales are not significant enough.

Re: Great App-pectations: When Innovation Leapfrogs Phone Capabilities

kemp — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:54:45 -0000

That's me charging my iPhone with a very nice promotions girl working for FedEx!

The jacket weighs 15 pounds and has 18 USB charging ports. She was carrying cables aplenty for all devices. On the trade show floor it was nice to sit down in a booth on the couch and charge both my iPhone and the battery case pack. One night I was at a party at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop and the person I was speaking suddenly pulled out a battery pack as big as an Apple TV with 10 USB charging ports on it. It was amazing how we quickly became the heart of the party. Let it be known that being useful helps any organization stand out whether marketing, service or street promotions.

This reinforces my belief that being helpful is at the core of modern marketing. The best swag at SXSWi was the USB Keys, the sunscreen, food, sunglasses, ponchos, umbrellas, skateboards, drinks, charging of devices and more; the useful things. When creating swag for SXSWi organizations must create something that people will want or need to keep on their desks.

Nice write up!

Re: Looking for a Better HootSuite? Try Gremln.

kemp — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:18 -0000

Sounds great David.