DISQUS

All I can say is "wow!" I didn't think I'd ever see the "buy one, get one free" ad in Real Estate.

Glad you added Agent Genius... They add a good mix to it all... A much needed one :D

Hey Nick,

Just testing out your Disqus comment to make sure it works (came over from twitter)...

I should really sign-up for Disqus. I never really understood it's thread feature until someone blogged it :D

It's interesting the see the varying responses here (I'll have to read in further when it's not so late)... But I will say that in my industry, for a company to regulate social media usage is a detriment to an employees marketing potential. If you're not going to be given the ability to market yourself via social media, maybe it's time you moved elsewhere. But again, this is in "my" industry so I don't speak for all companies.

Angela & Abby,

That is just too cute! I was going to say, "hope you had a Happy Mother's Day!" But I know that this must have been on of the best days ever!

Happy Mother's Day Angela! It was great meeting you last year on Liz's blog though I haven't been by. I hope that we can connect again some time soon. For now, take care...

I would use Twitter and Twitterlocal.com to connect with people on twitter who are withing a 1 mile radius of you...that way you can let them know of your garage sale. Other than that, your best bet is probably craigslist like you said.

Ahh man, that was hilarious!

I'm pleased to know that I rank well for key words that my competitors are using. However, here's where I am at a stalemate... My blog is an industry-wide blog (I can work in NV just as well as I can in CA). But I'm from CA, Los Angeles to be exact. Should I narrow my key words to my region? Am I hurting myself by not doing so? What do you think? I'd like some feedback here.

I followed through on the links that you provided and am finding the information very much resourceful!

I enjoyed this bullet point in particular:
*"The marketer should also concentrate on how many new relationships are made each month."

Along the lines of this bullet point, I'm currently reading Seth Godin's "Permission Marketing" and I find it very relevant to what some of us are trying to achieve (this of course from a business perspective).

Heck, let's make it an awesome year!

I love the quote!

There's nothing more exciting...more rewarding...than to enjoy what you do every day!

I suppose the habit I have to keep in check is "impatience." I'll get impatient waiting for somebody else to do their part of the work on a project... I used to criticize...

But lately, I've been reading "How to Win Friends & Influence People." -- Dale Carnegie

Wherein Benjamin Franklin is quoted for saying:
"I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody."

Now, I try to live by this every day!

You said, "you need more than just clients to grow your business." I couldn't agree more!

You need relationships! (The more the merrier. If you have a passion for what you do, this should be easy...it's just a matter of being you.) And like any good relationship, you need to nurture the relationship! (In this case follow up.)

"Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else." -- Margaret Wheatley

Cristina...it's a pleasure meeting you!

Read you later!