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Re: 2 Months of Free Animoto Video

Rick NHS — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:49:45 -0000

I really like this software.. the video you posted looks professionally created. I may have to look a little bit further into Animoto, and see if perhaps it is something that we can utilize over here!

Re: How to Market Your Blog Offline: Follow the Spider

Rick NHS — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:13:03 -0000

Great advice, I agree 100% that offline promotion of your blog is a great marketing approach. I think that real estate agents and Realtors alike can benefit greatly by following your suggestions. One note I would like to add, is that if agents can promote their blog as an online resource of information regarding local real estate... their potential clients may be more inclined to go there for advice, where then the chances of converting them into a client will be much higher.

Re: The Birth of Unzillowable

Rick NHS — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:55:28 -0000

Nice post! Doesn't surprise me that Jay coined the term "Unzillowable", he's pretty witty!

I think that many readers (especially homebuyers) can learn a great deal about certain aspects of a home that you may not discover until after you've already moved in (perhaps even months after moving in).. such as noise, neighbors, smells, etc.

Re: Virgin Will Send You to Space for $200,000

Rick NHS — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:39:13 -0000

I guess if I could afford it.. I'd pay $200k to orbit the moon. Do you know if Virgin has already sent average Joes into space yet? Or are they still trying to fill up the shuttle??

Re: 2 Months of Free Animoto Video

Rick NHS — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:49:45 -0000

Re: uncategorized

Rick NHS — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:45:27 -0000

Your statement, "We also care about Firefox market share because that’s our most useful tool at the moment to achieve the mission", couldn't be more true for a lot of people.

Re: 3 Easy Ways to Treat Your Customers Right

Rick NHS — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:22:39 -0000

I couldn't agree more. I've been in sales for many years, and I've found that treating customers/clients with respect, dignity, and most importantly with courtesy will mean more sales and more referrals. Like you mentioned this is common knowledge, but we often fail to go above and beyond to make our customers/clients feel special; which is something every business should strive to do.

Re: How to Build Strong Relationships with Your Customers

Rick NHS — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:28:00 -0000

Clients are people too! LOL! Yes, some people are just plain rude, inconsiderate, and forgetful; but in my experiences, I've found that often these behaviors are not how the person acts all the time. In other words, people just have bad days. Sometimes I'll talk with someone who sounds very rude and short with me, then I'll talk to the same person on a different occasion and their demeanor is the complete opposite. For the most part business people are smart, and smart people know the importance of being polite!

Re: 5 Things I Never Forget After 10 Years as an Entrepreneur

Rick NHS — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:32:46 -0000

I read your tips, and as a fellow entrepreneur I can attest to much of what you recommend. Thanks for the post!

Re: Exposed: The Pros and Cons of Freelancing

Rick NHS — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:09:32 -0000

I think that the benefits greatly outweigh the cons to being a freelancer. I think that most everyone would choose the path of a freelancer if given the option.

Re: Paying Lip Service to Failure Is Not Enough

Rick NHS — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:13:44 -0000

My partners and I are 6 months into a start-up, and as you noted... even if we fail, the knowledge we've acquired will only make our next venture that little bit easier.

We jumped right into one of the more competitive industries, but we feel confident in our results to date. Your post is very true of our situation and many others.. I imagine.

Re: Montreal Entrepreneur Breakfast: Next Tuesday

Rick NHS — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:48:51 -0000

Ben,

Do you have any insights on why using Facebook to promote such an event is useful or beneficial?

Is there more to Facebook, that business people can take advantage of?

Re: Montreal Entrepreneur Breakfast: Next Tuesday

Rick NHS — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:16:21 -0000

Thanks for your response, Ben!

Re: 10 Steps to Building an Online Media Empire

Rick NHS — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:31:13 -0000

I've been seriously considering starting a blog, or two, and just this morning my business partners and I had a discussion about it. I'm grateful I came across this post, It is both inspirational and informative.

Thanks!

Re: 5 Marketing Tools Every Startup Should Use

Rick NHS — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:29:29 -0000

Great advice, I like your suggestions a lot; as they are 'off the wall' slightly... in comparison with most start-up advice.

I definitely think that being active within your community is extremely important. I also think your comments on creating a buzz are very true, I'm glad you noted on that... as I would like for our start-up to focus more on sustaining a long-term buzz.

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

Rick NHS — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:59:06 -0000

You joked about a strong leader being able to properly communicate.. but the truth is, I've met several individuals that are great leaders; they just lack the ability to effectively express what they are thinking to others.

Re: The 10-Minute Daily Guide to Building Your Social Media Profile

Rick NHS — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:09:22 -0000

Great post! I've been looking for someone to break down the whole social media thing to me, so that I can better understand many of the rules (unwritten or not) and which social media sites are the most beneficial. I will likely return to this page to read more from some of the others who you've linked to. Thanks!

Re: Personal Branding and the Job Market

Rick NHS — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:25:42 -0000

I agree with much of what you've stated, especially when applying it towards job candidates. However, I'm not so big on personal branding... company branding yes... but personal branding doesn't necessarily benefit me and my daily activities. On that note, there are many professionals in job positions that do require personal branding (and a lot of it) - for example: real estate agents, miscellaneous salespeople, politicians, Donald Trump, etc.

Re: How Will Advertising Influence Mobile Web Growth?

Rick NHS — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:09:51 -0000

You know I've thought about how the world of mobile advertising would evolve, and even if I would like to receive ads to my mobile devices (I don't think I would)... I have to disagree. I can't imagine mobile advertising being bigger than Internet advertising. In fact, I believe Internet advertising will be the largest medium in the not too distant future.

Re: 2007/07/21/job-hunt/

Rick NHS — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:43:08 -0000

Great list of job finder resources, thanks for taking the time to compile this info. I've already forwarded this url to a friend of mine who is currently looking for a new career opportunity. Thanks!

Re: 2007/07/11/google-maps-mashups-2/

Rick NHS — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:50:53 -0000

I like the 'Housing Maps'... I think that this feature might be a useful resource for many of my website's visitors.

Re: 2007/07/10/online-finance/

Rick NHS — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:56:36 -0000

WOW, It'll take me forever to check out how each of these services can possible benefit my financial situation. Thanks for gathering this info, I can finally fire my financial adviser!!

Re: Commentluv: Give your readers a reason to join the conversation!

Rick NHS — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:33:08 -0000

I'm getting to like the CommentLuv plugin, in fact I'll be adding it to most of my blogs too... I was wondering why you have added the nofollow to your CommentLuv.. have people been abusing it??

Rick NHSs last blog post..Permian Basin Home Sales Up

Re: Tricky But White Hat Link Building Technique

Rick NHS — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:45:02 -0000

CommentLuv is a fairly new concept for me, I'm seriously considering adding it my company blog... I have no problem sharing link love, but I agree with some of the concerns regarding spamming. I'm just going to have to weed them out as normal I guess, I just hope it won't attract more spammers than normal..

Rick NHS's last blog post..Permian Basin Home Sales Up

Re: Video Sites Top 50

Rick NHS — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:50:54 -0000

I see that this post is from way back... I'm not too familiar with most of the sites you listed above. Is this list still fairly accurate or have there been some significant shifts in positioning?

Rick NHS's last blog post..Permian Basin Home Sales Up

Re: Case Closed: Facebook Wins

Rick NHS — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:31:51 -0000

If these allegations are true, I feel for ConnectU.. There could be nothing more frustrating than someone stealing your idea and being more successful with it.

Rick NHS's last blog post..Permian Basin Home Sales Up

Re: LinkedIn Traffic Continues to Grow

Rick NHS — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:11:54 -0000

Interesting... perhaps not too surprising either, considering our economic situation. That's a decent traffic count though! I certainly wouldn't mind showing our advertisers that we received 7.7 million visitors in January.. hell, I'd settle for just the 700k (over the 7 mil)!!

Rick NHS's last blog post..Foreclosure Prevention Plan | Help for Homeowners

Re: Cramer Comments on Housing; and a NJ Realtor Group Gets Whiny

Rick NHS — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:19:30 -0000

I rather enjoy watching Cramer's show, when I catch it on. It seems to me that he was referring to quickly profiting off of buying homes rather than buying a home for building a family in.
If in fact that is what he is referring to, then I tend to agree with his statements. There's a probability that would be investors might lose money or not receive the maximum return if the housing market continues to decline.

Re: The NAR Fires a Shot at RealtorGenius.com

Rick NHS — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:45:09 -0000

LOL! I like Jay's solution to the problem. To me it's unfortunate that the NAR would attempt to prevent any resource from being available to consumers. It just isn't right in my opinion.

Re: The New Phone Book is Here!

Rick NHS — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:23:20 -0000

Phone books still have one very good use!!
Ever needed a calling list in print?

Re: What is That Thing in Your Blog Header?

Rick NHS — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:06:52 -0000

LOL! I guess as a fellow Arizonian I immediately recognized the Saguaro. I've even thought to myself, in the past, how much I like your graphic!! Great pic of you and the Saguaro, without you standing next to it... it wouldn't have done as much justice to the size of these beautiful plants.

Re: You Can’t Handle the Truth!

Rick NHS — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:19:03 -0000

Someone's been listening to the NAR too much! While I don't mean to insult the NAR (or Mr. Yun for that matter)... they've been doing a little bit of smoke blowing of their own as of late. Maybe "Agent's" market is ideal for selling right now.. I don't know, but I doubt it...

By telling your readers the facts, you're simply being a trust-worthy agent. If you were to tell your readers (or potential clients) that "now is the time to sell", in an effort to gain business... we would see right through you!

It's no mistake that you are one of (if not thee) most well-respected real estate agents in cyber-world... you "keep it real". Thanks for that!

Re: Why Paid Blog Comments are a Waste of Your Money (and my time)

Rick NHS — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:44:07 -0000

Good story Jay... I remember reading another post from you, a while back, about how you receive too many spam comments and that you were apologetic if real comments got deleted in the process...

Well I feel the same way... there are just too many spam comments, on a daily basis, to sift through them for legitimate comments that got miscategorized into the spam folder.

So if any developers / widget makers stumble upon this post (and this comment)... Could you please develop a widget so that I can ban the IPs and domains of the porn and Viagra guys that fill up our spam folders each and every day..?

Re: Towing Scam. The Day After

Rick NHS — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:25:22 -0000

They got me there about two years ago... I left my car for 20 mins tops, and sure enough that was enough time for them to haul my car off.

It is a scam... But what pissed me off the most was their guy who drives around the lot in a pick-up offering to take you to the impound lot. I told him to go F himself! (I was rather pissed-off at the time)

Good luck exposing these thieves.. it's the biggest con in town.