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Open Letter to ePerks.com

Dear ePerks:
Moments ago I received yet another email from you asking me to sign up for your service. I’ve received similar emails, oh I don’t know, at least a couple of dozen times.
I have repeatedly asked you to stop spamming me. I even asked nicely the first ten or twelve times. Yes, I have dutifully [...]

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Marketing on Twitter

This is a “tweet” I sent out last night. Within 4 minutes, 26 people had clicked on the link (It’s up to 64 this morning), which sent them to this photo:

“So what?” someone is likely saying. 64 of your friends see a picture with no information about the home. How is that “marketing”?
I just received a “Direct [...]

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Niche Marketing: Proof there is a Niche for Anything

As I was filling up today ($62, thank you very much), this truck pulled into the lot…
The first thing that popped into my head was, “Wow, there is a niche market for anything”. (followed closely by, “Wonder what it would cost to put “PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com across that truck?”)
Real estate coaches, brokers and whatnot will frequently preach, [...]

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Realtor Marketing Gone Bad

I don’t even know what to say.
Immediate thoughts were:
“Oh Dear God”
“What the heck?!”
“I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit”
Francy said posting this might offend someone (incidentally, she took the photo. We’ll try to get a better one, but you get the idea.).
I said, “As a Realtor and an American, *I* [...]

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Testing The Trulia Voices Widget

Ok, I know I’ve hammered on Trulia Voices in the past. And while I grow weary of the sometimes awful, and often illegal answers on Voices, there are some good thngs there.

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