First of all Congrats to Chris on this exciting news to become Chief Evangelist with Inman News. I consider Chris to be a friend but more than that he has become a trusted source of knowledge and information for many real estate professionals including myself. I have to admit that while I watched Chris and the Tech Savvy Agent brand grow I was a little skeptical because of the restraints placed on a position monitored and owned by an industry vendor. I am a lot like my friend Debe Maxwell and I tend to be a little skeptical of those claiming to be the expert or guru in anything without a solid proven track record to back that up. I am known to occasionally question what is being “sold” to us by many trainers and repeat the sentiments of many… “Well, if he’s never sold before what in the world/#$&^ would be know about selling real estate? What would he KNOW if he’s never been out in the field and actually SOLD real estate?”

Good question and one that needs to be asked of anyone we are going to take advise from in real estate. Trust me there are days when I am out showing houses in the cold rain or in the dark on the weekends when I’d rather be with my kids and times when I hear people cry or even yell on the other end of the phone over a real estate situation. Those are the days I shake my head at the latest tech savvy post and roll my eyes thinking “must be nice to sit behind your desk or waltz up on stage and pretend this business is all about wowing people with shiney toys” And then I digress….

The truth is I have gotten to know Chris over the past couple of years as TSA and honestly believe that he more than maybe any other trainer out there right now really GETS IT (real estate marketing for today’s consumer) and really does care about helping agents better serve consumers, manage their business in a more professional manner, sell more houses and therefore make more money. I believe the tools he shares can help agents become more profitable if implemented and it amazes me that he shares his knowledge so generously (and at all hours of the day). I have heard through the grapevine (aka, his comment on Tech Support For Real Estate Agents) that he is going to be doing a weekly video show that will not be hidden behind the paid curtain at Inman. This is a big move for Inman and I think it is a great one. In my opinion this “MOVE” is a huge benefit for us as agents because it means Chris will no longer be restrained from sharing information about companies that offer great tools to agents but are in competition to REALTOR.com and Top Producer.

So to this new adventure for my friend Chris and Inman News; I say “Cheers!” Now, lets all get back to work, implement the tools he has taught us about to better serve consumers and while we’re at it, lets have fun making some money and new friends along the way!

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What would happen if we woke up tomorrow and our Facebook account had been shut down or worse Facebook is completely shut down.  How would we contact all of the friends and our sphere we have nurtured on Facebook?

Have you been looking for a quick, easy and legal way to easily download all your friends email addresses from Facebook?  Many social media speakers claim there is not a way to do this therefore passing up on gathering awesome information and building your list from your connections online.  All you need is a Yahoo account which is FREE and easy to set up.

The easiest way if you don’t already have a Yahoo account is head on over to address.yahoo.com and click the Facebook icon. A login dialog should pop-up, just sign-in with your Facebook credentials and within seconds, you entire Facebook address book will be available inside your Yahoo Mail Account.

Once the import is done, click here to download a CSV file with the email addresses of all your Facebook contacts to your desktop.  Or in your account go to Contacts>Tools>Export

Once you have exported your Facebook contacts you can then import the CSV file into Gmail Contacts, Outlook, Top Producer, Wise Agents, your phone address book or anywhere you can upload a CSV file to connect with your existing Facebook friends.  If you have difficulty with importing your Facebook Address Book through Yahoo! you may need to open your Facebook page and choose “Application Settings” under Account. Next remove the “Yahoo! Contact Importer” application from your Facebook profile and try the  export again.

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Stop Procrastinating and Get to Work!

May 11, 2011

That’s right, I said it!  As a matter of fact I’ve been saying it for at least 15 years (mostly to myself).  I remember a conversation I had with a fellow agent years ago where he asked; “Why do you help everyone and tell them how to do what you are doing?”  Without even thinking [...]

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Keeping Up With Today’s Real Estate Consumer

April 25, 2011

Are you having a hard time relating to the home buyer and seller of today?  You know, the ones that have grown up with technology at their fingertips who search for homes on their smartphone or iPad?  Are you trying to figure out how to implement technology  into your real estate business to better serve [...]

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Is RE/MAX on the Attack?

March 9, 2011

Let me start by saying that I am a former selling broker, trainer and recruiter for a very large RE/MAX and huge advocate of how knowledgeable and successful RE/MAX agents are in general (this has had statistical backing for years). I also have countless friends who are agents, trainers, managers and owners of RE/MAX franchises [...]

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Inman’s Top 50 Most Influential to Me (@RealLifeSheri)

January 21, 2011

Have you ever had one of those weeks that rank up there as the best you ever had? Well, that pretty much sums up last week! As the winner of the Inman Facebook contest for the AgentReboot and Inman Connect conferences in NYC I was treated to top notch digs at the Marriott Marque in [...]

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Monkey See Monkey Do. How Is THAT Working For You?

November 17, 2010

With the emergence of all the fancy technology like smartphones with IDX searches, lead capture systems, drip email campaigns, blogs, apps and more one would think the average agent would be more productive today than they were 10 years ago but the opposite has happened. Of course we had a downturn in the market and [...]

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To Make Money in Real Estate You Need to Invest in Learning and Just Do It!

November 11, 2010

That’s right, I said it!  As a matter of fact I’ve been saying it for at least 15 years.  I remember a conversation I had with a co-worker of a very large real estate firm when I was 21 years old.  He asked “Why do you always help everyone and teach them what you are doing.?”  Without even [...]

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Using Craigslist To Generate Additional Leads And Close More Deals.

April 6, 2010

Thanks for attending the session on using Craigslist to market your real estate business. Here is the slides from my presentation. Craigslist Marketing For Real Estate View more presentations from Boot Camp 4 Social Media.

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I’m presenting at Virtual RE Bar Camp #3

March 29, 2010

Educating Real Estate Agents On How To Use Modern Technologies To Better Their Business Will Never Be The Same! On April 6th, 2010 dozens of the most respected educators in the real estate industry converge to host most exciting event of its kind, the Virtual Real Estate BarCamp.  Virtual Real Estate BarCamp is a 1-Day [...]

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