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 I've been asked by Jennifer Fivelsdal to provide a Year In Review for the Real Estate Virtual Assistant profession, and I couldn't be more honored! 2007 Has not only seen amazing growth for Active Rain, but the Real Estate Virtual Assistant category has been blessed with growth from about 30 VAs...

    Formerly   Looks like Unique Global Estates is getting a fresh new look, and may have formed a strategic alliance with Keller Williams' KWLS system!I logged on today to do some updating on a client account and was greeted by a fresh new interface and less confusing search engine. There were s...

"As well as you personally do something, it can be improved upon. And the fact is that unless you write down how you currently do it, you won't really be able to improve upon it." Gary Keller, The Millionaire Real Estate AgentSo, how did you do last year? What worked, what didn't work? What do yo...

I know you have learned a lot this year...I have too!  Yes, it's overwhelming isn't it..? You have probably had to make some changes in your business to weather the market shift. You came to Active Rain not knowing what to expect and have probably made some great friends and learned about all so...

 Chris Elizabeth had a great idea about pulling our favorite "6 Pack" of our own AR blogs and reposting them. Works for me as some of my good stuff was a while ago! So here goes:  Create A Widget For Your Blog...How to from the WidgetBox!So, You're a Lurker...6 Reasons to Become an ActiveRain BLO...

  This is so cool! I sat down the other night to put together a virtual Thank You for my daughter's birthday party, and used her birthday photos to put together an online scrapbook I could email to her friends. I love to use Smilebox, its FREE to something, and well just cool. I'm so over buying ...

   OK, I'm packing up in November and taking a quick flight to Sin City to check out the NAR Conference Las Vegas. I remember last years blogs that were dedicated to the New Orleans Conference, and couldn't pass up the chance to catch one so close to home!  I will probably spend most of my time a...

 Yep, it happened to me, copyright infringement! Plagiarism! Stealing, Robbing & Violating!  My main website content was copy/pasted onto another virtual assistants website as if it were there for the taking, like a free sampling of teriyaki chicken at Costco!  Yes, like you, I have heard the st...

I am all about being organized. Mainly because I think I really suck at it, and I'm only one tool away from conquering ALL! I don't know about you, but being a virtual assistant sometimes means spending 12-14 hours straight on the computer. My mind can sometimes turn to mush. Fleeting thoughts i...

      I was browsing on MyBlogLog earlier today and found a great resource which some of you may have. Jamie Glenn, VP of Product Management, Trulia, put together a great collaboration of all the tools available for online marketing. Of course our beloved Active Rain was listed, but there were s...