Dawn Carlson's (dcarlson417) Blog

After spending countless hours in researching for social media success I was hit by a BLO (Blinding Light of the Obvious).  Ask the Active Rain community.  I would like to compile a list of top tips and success stories of how social media has helped to create a sale in Real Estate today.  An exam...

"The journey is the reward"  - TAO SAYING Conquer your fears"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."  When Franklin D. Roosevelt uttered these words at his first inaugural address in 1933, the country was at the height of the Great Depression.  He would go on to take risky moves to pull t...

The other day I was standing in line at the store.  It just happened to be during one of those rush hour times where all the lanes were full and every shopper seemed to have more than 30 items.  The lady infront of me looked at me and my armful of 5 items.  Her coment was "Oh, please go ahead of ...

Being new to this community (less than a week old) I felt this would be a perfect forum for this post.  Looking at all of the information and the great blogs on active rain it can seem a little intimidating to start blogging.  However, being one that once the decision is made then it is time to j...

Here is an idea for an item of value or a pop-by with tax time approaching...or maybe even help for the real estate professional.Every year people pay too much in taxes because they didn't think of donations or even medical expenses that can be deducted.  Read this before you file.1. Pay off debt...

I have recently had the pleasure of trying jott.com.  If you have never seen this free product and are in real estate, you should definately check it out.Jott is a system where you can call one number where you can create to do lists and reminders, send email and text messages, you can even blog ...

Who isn't?Did you know that potential buyers and sellers are right at your fingertips every day?  It is your opportunity to generate interest using the tools that you have in your tool box.  Your biggest tool right now is the vast variety of inventory of homes on the market.  Consider trying this...

Who isn't?Did you know that potential buyers and sellers are right at your fingertips every day?  It is your opportunity to generate interest using the tools that you have in your tool box.  Your biggest tool right now is the vast variety of inventory of homes on the market.  Consider trying this...

When ever I think of Winning the Day, I always think of this quote from Brian Tracy in his book advanced selling strategies.  Hopefully you will enjoy it as well. "Small differences in ability can translate into enormous differences in results.  What this means is that if you become just a little...

There are so many websites that a potential client can use to research products.  Anything from tennis shoes to Homes can be researched and purchased on line.  Before selling your site and getting your name in on the internet, consider these three questions from Grantasticdesigns.1.  Why should I...