Jessica Hogg's (jhogg) Blog

I was watching a Zig Zigler and Doug Fireball Holiday Explosion webinar on November 17 with a agent from my office and we learned a new phrase..."Cooked in the squat!"  We had to have Zig's son explain the phrase to us girls from the north.  Interesting meaning and let me share the story with you...

Sunday October 19, 2008 I completed my very first Columbus 1/2 Marathon!  I never thought I would ever run 13.1 miles!  10 years ago I was running 2-4 miles a day but then kids came.  Back then I thought 2-4 miles was far!  I did the whole thing without walking!  Okay I had to walk fast through t...

With the falling interest rates we have seen a sudden increase in both buyer and seller activity in our market place.  It has been a bit tougher for our buyers to get the money with more stringent guidelines and no more down payment assistance programs.  Last minute loan issues and appraisals hav...

Well our Coldwell Banker King Thompson Foundation Luau was a success!  We raised $20,000 for our Foundation!  Good food and drink, great deals and lots of laughter.  We're already looking forward to our next project.  My Miami Redhawks fought hard but were unable to come up with a victory on Satu...

Today we will have our 1st Coldwell Banker King Thompson Foundation Luau at the Columbus Zoo. With monies raised from this fundraiser and many more to come we will be able to greatly impact our charities in the Columbus community. Our current charities are: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Susan G...

I was sitting in my office this morning working on perfecting my technical skills and I hear a voice.  I know this voice but they live in Florida.  I follow the voice, it's Jean Krieger and Bonnie Manross!  They live in Florida in The Villages and do a great book of business there!  They were vis...

It's Eyejot.com.  You use your webcam to create a video message that you can then send out via email.  Our Training Department big wig told me about it.  I use it to send quick reminders to my agents about up coming events.  THinking about using it for recruiting?  It brings back emotion and infl...

Today I finished up my active|rain profile, got a webcam installed and sent my first eyejot message!  Totally achieved my technology goal today!  Now I can go home!  Tomorrow we need to work on contacts and helping my office grow.