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I know you've heard this joke; "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out." Well, during the VAR Buzz Blog Brawl 2 competition our Dakno client went from combatant to giver. Talk about reverse engineering on a grand scale! Don't get me wrong, Charlottesville Real Estate Blogger Brian Chase re...

I get it. Like many people, when I first heard about twitter, I thought it was "mindless babble". Who cares if you need more coffee in the morning or you're sitting at a closing waiting for the buyer to show up. The true believers justified it by saying it is "micro blogging". Others said it's an...

If you're using these phrases to describe your link to your website or blog you're missing a golden opportunity to call out to the search engines your website identity. Why you ask? Unless your website name is MyWebsite.com or ClickHere.com, you're promoting the wrong URL with your choice of "tex...

You Can Never Start Them To Young! Being a real estate blogging maniac that I am, I asked my five year old grandson, Taylor Cookman of Waxahachie, TX to write a post for me for my Crystal Coast Blog. I told him to write a post about his favorite things about North Carolina. This 5 Year Old Blogge...

If you've read any of my previous AR or Dakno Marketing blog post, you know I'm a bit of a movie buff. Yes, I'm prone to using one of my favorite lines from a movie from time to time. One of my personal favorite movies is the Bill Murray classic "What About Bob?". Also starring in the comedy is a...

We are all guilty of it. Those powerless, ineffective emails that litter the digital landscape and fill our email sent folders. It's a common malady in every industry what with our casual use of email communication. It’s gotten to the point everyone considers the medium of email like text messagi...

With so many resources available to RE professionals writing post should be easier than ever. We all encounter an occassional case of writer's block. If you are suffering from a case of "what do I write about", try these creative blogging ideas on for size. In addition to your market stats for bl...

As many of you know, Brad and Dakno Real Estate Marketing created the Active Rain Customizer many months ago to allow one and all the opportuinity to brand your blog. With the subsequent blessing from Active Rain, we worked together with AR to make it available to everyone here in the "Rain Fores...

Do You Own an iPhone? Even if you don't, I suggest you become familiar with the iPhone application called "Nearby". The other day I was reading Joel's FOREM post on the "5 APPS Every Real Estate Agent Should Have on Their iPhone" and thought I would give each of the 5 APPS a test drive. One of th...

Yes, I have found yet another online social community for you to join. Let the whining begin. The site is called "Entrepreneur Connect" by the publishers of Entrepreneur magazine. This community is in its infancy (beta), so it's going to take a while for it to get its "legs". Entrepreneur Connect...