Susan Harding's Blog

Welcome to the second week of 2012!  Have you made any resolutions for the new year, and if so, do you think you’ll keep them?  As we all know, those goals for the year often get side-tracked or forgotten by January 31st. While I’m no motivational expert, I do love to read life coaching books and...

My voice is raw from the screaming.  When you’re at Autzen among 59,000 of your closest Duck friends, you don’t worry about your voice or even your hearing.  Who cares about such trivia when your team, down 38-14  late in the third, is now on its way to a fourth quarter comeback and with it, dare...

“Yeah, it’s a great marketing tool for multi million dollar homes”… that’s what I often hear from people when I mention real estate video tours.  It makes sense to market a million dollar property with high definition, high quality video.  But what about for the average listing?  I recently produ...

  So, I volunteered to be the official photographer/videographer for my 8th grade son’s football team.  Should be a snap.  When my hand shot up to volunteer, I didn’t think about the bizarre, uneven stadium lighting, and the fact that the helmets would obscure most of those great close-up facial ...

    I’d always get a stinging feeling of dread in my stomach when my boss told me I had to find a real estate expert for a housing story.  Not because I had anything against real estate agents. Actually, I think they’re amazing, interesting people. Love them enough that I gave up my job as a tele...

Always behave like a duck--keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. -- Jacob Braude   First, full disclosure.  I am a duck.  I mean, a Duck.  As in the fighting Ducks,  former Webfoots, almost (oh, the pain) national champion Ducks, the Ducks that lost to LSU…o...

     So, you want a video profile to engage your clients, show off your charming personality, and promote your personal service.  Or you’re more interested in vblogging on a regular basis, keeping it casual, informative and fun.  Either way, a little pre-planning can help you look great on video ...

Hi Active Rain friends!  Just a quick note to introduce myself to you, as I finally write my first blog.  It's funny, I've written maybe thousands of stories as a journalist, but blogging feels completely different.  I guess because I'm used to writing about other people, not myself.  But one thi...