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The Future Is About Focus

April 22, 2014 By Jeff Turner 5 Comments

Our distractions are real. But distractions are are not unique to us or to our time. Our challenges are not greater. Our challenges are simply different. And the key to success in the face of those distractions is the same as it ever was – focus.

Filed Under: Behavior, Commentary Tagged With: craft, distractions, focus, skill

Nobody Is Smarter Than The Truth

April 21, 2014 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

While I’ve attempted to make strong statements about the ineffectiveness of social media for advertising, I have never come close to nailing it as hard as Mr. Hoffman nails it in his presentation at Advertising Week Europe.

Filed Under: Commentary, Social Networking Tagged With: advertising, social media, truth

Google Is Not An Oracle – Yet

April 18, 2014 By Jeff Turner 5 Comments

I predict our predictive future is closer than we think and that Google and others will get scary good at it. Why? Because we are willing to share everything.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: data, predictive analytics, Real estate, search, technology

The Loss Of Group Identity And Its Impact On REALTORS®

April 17, 2014 By Jeff Turner 20 Comments

Differentiation in hard in a service industry like real estate. People can’t test drive your product before buying, like they can a car. They can’t sample it at a supermarket on Saturday morning. They can’t try it on. How do you get the consumer to have an experience with you before purchase?

Filed Under: Behavior, Brand Tagged With: brand, differentiation, Real estate

The Internet Has Not Changed What Defines A Great REALTOR®

April 16, 2014 By Jeff Turner 30 Comments

I have a fundamental disagreement with Spencer Rascoff’s statement, “before the internet, a great agent just had to be an information gatekeeper.” My pre-internet agent was far from being a simple gatekeeper to information.

Filed Under: Technology, Values Tagged With: real esatate, REALTORS®, values

Your Words Are Not My Words, Even If Our Words Are The Same

April 15, 2014 By Jeff Turner 21 Comments

The excuses I make for not writing are much simpler than the fear of divulging my deepest, darkest secrets. There are many excuses, but the one that has stood in my way more often than others is this: “I don’t need to say this. It has already been said.”

Filed Under: Behavior Tagged With: relationships, value, writing

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