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Why Do You Exist, Other Than To Make Money

November 23, 2011 By Jeff Turner 10 Comments

A few of my friends, Teri Conrad, Debra Trappen and Laura Monroe, had been talking about the #brandtribe chat stream on Twitter for a while, so I thought I’d follow along using Dashter to curate a bit of the discussion, and see what I could glean from it this morning. I was happy that the […]

Vision, Values And The Real Estate Industry – A Response From Julie Beall

November 19, 2011 By Jeff Turner 2 Comments

This is a guest post from Julie Beall. This is the first guest post ever here on my personal blog. I asked Julie if I could use this after she had a horrible time trying to post a comment and had sent this as a Word document. Julie does not have a blog, but I […]

Vision, Values, And The Real Estate Industry

November 18, 2011 By Jeff Turner 48 Comments

The Question from Michael McClure: “Here’s a topic I’ve enjoyed discussing many times with many people: is the “employee” brokerage model viable in real estate, and – on a related point – is there any correlation between the predominance of the independent contractor model and the overall level of professionalism in real estate?” My Response: […]

The Siri Effect – Can You Be Found In Voice Activated Search?

November 17, 2011 By Jeff Turner 10 Comments

Here is a question Robert Wiebusch asked me on Facebook yesterday: “Oh Siri, you have so much to learn. Any experts out there know who Siri’s source is for finding businesses? Wink wink, Jeff Turner…” My answer was short and to the point, “Looks like you’re going to have to up your game on Yelp! […]

The Ingredients For Success Have Not Changed With The Tools

October 26, 2011 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

I was delighted to be a guest on RAW Nights with Kelly Mitchell. She invited me to talk about Dashter and social media, but as is often the case, the conversation turned to social media and technology in general. My personal opinion is that the hyper focus on the importance of “new technology” has created […]