It’s now been a month since I was coerced into joining Empire Avenue.  Right from the start I had a single, well defined goal.

I want to meet and start new conversations / connections with people.

Doubters and Skeptics?  I may still be one.  I even stated that I was Searching for value, I’ve seen complaints about it being a time suck, no redeeming value, just another pointless game.

With my goal in mind, does Empire Avenue suck for you?

Maybe it’s not Empire that sucks, maybe it’s YOU.  Here’s 34 reasons why YOU suck at Empire Avenue.

1. You never uploaded a real  picture of yourself.
2. You never added a bio.
3. You never completed your Profile.
4. Your Ticker symbol has nothing to do with the real you (i.e. LONELYGIRL15).
5. You failed to add all your connections. Not just one or two but ALL.  That would be your Facebook Page, Facebook Profile, Twitter, Flickr, Linkedin, YouTube, and your blog(s) RSS.
6. You don’t have a Twitter, Flickr, YouTube or Linkedin Account to connect with.
7. You failed to join communities, any communities.
8. For an Index you chose the “Adventure Racing” Index.  really?
9. You only bought those people you actually know.
10. You concentrated on gaining wealth (remember it’s virtual people) or building your share price.
11. You passed on buying new people because they had a low dividend.
12. You passed on buying people you thought were too expensive.
13. When you bought people you bought the full 200 shares right off the bat.
14. You never endorsed anyone’s blogs.
15. You never put anyone on a list.
16. You never viewed the profile of anyone else.
17. You never looked at their bio.
18. You never searched by interest.
19. You never looked at other’s portfolios for new connections.
20. You never left a shout out after buying.
21. When you did leave a shout out after buying it was plain, boring and unenthusiastic.
22. You never replied to anyone’s shout out to you.
23. You had the golden opportunity to connect to others on every other platform, they were all there for you to click on – you didn’t.
24. When you sent the Facebook friend request, or Linkedin Connect you failed to mention you found them on Empire.
25. Better than that, you sent either no message at all or the standard “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn”.
26. Once you have connected with them on other channels – you failed to engage with them on those channels.
27. You never looked at “Recent Arrivals”.  What value is a newbie, right?
28. Did you know there’s a category there called “LOCAL ARRIVALS”? You never saw it nor used it.
29. You’ve never clicked on any of the suggested people on your HOME screen.
30. You use the website version and not the Facebook App.
31. You sold people.  Period.  Why?
32. You spent all your virtual money on virtual luxury items.
33. You sent shareholder emails pleading for others to please BUY you.  (and thatdidn’t feel weird?)
34. You tweeted and Facebook’d EVERY single action and achievement to ALL your friends and now they’ve all blocked you.

So if you can run down this entire list and say, “Nope, that isn’t me” AND you haven’t started any new conversations because of it, I guess it’s safe to assume Empire Avenue is not for you.  (let me know so I can sell you before your shares tank)

Guess what?

I still suck at Empire and I really don’t care.  Everyday I’m adding 10+ new people to the sites I like to really play in (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Linkedin, and YouTube).  I’m engaging with those new people on those sites and I’ve found a good number of great blogs to add to my feedreader. 

Oh and the time suck part?  Empire isn’t a time suck once I figured out what I’m doing  – I spend maybe 5 minutes a day on it at most.

Are you on Empire?  Having fun?  Don’t buy me because I’m a good investment, buy me to start a conversation and then do.

 

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There is so much concern and “Buzz” about Google shutting down Picnik.com, I decided to provide you with some alternative tools for editing and customizing your graphics, photos, and images.   While Picnik.com will be shutting down in April 2012, here are some other options you have available immediately.

FotoFlexer – Create some dazzling photo and image effects in your browser for FREE.  Use Animations, resizing, coloring, contrast and more.  Take a look at These 5 Demo’s for a quick tour of what FotoFlexer has to offer, you’ll love some of these cool features.  Smart Scissor is a favorite feature.

Pixlr – and for Picnik users, try Pixlr Express.  You’ll love the Editor, the Pixlr-o-matic, the Pixlr Grabber for Firefox and Chrome browsers, and the Pixlr Imm.io hosting, all of which are very robust and user friendly cool features.

LunaPic – This site will rock your world!  Lunapic offers more choices and options for photo editing and custom effects than some of the paid software applications I’ve purchased and used in the past.  Use vignettes, color bars, animated imaging, picture frames, retro color, collages, custom text, reflection animations, slide shows, and a ton more.  One of the most feature rich FREE online editors available.  You’re gonna love this site.

FreeOnlinePhotoEditor – A really simple and easy to use photo and image editor for those “quick fix and gotta go” graphics.  Very basic but simple and fast.  Some of the other online photo and image tools include:  OnlinePhotoTool.com: Online photo editor,  Automatically resize your images when sending it by email,  Create an Image from your RSS feed,  Create Image from your Tweet and Twitter account, and Create, save and email screenshots.

BeFunky -  Be Funky lets you do some pretty amazing things with your photos and graphics.  Most of the features and tools are focused on creating cool, fun, and funky effects and artwork.  The site’s name says it.  Some of the effects available would take hours to create in Photoshop or other high end and costly photo/image editors.

Definitely worthy of a visit and tour.

Photoshop.com – That’s right, you can use Photoshop online and for FREE.  You’ll need to register, but I promise it will be worth it.  The Photoshop tools are powerful and very easy to use.  Be prepared to spend a little time here, you’ll be amazed at what they have to offer and allow you to do online for free.  I’m not going to lie, this is one of my favorites and my personal replacement for Picnik.com closing down.

GIMP – GIMP is very similar to Adobe Photoshop except that GIMP is FREE.  It does require you to download the software but one huge benefit to that is it will never be bought and shut down on you.  It is a very powerful and feature intense program so unless you’re really experienced with editing and graphic design, or you have more time than it takes to close a short sale, you may want to stick with one of the others.

I personally like to use GIMP for graphic design more than image or photo editing.

Combine all these together and you’ll have more FREE editing tools and features than you’ll ever need or use and absolutely FREE.  Take a few moments to review each site, bookmark them, then give each one a try to see which one(s) best meet your photo and image editing needs.  Enjoy! 

 

 

          

 

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Be the glue, not part of the puzzle!

As a REALTOR® I feel my role in a transaction and in advocating for my clients is somewhat that of working through a jigsaw puzzle.  There are many intricate pieces to the big puzzle and each must fit perfectly and interlock with the others to create the final picture.

The finished work of art being a picture of an elated seller and thrilled buyer hugging each others necks in front of the “Just Sold Home” Here are the many pieces to this puzzle.

Puzzle Pieces; AKA Those involved in the transaction

*Buyer(s) Spouses, Kids and Other family members i.e. Father, Mother, Brother etc
*Seller(s)  Spouses, Kids and Other family members plus 1 cat and two dogs

*Co-Agent and any assistant plus their Managing Broker
*Loan Officer and their assistant
*Lenders processor
*Loan Underwriter
*Loan Investor
*Appraiser
*Insurance Agent

*Home Inspector
*Termite Inspector
*Other pertinent inspectors i.e. Well, Septic, Radon, Lead Paint, Mold, Duct work etc.
*Contractors or Trades (Repair People) Plumber, Electricians, Roofers, Flooring
*Escrow/Title Officer and assistants
*Attorneys (some states)
*Surveyors
        *And if things don’t go perfectly maybe the seller or buyers attorney..Yikes!

Anyway, a lot pieces to a complex and often difficult puzzle.  The border is typically created by the buyer and seller (the contract) while the guts of the puzzle is fulfilling the contract terms, making the necessary contacts and managing objections.  There is one final and very important component to this complex puzzle and that would be the REALTORS®  We are the architect of this awesome puzzle and the GLUE that keeps it all together.  

Just be sure you're the glue and not part of the puzzle!

Are your looking for a seasoned Realtor® that can manage the many pieces of your real estate puzzle.  Call me, John McCormack at Albuquerque Homes Realty and AlbuquerqueHomes.com I will gladly be the glue to keep your transaction on track and on time.

Albuquerque Homes and Lifestyle Blog

www.AlbuquerqueHomes.com

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John McCormack    Owner/Managing Broker,  e-PRO

505-980-4576 / John@AlbuquerqueHomes.com

Search Albuquerque Homes For Sale *  Search Albuquerque Homes & Lifestlye

If your considering Buying, Selling or Relocating  to Albuquerque or Rio Rancho, NM and need a Professional Realtor It would be my pleasure to help you!

Be sure to visit my AlbuquerqueHomes.com website for total access to all available homes in the following New Mexico communities:  Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Los Ranchos, Placitas, Bernalillo, Tijeras, Sandia Park, Cedar Crest, Bosque Farms, Los Lunas & Belen.

Come On Back and Visit My

I want to delve into the idea of expanding or enriching your sphere of influence.  In the past you might have heard someone say, “It’s all about the numbers”, or maybe “It’s not about the numbers it’s the quality of the relationships”.  Ok, so who’s right? (hint: I’m not going to answer that)  I will be the first to say there’s a lot of grey area in between.  The correct answer for you may very well be somewhere in the middle.

In Facebook, you have to start somewhere so let’s start with your Profile and in particular, the Timeline.  Facebook’s newest feature replaces your Profile with a BIG banner image called a “cover image”.  The wall is replaced by two columns.  Yadda yadda yadda.  There’s a lot of grumbling about the new Timeline as well as plenty of people singing it’s praise.  

Remember, we're working on expanding your sphere.  We want to meet and learn about new people outside of it.  Yet, the Timeline is all about you (right?) but in order to see others Timeline, you'll first have to enable it on your profile.  Does that make sense?

Enable Timeline

While the new Timeline is coming to everyone eventually, it was first released to the developers back in September.  Shortly after, someone figured out how to get it without being a developer and we had the “Developer Hack”.  Recently, Facebook rolled it out as an option to everyone.  To enable Timeline on your Profile just go to http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline  At the bottom, you’ll see a small button.  Just press that.

Now you can upload a “Cover” photo.  You’ll want to upload an image that is at least 850 x 315px.  Like a profile picture, you can resize and crop once it’s up.  You’ll still have a profile picture that overlays on top of the lower left.  No longer will you have a long profile picture (the old 180 x 540 max that’s still in use for Pages) instead it’ll be a 130px. square.

You’ll see a warning that you should not put advertising or commercial crap in the picture.  Please don’t.  Social Media already has enough spam, why add to it?  It’s supposed to be a picture that represents who you are – not what you sell.

Totally unrelated but I hereby nominate this as the BEST cover image of the year…

Important: for all those grumbling that they don’t like Timeline and they want their old profiles back, there’s some great virus spam scans out there that purport to allow you to revert.  They are scams and will take over your profile.  Be smarter than that, don’t fall for it.  Too late?  Here’s how to fix it

http://areweconnected.com/facebook/how-to-kill-a-bad-facebook-app/

 

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Did you know?

I think it was Rick Santorum, GOP candidate, in one of those debates saying we shouldn't have middle class just medium level wages. Putting people into boxes and labeling them all the time highly disturbs me.

From the people worship of superstars on Twitter and TV and movies and the big wigs in an office, or the "power brokers" of all sorts in society, power and fame and wealth can not only corrupt individuals but WARP our sense of EACH ONE of us being special and more apt IMPORTANT just as we are.

Everyone Should Want Your Autograph

Who cares if you are not Babe Ruth? YOU ARE IMPORTANT JUST AS YOU ARE. Remember this about yourself and treating others. You can't control the FAT HEADS who think they are MORE important than you, but don't you treat yourself or others EVER that way as anything other than SUPER IMPORTANT in the eyes of God.

I hear so many REALTORS® use the slogan, “Your REALTOR® for Life”.  Do they mean it when they say it?  I don’t use the slogan, but that is my hope and my intention when I sell a home.  I want to become an important part of my clients’ lives.  Someone they think of right off the bat when homes or real estate is the subject.

I have only been selling homes about eleven years, but some of my clients are on their third house.  I helped the Smiths buy that three bedroom starter home.  Four years later when they were expecting their first child, I helped them sell that starter home and buy something a little larger.  A few years later, with baby number two already here, they needed four bedrooms and a finished basement.  Now with family in place, they are looking for a small vacation cabin, maybe a place in Brown County, Indiana where the leaves turn beautiful golds and oranges in the fall.  A place to take the family on weekends.  Technically, that makes house number four.

I am now selling to some of the grown children of families I have served in the past.  How can this be in such a short time span?  The children I once helped choose which bedroom would be theirs are now coming to me for help with their starter home!

It doesn’t stop at two generations.  Grandparents are heading this way to be closer to children and grandchildren.  I am helping them buy what we all know will be their final resting place. Three generations of the same family.  Amazing…….   

  I had not given this much thought until thinking about writing this post.  What an honor and a privilege to play such an important role in the lives of those I have served.

 I am sure it is happening to many of you reading this.  Have you ever thought about your legacy? Some of you have been selling for 40+ years.  One can only imagine what kind of history you have established with your clients.

Pat Haddad, ABR, CDPE, CRS, e-Pro, GRI

Haddad Team, Keller Williams Realty

www.HaddadTeam.com

317-840-7555

Pat@HaddadTeam.com

Indianapolis real estate and the surrounding areas of Carmel, Fishers, Geist, Morse, Noblesville, Westfield, Zionsville, and everywhere in between!  Whether you are buying or selling an Indianapolis home, I'll be with you every step of the way.

    

   

 

 

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New Hampshire Wildlife Management Units and Photos, hunting in New Hampshire Opening Day for New Hampshire's 2010 regular firearm deer season is Wednesday the 10th of November.

 

 

Buy your N.H. hunting license online - Click here!

 

Special rules for WMU A: The archery and rifle deer seasons are shortened in that unit -- please note specific dates below.

I'm sure he was thinking, were did you come from!

 

 

 

2010 New Hampshire Deer Season Dates
Wildlife Management Units	Method/Sex	Inclusive Dates

Regular Firearms	Regular Firearms
WMU A -- NOTE: Regular firearm deer season ends one week early.	Antlered Deer Only	Nov. 10 - Nov. 28
WMUs B, C1, C2, D1, E, F, G, I1, I2, J1	Antlered Deer Only	Nov. 10 - Dec. 5
WMUs D2, J2	Any Deer Antlered Deer Only	Nov. 10 ONLY Nov. 11 - Dec. 5
WMU K	Any Deer Antlered Deer Only	Nov. 10 - Nov 11 Nov. 12 - Dec. 5
WMUs H1, H2	Any Deer Antlered Deer Only	Nov. 10 - Nov. 12 Nov. 13 - Dec. 5
WMU L	Any Deer Antlered Deer Only	Nov. 10 - Nov. 16 Nov. 17 - Dec. 5
WMU M	Any Deer Antlered Deer Only	Nov. 10 - Nov. 19 Nov. 20 - Dec. 5
Unit M Special Permits	Antlerless-only permits for WMU M are available now -- with option of 1 or 2 deer tags. Click here for more information.

 

 

 

Have a good one
Dale in New Hampshire

 

 

Links to, two more New Hampshire Hunting Information blog posts:


http://activerain.com/blogsview/1952672/new-hampshire-deer-and-turkey-check-stations-by-county-and-town



http://activerain.com/blogsview/1952663/new-hampshire-operation-game-thief-do-your-part-to-help-stop-game-thief-

 

Localism information by Baker Home Energy Audit and Commercial Properties Inspections blog post 931 -  6 November 2010  New Hampshire Hunting

 

If your Church, Club, Lodge, Organization, Community or if you know of an event being held in New Hampshire. That could be helped, by having a blog post written to help get the word out about it. Just e-mail me the details, and it will be my pleasure to write about it and post it here on my New Hampshire blog. The more information you send about the event, the better the blog post can be. You can also send any photos that you would like to have as part of the blog post. This is a 100% Free  service that's my pleasure to offer communities of New Hampshire.

 

 

There is no reason that only sellers using a Real Estate Agent listing their
home, should have the advantage and be the only ones to be able to have a blog posts written about their home.

 

As a Professional in the Real Estate Industry, I belong to many Social Media sites take I can post to. If you would like a Free blog post written about your home, feel free to contact me with in the information that you
would like to have in a blog post about your home being for sale.

 

I need you to understand, I'm not offering to sale your home for you!!! I'm only offering to help you get the word out on the Internet about your home being for sale.

I'll also be posting many tips to help For Sale By Owners, about things to do before putting your home on the market and to get your home ready for the Home Inspection day.

 

Click to Discover and Explore New Hampshire with

Dale Baker

Click below to visit the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation

Baker Home Energy Audit and Commercial Properties Inspections
PO Box 570
Charlestown, New Hampshire 03603

Office: 603-826-4207

Cell: 603-477-8072

 

 

Disclaimer: Any of the information herein may come from various sources, some of
which may not be reliable and may change without any kind of notice. Dale Baker does not guarantee or is in any way responsible for the accuracy of the information in this blog and the information provided is without any kind of warranties, either express or implied. The
information on this blog represents the opinions and ideas of the author; comments left by others may not express the views of the author. Dale Baker Owner: Baker Home Energy Audit and Commercial Properties Inspections. Copyright 2010 By Dale Baker-all rights reserved.

Copyright photos and Graphics by Dale Baker, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without the written permission of Baker Home Energy Audit and Commercial Properties Inspections. If Permission is granted, you will need to link back to my website and/or blog providing your site is appropriate for all ages. Property and Copyright 1980-2010 by Baker Home Energy Audit and Commercial Properties Inspections. Thank you for respecting my creative expression and not plagiarizing.

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Come back often, and bring your family and friends!

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Links to a series about Historic Homes, in Charlestown, New Hampshire

 

Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Series

 

 

Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Part 1


Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Part 2


Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Part 3


Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Part 4


Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Part 5


Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Part 6


Historic Homes Charlestown New Hampshire-Part 7

 

 

Links to History blog posts of Charlestown, New Hampshire

 

 

 

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The floodgates are always open when you work online prospects. You deal with bad emails addresses, teenagers, nosy neighbors, tire-kickers, ex-husbands and even co-workers. You never know what your gonna get. The smart thing to do is treat ALL online prospects the same. Cherry picking can cost you. Most online sellers are interested for more than just the heck of it.

Since 2004 I've probably provided over 3,000 online market evaluations. Each one takes about 6 minutes to perform. Look at the square footage, bedroom number, pool or no pool, and of course make sure you're comparing apples to apples. This initial valuation is just a sample... and not a full blown analysis. Obviously the latter takes more time. The initial offering provides an opportunity to put myself in front of the seller all while giving them a taste of how I do what I do.

 

It's important when you call a prospect that you have both the active and comparable sales on your screen. With this, have their home in the cross-hairs of Google Earth. ALWAYS use their name repeatedly throughout the conversation. Don't use scripts word for word. Nobody wants to chit-chat with a robotic sales clown. Be confident, quick, smart and prepared. You only have seconds to capture interest.

 

Nobody cares about your awards! Leave the chest thumping out in that initial call. Instead, provide the information very quickly, almost like chasing a moving train and saying goodbye to a loved one.

 

Many people that answer the phone will associate you to a "telemarketer."

 

Of all the thousands of calls I've made I can only think of 2 maybe 3 times where I've been hung up on. I've been cussed out, yelled at, and told..... "did my ex-wife put you upt to this?" But I've mostly been successful with taking that online prospect from first to second base.

 

 

Always remind the prospect HOW and WHY you are calling them.

 

 

"Hi this is Greg with RE/MAX, I'm calling you because you came to our website XXXXX and asked for additional information about your home on 1234 Awesome Listing Street.

That initial sentence explains who and WHY you're calling.

 

Remember... if real estate was easy, we'd all be rich!

 

 

 

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