It seems that the older I get, the more meaningful each Memorial Day becomes. When I was 23, it was a day off, and the marker for wearing summer clothes. When I was 33, it made me a little nostalgic for my father, who passed away when I was 25. Now that I’m 43, Memorial [...]
Reported research results rarely tell a true story
June 23, 2011 By 4 Comments
Way back in the dark ages, when I was in graduate school getting a master’s in communication, the subject of opinion research so interested me that I developed and conducted a survey for my master’s project. The result of that intense effort has been my enduring interest and unmitigated skepticism about polls and other studies [...]
Buyers ask, ‘Who needs brokers anyway?”
June 3, 2011 By 5 Comments
More and more folks searching for a new home are bypassing real estate brokers. According to research (shown in the table above) by the National Association of Realtors, 38 percent of buyers found the home they ultimately purchased from a sales agent last year. Contrast that statistic with
Eat & Learn: Social Media Maven Bill Lublin speaking at LSSMC dinner on June 8th
June 1, 2011 By 3 Comments
Want to learn the right way to do social media? Learn from the mistakes of others. (And have a great meal while you’re at it.) Announcing the June meeting of the Lucky Strikers Social Media Club. This month’s topic & speaker: 5 Ways to #Fail at Social Media We are fortunate to have one of the [...]
