May 19, 2012

Eat & Learn: Phil Thomas Di Giulio Illustrates How Video is a Must-Have

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Phil Thomas Di Giulio from WellcomeMat will be joining us to speak about what’s happening in real estate video right now and how you can take advantage of the current demand for videos in your marketing efforts. Recently, Phil and WellcomeMat partnered with Sotheby’s to create a very sexy video channel and were also mentioned [...]

Eat & Learn: Joe Charat Talks About What Goes Into Making Consumers (and Agents) Happy

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This month we are lucky to have Joe speak to us about how real estate professionals assess renter and agent demands and deliver solutions based on those demands. Modern real estate agents, buyers, and renters expect more from the online real estate experience and industry websites need to constantly innovate and evolve in order to [...]

I am your partner

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Originally published on the Phacient Blog by Patrick Healy here   I wrote a post back in February about customer service and how important it was to respect and value your customers. I wrote it for a few reasons but the biggest one was that I had been witnessing really poor service on the parts [...]

Eat & Learn: Buyfolio.com’s Matt Daimler on Customer Engagement & Collaboration in the Digital Age.

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  Announcing November’s Lucky Striker Social Media Club Dinner and Meeting. This month we’re fortunate to have Matt Daimler, from Buyfolio.com, whose topic will be learning how to trust & empower your customers to create stronger and more fruitful relationship with them.   “Buy-side brokers need to evolve their customer approach in an industry where [...]

Eat & Learn: Gotham Photo Company’s Vince Collura on Getting an Emotional Response from Buyers

Real estate might be one of the largest financial decisions a person makes, but it’s often not just about practical or rational choices. More often than not, buying a new home is a gut-decision where emotions rule. At this month’s Lucky Striker Social Media Club dinner and meeting, Vince Collura from Gotham Photo Company will [...]

[Eat & Learn] Creating a Memorable Brand with Eric Barron on Wednesday, July 13th

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“YOU are your most valuable asset. Not what apartment you just sold or the company you work for.  YOU!  Your personality, your memorable personal brand! Let’s face it, you’re competing with tons of agents with great track records and experience.  Thus, it’s critical that you clearly and concisely bring YOU to life.  Whether you like it or not, you’re [...]

[Video] Bill Lublin Succeeds by Showing LSSMCers How NOT to #fail

A wonderful presentation by Social Media Marketing Institute CEO, Bill Lublin, on the Top Five Ways to #Fail in Social Media. Here’s the full video of the speech. Add your favorite takeaways to the comments section below….

Can’t afford to go to BlogWorld NYC? You can now: Last second discounts

Due to a good friend of mine and my (as well as Lucky Strikers’ love of blogging) I have secured some discount codes for the BlogWorld going on tomorrow through Thursday.  Here they are:   healyVIP – will get you 50% off of the expo pass which will get you into all of the parties [...]

We brokers make too damn much money

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There, I said it: Broker compensation is indefensible. An independent broker who is a friend of mine and I were having — how to put it? — a robust discussion at the last monthly meeting of the Lucky Strikers Social Media Club.  We talked about commissions (without violating anti-trust laws, heaven knows). I ventured an [...]

Lucky Strikers Strike Gold with Two Real Deal mentions

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Now, after two years of sitting on the sidelines, would-be investors are showing a renewed interest in Manhattan condos, the Real Deal maintains in its March issue, which was published today. Industry experts attribute their reentry to several factors, says the magazine: Prices have stabilized while rents are ticking up, mortgages are easier to obtain, [...]