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Social Media for Real Estate People

Image by John T Pilot via Flickr How do you help a real estate agent and broker use social media to improve her business  – and ultimately her bottom line? Facebook: Create a fan page. Build your fans from your local county – but reach out to other surrounding counties.  Start with Chamber of Commerces,…

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Warrior

Image via Wikipedia I’m operating in Warrior Mode. A warrior, to me, is someone who reaches for the highest fruit on the tree.  Someone who is willing to learn and be more.  Someone who has discipline and honor.  Someone who believes life is sacred and we are invited to be grand in our experience of…

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Tai Chi in Three

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been a student of tai chi over the years.  Perhaps I should say I’ve been a fan.  I’ve lived in a few different places over the years and taken many tai chi classes.  There are many different forms of tai chi and I have not learned totally even one of them.…

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Age of Conversation – 3

Drew McClellan is a local man from Iowa.  We’ve met on the tourism, Iowa, bloggers circuits.  He’s compiled a book or two.  I got asked to write in the Age of Conversation Book 3. Take some time – check out all the authors listed below.  They are experts in their field and have blogs and…

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Save Our History

What if you could make a difference and save your local history all at the same time? You can.  And it’s not hard.  You just have to want to be involved. I’ll tell you a story and share an idea. In my community there was a group of people in the 1970’s and 1980’s who…

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Rural America

.  I‘m looking for people who care about rural America. I want to talk to my compadres.  We  know who rural America is.  It’s the places where the people who live there take a deep breath, pull up their boot straps and get to work. Rural America is often ignored for the flashy lights of…

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Rant in support of smart speakers

Have you attended a conference and wondered why they chose the speakers they did? Yeah, me too.  That’s why Grant and I were very intentional on our choices of who to invite to speak to small businesses in rural America at www.smallbizsocialmediasummit.com. We chose our speakers because we know them. One of the basic tenants…

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What have you done for your small business?

Image via Wikipedia Have you got a small business? It could be a brick and mortar or a home business.  Do you know how to use social media to promote your business? Most people don’t.  Most listen to a friend who tells them to go to facebook.  They don’t tell them what to do when…

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Saturday After Crucifixion

Yesterday, Good Friday,  Jesus was killed.  His mother and Mary Magdalene saw him crucified. I wonder what they were thinking on Saturday.  It must have been a day full of sorrow and grief.  Yet…. didn’t Jesus tell them he’d come back?  They knew he could raise people from the dead.  Did they wonder and hope?…

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Three Tools for Your Small Business

In June I’ll be speaking at SmallBizSocialMediaSummit – and today I’m going to share with you three tools you can use today in your small business. 1. Google Profile Have you set up your own Google profile?  Visit www.google.com/profiles and set it up.  If you’re a business, include your physical address, contact info, lots of…

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