Just in the last month I’ve set up my Google Reader . It watches certain blogs for me and let’s me know (all in one place) when there’s a new post. Here’re the blogs I’ve started following:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/hubspot
http://www.matthewferrara.com/feed/
http://www.miamism.com/feed/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/retechblog
http://solution.allthingsd.com/feed/
feed://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/feed/
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/businessinsider
http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/feed/
After you start reading blogs, make comments on the post. Add insight. Disagree. Whatever you do, it’ll help you meet people AND get you more Google juice!
Buy as much wrapping paper as you need. It’s only paper. Use the tissue, too.
Use only paper and plastic goods for your parties. (Especially the plastic table cloths and cups.) Don’t worry about the landfill. It’s the holidays!
Send cards to EVERYONE. Have them printed, labeled and bulk mailed. They’ll be well received, just like the ones you get from the bank and the dry cleaner!
Drive everywhere and often. Might as well drink, too. Then you’re multitasking.
Buy buy buy. It’s good for the economy. And more “things” make us happy.
Eat eat eat. Like it’s your last meal! It could be!
Drink drink drink. It’ll enhance the entire holiday experience. Guaranteed!
Review your grudges and resentments. Sure as hell you’ll run into “him” or “her”. Might as well be prepared. Also see #7.
Nap early and often. No exercise necessary. Napping IS exercise in some cultures.
Remember: gravy covers a lot of sins. And cigarettes are good for you.
Feel free to add your own tips in the comment section …
If you’ve ever wanted to “experiment” on your home page but were afraid to mess it up, here’s a 2 minute video showing how to duplicate it so you can work on “the copy” offline. It’s a little known feature of your iMax site that we thought worth mentioning.
Photoblogs are becoming very popular and they’re a lot less taxing than having to come up with written content. Set up correctly, you can blog photos and video directly from your phone. See a couple of blog examples here. If you’d like to learn more, let us know …
You might want to memorize some of this info for your listing presentation. It really sets the tone.
Financial Crisis Timeline 2008 – 2009
March 2008 – Collapse of Bear Stearns and sale to JPMorgan Chase – BS pioneered the securitization and asset backed securities (ABS) markets.
June 2008 - DOW declares official bear market as it closes down 20% from 10/11/07 high of 14,198
July 2008 – Bank of America buys Countrywide Financial
July 2008 – oil prices peak at $147 per barrel as money flees housing and stock assets to commodities
September 2008 – Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac taken into conservatorship
September 2008 – Merrill Lynch purchased by Bank of America
September 2008 – Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy
September 2008 – American International Group (AIG) gets $85B in loans from Fed Reserve in exchange for 79.9% equity stake
September 2008 – Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs stop being investment banks and become traditional bank holding companies
October 2008 – Emergency Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 passes creating the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) to buy failing bank assets
October 2008 – Iceland’s major banks are nationalized
November 2008 – Chine creates a stimulus plan
February 2009 – American Recovery and Reinvestment At of 2009 signed into law. $787B more in tax relief, unemployment benefits.
February 27 2009 – DOW closes 7062, 50%+ below 10/07 high of 14,198
Can’t remember to go to Facebook and “interact”? Why not set up your cell phone to receive alerts when someone does something that you should respond to? Here’s the instructions to “connect” your Facebook account with your cell phone. Set it up today. You’ll be glad you did.
It’s time to clean out the yard and basement. Really. Winter’s over. You can go outside now. Below are links to specific towns’ recycling sites (alphabetized. no favorites) with hours, sticker prices, etc.
More reasons to become part of the network your past and future clients are already using. AND some excellent strategies for success. Dan O’Connell, Sven Andersen, Jay McHugh and Greg DiGiorgio discuss how they use social networking. Terry Sullivan and Stacey Alcorn embrace “change”. All edited video from the event is available on the ThinkMax site. Watch and implement!
