Tag Archives: technology

Nov. 03.

Are You A Website Owner? Check Your Contact Forms

FYI-Are you a website owner? One thing you should do for yourself on a regular basis, is check to make sure your contact forms are working.  Do yourself a favor and check your contact forms and email yourself to test every 2 weeks.  Sounds silly?  I don’t think so.  Too many times have I sent emails to website owners to only have the email bounce back..sad but true!

Updates or a change can have an impact on your contact form’s functionality but even worse your contact form may be calling your potential customers or contacts spam.

Sounds ridiculous but had 7 emails bounce back from people’s business websites. All of them were from their own web address. Regardless of whether you have a web master or you are a do it yourselfer you should follow-up and check up on this. Chances are I was called spam or the contact form is not working properly.

Most people love using their own dot.com email but when I send attachments I do not.  Test your contact forms or you could be missing conversations and opportunities!

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Feb. 02.

Are Humans Really Ready For Transparency?

Yesterday while reading the web a thought crossed my mind…are humans really ready for transparency?  With readers expecting higher levels of transparency…can humans really handle it? When reading some of these sites you can feel how the transparency slowly releases.

Sometimes the transparency is lopsided or one sided by only offering some of the facts and/or a few little white lies or some of the important details are left out…allowing the imagination to wonder about peoples behaviors…encouraging speculation, and a war begins right online.  Next thing you know…all kinds of secrets revealed..and a blanket of dirt spreads all over the web but worse a division occurs because someone was too transparent and some human beings can’t handle it.

When this type of behavior happens I wonder if humans are really ready for transparency?  We want to know more about people, we expect people to share themselves..we judge people based on interactions…connections…and building bonds but all people are different with different cultures, morals and goals…..we don’t want to hear the bad or the ugly or do we?

We do…. sometimes in the world of transparency….certain things get revealed….and the meter of truth causes discomfort to those who judge rather harshly rather than look into their own lives.  Because we are all different some may not be open enough to share their everyday lives….because of some stranger might get offended or look down at our written words.

In this modern day of technology as people we feel entitlement as long as the transparency is on someone else.  Curious by nature…we expect people to reveal everything about themselves even if the choices someone else makes is quite different from our own.    Instead of looking at our own lives and fixing what needs to be repaired…we read about others and sometimes are very shocked in what is revealed….sometimes we can’t handle the truth…sometimes the truth is too harsh…sometimes the truth is TMI and better left unsaid.

What right do we have as humans to knock, ridicule and judge those who are very transparent?  I applaud those that are true to themselves….who doesn’t hide the fact the life is bigger than what they do for a living….because they choose to live their life and share it on the web.

Yesterday I witness something that was just down right mean spirited…nothing new…but what I found interesting….was the comments showed transparency and revealed character….in truth I am disappointed…the comments not only were transparent of  character but those few that I held in high regard….is no longer transparency….but TMI!

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 Are Humans Really Ready For Transparency?

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Dec. 12.

Take A Hard Look At Your Reflection

When the fall months come and the air is much cooler I seem to slow down. Less activity = more downtime or in my case I seem to really reflect and soul search.  I plan.   And many times the decisions that I make seem to happen by end of the year.

  • I got married in December twice
  • Closed on a house in December
  • Changed jobs, careers and brokerages
  • Bought cars in December

Yes, December has always been a very active month for me and this December is no different.  My life is about to change and I’m not sure where it’s going to take me.  It’s something new…exciting …and a little scary…and in many ways a dream come true! I am about to embark on a new career path for me it’s the beginning of an exciting journey really truly working online.

Three years ago I set goals for myself and slowly my goals are starting to become reality.

I have to let some things go in order to proceed…

One is actively selling real estate.   Real Estate has been a huge part of my life but my passion lies within training and teaching.   It’s time to get back to training neutrally and without the REALTOR logo.  (that to me is a little scary and sad)

My latest endeavor is writing web content and offering SEO services on behalf of International Web Media or better known as IWMonlne.com, my fearless leader Bruce Kirkpatrick is innovative, a hard core web developer and offers some amazing products.  Everyday I learn something new and everyday I am excited.  The feeling is not much different than closing your very first sales contract.  That excitement hits me everyday that I work.  Lucky me…I work from home!

Finally I will have time to write real estate training, finish ebooks and continue with my sites:

So this winter if you are snowed in or feeling a bit lazy…why not take some downtime and take a hard look at your own reflection..if you do not like what you see…take steps to change it!

Make it a great week!

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Dec. 10.

Google Wave

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Dec. 03.

I Love Google Maps!

Google maps are now embeddable on your blog posts and on your sites!

I love the fact you can promote your area in this way….To be specific….by address…by business name…by city and state!

Just another great marketing tool..for open houses…for promoting your listings and your office or yourself.

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