Congratulations to Bob Beach!

Congratulations to Bob Beach of The Mortgage Centre in Burlington, ON, on the completion of his new Social Media Branding Package!

You can connect with him online here:

Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117054435379109250806/posts 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Burlington-Mortgage-Centre-Bob-Beach-and-Associates/421509457884424
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/bobbeachmtge
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbeachmortgagecentre
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/bobbeach7
Blogspot: http://bobbeachmortgagecentre.blogspot.ca/

Congratulations to Realty Pros Assured!

Congratulations to Realty Pros Assured on the completion of their new Social Media Branding Package!

You can find them online here:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/realtyprosassured
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RltyPros
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RealtyProsAssured 
Google+:  https://plus.google.com/b/104539437366727987041/104539437366727987041/posts 

Most Effective Advertising Online In 2012 [Infographic]

via bitrebels.com

Great infographic that explains the value of email marketing. Both the time of day and the day of the week matter. If 95% of emails are considered spam, do you know how to ensure your email is part of the 5%?

Congratulations to Philip Hollett!

Congratulations to Philip Hollett of Sutton Group About Town Realty Inc, Brokerage, on the completion of his new Social Media Branding Package!

Connect with him online:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/PhilipHollettSuttonAboutTownInc 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hollettphilip
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/hollettphilip  

Google+:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/115947670957831525838/about  

Congratulations to Rosemary King & Melissa Boasley!

Congratulations to Rosemary King & Melissa Boasley of Vacation Time Real Estate Inc., Brokerage on the completion of thier new social web presence branding package!

You can connect with them online at:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vacationtimemuskoka 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/MuskokaRealtors 
LinkedIn -Rosemary: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemarykingvacationtime
LinkedIn -Melissa: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/melissaboasley 
LinkedIn Company Page:http://www.linkedin.com/company/2627205?trk=tyah 
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/VacationTimeMuskoka
Blogspot: http://vacationtimemuskoka.blogspot.ca/ 
Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/101805515863686691903/101805515863686691903/about
Melissa's Google+: :https://plus.google.com/103790920116912299902/about
Rosemary's Google+ :https://plus.google.com/106544588278086492457/about

Congratulations to Mary Cook!

Congratulations to Mary Cook of the Royal Lepage Lakes of Muskoka Brokerage on the completion of her new Social Web Presence Branding package!

You can connect with her at:

Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/114041835788636857666/about
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marycookmuskoka 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/marycookmuskoka 
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/marycookmuskoka
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marycookmuskoka 

Congratulations to Elizabeth Stokes Weber

Congratulations to Elizabeth Stokes Weber of RE/MAX North Country Realty Inc., Brokerage on the completion of her new social web presence branding package!

You can connect with her online at:
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/elizabethstokesweber  
Twitter : https://twitter.com/#!/estokesweber  
Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/user/elizabethstokesweber 
Linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethstokesweber 
Google+:https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/10747968072705391  

Today’s Word: SOCIAL MEDIA | John Maxwell Team | A Minute With Maxwell

John C. Maxwell on Social Media and influence. Are you there yet?

via johnmaxwellteam.com

John Maxwell, one of the most renown teachers of leadership principles explains very succinctly the value of Social Media. He also explains that he 'has good people around him'. We believe in hiring professionals in whatever industry we need them, we hire a Realtor to buy/sell my homes, we hire Accountants and Lawyers. When it comes to social media marketing and websites do you hire professionals?

Congratulations to The Dave Worrie Team!

Congratulations to The Dave Worrie Team, Sales Representatives at RE/MAX Commonwealth Brokerage, on their new social web presence branding package!

Congratulations to Nadine Robbins!

Congratulations to Nadine Robbins, Sales Representative at Milborn Real Estate Inc., Brokerage, on her new social web presence branding package!

Congratulations to Andrei Angelkovski!

Congratulations to Andrei Angelkovski, Sales Representative at RE/MAX Ultimate Realty Inc., Brokerage, on his new social web presence branding package!

Congratulations to Lawrence West Dental!

Congratulations to Lawrence West Dental, on their new social web presence branding package!

Congratulations to Sefora Catana!

Congratulations to Sefora Catana, Sales Representative and RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc., Brokerage, on her new social web presence branding package!

Congratulations to Napoleon Wilson

Congratulations to Napoleon Wilson, Sales Representative at Sutton Group - About Town Realty Inc., Brokerage, on his new social web presence branding package!

Congratulations to Asif Khan

Congratulations to Asif Khan, Sales Representative at RE/MAX All-Stars Realty Inc. on his new social web presence branding package!

Congratulations to Draga Corona!

Congratulations to Draga Corona, Sales Representative at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Signature Services Inc., on her new social web presence branding package!

2012 Predictions: Richard MacManus of ReadWriteWeb.com

2012 Predictions

1. This year's Best BigCo, Amazon.com, will launch a media-focused social network. Kind of like what MySpace used to be. It will be to a place for you to socialize around your reading, listening and viewing activities.

2. Twitter's usage will begin to wane, due to squeezing from Facebook and Google . Maybe then Twitter will sell to Apple. Heck, predictions are no place for maybes. I predict Apple will buy Twitter!

3. Google's Chrome browser will make dramatic inroads into Microsoft's Internet Explorer, coming within 10-15% of it by the end of 2012. This will be due to mainstream people finally abandoning IE in droves. By the end of 2012, Chrome will have close to 30% of the market according to Net Applications (it currently has 17.6%) and IE will have just over 40% (it currently has 52.6%).

4. Facebook will have initial teething problems with its Timeline, but by end of 2012 it will be seen as a triumph - as millions of people begin to use Facebook over 2012 as their digital memory bank. I don't know if that's a brave (new world?) prediction or not, but right now there are a lot of skeptics about Timeline. So I'm firmly betting on Timeline being a big success for Facebook in 2012.

5. Music acts will start to truly tap into the power of the iTunes LP. Currently most iTunes LP releases are simply a PDF file with a bonus video if you're lucky. I predict that in 2012 many more bands and musicians will include multimedia in their digital albums and the braver ones will try to emulate Bjork and create stunning "app albums". This is a bit of a re-hash of my music prediction last year, but I really want to see widespread innovation in the digital album!

6. Bonus prediction: Bill Nguyen of Color fame will convince Silicon Valley VCs to part with $100 million, to fund an amazing new type of smart TV. It will have 4D, Internet telepathy and a revolutionary new sensing feature called Smell This®. RWW Editor-in-Chief Richard MacManus will thoughtfully blog that it "may be the next Google." The TV will flop before the ink is dry on the last VC cheque. A few months later, the futuristic telly will be re-branded as a way to consume Facebook frictionless sharing "on the big screen."

[p.s. I love Bill's spirit, I really do. I hope he does try for another New New Thing in 2012!]

Those are my predictions, now let me know yours :)

See Also

• 2012 Predictions, Mobile Edition: Dan Rowinski
• ReadWriteWeb's 2012 Staff Predictions (And What We Got Wrong in 2011)
• 2012 Predictions: Alicia Eler
• 2012 Predictions: Curt Hopkins

via readwriteweb.com

Predictions...what do you think of this list? Do you have some of your own to share?

Google+ add multiple Administrators for Business Pages

Improvements to Google+ Pages
Google+ Pages have already provided brands and businesses a new means of connecting to and deeply engaging with consumers. In the weeks since launching pages, we’ve been listening to your feedback and we’re pleased to make some of the most oft-requested features available.

• You can now delegate up to 50 named managers as administrators for a page.
• A new notification flow will ensure that these managers stay in the loop on all the activity that takes place on a page, giving managers the ability to stay involved in page conversations.
• We’ll now show an aggregated count of users that have engaged with your page, either by +1’ing it or by adding it to a circle. This way, both you and your page’s visitors can get an at-a-glance summary of who is interacting with your page.

via Google Blog

Tips for Using Google Plus for Real Estate

via thesocialmarketingtouch.com

Have you read our post about using Google+ for Real Estate? We've launched our Google+ Business Page https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108288662120559691197/

Twitter Launches Major Redesign [VIDEO]

One main thrust of the redesign is making “Twitter more accessible for all 7 billion people on the planet,” Jack Dorsey, chairman of Twitter, said during a press conference at Twitter’s soon-to-be new headquarters in San Francisco on Thursday. Dorsey added that the company has made it “simpler not just for people already engaged but easier for new people to discover it and find value in it. It’s the best place to represent yourself on the Internet.”

via mashable.com

Twitter's recent changes are very interesting for those that make this their main social media portal. There is the opportunity for Brand pages like Google+ and Facebook offer. With YouTube's new layout, Facebook's Timeline launching, Twitter's redesign and Google+'s business pages launching are you feeling at a loss of where to begin?