TechKnowBabble

This one might take you a bit by surprise. We just picked this up from News3Online. A Social Networking Guru as President?

My friends Frank Garay and Brian Stevens host the TBWS Daily Show. They had some interesting news to share about the Real Estate Market and where we are right now. Glenn Beddow, a late night guest, commented on what it's going to take for you to get through this market if you're in the Real Estate Industry. The voice and view of a Pro for over 30 years.

Chuck Norris says "Drill here, Drill now!" Are gas prices going to raise the cost of technology? Or are we going to use technology to lower gas prices. Can it be done? Should we wait and see? Gas prices are predicted to go up another dollar to 5.50 avg per gallon. See what Chuck Norris has to say about that!

With these types of maps and tools available, you may never have to go visit some places in the world ever again. For example, traveling to an area that is unappealing, crowded, no parking, bad road conditions, the list could go on forever. Next, there will be the Virtual GPS with the ability to go right into homes for sale. Once Google figures out how they can link to a specific property address, and it's virtual tour (they probably already have), imagine what that would do to/for the Real Estate Industry.

Nationally, identity theft is a rising concern of many consumers. In the Real Estate arena, we are seeing some areas of neglegent identity theft. In most cases, consumers are very careful about keeping their identity safe and secure, but what about those companies who are careless and neglegent with personal and confidential information of yours. This news broadcast demonstrates how easy it is for your identity to be stolen. Watch and learn, take every precaution to prevent this from happening to you.

Are you new to the Blogosphere? Is there an easy explanation of Blogs and this new phenomenon? Yes! Blogs or Weblogs are explained in this easy to understand video that puts it all into plain English. Don't procrastinate about creating a Blog because of all the techknowbabble that you hear, watch this video, and it will all become clear!

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Well it's back! The RE Connect in the City By The Bay! Brad Inman from Inman News is doing it once again. This year looks very promising. It should be a great event. There will be mass amounts of information made available to hundreds of Real Estate Industry professionals. July 23-25, 2008 at The Palace Hotel.

Guest Speakers and panels, Vendors & Exhibit Hall, Breakout Sessions and one of my favorites, the Bloggers Connect. If you're in the Real Estate Industry and within 2000 miles of San Francisco, I would recommend this event, I know we'll be there!

Photo Video from Last Years Event

The opportunity to connect with others in this business is one of the main purposes of Real Estate CONNECT. Come see why WEB 2.0 and RE.Net are so important to you and your business.

Today I was reviewing one of the Video's I put together for my kids called "The Magic Floating Dollar!" I was explaining to them some ways that a REALTOR® could use this as a demonstration when at a Listing Appointment. Instead of a dollar, the agent could use their business card to perform a memorable and fun presentation.

I have been spending lot's of time reviewing many different Video hosting platforms: YouTube Yahoo Video MySpace DivX Stage6 CrushedPlanet.com OurStage.com Google Video VeOH Grouper iFilm Caught On Video TinyPic Multiply YouAreTV OverairTV Yourfilehost MetaCafe DiDGU WellcomeMat and I am sure there are many others I may have missed, but Viddler is one that had a feature that really kind of impressed me.

Viddler is a Video hosting website with some limitations, but what I thought was cool is the ability to add comments at certain points during the video. You can even add video to the video. I started thinking how this would apply to the Real Estate Industry and my imagination began to run wild! LOL!~ How would you use a tool like this or would you? What about your visitors and subscribers to your Blog? Is there value in having comments added to your video, or giving others access to add their comments?

I'm using the Video below for you to experiment with to see how this all really works. Feel free to comment, add your video uploads, make suggestions or just brainstorm ideas on where the value may or may not be in this type of video tool. It's really kind of cool, but is it practical and beneficial to you or our industry? I'd love to hear your comments and opinions, both good and constructive. Just click on the little play bar as it's scrolling across the video, look for the green plus sign, then click on it for options.