{"id":2721,"date":"2009-05-22T08:49:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:46:33","slug":"friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">U.S. home prices are their <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2009\/05\/18\/real_estate\/most_affordable_cities\/index.htm?postversion=2009051815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most affordable<\/a> in at least 18 years, according to a report released Monday published on <a href=\"http:\/\/cnnmoney.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNNMoney<\/a> that offers insight into where the opportunities for great deals on great homes in markets where good jobs can also be found.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Here&#8217;s neat little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/services\/content\/metro\/stories\/2009\/05\/17\/twitter_atlanta_councilman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter story<\/a> really makes you sit back and go Mm, maybe there&#8217;s something to this Twitter thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Star Trek fans may be somewhat geeky but it appears those who are the most devoted are being exposed to extreme leadership skills and infinite wisdom. Fast Company explores this in detail in a post titled, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/blog\/kit-eaton\/technomix\/12-leadership-lessons-bridge-starship-enterprise?partner=homepage_newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 Leadership skills from the Bridge of the Starship Enterprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lane Baily offers agents and &#8216;little guys&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/activerain.com\/blogsview\/1081501\/the-easiest-optimized-wordpress-landing-page-you-can-make-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tips<\/a> on creating optimized landing pages on your <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a> blogs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What do the top executives at Zappos, Digg, Microsoft and Best Buy have in common? They are all easy to follow to through Twitter on the new ExecTweet apps on the iPhone. Rick Broida explains it <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/8301-19512_7-10244619-233.html?tag=mncol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. home prices are their most affordable in at least 18 years, according to a report released Monday published on CNNMoney that offers insight into where the opportunities for great deals on great homes in markets where good jobs can also be found. 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