{"id":5005,"date":"2010-06-15T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:34:33","slug":"the-report-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/the-report-9\/","title":{"rendered":"The REport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If tweets actually chirped the global din would be as pervasive as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.net\/2010\/06\/14\/the-horns-of-africa-cause-a-din-at-world-cup\/\">vuvuzela horns at the World Cup.<\/a> Twitter just announced there are <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/06\/08\/twitter-hits-2-billion-tweets-per-month\/\">65 million tweets sent daily<\/a>!\u00a0 In such a crowded field, I truly believe faithful practitioners of elegance and etiquette will be rewarded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Speaking of rewarding, most marketers will tell you that word of mouth buzz is among the most powerful and effective sales tool you can hope for.\u00a0 But how do you inspire genuine endorsement of your product?\u00a0 According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/?fa=Articles.showArticle&amp;art_aid=130014\">a recent study from Yahoo!,<\/a> the Internet\u2019s influence on capturing online interest, that in turn sparks the more critical offline conversation, has grown, while others like television and print remain flat. This is something to keep in mind when allocating marketing dollars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Microsoft continues to have its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2010\/030410-microsoft-ballmer-cloud.html\">head in the &#8220;clouds&#8221;<\/a>, and I mean that in a good way, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/06\/09\/microsoft-office-web-apps\/\">with the announcement this week<\/a> that it is opening some of its popular Office programs &#8212; PowerPoint, Word and Excel \u2014 to the web.\u00a0 For those who believe the future will see all of our important documents, not on hard drives, but on remote \u201ccloud\u201d servers we access at will, similar to our Yahoo and Gmail accounts for example, this is an important step in that direction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In other Microsoft news, its search engine Bing launched <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/06\/09\/bing-adds-facebook\/\">bing.com\/social<\/a> which will combine both Facebook and Twitter results into one search experience. \u00a0To take advantage of this, make sure you are linking to relevant articles about your company, agents or listings as the search shares only the link content.\u00a0 In other search news, Google rolled out a new version of its search engine, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/06\/08\/google-rolls-out-its-new-and-improved-search-index\/\">Google Caffeine<\/a>. Are you noticing faster and more accurate search results?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Talk about \u201cupwardly mobile,\u201d Nielsen reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/?fa=Articles.showArticle&amp;art_aid=129987\">22 percent <\/a>of people 13-plus years old have smartphones. This marks the first time the number has crossed 20 percent.\u00a0 For fans of the seminal marketing book <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crossing_the_Chasm\">Crossing the Chasm<\/a>, we could be on the verge of going from early adopters to early majority, an important trend when considering mobile media strategies.\u00a0 Further brightening the lure of smartphones, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashphone.com\/apple-announces-iphone-4-available-on-june-24-for-199-and-299-0710114\"> iPhone 4 <\/a>was officially announced and preorders start today.\u00a0 For the business user, the next edition features Multitasking, Folders and enhanced Mail making your office even more accessible in your pocket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Riding on the popularity of sites like Craigslist, a number of newspaper and broadcast TV news sites have launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/?fa=Articles.showArticle&amp;art_aid=130005\">Boocoo<\/a>, a national online listing and auction site with a local focus. Another tool to share with your consumers (think: the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century moving sale)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And finally, check out this advice as you launch or update your<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/indiarealtime\/2010\/06\/10\/how-to-build-a-great-company-facebook-page\/?mod=wsj_india_main\"> professional Facebook page.<\/a> It may be time for a refresh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If tweets actually chirped the global din would be as pervasive as vuvuzela horns at the World Cup. Twitter just announced there are 65 million tweets sent daily!\u00a0 In such a crowded field, I truly believe faithful practitioners of elegance and etiquette will be rewarded. 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