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The Benefits of Cleaning out your Work Closet

The Benefits of Cleaning out your Work Closet?

This is me talking to myself. Okay, you can listen.

No I do not like Paperwork. 

My Realtor Work closet looks like a CITY or Country early this Closet Clean Out Morn!

Out with the old files, in with the space for the new.

This also means ScanSnap has a job to do!

Since clutter means something does not have a HOME...

OUT with the desk paperwork mess and IN with the long standing Clean Desk Policy.

I remember where I put stuff. This is gratifying.

I realize I did a pretty good job doing this same time last year because it is not as bad as I thought.

Tax receipt drawer is ready to straighten and file so Spring is spent on Southern Maryland Sales.

Okay, straighten up the last year of files and get the SUCCESS Spreadsheet and Quickbooks Record Keeping Accounts READY for 2012.

When this project is completed later today, Yippee Skippee I have definitely earned a good walk by the Southern Maryland Bay.

Okay, Riley Rover, I am heading back to work on the  clean out the closet project. Enough grumbling done.

You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services. 


 

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The New Beta 8i Mobile Integration with GMail ...Step by Step Instructions for you!

The New Beta 8i Mobile Integration with GMail ...Step by Step Instructions for you!

Okay, I am going to forget this plus it is going to take practice, practice, practice but here you go.

I am a beta tester for the 8i Top Producer new Mobile Product that integrates with GMail.

The bottom line is you can add contacts to 8i Top Producer from email or enter any new contact directly plus ultimately have the two databases remain in harmony. You can also add any email ,that you wish to attach to a contact record directly, from GMail to your 8i database.

This product enhancement will be released shortly so here are the Easy Sneak Preview steps.

Select the email from a new contact ...i.e. that is not in 8i. Open the email and to the right hit the drop down menu that lets you add it to contacts.

Then switch the screen in the top left corner from Mail to Contacts. Add any other info such as phone number or correct name to the saved email address in the new contact record.

Switch back to mail in the top left.

Select the email you want to save to 8i. Go to the top of the screen and select the drop down arrow that allows you to label the email Top Producer. Hit Apply.

Go to 8i in a new screen. Hit sync in the top of the screen if the entry was done under twenty minutes ago.

Go look up the contact. Eureka, it is there. Then go to the Activities tab and hit the complete drop down. Presto the email is also stashed there.

Just think, you can save emails with contracts attached. Or important docs.

And what is really cool is that you have your gmail contacts and 8i contacts sync and remain in harmony. YES!

You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAx 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services.

 

 

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

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Check out the new iPhone and iPad app called Smartr for a great Networking FUN Contact Realtor Tool!

Check out the new iPhone and iPad app called Smartr for a great Networking FUN Realtor Contact Tool!

I received an email yesterday that Xobni released a new free app called Smartr.

To say I did jumping jacks kind of sets the stage.

It was the one and only app I would search the iTunes store for consistently to discover if they would give me Xobni, which is Inbox spelled backwards, on my iPad and iPhone and in the Mac World.

Matter of fact, it was the one holdout on why I did not want to give up Outlook and move over to checking email on gmail at my desk. Yes, I tried Rapportive but Xobni gets my vote.

Well let me quit the somersaults and jumping jacks and explain what a cool tool this new SMartr app is for your Real Estate Business.

I have all my contacts on gmail. I am a beta tester for the Top Producer 8i Mobile Version so they  neatly coordinated all this as of last week. I was going to wait to test the upcoming Outlook 8i integration instead of the gmail integration but something made me reconsider. Anyway, for the past week I have been learning how to check email online, add contacts and email to gmail and PRESTO watch it all sync with the new upcoming 8i gmail integration  release. The whole process has gone off without a single solitary hitch. I will lead the round of applause big time for TP and Mobile 8i. 

Where Smartr comes in goes  like this. Smartr is a free FUN app that lets you bring in all your gmail, outlook, twitter, facebook and linked in contacts with a few buttons and set up changes. Large databases work. There are three tabs once you get past the scrolling photos of favorite peeps. One tab pulls every phone and every email from every source above, another  tab  shows all the emails between you and the contact listed below with a chart of the history of interaction. All joint contacts with this contact with this same wealth of info are also listed in a third tab. 

Tether free from your desk and able to grab contacts instantly works for me. This solves the dilemma of not having ALL your contacts accessible everywhere. I now have Outlook, GMail, Top Producer,Twitter, Facebook, Linked In folks anytime and anywhere for a quick email or call. Top Producer Mobile 8i remains my workhorse power tool database, but this as an add on via iTunes is allllll right !!

So I can maintain my database with action items and appointments coordinated on 8i just like I want to do. It is my work game plan.  But if I need to send a few Blogger pals an email this Morn to remind them of a 6pm screensharing Google Hangout test tonight, this email for contacts that are not entered yet in my database is a snap, crackle, pop. Hop aboard and down load Smartr for free for a cracking good contact add Realtor add on to your main stay Realtor Database. P. S. Stay tuned for some awesome new Top Producer 8i Mobile Outlook and GMail Integration releases.

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults

Xobni and Smartr now have an iPhone App! Zap that app on your iPAD FAST!

 

Xobni and Smartr now have an iPhone App! Zap that app on your iPAD FAST!

No wonder it has a five star rating already! You can get contact info, connections, history etc. on all your Peeps!

Go check out the video at http://vimeo.com/34531820 to get the SCOOP.

I cannot count the times I have missed Xobni while doing email on the go on my iPad.

Looks like it integrates with Gmail, too.

Guess which app will be my pick of the day to explore and implement?

Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services.

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults

Check out the Inman Next Website after the Inman New York Conference!

Check out the Inman Next Website after the New York Conference!

I watched the Inman Hashtags on Twitter and saw some cool Janie Coffey Instagram photos covering their New York Event last week so I got kind of curious and meandered over to the InmanNext website to see what was cooking.

I ended up doing lots of looking. There are gazoodles of interesting tech posts and industry tips. The bulk are free but there is a $50 membership fee for some of the articles marked Premium. 

I particularly enjoyed watching Dave Liniger receive his award. The  video on New Kids on the Block about start up top five products recognized by Inman was really extra neat.

Anyway, check out the Inman site. They have enough stuff to read and hear to keep you spinning with new Realtor ideas for hours.

Missed the Conference? Maybe, but not for long with all these great videos and posts!

You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services. 

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults

What I Realtor learned this week since I was busy NOT posting about it a PEEP!

What I Realtor learned this week since I was busy NOT posting about it a PEEP!

Okay, let me catch up and share what I learned.

Boy, a good Market Analysis takes a lot of focus and prep and research and TIME.

We earn our keep and what I know for sure is after studying, researching, and immersing myself in the numbers, some price just jeeps out at the very beginning, middle and end and that is the number to keep. 

The yearly Seller and Buyer Presentations take a week each year to review, tweak and post.

The year is off to a good Southern Maryland start. About half the agents in a crowded room raised their hands when asked if we have already had multiple contracts on listings to start off the year. Mine was up, too !

That catches you up on what has been up all week! Well, almost. Here is my cliff hanger.

Top Producer is letting me beta test their new upcoming gmail integration and suffice it to say I think it is really, really neat.

I knew I was up to a lot of Realtor projects and stuff to be SOoooooo quiet for a whole week! Catch my TWEETS when there are not many Peeps!

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults

Okay think Star Trek and Jettsons because Skype is here!

Okay, think Star Trek and Jettsons because Skype is here!

It's free, so what ya waiting for?

It only takes a little while to set up.

You can screen share and chat and text message and yickety yack. 

But promise not to take a photo while my hair do is undone if you want me to come back. Promise?

Just kidding...check it out. It is fun with relatives and friends and blogger buds to get your feet wet but the good part is when you need to have that conference call with clients or business associates you already have it loaded up and figured out.

You can even fire it up on your iPad to join in.

Next stop? The Google Hangout similar product. An Inquiring Realtor's job is never done!

Fernando, Wednesday night is confirmed. Margaret, Gita, Cindy ...ready for another screen sharing practice test run at 6PM Wednesday night? See you on Skype!

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults

After the Realtor day ends, the Realtor day Fun begins again!

After the Realtor day ends, the Realtor day Fun begins again!

What I mean by that is late night when the lights are sort of out, well not totally because...

It is iPad practice time. Which means there is one bright light in the darkened room!

Yes, I like to read ZITE and Flipboard and follow the Private Facebook Tech Groups and tweet a little but if the truth be known, that is when I am listening to news or politics and have my nose in the iPad taking one app a night figuring out how to use it right. And if it takes more than one night, that is all right, too.

So what is on schedule for the next few nights? I read the Docusign post with the iPad video and have to check out Trip it and iBooks and iAnnotate to see how these apps are making a Realtor's job that much brighter during the daylight hours! I already have each one downloaded from the assorted favorites lists I have read so now it's time to figure them each out so I can use them while out and about!

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults

Blog Catch Up Day Indicates the Kind of Realtor Week it has Been!

Blog Catch Up Day Indicates the Kind of Realtor Week it has Been!

Well, when you get to the end of the week and the goal each day is write a daily post or two about what you have learned plus reblog a post or two a day when someone posts a Realtor topic better than you could say it or like they swiped  the words right out of your mouth and you find out your blog count is not right, it means....

Everybody else did better thinking, writing, saying and explaining this week because my reblogs tallied up fine but my posts came up short. Yikes, looks like I have got some s'plaining to do about what I learned, experienced, and focused on this Realtor week! My posts usually, well usually, come up perfectly even with my reblogs at the end of each week! Hmmm, my new 2012 Listing Buyer Presentations and Docusign training must have knocked me off balance the past seven days!

Okay, let me fire off a few posts of inspiration!

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults

We call my Mom "Weather Bureau" plus I have a friend called "Weather Bureau2!"

We call my Mom "Weather Bureau!"

Let me tell you, it is a well deserved title.

She studies it, inhales it, disseminates it, and immerses herself in the Southern Maryland Weather.

So much so that I never pay much attention to apps or websites or the TV or radio, I just check in with Mom.

And if that is not enough, I have a friend who does the same thing. 

I call her Weather Bureau 2. I am quick with a tongue to remind her, when Weather Bureau1 is in Florida over the Winter , that she has a job to do.

And if the first flake falls without a call, I can get good and mouthy about who is asleep on the job. Chuckle.

Oh well, bright and early, Weather Bureau1 has already reported in and Weather Bureau2 is probably standing by the phone.

And if it was any other way, after all these years, I would have quite a bit to say. My two Weather Reports start with " Hi, Honey" and lots of giggles, groans and laughter.

I did browse around and find the cool Accuweather.com site, but SSHhhhhhh, I like things just the way they are. Mind your beeswax please. rINg, rINg!

You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services. Visit www.GoldenResults.com.

 

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You'll "Retrieve Golden Results" with my No Bones About It FREE and EASY Real Estate Tools!

Sign up for your Doggone Special Custom Real Estate Reports OR Custom Neighborhood Reports  

www.GoldenResults.net ORCall Direct 301-855-2010 OR Main 301-855-8600 X 2010

 
OR Visit my Digital Business Card at www.Follr.me/GoldenResults
 

When you've found Golden Results, go ahead and "Cher" (Share) your Golden (SOLD) Results

Or Visit my "Golden Results" Social Networking Sites

RSS Feed http://twitter.com/GoldenResults http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23151495&trk=tab_pro http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/goldenresults/reviews/ http://www.facebook.com/goldenresults http://delicious.com/goldenresults http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenresults http://www.google.com/profiles/RetrieveGoldenResults