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Thanks to Joe at Sellsius, we got one of the MeMe baton’s – what’s a MeMe you ask?...great question…so we checked out Wikipedia for a little background and intellectual insight – way too technical for our liking, so we posed the question to Google next – far too many results to pour over (and I won’t even mention one of them that we found on YouTube…we’ll let you Google for that one LOL)…So who did we turn to for a simple explanation, someone with their finger on the pulse of internet marketing – that’s right, Mr. Chris Garrett – aka @chrisgarrett for those of you that love Twitter – the self-confessed web geek. Low and behold, Chris has been Meme’d a few times. Thankfully he’d written a blog post entitled “What is a Blog Meme” that broke it all down into digestible pieces. Armed with far more Meme knowledge than we had at the outset and inspired by the words of the many that had been Meme’d before us, here are 6 things that you may not know about Gia and Grant that might bring a smile to your face and which we would have gladly divulged, and will most likely spill a few more, if you buy the drinks at our next meet up:
1. GiaGrant Gia snores (you can have number 2 dear) – not loudly of course, it’s much more of a melodic rhythmical breathing exercise performed continuously between 10:00pm and 6:00am. It’s completely understandable of course as Gia works incredibly hard all day wearing multiple hats – Community Manager at RealSeekr.com, Real Estate Broker with GoListing.com, mother, wife, chef etc – as for Grant – well I’m an insomniac – so no, I don’t snore as I’m never in bed long enough to hear about it the following day.
2. Grant is a Sports Nut and if he had his way would have auditioned for either Sky Sports News in the UK or ESPN as an Announcer. In no particular order, here are some of Grant’s favorite teams – all of which he has outfits for when he’s rooting them all on LOL – Liverpool (English Soccer), NY Mets (MLB), San Diego Chargers (NFL), Europe in the Ryder Cup (Golf), England (Soccer). Personally, I think Grant’s language is a little too colorful for mainstream TV – but that’s because he’s so passionate LOL
3. If Gia could have her choice of vocations she’d have her own Cooking Show – on TV, Radio and the Internet, as well as a few hundred self-authored Recipe Books. Move out of the way Emerill, Rachael, Ramsay, Prudhomme…and you too Jamie…Gia will knock your socks off with what she can conjure up in the kitchen…as well as being The Principessa di Proprieta…Gia is the Queen of Paella.
4. Grant loves Books, Crosswords, Board Games, Movies, Re-Runs of West Wing, Dramas and Musicals – he does the New York Times Crossword every day (in Ink – doesn’t that make you mad that some people just don’t need a pencil) and his favorite authors are Martin Gilbert, Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, Milan Kundera and Umberto Eco (to name just a few – I had to look at his bookcases to reveal that one).
5. Gia has a large Italian family – now when I say large, I’m talking thousands! The next party we have I’ve decided that they’re all getting nametags (first and last names) – I didn’t know she had so many cousins and uncles called “Joe” (and variations too). They also need to bring their own bottles of Red Wine and leave our Barolo alone LOL
6. Grant loves to travel – before we met, Grant had probably filled up a couple of passports with the various stamps from the countries he’s visited – his favorite places that he’s been to are Israel, Italy, Spain, Jamaica. On his wish list of places to see before he hangs up his backpack are: India, Argentina, Cost Rica, Japan and the French Polynesian Islands.
Oh…and his lucky number is 7!
Now that we’ve had a little fun (thank you again Joe), we’d like to say “Tag, You’re It” to:
- Daniel Rothamel who has raised the consciousness about the Zebra throughout the nation
- Matt Wilkins - @mattwilkins on Twitter – amazing how many cool people live in VA
Lani at AgentGenius.com asked us a couple of months ago to see if we could build in a Bulk Photo Uploader so that when you are enhancing your listings on RealSeekr.com it will drag and multiple photos instead of one at a time. So that's what we've done - thank you Lani for being instrumental in building in a great new feature - all premium members can now enhance property listings with unlimited photos using the new multiple mage uploader - give it a spin and let us know what you think. Now why doesn't Realtor.com offer that?!
One of the features that many of you have asked for is a
monthly premium subscription to complement our annual premium membership
service. Given the slow economy and the need to closely manage and monitor
those marketing expenses on a monthly basis it’s a great idea, and a super way
to take the premium service for a test drive and check out the array of premium
member benefits and additional functionality that RealSeekr.com offers.
The monthly premium subscription costs $24.95/month – less
than the cost of 2 stamps a day for a tremendous amount of marketing tools and
functionality. If you already have a FREE basic membership, simply Upgrade
your basic account to our Premium level.
With the Premium Membership Package, you can enhance your
listings with additional descriptions, keywords, videos, unlimited photos,
audio tours and more. Enjoy preferred property search rankings, premium
advertising features that will improve your exposure and a whole lot more! All
listings are fully optimized, generating valuable site traffic. That’s right, we’re
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One of the great features we have on RealSeekr is the ability to enhance property listings with Video, Podcasts and Unlimited Photos to make your real estate listing really stand out. Our friends at RealEstateShows.com have a wonderful product for taking listing photographs and generating a wonderful RealEstateShow, and it's super easy to add your Shows to RealSeekr by simply adding your Video ID# when you enhance your listings. If you're not already a subscriber to RealEstateShows.com - simply click or copy and paste the following link into your browser to get signed up - it comes with a risk free 14-day free trial!
We are delighted to announce Education.com as a RealSeekr.com Partner. You can now search for property listings and simultaneously learn about nearby schools, student/teacher ratios, enrollment numbers and direct contact information on elementary, middle and high schools throughout the country. Schools data is an integral part of the home buying experience and we are very excited to be able to bring both the property and educational search experience together in one location.
We have a number of new features on the way at RealSeekr, so to whet
your appetites, here's one of them that we've been really looking
forward to: Video Profiles - a great way to engage, interact and demonstrate personality and experience.
As Agents and Brokers, all of us are looking for creative ways to
enhance our listings, for example, and the choices are plentiful - RealEstateShows.com,
MLBroadcast.com, TurnHere, Wellcome Mat etc to name just a few.
Engaging and creating a compelling experience are vital nowadays. A
listing with multiple photos is great, however it's also just a
snapshot in time, whereas a property listing with video tells us so
much more about the home and makes for a wonderfully compelling
experience.
We view profiles in much the same way which is why we're so excited about this new feature on RealSeekr.
Profile photos and Bios only tell us so much about you, whereas a 30-60
second video profile really does engage and establish a connection as
well as making for compelling viewing and promoting further interaction
. A simple WebCam and the ability to easily upload videos into YouTube
makes the process quick, easy and affordable - 3 essential ingredients,
especially in these challenging times when we're all looking to stretch
our marketing dollars as far as possible.
How it works:
So, want to add a video profile? No problem. Upload your video to YouTube™,
once completed, copy and paste your video's URL (located in the address
bar of your browser) in to the video link box provided when you edit
your profile in "My Seekr".
There's a box that you'll find when you edit your profile. Just
scroll down to your photo area and share your personality and
experience with Video. It's that easy!
Some great ideas to talk about on your video profile could include:
Or perhaps other Social Networking sites that you belong to.
You could also start video blogging using exactly the same steps
as described. In fact, why not enter the contest that Nicole and Reggie
at MyTechOpinion are running - they have some awesome prizes being given away.
We all have personality. It tells people who we are! This summer, Team Real Seekr will be rummaging through the many social media networks on the web to locate and spotlight those individuals whose personalities we think are “Keeping It Real”
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