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Financial Life Affirming Moment
At MORE Magazine Reinvention Convention

Oct. 13, 2007
Categorized in: News
Jean Chatsky is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, as well as the financial editor for NBC's Today show and host of a radio show. She is the author of four books, includ... [Read More]

Sellsius Honors Top 12 Women Bloggers

Oct. 12, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Sellsius Blog published its annual Top 12 Women Bloggers award for 2007 ... and I am honored to be on their list. Joseph Ferrara and Rudy Bacharaty have established themselves as a benchmark... [Read More]

Writing a Blog Press Release

Oct. 12, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Tagged with: press release
We have lots of news to share at RealTown blogs ... multi-author functions, huge advances in search engine optimization, and more!! It's time to start a blog if you do not have one, rein... [Read More]

The Language of Love -- Fathers and Daughters

Sep. 30, 2007
Categorized in: Personal Musings
Starred by: 1 Member
I spend a lot of time working with words. Last week RealTown had a particularly good article about the power of words and communication, by real estate coach Joeann Fossland. I love words. I... [Read More]

Calling All Buckeye Bloggers! Who's Coming to the e-PRO Workshop?

Sep. 23, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Starred by: 1 Member
I am heading to Columbus, OH, this week to do an Advanced, 2 1/2-hour e-PRO Workshop on Thursday. We are going to be talking about RealTown, Blogging, Web 2.0, and what that means to you!! I am anx... [Read More]

ENCORE: FREE Blogging Teleconference;
Repeat Performance Next Week!

Sep. 20, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Tagged with: epro, joeann fossland
Starred by: 1 Member
This is NOT a pretty sight. The woman is a Tech Guru, after all!! Senior GRI Tech Instructor in Arizona, and a Certified e-PRO Trainer, no less! So what happens when Joeann Fossland, Queen of Calm, h... [Read More]

'American Rock & Roll Countdown ...'
And Then It's Time for 'Real Chatter' on AM Radio

Sep. 16, 2007
Categorized in: News
There's a new AM real estate radio talk show that debuts today. "Real Chatter" is available in select AM markets and ALSO on Internet radio at Toginet. The first show airs today 6 PM EST, 5 PM CST, 4... [Read More]

Award Winning Bloggers Tell All
In FREE Teleconference

Sep. 13, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Starred by: 1 Member
Joeann Fossland is hosting a FREE Blogging Teleconference, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Blogging," on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007 at 12 noon EST, 11 CDT, 10 MDT, and 9 PST and AZ. This is y... [Read More]

e-PRO Is A Bread-and-Butter Certification;
Serve It Up with Cactus Jelly!

Aug. 28, 2007
Categorized in: News
Tagged with: epro, joeann fossland
Starred by: 1 Member
Certified e-PRO Trainer Joeann Fossland published her newsletter today with a very neat bonus for new e-PRO signups this week: A FREE Jar of Homemade Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly!!! It appears that the P... [Read More]

Newest RealTown Blog Apprentice Debuts
With Video Bells and Whistles

Aug. 27, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Tagged with: joeann fossland, lily
Look who's the newest, littlest Blogger on RealTown!!! And she enters the Blogosphere with her very own video, appearing on YouTube and FaceBook!! Hint #1: Her Grandma is one of the Top Ten Women R... [Read More]

Beware of Tucson Killer Cactus

Aug. 25, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Tagged with: arizona, tuscon
Tucson is a wonderful place ... my husband and I are almost finished with our pre-licensing education and we should have our testing complete and licenses in hand the first week of September. From a r... [Read More]

Tucson WCR Leaders Past, Present, Future
Celebrate The Age of Aquarius

Aug. 17, 2007
Categorized in: Real Estate
Tagged with: arizona, flagstaff, sedona, tucson, wcr
Starred by: 1 Member
Women's Council of REALTORS of Tucson leaders stop in Sedona (AZ) following the Arizona WCR State Summer conference in Flagstaff. (Shown left to right) Nancy Campbell (president-elect), MonaLee Dvalmi... [Read More]

Arizona Summer WCR Hoedown in Flagstaff;
Glitter and Gold in the Arizona High Country

Aug. 15, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Tagged with: arizona, flagstaff, wcr
Arizona WCR members are meeting in Flagstaff for the group's annual summer event ... there was a full day of business meetings yesterday and a three-hour course on ethics ... today there are education... [Read More]

RealTown's Newest Sexegenarian!

Aug. 9, 2007
Categorized in: Community
Tagged with: mike barnett
RealTown Chief Technology Officer turns 60 today!!! Happy Birthday, Mike! How's life as a SEXegenarian?... [Read More]

Connecting in San Francisco
Internet Crusaders Were HOT!

Aug. 6, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
RealTown's legendary Internet Crusaders commisserate with Certified e-PRO Trainer and speaker Doug Devitre (second from left) of Saint Louis, MO. Saul Klein's (shown at left) "The Future of the M... [Read More]

Mary Pope Handy Is National Blogger Champion;
Wins Kudos in Project Blogger Competition

Aug. 3, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Mary Pope-Handy is the grand prize winner of the Inman News/ActiveRain Project Blogger competition. Mary competed for 14 weeks with other bloggers around the country for a $5,000 purse for a chari... [Read More]

Inman Blogger Connect Conference Kicks Off

Aug. 1, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Tagged with: bloggerconnectsf, connectsf
The Inman Blogger Connect Conference kicked off last night at the Thirsty Bear in San Francisco. Some of our favorite bloggers were there. THREE SEXIEST MEN IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY -- Bloggers wi... [Read More]

Project Blogger Winds Down;
Inman Blogger Connect Conference 2 Weeks Away!

Jul. 12, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
As Project Blogger winds down and apprentices are biting their nails to the quick, I commend the apprentices for their engagment in the project ... it has been a contest of one blogger versus another... [Read More]

Relocation Adventures and MISadventures
Moving from Bethlehem to Tucson ... Whew!!!

Jul. 12, 2007
Tagged with: relocation
I have just settled into new digs in Tucson, AZ, after spending the last 22 years in eastern PA. The adventures and misadventures of a couple of Pennsylvania empty nesters is a long, hard tale ... thi... [Read More]

John Reilly Receives REEA President's Award;
Steps Out In St. Louis

Jun. 11, 2007
Categorized in: Blogs
Tagged with: john reilly
RealTown's own John Reilly, DREI is in St Louis at the annual conference of the Real Estate Educators Assn. John is a former president of the association and wears the coveted "Distinguished Real... [Read More]
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