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I can remember attending a couple of fairly worthless marketing/PR trade association meetings a few years ago where the only word spilling from everyone’s mouth seemed to be “blog.”  Businesses just had to get into the act.   “Everyone” was doing it!  Don’t ask “why.”  Just blog, dammit!  more

The news out of Washington D.C. (and San Diego, site of the 2009 MBA Annual Convention) is pretty dreadful these days.  To summarize… more

After commenting on a few deeper topics lately, I thought I’d get back to my bread-and-butter this week.  So my topic will only be as deep as the subject of marketing communications allows! more

The general economy and flailing markets of the past year or so have definitely taken their toll on the people of the title and mortgage industry.  You can hear it in the way they talk about business—those that are actually still doing business, that is. more

 

Today marks a solemn occasion in our history, and begging the indulgence of my small but hardy band of loyal followers (hi Mom!), I’m going to depart from my usual banter on marketing, PR and all things mortgage. more

 

 I see that quite a bit of the august population that comprises the title and mortgage industry is now LinkedIn, or present on Facebook.  We’ll leave Twitter-talk for another day.  So now that we’re all here….um, well, now what? more

 

I had the opportunity to make a…um, site visit this past weekend.  I decided I’d take along a couple of old college buddies associates for the occasion.  And while the most important lesson learned from the trip was most likely that I’m not quite 22 anymore, I was also reminded that Las Vegas is easily the best practical case study for marketing in the world.   more

 

Feeling a little philosophical today…

 

I’m going to be heading out to Las Vegas soon to catch up with a few of my oldest, dearest friends.  It’s been almost 15 years since we left the halls of THE Ohio State University to make our way in the world, and those 15 years have treated each of us very well.  It’s fair to say that each of the guys attending has had a successful career to date. more

Even though some feel the housing market may be “bottoming out” these days, decision-makers in the mortgage and title industries are still nervously watching the stream of regulatory ideas streaming out of our nation’s capital, which has become some combination of Frankenstein’s lab and crash course in understanding the mortgage industry in the first place. more

I must be starting to get it when it comes to writing on a quasi-deadline.  When challenged for time or ideas, make lists!   more