It’s time for another Broker interview on the Solid Earth blog. This time we’re talking with Jan Hooks from in Ft Walton Beach on the Northwest Florida coast. Jan is heavily involved in her Association holding a long list of
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Klout is Pointless, or Why Solid Earth is not at the top of the Clareity Survey
“Your Klout Score has dropped”. When that email lands in my Inbox I usually say something like “Klout is pointless. This doesn’t mean anything.” And then, guess what I do when the opposite happens? When there is that perky little
Back from Orlando with Spring and a Roadmap
As we all get back to town from the big NAR event in Orlando there is much to do. First we have to rest our feet from walking the 72 miles (+/-) from Rosen North to Rosen South, from the
T-Minus 10 Days and Counting
Eighteen months ago we promised our customers a viable replacement candidate for their LIST-IT systems. A new MLS they could start using this fall, to be released at the 2012 NAR Expo in Orlando. That is next week and we are eager to show everyone what we’ve accomplished.
Personality Profiles, or how Spring is like Batman!
As a rule, I tend towards Extroversion. But I work mostly with people prone to introversion. When I did a Myers-Briggs style exercise at Solid Earth I learned that everyone has some of each trait, like some people are left handed but still use their right hand for some things.
LIST-IT to Spring, a Technology Roadmap
We’re thrilled to be able to offer you your first glimpse of Spring and push the ball further down the field. We couldn’t do it without you.
Are You Your Company’s Steve Jobs? Let’s hope not!
I wrote a blog post a year ago posing the question, “Are you your company’s Steve Jobs?” Unless you are satisfied being a revered FORMER visionary and current dead guy, Steve’s not the best model for 2012.
Spring Equinox
Spring is the time when new life bursts from the Earth, when flowers bloom, birds sing, trees put out new leaves and shade the growing land. Spring is also the name of Solid Earth’s new MLS platform and it’s almost time for it to burst out too, onto the screens and tablets of our 45,000 subscribers across the country.
Is your MLS platform crowded?
I heard a short interview today with Dennis Crowley the co-founder and CEO of FourSquare, and made a mental note to listen for updates about their app. What I heard though, were two inspiring messages about technology and innovation.
Solid Earth Summit 2012: Charleston
Charleston feels like a second home to me and I’m a big fan. Fan enough to allow my two daughters to both come here to attend college. It’s also been Solid Earth’s second largest customer since about 2002, when one