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Friday, October 9, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
How is a Facebook Profile different from a Page or Group?
Facebook Profiles are for personal use and are where you get “friends.” Friends can be colleagues or relatives, as well as past classmates or neighbors. For example: Mo Anderson has a Facebook Profile.
Facebook Pages are for your business and are for a long-term relationships with your customers. With a Page, anyone can opt in to be your ‘fan.’ Keller Williams Realty has a Facebook Page.
Facebook Groups are a great way to participate in discussions centered around a shared interest or activity. Most often Groups are created by experts or fans of a brand or subject, or even just for fun. For example: Keller Williams Realty is the largest real estate company of Facebook is a group.
Facebook Pages are for your business and are for a long-term relationships with your customers. With a Page, anyone can opt in to be your ‘fan.’ Keller Williams Realty has a Facebook Page.
Facebook Groups are a great way to participate in discussions centered around a shared interest or activity. Most often Groups are created by experts or fans of a brand or subject, or even just for fun. For example: Keller Williams Realty is the largest real estate company of Facebook is a group.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Media spotlights Chattanooga market center’s compassionate charge
In the business of helping to make dreams of home ownership come true, the Chattanooga-East Brainerd market center expanded that mission last year to include helping a terminally ill child to have a dream come true. Working through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, associates decided to grant a full wish for a child, says Robben Mathews, team leader.
Collectively they raised funds for Nash Norris, who has been afflicted with a terminal form of spinal cancer, to visit Disney World and Sea World with his family. The under-water themed sendoff party that they held for Nash and his family tugged at the heartstrings of associates and catapulted the market center into the media spotlight. Read More.
Collectively they raised funds for Nash Norris, who has been afflicted with a terminal form of spinal cancer, to visit Disney World and Sea World with his family. The under-water themed sendoff party that they held for Nash and his family tugged at the heartstrings of associates and catapulted the market center into the media spotlight. Read More.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Top 10 Cities to Earn a Living
The best cities to earn a living are those that have plenty of companies doing business in high-paying, growth industries.
Combine that with a high-quality business environment, job growth, and a low cost of living and you get a select-few locations where the pay check is generous and the cost of necessities like food and housing is modest.
Here are the top 10 cities where Forbes magazine says this is the economic reality now and the conditions are likely to get even better as health care, technology, and energy draw more employees into their ranks:
1. Dallas
2. Houston
3. Minneapolis
4. Austin, Texas
5. Washington, D.C.
6. St. Louis
7. Seattle
8. Atlanta
9. Kansas City, Mo.
10. Denver
Source: Forbes, Francesca Levy (09/03/2009)
Combine that with a high-quality business environment, job growth, and a low cost of living and you get a select-few locations where the pay check is generous and the cost of necessities like food and housing is modest.
Here are the top 10 cities where Forbes magazine says this is the economic reality now and the conditions are likely to get even better as health care, technology, and energy draw more employees into their ranks:
1. Dallas
2. Houston
3. Minneapolis
4. Austin, Texas
5. Washington, D.C.
6. St. Louis
7. Seattle
8. Atlanta
9. Kansas City, Mo.
10. Denver
Source: Forbes, Francesca Levy (09/03/2009)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
EVEN JOB GROWTH BIGGER IN TEXAS
Six Texas counties have made CNNMoney.com's list of the nation's top 25 best counties for job growth from 2000 to 2008. At number two, Rockwall County led Texas with 84.9 percent job growth for the eight-year period.
2. Rockwall at 84.9%
6. Fort Bend at 61.3%
14. Williamson at 53.2%
15. Collin at 52.7%
22. Hidalgo at 50.6%
24. Webb at 49.2%
Arizona's Pinal County posted the nation's highest job growth rate at 95.9 percent.
2. Rockwall at 84.9%
6. Fort Bend at 61.3%
14. Williamson at 53.2%
15. Collin at 52.7%
22. Hidalgo at 50.6%
24. Webb at 49.2%
Arizona's Pinal County posted the nation's highest job growth rate at 95.9 percent.
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