LinkedIn for Multifamily- A Viable Tool?

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I put this title in a question format for a very good reason. I want to know how you are using LinkedIn. I have been trying dearly to hold on and see if there would be anything that would wow me about the tool. Many times the keyword that comes to my [...]

Place Your Vote for the Multifamily Scholarship Program

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After receiving much feedback from the judges it was decided to take the judging to all of our multifamily professionals.  The comments on the Multifamily Scholarship Program post were so inspiring and passionate it has become very difficult to narrow it down.  They need your help to make a decision!  

Why Do You Love the Multifamily Industry?

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Since coming over to this industry a couple of years ago it has been amazing to me to see so many crazy passionate people who are absolutely love their jobs, the people and the industry as a whole.  We have some folks in our office who have years of experience in the apartment industry.  They [...]

The Training Factor’s Top Posts for 2010

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The Training Factor has had an amazing 2010.  We want to express our deepest of deepest thanks to all of our readers of this blog.  Your continued support has been breath taking.  As we wrap up 2010 I wanted to share with you some of the top posts by viewers for this year.
First of all, [...]

10 Reasons Why Multifamily Will Start Paying More Attention to Twitter in 2011

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From a couple of classes I have taught and from pure observation I have noticed many who were once skeptical about Twitter and its use in multifamily now embracing the platform bit by bit. There are still many one tweet wonders out there and there also ones who just quit after false expectations were not realized. The following 10 points are some reasons why I think there will be a continuing shift of opinion on the use of this tool.

Wrap up for Multifamily Brainstorming Conference 2010

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In order to really honor this amazing conference there are a couple of things that need to take place. First of all don’t let the education we received go to waste. Use it and implement it. From beginning to end a very clear demonstration took place of what collaboration and networking can do to inspire us to do better tomorrow. The second item that needs to happen, deals with next year. Start planning now to attend next year’s conference. Some of the first timers I met told me that their company had created a unique incentive program in order for them to attend. What a reward! Can you think of ways to send some of your team members or yourself next year?

Brainstorming- We are Multi “Family” Part II #mfbsconf

Quick post for this morning  just to point out some highlights of yesterday’s Brainstorming sessions.  The amount of ideas that were taken away were simply amazing.  I had the privilege once again to facilitate and had an absolute blast! Every group I had was so full of energy and enthusiasm.  One of the things I [...]

Brainstorming-We are Multi “Family”

I was reading a couple of articles this morning on social media failures and some possible reasons why this happens. This is really not a new topic since that are plenty of one hit wonder accounts out there.  This continues to be a head scratcher for me, but then the overall realization is that some [...]

Multifamily Mobile Marketing-A Guest Post by Sarah Greenough

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There are more than 2.4 billion mobile phone users; this number is growing every day!  About 30% of these mobile phone owners (more than 700 million and growing) have browsed the Internet through their mobile phones. This is why mobile marketing is predicted to become the next predominant media segment.  Local search is also an area [...]

Help Social Media Research in Multifamily Housing Industry

Over the past couple of months, many of us have been helping out Lana Maric with her MBA dossier.  She has been collecting statistics from multifamily professionals.  She is almost at the 100 mark which is what she needs.  Notice her comments below:
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I just wanted to update you all that we [...]

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