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Right now you can sign up for all five 3 hour courses for October for the low cost of $499.00.  Plus for the next 5 people that sign up, you will get a signed copy of Gary Vaynerchuk's new book.  

If you're interested in learning about Google Adwords, Blogging, Online Video, Search Engine Optimization and Social Media then this is your chance to learn about them all.  For complete details and to signup click here http://www.reachd.com/october

 

Have you noticed the new videos at http://blog.reachd.com?

We did something pretty cool to our player over at Viddler.com.. We added our logo to everyone of our videos. Not only that but our logo on the player is also linked to our video blog. Viddler is really doing a lot of thing right!

Below are two quick videos. One is the most recent post on http://blog.reachd.com -- showing off our new player The second is Colin from Viddler, talking about the new brandable player feature.

Good Stuff from Viddler - Keep it up!

If not, I want to help! Perhaps you've attended our past training and would like a little extra help to go the next level.

Maybe you have not attended training, but you are curious about blogging, or video or Twitter.

If that is you, then lets get together and talking I'm blocking off my whole day on Friday August 22nd.

I will be at Ragin Bean Coffee Shop in Yaletown from 8am - 4pm and you can book one hour of my time. 

The 2pm slot is already booked, but if you'd like to grab one of the other hours available please let me know via email. My email address is rodney@reachd.com

What

Yahoo! announced this week that they are now including LinkedIn profile as part of their enhanced search results. Now Yahoo! has basically a feed of all the LinkedIn entries pumped into it's index. This ensures that they get the new data quickly. The enhanced search results also look a bit different on the search engine results page. Below is a snapshot of what my listing looks like on Yahoo!

The enhanced results also include a link to email so that you can easily share this specific result with a friend. This link to the email is not pictured in the example above. 

What does all this mean for you?

1. Social Media

Have you heard about the new search engine cuil.com (pronounced "cool") ? It is just getting started and not going to give google a run for the money right away, but it is worth watching. Check out the new search engine here http://www.cuil.com

   

So the Yahoo - Microsoft - Carl Ichan saga continues. If you'd like to stay up on the latest Tech Crunch has a nice blog post about the whole thing. 

I'm writing about Yahoo for a different reason. I was on the hunt for a nice video player since Vimeo started deleting some of our clients accounts because they were commercial. Check out the Yahoo! player. It is simple, clean, allows for the 16:9 videos (wide screen) and the video is higher quality.

For all the bumblings and wierdness with the Yahoo! deal it seems they are at least getting this right.

I've embedded a Yahoo! video below. If you are reading this

If you are selling your own unique products, then you need to check out Shopflix.

You create a video and post it just like YouTube, but your channel on their site actually becomes your store online. You can embed and share video in much the same way that you can on YouTube.

The site seems to be especially geared towards young trendy buyers and boutique sellers.

I've got three little kids at home so I snagged this video below from the site about Custom Fire Truck Wagons

1. It helps further build the relationship with your potential customers. Imagine someone walking in your store or calling you one the phone and before they even call you they feel like the know you. Business is done through relationships. Video on your website will help build relationships

2. Creating a Video is easier than spitting atoms. I'm not going to say posting a video is super easy, because for some of you it might be a challenge. But with tools like Youtube and with simple cameras like the Flip - You can do it!

3. Creating Video has never been more affordable. You probably already have the tools that you need to create video.

So everyone knows that Microsoft is after Yahoo! but what if Yahoo! makes it's own play and joins forces with Demand Media?

A recent Tech Crunch post reported that Demand Media and Yahoo! are talking. Demand Media and Yahoo! could make a lot of since for lots of reasons. One is that Richard Rosenblatt, knows how to get results with online ventures. He is the former CEO of MySpace and his company Demand Media owns an extremely large registrar, enom. 

Beyond Rosenblatt's expertise is Demand Media's focus on the socail space online. Social networking is something that Yahoo! is also committed to as they plan to bring a social

If you are in Vancouver, check out the Real Estate Tech Meetup and the Young Professionals Meetup tonight

Here are the Details

6:30 PM at Ceili's Irish Pub

Here's a bit about the presentation - "Scott Humphrey from Peak Performance will be at Ceilis Irish Pub to speak about mindset, focus and productivity. This interactive 50 minute empowering session is designed to provide you with strategies that you can use immediately to measurably enhance your professional and personal lives."

Read More Here - http://realestateagent.meetup.com/109/