Governor Jan Brewer has announced that Judy Lowe has been appointed the Director of the Arizona Department of Real Estate!! Tucson’s own now serves the entire state in her lifetime passion of real estate. How lucky are we??!!

The press release quoted Governor Brewer as saying: “Ms. Lowe has enjoyed an extensive career in the field of real estate that will serve the people of Arizona well”. The release continued to say that she is an “established industry leader” who was licensed as a Realtor in 1980, a broker since 1986. Judy has held many positions and served on many committees.

We are sure that all of her experiences will indeed serve our real estate industry well. Good luck Judy and many congratulations!!

We had the wonderful opportunity to meet Dan Pink and watch him in action at the National Association of Realtors Convention. Now, we are very excited to see him hitting it big with Oprah!! Check out his Oprah interview. Check out this article, Why right-brainers will rule this century, and then go buy his book “A Whole New Mind”. You will be glad you did!

You’ll be amazed at Dan’s analysis of how the world is changing and what you need to do if you expect to stay in the game. Most of us were raised in an era that praised the left brain analyticals who became doctors and engineers. Dan will explain why the current state of the world and its rapid fire progression is poised to reward the right brain creative thinkers. The book is full of insights and was heralded as a “miracle, completely original and profound” by Tom Peters the author of In Search of Excellence. It is indeed one of the most insightful business books you can read today.

Dan Pink is the bestselling author of Free Agent Nation. His articles on work, business and technology appear in many publications including the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, Fast Company & Wired.

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At last a quick, concise, easy way to learn the technology necessary to take your business to the next level. This CD-Rom contains over 2 1/2 hours of information that will help you learn how to shoot, edit and post YouTube videos, how to create a blog for FREE and create posts and manage your account. You’ll also learn about social media and how to get started with sites like Facebook.

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Bill Tancer’s Click is a welcome journey into cyberspace. Subtitled, “What Million of People Do Online and Why It Matters” will open your eyes to the world of the internet.

What’s most amazing about Click is the statistical validity that Tancer has included in the book. Remember the old process of counting how many hits your website or page gets as a measure of its effectiveness? Bill Tancer is not a “hit” analyzer he is a clickstream analyzer. Today’s technology allows people like Tancer to dig much deeper than page hits. He looks at the stream of clicks. In other words where were they before they clicked on your site and where did they go afterwards? Now that’s powerful marketing information. I sort of looked at this book as the insider’s expose of what is being tracked, why its being tracked and what is being done with information gained by our increased use of the internet. Bill is the inside man to tell the story. Once you have read this you will never look at your website or blog the same way.

Bill Tancer is the general manager of Global Research at the online competitive intelligence firm Hitwise, an Experian Company. He has access to extensive data regarding internet usage and the tools with which to properly analyze it.

Len Elder & Theresa Barnabei of Course Creators were recently interviewed by Inside Tucson Business regarding the power of Technology in Real Estate. Also quoted are CEO Rosey Koberlein of Long Realty and Michael Oliver with Tierra Antigua. The message – “Don’t get left behind as a real estate agent with new Technology” READ THE FULL ARTICLE!

That’s people . . . Networking. Talking. Sharing. Giving. Receiving. Having fun. Socializing. Working.

There you have it – the reason why social media is so big and powerful. And, the reason why we can spend so much time on our favorite site!

We hear from so many of you that we have created social media monsters out of you. We say we just unleashed the social monster in you. You know, the part of you that wants to be in the know, that wants to be in touch, that wants to share good stuff, that wants to grow into the tech future we call today!

And at the same time, we get to hear your awesome success stories of connecting with folks from yesteryear, reuniting with ‘long losts’, striking up business relationships, being taken back in time.

And . .

So lighten up and have fun! Even if you think you ‘should be working’. You are! Because people will do more business with people they know and like. Get to know and like a whole lot of people. Get a whole lot of people to know and like you. And what a better way to do so – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Naymz, MySpace ………….

If you need help, Course Creators is here for you!

Ed Hawley says: “Course Creators have the best courses. They know how to keep you involved and present information in a usuable format that is easy to digest, but useful to remember.

Piccola Dowling says, “I’m getting so addicted to anything that Theresa and Len create in Course Creators. I dont’ want to miss anything you do. You two sure put your hearts into everything you do and bring a lot of passion to everything you do.”

Kelli Roth says, “This class was invaluable. Thank You! These instructors take the intimidation away from the unknown.”

Lynn Warren says, “Love. Love. Loved….the new Facebiz class. I feel really special that I got to take the flagship course. I learned so much my head is still spinning.”

D. Castaneda says, “What a GREAT class Course Creators put on today! It’s a class that teaches you how to use Facebook for your business.

Tim Dugan says, “Facebiz will open many new doors!”

Rachel Bregante says, “This was one of the best classes I have ever attended, if not THE best. I’m excited to get started.”

Jennifer Moore says, “AWESOME! I have been dying to come and it exceeded my expectations. The implications for my real estate business, my side business and my husband’s business are mind boggling.”

Jan Wilson says, “Best new real estate class in decades. A must do for all REALTORS.”

Sally Marchalonis Perry says, “I’m still trying to absorb everything you talked about in the class on Monday. I found so much of it fascinating and having been telling people how amazed I am by all of the new technology. Thanks for all of the work you do on the courses; I have learned many things from you over the past few years!”

If you have not started a facebook account. You should. There are lots of applications both personal and business. Over the past few weeks we have helped several get Facebook accounts up and running. It’s easy. Go to Facebook.com, all you will need is your e-mail address and the creation of a password. The account is FREE. Once you are there here are the top 10 things you should do once you have an account open.

1. Add your photo. Click on the photo button and pull any picture of yourself that you want to use that is currently loaded on your computer.

2. Write your profile. You do this by clicking on the edit profile tab directly under your picture and you can type in a short description about who you are and what you do.

3. Fill in the “what you are doing” post directly to the left of your picture. I think it is once of the most important features on Facebook. This is the information which will automatically appear on your friend’s screens when they review their friends tab.

4. Fill out your personal profile. It particularly helps to fill out your education and graduation years (that will help you find friends later) Fill out your work and personal sections as well.

5. Find as many friends as you can. You can find friends in a bunch of different ways. Start by clicking on the friends tab in the blue Facebook bar above your photo. You can then look up people from your graudating classes. You search for the people in your e-mail database. You can look up people by name. When you find a friend click on them and then click on the tab that asks you to add them as a friend.

6. Respond to your friend confirmations. People have to confirm you as a friend before you can get access to their full accounts People also begin to add you as a friend and you will receive emails regarding them adding you as a friend. Be prompt about confirming them.

7. Make frequent posts to your own wall. Your “wall” is the section in the middle of your Facebook account where the running dialogue appears with your friends. You can get as creative as you would like. There are buttons there in order to allow you to insert a photo or a short video if you have one on your computer. More about videos in a later post on this website.

8. Write on other people’s “walls” you can do this by clicking on your friends accounts.

9. When new friends get added to your account you have the ability to see their friends. You should review these lists continually looking for people that you want to know or do know. Click on them and invite them as friends.

10. Check out groups. At the very bottom of your profile page is an icon of two people in blue and black. Click on it. You can check for groups you would like to join. You can see groups joined by your friends.

More important than anything have fun. We will be working the next couple of weeks on the business applications of Facebook so stay tuned. Please feel free to comment on what I have provided and offer your own ideas and suggestions to help others stay connected.

Does a Tweet Have Merit?

Okay, so Twitter allows me to run a virtual stream of messages and have real time exchanges with the people that I have added into my Twitter account.

Sometimes the strings are tough to decipher because the people I am following are also following and responding to different streams of conversation that I have. The content posted is limited to short text messages devoid of graphics, photos and videos. Most of the people in my account have abbreviated names so that it’s difficult to tell who they really are without further investigation.

So here at Course Creators we are always interested in the practical application of technology to growing a business. Can anyone clearly delineate how you are using Twitter for business applications or business building techniques.

What is the benefit beyond a social chatroom?