2012 Year In Review

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When Facebook decided that they could give me the top 20 items for the year, I realized that my Christmas card often serves as a collection but that didn't quite get done this year.   Can you tell that I love living in Maui!Our almost annual trip to California Wine Country in January.   Great … [Read more...]

How To Photograph Real Estate

Outdoor Pool Area, 2850 Kamaile, Wailuku

Aloha! I'm Kathy's husband, Peter. By day, I'm a social media consultant, but I'm also a professional photographer, and Kathy often asks me to shoot her listings. Real estate photography has been evolving in the age of digital. Many photographers still use large softboxes, reflectors, umbrellas, … [Read more...]

Evaluting Property Searches – Need your Feeback!

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I'm the geek girl at our Keller Williams office.   I recently was named our eEdge Ambassador where I volunteer my time to help other agents learn and adopt this great new technology.   eEdge is corporate-wide initiative that has won the Inman Innovator Award for 2011!  It is truly innovative in … [Read more...]

Why Do I Blog? Do You Blog?

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I just read this interesting article on blogging statistics.  I don't know how credible the data is but it is interesting.  So here is how I compare to the stats: I started my blog officially in February 2006.  This is when I left my job at Adobe Systems and was packing for my move to Maui.  … [Read more...]

Got A New Big Monitor!

Now I'll be more EFFICIENT! Maybe. :) Kathy Becklin kathybecklin.com sent from my iPhone … [Read more...]

TechTip: 3 Easy Steps to Email Peace

Gmail is favorite mail program

I often have friends complain about the number of emails they get. First use Gmail.  Escape the burden of Outlook.  The transition may be a little painful but it will be worth it in the end.  Don't worry about moving your old mail.  You can always keep it and refer back to it as needed.   I … [Read more...]

Great Listing Presentation

I follow TechSaavyAgent and they talked about a new tool for presentations called Prezi.com. An example he used was by Liz Landry who is another Keller Williams Agent. I recognized most of the diagrams as coming right out of the book SHIFT but the presentation is fun and great! Enjoy! Selling … [Read more...]

Teaching A “Social Media 101″ Workshop June 30

Back in February, Peter gave his first "Social Media 101" workshop with High Tech Maui, a program of the Maui Economic Development Board. Due to popular demand, this was followed up by in-depth workshops on Facebook, blogging and Twitter over the following months. We are now repeating the series, … [Read more...]

Welcome Twitter Friends!

E komo mai (welcome) and mahalo (thank you) for clicking the URL in my Twitter profile. My name is Kathy, and I am a Realtor™, technology and social media enthusiast, organic gardener, advocate of coral reef preservation and sustainable living, entrepreneur and avid Flybaby. In this blog, I … [Read more...]

New to Twitter? Join the Party!

Twitter is taking the world by storm in social media. I'm not "new" to Twitter but I keep learning. I keep asking -- what can I do wrong in 140 characters? The technology is easy...it's the social interaction that can be challenging! Today I listened to a webinar on Social Networking that made a … [Read more...]