Noteworthy people & happenings across the Zolve network

The Zolve Team Welcomes Dean Hanewinckel of the Law Offices of Dean Hanewinckel, P.A. to the Coachs Corner Forum

The Zolve Team — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:55:00 GMT

We are excited to welcome Dean Hanewinckel to ZOLVE.

Dean Hanewinckel has practiced as an attorney in Florida since 1984. He currently represents and counsels clients in the areas of estate planning, real estate law and corporate and business law. In addition to maintaining his law practice, he authors two ezines on estate planning and real estate law issues.

Dean was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned his bachelor of science in business administration in 1981 and his juris doctorate in 1984, both from the University of Florida. He is a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, the Charlotte County and Sarasota County Bar Associations and was a past member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

He has recently completed his first book, The Official Snowbird's Guide to Becoming a Florida Resident, which is scheduled for publication this fall. Dean currently lives in Southwest Florida with his wife and four children.

For more information: http://www.dean-law.com/

Free Tele-Seminar Today at 3:00 PM EST with Rich Levin

The Zolve Team — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:37:00 GMT

Don't miss your chance to call in to this free tele-seminar with Rich Levin.

RISE ABOVE A SOFT MARKET WITH CONFIDENCE

Thursday, August 7 at 3:00 PM EST

Third in the series: Taking Control of Your Business in a Soft Market.

What gets measured gets done. Confidence rises out of knowledge and experience. Rich’s system for managing your results makes these truisms a part of your business and a part of your life. This is free to Real Estate Agents.

Simply call: 1-605-475-6000 then enter 317175# when prompted for a pin number.

Also, see Rich Levin in the ZOLVE Coach's Corner!

Enjoy!

The ZOLVE Team

Are you the expert your client deserves?

The Zolve Team — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:19:00 GMT

Client to Real Estate Professional:

You are the expert and the "tool" I am hiring when I chose you as my representative. I expect you to have all the answers to all of my questions. I expect you to apply common sense, high ethics and professional skills learned from your vast experience to benefit me in this transaction. I'm depending on you to market my property in the climate of any market to achieve my desired results.

Will you return my calls and emails promptly? Will you place my listing online for free? Are you capable of recognizing when your experience is lacking and will you be truthful with me? Do you have a powerful circle of contacts? Do you have a mentor who will assist when you don't have a solution for a challenge?

Why should I hire you?

Real Estate Professional to Client:

ZOLVE is why you should hire me!

ZOLVE is your answer to all of these questions! ZOLVE is your Tool!!

At ZOLVE, we are building the most dynamic Sphere of Influence for Real Estate Professionals online today. Thanks to our unique and powerful features, ZOLVE is attracting the best and brightest in the real estate industry. We are constantly developing and adding more elements to ZOLVE to positively impact the scope of your potential.

Are you ready?

We want to hear from you!

Potential clients are looking for you!

Your colleagues want to know your thoughts!

Our Coaches want to help you guide your business to success!

ZOLVE's goal is to enhance your ability to learn, network and grow your business!

Are you taking advantage of all that ZOLVE has to offer to help you grow you business?

ZOLVE IS READY!

The Zolve Team Welcomes PeggyAnn McConnochie of ACH Consulting to the Coach's Corner Forum

The Zolve Team — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:56:00 GMT

We are excited to welcome PeggyAnn McConnochie to Zolve. PeggyAnn McConnochie became a REALTOR® in 1982 as residential agent. After becoming the area’s top REALTOR® and getting her Broker’s license, she purchased the brokerage for which she worked in 1986. She grew the company into an even more successful full service residential, property management, and commercial firm. In 1996, PeggyAnn was asked to develop and teach the various required education classes in Alaska. As her career as an educator and real estate coach grew, she sold the residential and property management portions of the business and started to teach in the Lower 48 as well as overseas (PeggyAnn will be going to Vietnam in August on behalf of IRPF – International Real Property Foundation).

PeggyAnn adds a unique practical perspective to her courses and her coaching where she also works with many owners of brokerage companies helping them teach their agents the ABCs of becoming successful. For more information on her seminars go to: http://achconsulting.com/general_education_and_seminar_offerings.htm. For information on coaching go to: http://achconsulting.com/new_page_10.htm.

She is very active with the National Association of REALTORS® having served as its Vice President and Liaison to Committees in 2002 and 2007. PeggyAnn McConnochie and her husband have lived in Juneau, Alaska since 1980.

The Zolve Team Welcomes Rich Levin of Rich Levins Success Corps Inc to The Coachs Corner Forum

The Zolve Team — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:14:00 GMT

We are excited to welcome Rich Levin of Rich Levin's Success Corps Inc to Zolve. Rich started his 30-year career as a real estate Agent, broker owner, and manager. For more than half that time he has been a nationally-recognized and award-winning coach, trainer and speaker specializing in raising Agent production. His speaking events have taken him over 1 million miles and through 35 states, from small companies like Country Living Associates in CT to National Association of Realtors (NAR) Convention and Triple Play. His programs consistently draw large audiences and recently attained a 100% excellence rating from Coldwell Banker Burnet Minneapolis. He conducts free bi-weekly educational tele-seminars for all Real Estate Agents and is a regular contributor to various Real Estate publications such as BAN, RIS Media, Real Town, and Frog Pond. His background, experience and unique approach to the Real Estate Profession will be a welcome addition to our site. For more information about Rich's tele-seminars, coaching programs or speaking opportunities please visit www.RichLevin.com

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Zolve's use of tags

The Zolve Team — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:20:00 GMT

You will notice that almost all of your profile information is "click-able" and then is because we have made all member information "tags." What does this mean? This means that whenever you click on someone's company, profession, professional designation, etc. on their business card or profile page, it will show you every member in the network who shares that tag! That's a system we have put into place to help members connect based on commonalities. Try it out!

It is an exciting day for the Zolve network!

The Zolve Team — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:31:00 GMT

Fellow members,

Inman News just announced that Zolve is a finalist for the 2008 Most Innovative Media company! We have been nominated with some of the huge names in the industry:

www.frontdoor.com - the site launched by Home & Garden TV
www.Openhouse.com - the site launched by Realogy, the largest brokerage in the country.
www.reagroup.com - an internationally leading listing site.
www.realtytrac.com - one of the highest trafficked real estate sites and the leading site about foreclosure information.

I hate to sound cliche' but it really is an honor to be in this group. We owe this completely to our members who have made this network stronger and better every day. Thanks!

The Blogs versus the Forums

The Zolve Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:18:00 GMT

" Why have blogs and the forums - isn't that redundant" - you may ask.

Actually, we designed them for two different purposes. It is up to you but your blog is designed as a fully customizable customer-generation tool. Blogging about local real estate matters is a proven way to generate customers at no cost other than your time. The forums are designed as a place for us to talk to each other and collaborate as real estate professionals. Find out about tools and technology that other professionals are using or have tried, get inspired, or learn from some of the best at what they do.

Congrats to the top Coffee drinker - Mike Schwiebert

The Zolve Team — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:04:00 GMT

Congrats to Mike Schwiebert for being the first member since our launch of the new Over Coffee Forums to achieve over 100 coffee points! Did you know that you get 5 points for each Over Coffee Discussion you start, 2 points for each comment made on your discussions, and 5 points for each comment you make on another member's discussion? See your points page by clicking on the "points" showing next to your picture on your left sidebar navigation box to see how you are doing.

A big thanks to Richard Decker

The Zolve Team — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:46:00 GMT

A BIG thanks to Richard Decker for all of his time & help identifying problems and making suggestions to improve the network. We know your time is valuable so the time that you take to help us be better is sincerely appreciated.

Inman Connect Day 2.5

The Zolve Team — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:36:00 GMT

Probably the coolest thing we've learned about here at the Inman Connect Conference so far that we're excited to implement into our Zolve blogs is video. There are strong feelings -- and significant evidence -- that video is the next major form of online real estate blogging media. One statistic we heard suggests 30% of all online media will be video by 201; this was in a workshop called "Real Estate Digitalis: TV, Internet and Real Estate - What it Means for Consumers." The basic gist of this workshop was the idea that video is "the face of the digital age," and we need to be mindful of its power to attract eyes and ears.

Many of you -- like Michael Price -- are already proficient in video, and that is great! Others may be as knowledgeable as we were when we showed up here in NYC, so as we learn we will help you learn, too!

The conference ends Friday at around 11:30, and we are excited for its last day. We have been working hard and learning much, but tonight we are going to relax, go out into the city for dinner, and catch a movie later on. Looking forward to bringing you great things!

The Zolve Team // Zolve Real Estate Network

Inman Connect, Day 1.5

The Zolve Team — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:00:00 GMT

Hi everyone!

We're here blogging live from the Inman Connect Conference in New York City! We've been looking forward to this for a while, and we are finally here. Yesterday we arrived in NYC around 5 p.m. ET, caught a cab to the hotel and headed over to the Beer with Bloggers dinner, which was great because we got to see some old friends, catch up with them, and make new connections. Last night was great!

This morning the conference officially began. We started at 9 this morning and have been attending seminars and workshops, listening to panels and enjoying NYC. We have heard from some of the great minds in real estate and real estate technology, and we have a lot of great information we are excited to share with you in the coming days. There are a lot of new and exciting ideas to share, and a lot more to learn!

The Zolve Team // Zolve Real Estate Network

Impression Management

The Zolve Team — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:40:00 GMT

The New York Times recently ran a very interesting article about "impression management," which is the idea that as people we "shape our behavior or tweak our appearance in an attempt to control how others perceive us." In this case the impression management is relative to online profiles, social networking sites, dating sites, etc. The article is very interesting and worth reading because it reveals some of the inherent tendencies we have, and we thought it was worth sharing because we are in such an online network.

The essential question we need to consider is this: if we met in person the real estate professionals we've met online, would there be much difference between online portrayals and reality? There would certainly be some things we were unable to anticipate and therefore must imagine – things like voice, mannerisms and personality quirks – that would differ in reality. But how we portray ourselves through photos, descriptions, blogs and writing, we should be proud of who we are and portray ourselves accurately. Just some food for thought.

The Zolve Team // Zolve Real Estate Network

Simple Goal Setting

The Zolve Team — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:23:00 GMT

Bernice Ross is a breath of fresh air in today's market. She always seems to be upbeat and optimistic in spite of what the market is experiencing. While "goal setting" may be an overly used phrase this time of year, we think Bernice's simplified list of six solid goal-setting strategies is worth sharing. Her tips start with getting rid of last year's goal list – burn it, bury it or rip it up. And the rest of her advice focuses on realistic, specific steps to take to form consistency and produce results – all without feeling guilty and stressed. So whether business or personal goals, Bernice's strategies will help you take on a little less while ultimately accomplishing a lot more. Thanks Bernice!

The Zolve Team // Zolve Real Estate Network

Zolve on The Washington Post!

The Zolve Team — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:49:00 GMT

Hi all, take a look at this recent Washington Post article Brian was interviewed for! This is obviously great exposure for us and for you as we continue to work on making Zolve the best real estate referral network out there. We have a lot more on the way as we work hard to bring you new tools and modes of information. Thanks to Kim Hart at the Washington Post for her hard work on this article! Enjoy! (The part about Zolve is about 2/3 of the way down.)

Advertisers May Find Big Value in Smaller Sites - The Washington Post

The Zolve Team // Zolve Real Estate Network