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Smashing Magazine released another creative icon set that's great for bloggers - my favorites from this collection are the cozy and colorful RSS feed icons in four colors - with that "welcome home" feel - Download this freebie set at: Smashing Magazine
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Offer Your Readers a Seat - & - Feed Them (cute new RSS icons from Smashing Magazine))
Now you can offer your readers a seat to get fed
5 comments • Teresa Berry • March 20 2009 03:09PMWhat Beautiful "Tweeple"! Artful & Fun"twitter mosaic" love it!
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Thanks to Mike Mueller of areweconnected.com and host of the popular “Mike’s Minute” here on Active Rain, I learned about “tweeple pages” a useful twitter tool. Visit Mike’s Minute to learn more about the great features of “tweeple pages”.
Another one of my new favorites: “twitter mosaic” from sxoop.com to creates an awesome mosaic of your twitter friends or followers along with code that can be pasted into your website or blog using your twitter id. Below is what “twitter mosaic” generated with my twitter info. (note: it’s an edited version due to code overload in part because of the link feature described below)
Not only does it arrange your favorite twitter faces beautifully, the mosaic links each to their twitter page. To test the link feature click in the example below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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I previously posted on Active Rain about adding your name to the Tweeter Real Estate Directory on justtweetit.com.
It’s free and simple - once registered you’ll receive an@ message on twitter from twibs.com with a link to manage your listing. There’s a spot for your bio and up to 5 website/blog links in addition to your twitter, LinkedIn, flickr and facebook profile links – what’s not to love about free advertisement?
To add your business visit twibs.com where you can also try their well-organized search options that allowed me to quickly find * Starbucks, MTV, TV Guide, H & R Block, Whole Foods, MS Windows, Amazon and numerous other recognizable people, entities and brands already taking advantage of twibs.com directory. |
18 comments • Teresa Berry • March 04 2009 12:50PMFirst time homebuyer credit repayment details worth checking out
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Valuable First time homebuyer Credit Repayment Information
Just visited H&R Block online to review a summary of the new stimulus package. It appears first time homebuyers who qualify for the credit may also have repayment waived after 36 months if they meet other criteria including: the home is still their primary residence and has not been sold. Refer to the stimulus package for details but on first glance, this could be incentive for those who qualify. H&R Block Link –
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3 comments • Teresa Berry • February 17 2009 06:41PMGo ahead....it's free to Embed
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With Embedit.in you can insert files into your website or blog that otherwise might require opening a separate program, website or window to access.
Example Below - A PDF document (newsletter) uploaded using embedit.in online which generated code that was copied and pasted into a new blog post under the html tab. The result is direct access to the newsletter content without the necessity to open another window or program. Upload files from a URL or your pc. Viewer features include zooming, full screen and the ability to drag a page within the viewer. This online utility from increo is available at embedit.in.
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19 comments • Teresa Berry • February 17 2009 11:53AMSeattle's out to get Invaders!
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Seattle green city partnership
To help maintain and restore the habitat of Seattle’s forested parkland the Seattle green partnership is working to Identify and remove invasive plants and replace them with other native species through active support of volunteers and businesses.
Homeowners – If you’re inspired to adapt the idea in your own landscape design there are resources online to assist you. Weekly Events – Are you ready to help get the invaders out of your community? Check where Seattle area volunteers plan to be by visiting an online event schedule.
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1 comment • Teresa Berry • February 15 2009 03:09PMHappy Valentine's Day - to All of you! My Traditions! Do You Know How Valentine's Day Began?
I can't think of a more fitting person to share a Happy Valentine's Greeting here on the Rain than Teri Ellis the "Lady in Red" - enjoy her blog and be sure to visit marti garaughty @"The Art of Marketing You" for February's " Link Love" Challenge. May Love and Chocolate Be Yours!
Via Mesa, Arizona Real Estate *** Teri Ellis, Broker, ABR,CRS,GRI,ePRO,MRE (Homes Arizona Real Estate LLC):
I think I'm the queen of trivia....really, I like some of the fun stuff that either we don't know or forgot.
Traditions I have carried on through the years include:
- When my children were little, on Valentine's Day, by their dinner plate would be a heart (probably See's Candy) with chocolate.
- I would also make sure they each - as well as hubby - would have a red "something." Usually for the
guys it was a shirt, and for my daughter, a dress. My daughter continues this trend with her children. Fun memories for her and for me.
- Now, as a grandma, they usually receive a Valentine Card from us with some money...they like that part.
- Tonight, my husband and I will go to a Valentine's Dance - wearing RED!!!
What are some of your traditions?
Wikipedia reports the following about Valentine's Day.....
Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is an occasion celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[1] The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.[2]
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend in average twice as much money as women.[3]
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate. Call me at: 480.216-3334 for information on purchasing or selling a home in Mesa, Arizona or surrounding towns. OR email me: Teri@TeriEllis.com. Feel free to visit one of my websites: HomesAzRE.com, MoveToMesaAz.com or MoveToSunnyAz.com. Or stop by my blogs at: MesaAzRealEstateVoice; or Phoenix Valley Real Estate Blog
1 comment • Teresa Berry • February 13 2009 06:08PMZillow's been talking about me
Reblogging Chuck Wiiman's post "Zillow's been talking about me" - if you're interested in seeing what they're saying.... this post is for you.
Via Chuck Willman, Arizona Realtor® 480.292.0600 (Gentry Realty):
My neighbor approached me the other day and remarked, "Did you notice what zillow said about us?"
I wasn't aware he was on speaking terms with Zillow... or that my name had somehow been brought up in conversation... so I played along, "No... what's Zillow been saying?"
"Zillow says your house is worth $41k less ever since the bank accepted the offer on that corner house. They say my house is worth $38k less."
OK.
I don't really have a bone to pick with Zillow... but my neighbor is not too happy with them right now.
Knowing I'm an agent, my neighbor wanted my opinion. These are the things I shared:
- It's difficult to know exactly what any home is worth right now. In some neighborhoods there are so many bank owned properties that the "new retail" value is the price of the latest sold property... even if it's bank owned.
- Zillow provides an approximation of value. They aren't as accurate as a licensed appraiser who will be able to take into account all factors. Sometimes their figures are high... sometimes they are low. Often they won't have some essential information, such as how many beds and baths a home has. However, they are a pretty good gage for a "ball park" figure. They aren't pulling prices out of thin air... they have a methodology and a formula- but a consumer will want "someone in the business" to give them richer information to help judge values.
- The values are never written in stone. They change each day... especially as new data arrives. Every sale changes the comparisons.
Has Zillow been talking about you? What do you have to say about them?
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Chuck Willman is an Arizona based real estate agent. www.AZvest.com
2 comments • Teresa Berry • February 13 2009 05:35PMSeattle Home Show 2009
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February 14th -22nd 2009 Seattle Home Show – begins this week-end and runs through February 22nd at Qwest Field Event Center in Seattle. Visit the Seattle Home Show online for show times and details, to purchase tickets or get recipes which include: Halibut, Corn and Smoked Salmon Chowder from Anthony’s restaurant Chefs Tony Ring and Pat Donahue.
There will be furnished and landscaped model homes at IDEA STREET™, home decorating, building and product displays, seminars, living green ideas.... and a wine tasting section.
Sponsors of the Show are the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Master Builder Association of King and Snohomish Counties. image created at http://www.wordle.net/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States |
5 comments • Teresa Berry • February 13 2009 12:53PMReady to Bloom....Northwest Flower and Garden Show
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Seattle - Colorful displays and ideas planted throughout the 2009 Northwest Flower & Garden Show are ready to bloom February 18th -22nd at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.
Gardeners are in for a treat at “Sustainable Spaces. Beautiful Places.” the theme of this years show featuring container, organic and edible gardening, shopping, information, tools and seminars in addition to showy displays and family friendly activities.
Discover ways to bring your porch or deck alive with plantings or enhance your homes curb appeal. From lawns to patio gardens, green living to sustainable designs, everything from vegetables to orchids are on the calendar at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show.
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