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CRETECH July 06, 2016

 

Years ago, Google was where you went to search. Facebook was where you went to check up on friends. Amazon was where you bought something. And Apple was a cool products company. Those lines of distinction were very clear back then.

Today, this no longer holds true. It is obvious there are five big tech companies and they all w...

CRETECH June 13, 2016

As a follow up to my blog posted this morning, "Breaking News: What Microsoft's Acquisition of LinkedIn Means," here's a great read from Recode:

Does the L...

CRETECH June 08, 2016

Build a content site instead.

I personally think websites will eventually go the route of newspapers...obsolete.

So what to do if people are getting their information from platforms and news feeds? What to do if th...

CRETECH June 06, 2016

I love PR. I love media relations. I believe in their power. I honestly think they are the most effective marketing tools out there!

I personally entered the field in 1989 and spent the next 25 years or so building Beckerman PR. I eventually gained a new partner and together, we acquired Anten...

CRETECH May 31, 2016
“An influencer”

If you are active on LinkedIn, you will no doubt see them.

If you are on Twitter, they are all over your news feed.

If you visit good business media sites like Inc, Forbes and FastCompany, they are there too.

More than “thought leaders,” they are now called “

CRETECH May 26, 2016
When I think of media, several terms come to mind…."traditional media""digital media""big media""mass media""new media""mainstream media""local media""trade media"and too more to keep track ofDo they still apply today in an era of such disruption in the media space?

For the most pa...

CRETECH May 25, 2016
It’s not what you think it is.

So often I hear chatter in the market about how real estate people aren’t tech savvy and how they are slow to adapt to new technologies, etc.

I say “bullshit”!

I know a ton of real estate folks from my days running my PR firm. Many who are good friends today. If you hang around any of them, you’ll notice that these dinosaurs :) actually carry ...

CRETECH May 18, 2016

If you follow any of the trends in the advertising world, the signs are pretty obvious that the traditional form of ads, whether print or more recently banner ads, is dead!

First of all, what finally killed the...
CRETECH May 16, 2016

Most commercial brokers don’t seem to enjoy self promoting. I get it. The thinking has been that perhaps that’s what the company’s marketing people are supposed to be doing?!?! Or maybe it's something that feels too self promotional. But if you still think that way in 2016, you are DEAD WRONG!!!

If you don’t trust me, just ask these professionals…