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The Linked-in Lawyer: How Lawyers Are Using Social Networks – ABA Book Briefs Blog

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

The Linked-in Lawyer: How Lawyers Are Using Social Networks – ABA Book Briefs Blog.

In the ABA title How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times, readers are encouraged to get up to speed on social networking. Apparently they are taking that message to heart, based on the results of the 2010 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report: Web and Communication Technology.
  • When asked whether they personally maintain a presence in an online community/social network such as Facebook, LinkedIn, LawLink, or Legal OnRamp, 56% of respondents answered affirmatively, compared with 43% in the 2009 survey and 15% in the 2008 survey.
  • The highest percentage of respondents report maintaining a presence in LinkedIn (83%), followed by Facebook (68%) and Plaxo (18%).

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The Secret of Title Insurance

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

In transactional real estate land, title insurance is one of the most misunderstood products by lawyers and non-lawyers alike. Yet it needn’t be…if you understand what car/homeowners insurance does there’s no reason you shouldn’t have a basic understanding of what title insurance does. And this recently reported First District Rhone v. First American, No. 1-09-1216 case provides a nice back-drop for a rich and thorough title insurance discussion.You really just need to understand a couple things and you’ll “get” title insurance just like you “get” car insurance. Every insurance policy will have some “effective date.” The confusing issue with title insurance is that whereas a car insurance policy would cover damage the day AFTER the policy’s “effective date” with title insurance, the policy would cover damage the day BEFORE the “effective date.” Title insurance looks backward whereas the car insurance looks forward. Okay?

via The Secret of Title Insurance.

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Top 5 Real Estate Movies

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Do you love real estate and movies? Can you name the Top 5 movies that use “housing” as a central protagonist? Turns out real estate can play a variety of roles in the movies: dream home, haunted house, financial drain…

Here are our picks for the top 5 movies that use real estate as a motif:

via Top 5 Real Estate Movies.

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Social Networking: 5 Ways to Grow Your Social Network – Online Marketing Blog

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

A typical situation for many marketers when it comes to social networks is this: Setup LinkedIn profile, check. Corporate LinkedIn page, check. Facebook profile, check. Facebook Fan Page, check. Twitter account, check. Corporate blog, check. Check check check!

But where’s the buzz? Where are the fans, friends, followers, comments, links, traffic, search engine rankings? Where’s the customer engagement? And the most pressing question of all: What is all this social web participation doing for our company and our customers?

via Social Networking: 5 Ways to Grow Your Social Network – Online Marketing Blog.

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Friday, March 27th, 2009

Learntitle.com offers Continuing Education classes online for title agents in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Course can be taken any time and anywhere you have an internet connection. Very convenient.

LearnTitle will also be conducting a course on the changes required on the new HUD. Send an email to admin@learntitle.com if you are interested in one of these classes.

Check them out here

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