Read Mashable Or Else

Just kidding. Not really though ... I totally heart Mashable and you should too. I have been reading Mashable for a few years now and I can truly say that I get tons of information and blog ideas from this fab site. So what is it? Glad you asked ... Mashable's tag is "The Social Media Guide", but you will find much more than that on their site. Of all the blogs on my iGoogle page, Mashable is the one where I actually read the articles (rather than just skim the headline). One author I seem to gravitate toward is Adam Ostrow. I dig his content and style. Check him out here: http://mashable.com/author/adam-ostrow/

If you have heard of Mashable, you may associate it with their founder (and resident hottie) Pete Cashmore. He is a bit of a web celeb.











Mashable just had a bit of a redo recently with the addition of the StumbleUpon features ... I didn't love it at first, but I am back on the band wagon now. For the latest on everything social media related and more check out Mashable.

PS: Vacation is over :( I will post the Flickr stream shortly.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 - now out of beta

IE 8 is officially out of beta now ... before you download it, get the facts.

CNet:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10199582-56.html

PC Magazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328878,00.asp

Washington Post:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/03/microsoft_shipping_internet_ex.html?wprss=fasterforward

What your email signature says (or does not say) about you.

I cannot stress the utter importance of having an email signature on all of your business correspondence. Your email signature should be composed o f your full name, your company name, your office address, phone number and fax, your cell phone, your email address, your personal website and any other pertinent information. Many real estate agents are adding their PA Real Estate License # to their email signature these days. At the moment, this is not required, but it may be down the line, so adding it is a good idea.

Without an email signature, you are flying blind and you are anonymous to anyone you email. Your email signature is as important as your business card. Yeah, I said it. Same difference! It PAINS me when an agent or anyone really email me without an email signature.

Some other popular email signature additions include:

- the URL 's of your social networking profiles (especially LinkedIn)

- your business photo

- your business motto

- a word about "being green"

- random quotes (Gmail will automate this for you)

Your email signature can be extension of your personality – embrace it! Don't forget to spell check :)

Stefanie Hahn

Education Director

Coldwell Banker Hearthside, Realtors

705 N. Easton Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090

Email: s.hahn@cbhearthside.com

Office: (215) 659-6200 x3151

eFax: 1.610.672.9595

eCard: retaggr.com/card/StefanieHahn

www.StefanieHahn.com