Category Archives: SoundBite Bites

"The Advent Conspiracy" – a new Christmas Tradition

Take a moment and watch this video, and perhaps you and your family can start a new Christmas tradition!… Advent Conspiracy Website ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ Rich Jacobson is a licensed real estate professional providing knowledgeable empowerment and relentless representation for his clients of residential properties and vacant…

Sparky interviewed by nationally renowned trainer, Natalie Danielson

Social Media Meet-Ups at The Global Bean in Silverdale WA

Have you been wondering how the use of Social Media (blogging, video, podcasting, social networks, etc.) can be effectively implemented into your business model? Every Thursday morning at 8am, the dynamic blogging duo of Sparky & Buckwheat meet at The Global Bean in Silverdale WA for great coffee and conversation relating to all things social…

Sparky & Buckwheat make Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal

Yours Truly was interviewed and quoted at length in the March 2008 issue of the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal. Contributing writer, Rodika Tollefson, had contacted me a few weeks ago, and was doing an article on local business blogs. She had found me through the well-known national real estate platform, Activerain.com, and through here at…

Sparky & Buckwheat win "Magnificent 7" Top Consumer Articles for 2007!

Sparky (aka Yours Truly) and Buckwheat (aka Mark Flanders), the duo caped crusaders of SOUNDBITEBLOG, have both received the prestigious Magnificent 7 Award from Larry Cragun of RealEstateUndressed! Every year, Larry scours the Blogosphere, looking for the best of the best in consumer-oriented real estate articles. Each month he selects 7 articles from among the hundreds that…

Sparky makes Inman News!

inman-banner.jpgOkay, so maybe it was just a small bug bite on the Massive Internet News Windshield, but I thought it was pretty darn cool. Yours truly (Rich Jacobson, aka ‘Sparky’) was mentioned and quoted in a recent Inman News article dated Thursday, May 10, 2007, entitiled “Real Estate Agents Learn to Google Themselves.” This was the 3rd part in a series on Web Trends written by Glenn Roberts, Jr.

"How much does a Good Reputation cost?"

good-reputation.jpgReputation. It isn’t something that’s easy to achieve. It doesn’t happen overnight. It requires consistent behavior and performance. It takes a long time to earn and develop. In some markets, it can take years and years. Unfortunately, a good reputation that takes years to cultivate, can be easily destroyed in less than a minute.