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Fun Friday: Microsoft sends flowers to the IE6 funeral

Mar 05, 2010, 2:43 pm.
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Yesterday, the “IE6 funeral” took place in Denver. This is what appeared on the funeral site:

Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California, as a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc. Internet Explorer Six, known to friends and family as “IE6,” is survived by son Internet Explorer Seven, and grand-daughter Internet Explorer Eight.

Those mourning the Web browser, but unable to attend, were asked to send flowers. So, Microsoft sent a big bouquet!

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In the photo above, a funeral guest is showing off the card that arrived with Microsoft’s bouquet. Microsoft confirmed the test and also that it sent the flowers (according to SeattlePI.com.)

The card reads:

Thanks for the good times IE6, see you all @ MIX when we show a little piece of IE Heaven.

The Internet Explorer Team @ Microsoft

Internet Explorer 8 has been in existence for over 8 years and Microsoft plans to continue support until 2014, but many in the tech world are happily ready to move on and ‘kill’ IE6 – especially with all the problems and bugs it has caused users.

Still using IE6? Please, either upgrade or I recommend switching to Firefox or Chrome!

What’s your browser of choice? Would love your feedback, leave me a comment below!

Written by: Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Inman News

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Real Estate Agent Training Helps Consumers

Feb 12, 2010, 8:05 am.
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style="text-align: justify;">CENTURY 21 topped all real estate companies again as it was recognized as the top training company in the real estate brokerage industry. For home buyers and home sellers, it means that the agents and staff that they work with at CENTURY 21 are better prepared to assist them during these difficult times in the housing markets around the country.

style="text-align: justify;"> style="text-align: justify;"> style="color: #800000;">Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of the world’s largest title="Real Estate Company" href="http://www.manausa.com" >residential real estate sales organization, was ranked No. 84 this year, the highest ranking for a real estate brokerage company, and has been in the Training Top 125 in 7 of the last 9 years. CENTURY 21 was praised for its strong commitment to delivering world-class training tied directly to production results for sales professionals affiliated with its real estate franchise organization, among numerous other achievements in professional development. The CENTURY 21 training organization received high honors for its agent training, skills-based training, tracking of activities and productivity, and management training that incorporates title="Best real estate agents in Tallahassee" href="http://www.manausa.com/tallahassee-realtor" >best business and real estate practices.

style="text-align: justify;"> href="http://www.manausa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Real-Estate-Training-In-Tallahassee-Florida.jpg"> class="alignright size-full wp-image-10226" style="margin-left: 10px;" title="Real-Estate-Training-In-Tallahassee-Florida" src="http://www.manausa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Real-Estate-Training-In-Tallahassee-Florida.jpg" alt="Picture of Real Estate Training In Tallahassee" width="360" height="200" />In Tallahassee, style="color: #800000;">CENTURY 21 First Realty has always been recognized as the top training company. In addition to all of the excellent online training courses offered by the Franchise, we also feature three training events per week in our office. Our commitment to training has only strengthened at a time when most real estate companies are cutting back in every department.

style="color: #800000;">Customer Focused Real Estate Training

style="text-align: justify;">Prior to the computerization of the real estate industry, training was primarily focused on 2 issues important to real estate brokerage companies. These skills were (are) the basic building blocks for delivering great real estate brokerage services to the real estate customer.

    style="text-align: justify;">Contract Knowledge – Still very important today, this basic training is a must for both new and experienced agent. Learning all of the forms and documents allows a real estate agent to confidently guide both buyers and sellers through the myriad of obstacles that surface in a real estate transaction. style="text-align: justify;">Selling Skills – Traditional companies that had any type of training typically focused the majority of it on selling skills, as real estate brokerage is a selling business. Sales training teaches new and experienced agents how to better communicate with the customer.
style="text-align: justify;">Computerization and the growth of the internet has completely changed the marketing processes that occur in home sales. Agents must have a new set of skills that were not needed in the 1990s, and the real estate agents who are not “learning agents” are seeing their traditional success going away.

style="color: #800000;">Internet Marketing For Home Sales

style="text-align: justify;">The real estate industry is slow to change. For years, we have seen more and more consumers choose the internet to begin their home search, yet traditional real estate companies continue to expend their resources in print media, television, and other low-benefit procedures.

style="text-align: justify;">The National Association of REALTORS® reported this year that 94% of home buyers utilized the internet in their home search, and that means real estate companies have to excel at using the internet if they are to give their home selling clients the best chance to sell their home.

style="text-align: justify;">It is no longer “enough” to have a web site, real estate companies have to drive traffic to their sites. CENTURY 21 recognizes this change, and our training is producing better agents to handle the challenges of internet marketing in home sales. We recognize that traditional shopping methods have changed, thus our market methods are changing in parallel.

style="text-align: justify;">It always amazes me when experienced agents discontinue training, as if  the world is no longer changing. We know that we can never get to a point where we “know it all.” Our industry, just like most others, is changing at a higher rate of frequency than ever before.

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style="color: #800000;">Top 125 Training Companies

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Vanguard
Verizon
KPMG LLP
Farmers Insurance
Cisco
Microsoft Corporation
SCC Soft Computer
Aetna Inc.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Chesterfield County, Virginia
Gilbane
Cerner Corporation
Miami Children’s Hospital
EMC Corporation
United States Navy
Shaw Industries, Inc.
The Economical Insurance Group
VSP
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
AlliedBarton Security Services
Best Buy
inVentiv Health
Hanover Healthcare Plus
CarMax, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Co.
Steelcase, Inc.
Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
BB&T Corporation
Edward Jones
Paychex, Inc.
McDonald’s USA, LLC
Allied International Credit
TD Bank
Cox Communications
Intel Corp.
PAETEC
DaVita Inc.
Capital One
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Pitney Bowes
Nationwide Insurance Company
Olive Garden
Saratoga Hospital
Shape Corp
Quintiles Transnational
University of New Mexico Hospitals
American Infrastructure
Jiffy Lube International
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Northwestern Mutual
Scotiabank Group
Miami Cerebral Palsy Residential Services, Inc.
Baylor Health Care System
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
ABF Freight System, Inc.
Loews Hotels
Orkin, Inc.
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Nevada Federal Credit Union
Baptist Health Care
Choice Hotels
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
WellSpan Health
Navy Federal Credit Union
NIIT (USA) Inc.
Mohawk Industries
Buckman
IKON Office Solutions, Inc., a Ricoh Company
ESL Federal Credit Union
MasterCard Worldwide
The Wackenhut Corporation
Gables Residential
Bank of America
Umpqua Bank
American Fidelity Assurance Company
CareSource
Healthways, Inc.
Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Western Summit Constructors, Inc.
Special People In Northeast, Inc. (SPIN, Inc.)
White Lodging Services
style="color: #800000;">Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Harrah’s Entertainment
Special Response Corporation
MetLife, Inc.
Verity Credit Union
William Osler Health System
Cbeyond, Inc.
BOWE BELL + HOWELL
APC by Schneider Electric
First Horizon National Corporation
Wequassett Resort and Golf Club
SpawGlass
Tandus
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan
Aflac Incorporated
Sanofi-aventis Pharmaceuticals
U.S. Security Associates, Inc.
CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.
Windstream Communications
Grant Thornton LLP
Healthpoint, Ltd.
LexisNexis
Children’s Hospital and Health System
Oakwood University
Highmark Inc.
Banner Health
ResMed
Technology Credit Union
LQ Management, L.L.C.
Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
Kendle International, Inc.
Western & Southern Life
Avanade
CareerBuilder
Qualcomm, Inc.
UPS
Morrison Management Specialists
DPR Construction, Inc.
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The Golden 1 Credit Union
Continental Airlines, Inc.
EMD Serono, Inc.



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