Email and Relationship Management Tips for Realtors | by Tony from Contactually

With all the conflicting opinions on email that I’ve seen all over the web over the past few months, it’s hard to know what to believe and can be even harder to form an opinion of your own. Some proclaim that email is dead, while others affirm that email is here to stay and bigger than ever. At C...

It looks like we've finally seen the last of Hurricane Sandy -- thank goodness! While DC didn't feel Sandy's wrath to the same degree as our friends up north in New Jersey and New York, Halloween's arrival still brings some much needed relief to our nation's capital and beyond. Most of the Contac...

Hi all, Just another reminder to stay safe during these treacherous times! The Contactually team is all either working safely from home, or is out of the DC metro area until things calm down. Seems like the winds and the rains are picking up even more lately. Stay away from windows, make sure you...

What's your protocol for working on your birthday? I recently celebrated my birthday, and didn't realize how funny this picture was until I saw it recently. Do you work from the office on your birthday? Working in a small company means there are few days off, but it's interesting to hear what eve...

*Click here to read Chris Smith's article about Contactually!* I'm sure many of you are familiar with Chris Smith. He's a pretty big deal in the real estate community, especially when it comes to the intersection of real estate and technology. For those of you who aren't familiar with Chris, he's...

For those of you who don't already know, my company Contactually helps you strengthen your relationships, particularly those that are based heavily on email communications. While doing some research, I came across this great blog post about the best times to send emails, focusing in particular ab...

I recently came across an infographic from the fine folks at the Online Education Database breaking down Internet use by country. Maybe my assumptions were a little naive, but I figured that the US would be blazing trails for all of the different categories. Surprisingly, I was wrong! Among the t...

  For those of you like me who rely heavily on email for your business productivity, there’s a very important takeaway from this: your subject lines need to be as short as possible and to the point while staying informative. If you’re at a loss, you can try removing personalized elements like nam...

It’s 3pm on Friday (at least on the East Coast) – that means the weekend is almost here! I figured I would end this busy week together with a light post about an important email acronym that’s saved me a lot of time, especially when communicating with people within my company.  It's no secret tha...

As more and more people get online, they create more and more content in every imaginable form, from text to videos to photos. But it doesn't stop there. Now, people distribute PDF documents, share their music playlists, and more. How can we make sense and sift through the mountains of data and i...