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Gary Vaynerchuk and Benjamin Bach talk Thank You Economy in Toronto

Gary Vaynerchuk talks about the Thank You Economy

By on March 9, 2011 in Business Tips

On Monday I had a chance to talk to my buddy Gary Vaynerchuk after his talk at The Art of Marketing in Toronto. It was one of the first times Gary had talked about the Thank You Economy; everything in his keynote was fresh to me, and I’ve seen him speak a bunch of times. [...]

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Benjamin Bach Movember Mustache for Charity

Bid on a signed Crush It! & support Movember

By on November 21, 2010 in Business Tips

[Update - Jeff Gingrich has won the auction with a $70 donation to Movember.  Thanks Jeff!] If you live in Kitchener Waterloo, you may have seen me sporting a stylish mustache for Movember this month. Across Canada (and Australia, and UK, and the USA) men and women are growing & wearing mustaches to raise awareness [...]

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RIM unveils BlackBerry PlayBook, the multi-tasking iPad competitor

By on September 27, 2010 in Business Tips, kitchener waterloo

Update: I’ve played with the Playbook and *really* want one! RIM, the Waterloo, Ontario based manufacturer of the BlackBerry, made big news in the technology world today with the unveiling of the PlayBook, their new iPad competitor. (see The iPad and Real Estate: What you need to know) RIM is a major employer in Waterloo [...]

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My First 9,999 Tweets – Who I’ve met & What I’ve learnt on this crazy little thing called Twitter

By on August 23, 2010 in Business Tips, Featured Articles, Technology

I joined Twitter January  22, 2008. I had heard about it from a few leading edge tech types – the next cool thing – and I figured I should get on and see what the fuss was about. Like many, I wasn’t quite sure – even after I signed up and took a look around. [...]

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Write on a MLS Listing PDF on an iPad with iAnnotate

The iPad and Real Estate: What you need to know

By on June 26, 2010 in Business Tips

Update – CBC’s The National asked me if I thought the iPad was an essential business tool – watch below to find out what I said!  Let me know if you agree or think I’m wrong Last month I bought my first apple computer, a 32gb wifi iPad. I mention this so you know that [...]

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Benjamin Bach Social Media and Blogging Presentation at REBARCAMPTO

What I learnt (and who I met) at REBarCampTO

By on May 7, 2010 in Business Tips

I just got back from REBarCamp Toronto (http://www.rebarcampto.com), the first time this unconference has been run outside of the US.   It was was organized by Shirley Porter,  Richard Silver,  Evan Sage and Brad Sage - and they did an amazing job.  There were between 400 and 500 people, and there were five sessions live at a time, [...]

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How to Use Blogging and Social Media To Grow Your Business

By on March 28, 2010 in Business Tips

Last month I shared a private coaching session I gave to one of the top real estate teams at Keller Williams about how they can use blogging and social media to meet more people and grow their business. The content was good, but the quality of the presentation was not great, since I was filming [...]

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Podcast Interviews with best selling authors Gary Vaynerchuk and Bob Burg

By on March 13, 2010 in Business Tips

Check out these two interviews I did with Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibraryTV (and now best selling author of CRUSH IT!) and Bob Burg, best selling author of Go Givers Sell More, Go Givers, and Endless Referrals. The Gary Vee interview is about 7 minutes long, and the Bob Burg interview is about 33 minutes (and [...]

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A Guide to Social Media and Blogging for Realtors (& Entrepreneurs)

By on March 5, 2010 in Business Tips

I just did a private coaching class for a local real estate team on how they can start to generate business online using a blog and other forms of social media. I used my webcam to record the presentation; if you click play below you will hear me talking for about 50 minutes, while the [...]

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Gary Vaynerchuk talks about Social Media & Business

By on February 11, 2010 in Business Tips, Featured Articles

Last week I had the opportunity to talk to Gary Vaynerchuk about how entrepreneurs and professionals –… anyone really – can use the internet, social media,twitter, videos and geo-location sites like Gowala and Foursquare to build a powerful brand. For more info, you can follow me at http://twitter.com/Benjaminbach  and follow Gary at http://twitter.com/Garyvee I’ll be [...]

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