Mike Brewer
Economist on job market: ‘Expect a slow burn’
Seems to me that The Conference Board needs to measure more than just major U.S. newspaper want ads. I wonder if the picture is better or worse if you include all the on-line job ads?
Sent to you by Mike via Google Reader: Economist on job market: ‘Expect a slow burn’ via Today’s Real Estate News by Inman_News on 3/28/08 A report from The Conference Board this week suggests that improvement in the U.S. job market is unlikely before the third or fourth quarter of this year.
The organization’s Help-Wanted Advertising Index, a key economic indicator measuring the volume of job ads in major U.S. newspapers, dipped one point in February to 21, and is down nine points from the same time last year.
The Conference Board reported that just 31 percent of labor markets surveyed last month reported rising want-ad volume, down from 43 percent in January. more…
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Women in the apartment decision
I can tell you from personal experience that I would never make the final decision on where to live when I was married. Not in 1 million years. Now that is rather dramatic and at the same time it made for a much better living arrangement. All kidding aside where we lived was not of importance to me. If the space felt good to my wife then it felt good to me.
According to a book called, The Soccer Mom Myth by Buchanan & Miller, 80% percent of buying decisions are made by women and get this 70% of women say that marketing doesn’t speak to them. That is a big OUCH! Now we may all be in tune with the first stat and in the same breath I would say I was taken aback by the second.
Just yesterday a fellow property management maniac emailed me with reference to Lisa T’s post on sexy women dancing behind what appeared to be a transparent curtain. The maniac (I mean that in the most positive of terms) then shared a recent campaign that their company ran that employed a similar tactic.
Now let’s think about the startling stat presented above and marry it with the sexy woman dancing in the window campaigns. ……maybe a sexy man dancing in the window.
Have a great weekend. M
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ForRent.com Launches New Blog
Great blog to sign up for if you have not already done so. Love those folks at ForRent. They really do it right.
Sent to you by Mike via Google Reader: ForRent.com Launches New Blog via My Pad by ForRent.com on 3/26/08
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Powerful read on Customer Service or the lack thereof
Please take the time to read this all important article, it is well written and really hits home. While I would argue the point on technology simply given the fact that it is not technology but peoples application of it that is the downfall. Just my opinion.
Here is an sound bite;
“Businesses are losing business they can’t afford to lose,” she
said, pointing to the results of a 2007 Harris Poll, which reported
80 percent of customers saying they will never return to a business
after a negative customer-service experience. That’s up from 68
percent in 2006.
“We’ve lost touch with the personal side of customer service,”
Paine said, “primarily because of technology.” [read the rest here]
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Lots of walking today
We are off to complete due-diligence on a nearly 1000 unit property today. WOW. I recognize there are bigger projects out there but nevertheless 1000 apartments parked on just over 4 acres. Yes, I am wearing jeans and my running shoes. I will be back tomorrow with an interesting post. A post responding to an email I received from Eric over at Urbane Apartments. Not to sound redundant but I love what they are doing to the property management space in Royal Oaks.
Have an uber-famous day. M
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