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This page is intended to catalog the various things that have been written, said and otherwise recorded relating to the #RTB (“Raise the Bar”) movement in the real estate industry. Please feel free to email additional items you’d like to see added to this page to RTB.List@P1Fran.com. Thanks in advance for helping to make this page as robust and as complete as possible…

Professionalism | Raising the Bar

• On Bad Real Estate Agents | Jay Thompson | Thompson Realty | 8-13-2005
• It’s Past Time to Raise the Bar | Jay Thompson | Thompson Realty | 9-22-2006
• Rehashed: It’s Past Time to Raise the Bar | Jay Thompson | Thompson Realty | 5-23-2008
• Bizarre Real Estate Practices #873 (and #874) | Jay Thompson | Thompson Realty | 8-10-2009
• Toward REAL Professionalism… | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-9-2009
• Want Professionalism? Raise the Bar! | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-11-2009
• Another Vote in Favor of Professionalism… | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-21-2009
• L.O.L.? (Really? Yep…) | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-26-2000
• Real Estate’s “GAAP Gap” | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-29-2009
• Would GARP Ever Work? | Mike Shanks | PropertyGuys.com | 12-30-2009
• When Swanepoel Talks… | Michael McClure | Professional One | 1-9-2010
• Facebook Conversation RE Professionalism in Real Estate | Stefan Swanepoel | 1-9-2010
• We Didn’t Start the Fire | Michael McClure | Professional One | 1-11-2010
• Time for Change – Raise the Bar in Real Estate Professionalism – Who’s Responsible? | Mike Bowler | PRETEC | 1-11-2010
• The People Have Spoken! | Michael McClure | Professional One | 1-13-2010
• Character-Driven Agents | Michael McClure | Professional One | 1-21-2010
• RTB on the Radio | Michael McClure | Professional One | 1-25-2010
• If I Can Change, and You Can Change, Everybody Can Change | Glenn Kelman | Redfin | 2-1-2010
• Part Time Realtor | Full Time Problem | Michael McClure | Professional One | 2-3-2010
• Knuckleheads Beware: Real Estate is Changing | Brian Boero | 1000Watt Consulting | 2-4-2010
• What Raising the Bar Doesn’t Mean | Monica McNamara | Ocean-CitySales.com | 2-5-2010
• Tell Your Statistics to Shut Up! | Michael McClure | Professional One | 2-9-2010
• Raising the Bar Starts Here for Realtors | Mike Bowler | PRETEC | 2-9-2010
• Conversation with Jim Duncan | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 2-9-2010
• Regarding RTB, The Single Question to Rule Them All | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 2-9-2010
• How Many Real Estate Agents Should Not Have a License? | Stefan Swanepoel | Realsure | 2-10-2010
• Raising the Bar is Restraint of Trade | Greg Swann | Bloodhound Blog | 2-12-2010
• Conversation with Stefan Swanepeol | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 2-16-2010
• The Real Problem with the Morons and Cowards at RTB | Chris Johnson | Bloodhound Blog | 2-17-2010
• A Pulse, a Passing Grade and a Business Card: Raising the Bar on Real Estate Agent Qualifications | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 2-22-2010
• Conversation with Marc Davison | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 2-23-2010
• Conversation with Jay Thompson | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 3-16-2010
• Raise Your Own Darn Bar! | Bill Lublin | Century 21 Advantage Gold | 3-19-2010
• Conversation with Reggie Nicolay | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 3-30-2010
• Raising the Bar | How High? | Michael McClure | Professional One | 4-16-2010
• How High?!? | Raising the Bar | Todd Waller | Professional One | 4-16-2010
• Raise the Bar? Yes! Get Into My Head? Absolutely Not! | Lynn Harley | Homefinders.com | 4-17-2010
• Step Up! | Michael McClure & Todd Waller | Professional One | 4-21-2010
• Bob Hale is Sticking His Neck Out – Who’s Got His Back? | Brian Boero | 1000Watt Consulting | 4-21-2010
• 64% Say the Bar Should be “Much Higher” | Michael McClure | Professional One | 4-26-2010
• Conversation with Kathy Howe | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 4-27-2010
• Raising the Bar by Changing the Game | Todd Carpenter | NAR | 4-28-2010
• NAR Game Changers Challenge Winners | NAR | 4-29-2010
• The HAR Agent Productivity App and Other False Signs of the Real Estate Apocalypse | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 5-4-2010
• Conversation with Erica Ramus | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 5-4-2010
• Conversation with Ken Brand | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 5-11-2010
• Raising the Bar with Real Estate Degrees | Brian Summerfield | Realtor Magazine | 5-15-2010
• Washington is About to Get a Whole Bunch of New Real Estate Brokers | Patrick Flynn | Agent Genius | 5-18-2010
• Conversation with Loren Sanders | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 5-18-2010
• Absolute Candor | Michael McClure | Professional One | 5-20-2010
• Interesting Perspective on Professional Values | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 5-20-2010
• Shiva Ranks! | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 5-25-2010
• We’re NOT Number 1! | Michael McClure | Professional One | 5-26-10
• NAR Game Changers | A Great Start | Michael McClure | Professional One | 5-29-2010
• The Original Bar-Raiser: Jay Thompson | Maya Paveza | Coldwell Banker Preferred | 6-21-10
• Federal Regulation of Realtors Seems Likely | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 8-3-10
• Brokers: Are You in the Real Estate Business? | Brian Boero | 1000Watt Consulting | 8-26-10
• The Whole World is Watching | Brian Boero | 1000Watt Consulting | 9-1-10
• Demolishing Real Estate’s “Fortress of Suckitude” | Brian Boero | 1000Watt Consulting | 9-20-10
• Missing the Next Bill Gates | Michael McClure | Professional One | 10-18-10
• Annoying Broker Practices | Jay Thompson | phxREguy.com | 10-26-10
• You Are the MP3 – Would I Download You? | Chris Smith | TechSavvyAgent.com | 11-10-10
• Who is the Client? | Michael McClure | Professional One | 11-11-10

Branding

• Real Estate Freestyle – What If? | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 7-22-2009
• The (New) O.C. | Michael McClure | Professional One | 1-18-2010
• The Brand Illusion | Michael McClure | Professional One | 2-16-2010
• Bigger is Worserer | Michael McClure | Professional One | 2-22-2010
• Does the Real Estate Brokerage Matter to the Home Buyer/Seller? | Jay Thompson | Thompson Realty | 3-24-2010
• Can a Real Estate Brokerage Matter? | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 3-25-2010
• Does Branding Matter to the Consumer? | Todd Waller | Professional One | 3-26-2010
• The Brand Illusion | Part 2 | Michael McClure & Todd Waller | Professional One | 3-26-2010
• Big-Box Brouhaha | Michael McClure | Professional One | 3-30-2010
• Branding Differentiation | Michael McClure | Professional One | 5-31-2010
• Does Branding Matter to the Consumer? Part 2 | Todd Waller | Professional One | 7-29-10
• “Why” is Why Real Estate Brands Don’t Matter | Michael McClure | Professional One | 8-9-10
• The Most Innovative Interview in Real Estate | Chris Smith | TechSavvyAgent.com | 8-10-10
• Of People, Hotels, Brokerages and Brands | Marc Davison | 1000WattConsulting | 11-2-10

Brokerage of the Future | Business Models

• Real Estate Needs Liposuction | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 8-15-2005
• Future of Real Estate Franchising | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-5-2009
• Video Killed the Real Estate Star | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-14-2009
• There’s a Message in this Bottle (Sendin’ out an S.O.S.) | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-18-2009
• This Ain’t Your Father’s Brokerage… | Todd Waller | Professional One | 12-23-2009
• Chris Brogan, You are a Genius! | Michael McClure | Professional One | 12-27-2009
• Video Explosion Continues | What is YOUR Plan? | Michael McClure | Professional One | 2-8-2010
• Brokers: Embrace Difference, Love the Eccentric | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 3-9-2010
• On the Eve of Disruption: Location and the Real Estate Opportunity of a Lifetime | Brian Boero | 1000Watt Consulting | 3-30-2010
• Imagine | Michael McClure | Professional One | 4-22-2010
• Does Size Matter? | Part 1 | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 4-28-2010
• Does Size Matter? | Part 2 | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 4-30-2010
• Incentives and #RTB | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 5-3-2010
• Does Size Matter? | Part 3 | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 5-6-2010
• 7 Years of Brick & Mortar | Michael McClure | Professional One | 5-13-2010
• On Industrial vs Artisanal Real Estate | Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates | 5-13-2010
• BH&G Names Beta Brokerages/Index of Brokerage Innovation | Sherry Chris | 7-18-10
• Really Rotten Realty | Spoof website with so much tongue-in-cheek truth we had to include it
• Conversation with Krisstina Wise of The GoodLife Team | Michael McClure & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 11-9-10
• Mojo Risin‘ | Michael McClure | Professional One | 11-9-10
• Krisstina’s Wis(e)dom | Michael McClure | Professional One | 11-13-10

Social Media

• Social Media is a Game Changer – Part 1 | Stefan Swanepoel | Realsure | 8-31-2009
• Social Media ROI | Erik Qualman | Socialnomics | 11-12-2009
• Real Estate Brokers and Social Media | Todd Waller | Professional One | 1-6-2010
• A Six-Year History of the RE.net | Todd Carpenter | NAR | 1-29-2010
• Foursquare and Five Years Ago: Recalling the Promise of Real Estate and Social Media | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 2-15-2010
• We are Number 1!! Now Make it Stop. PLEASE? | Jay Thompson | Thompson Realty | 3-9-2010
• Dark Side of the (Social Media) Moon | Michael McClure | Professional One | 3-19-2010
• Conversation with Alex Chang | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 3-23-2010
• Conversation with Erik Qualman | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 4-6-2010
• Conversation with Benjamin Bach | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 4-20-2010
• Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh) | Erik Qualman | Socialnomics | 5-5-2010
• I’m Not Contrary, I’m Just Thinking | Marc Davison | 1000Watt Consulting | 5-17-2010
• Conversation with Nicole Nicolay | Michael McClure, Maya Paveza & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 6-1-2010
• The New Rules of Content Creation & Curation | Nicole Nicolay | MyTechOpinion.com | 6-2-2010
• Think Before You Tweet | Michael McClure | Professional One | 7-11-10
• One…Million…Dollars! | Michael McClure | Professional One | 8-7-2010
• If You’re Only Going to Do One Thing in Social Media | Michael McClure | Professional One | 9-13-10
• The Godfather of Real Estate Blogging | Chris Smith | TechSavvyAgent.com | 9-15-10
• Conversation with Chris Smith of TechSavvyAgent.com | Michael McClure & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 10-12-10
• Interview with TechSavvyAgent | Michael McClure | Professional One | 10-13-10
• Conversation with Jay Thompson | Michael McClure & Todd Waller | BlogTalkRadio.com | 10-19-10
• Thompson’s Top 10 Takeaways | Michael McClure | Professional One | 10-20-10
• Twitter is Stupid | Chris Smith | TechSavvyAgent.com | 10-25-10