Steve Dalton - Northwest Indiana Technology

Two topics caught my interest today - one actually related to real estate and wonderfully summed up on this article

NAR struggle to over social media followed on social media

My opinion has been widely quoted here on AR for years, NAR has lost it's way and in attempting to monopolize information they have missed the seismic changes in the business community that will affect them in the long term. Google has no need to restrict do they? NAR is on the wrong side of innovation and consumers.

I also summed up another article on innovation and technology and it's impact on the job market with:

Technology Saturday – Investing your innovation gains

One key question that i end up asking is: Have you planned for IT and digital communications in 2012?

I can still remember when I first sat down at a computer in the early 80's and tried my hand at some basic calculations ... do you remember your first computer experience. I marvel still today though at how quickly the tools we use and call computers have changed. It's down right dramatic!

Our team at Golden Technologies in Indiana, Chicago and Naples Florida is challenged with the task of staying not only current, but on behalf of our customers staying ahead of that change curve. Seemingly everyday the world of website design changes yet again with new tools, techniques, and concepts.

Some recent innovations worth checking out:

Computers and Networks – What’s Your Goal?

Optimizing Your Blog for Visitors and Search Engines

Managing Your Online Reputation with Google Alerts

We didn't need any of those tools back in 1985 did we? But today they are only a small selection of the required skills and strategies to have an effective online/inbound marketing plan.

No community is complete without clean water. M.E. Simpson Company has been working with local communities around the country since 1979 to run utility testing in order to aid clients with all of their water distribution and wastewater collection needs.

M.E. Simpson provides a number of online services that local goverments have access to. Their professional services cover everything from Large Meter Evaluation, Testing and Report to Valve Location, Exercising an Documentation.

They have teamed up with BSI Online to provide backflow testing and management services to their local customers as well. With M.E. Simpsons outstanding level of water quality testing, local communities are able to control the quality of water entering into the homes of all local residents.

M.E. Simpson prides themselves in their Polcon® Products that they have developed for all of their clients to use to maximize their peak performance in water distribution and wastewater collection. There are currently four Polcon® products available:

- The Polcon® Sentry Recorder
- The Polcon® Pacer
- The Polcon® Pitot Rod
- The Polcon® Pipe Caliper

Each product is designed, developed and used by M.E. Simpson at all of their locations around the country.

I am writing a new series at our Green Pointe Homes blog entitled:

How to build a new home in Northwest Indiana

Check it out and let us know if you have additional comments or questions.

As an aside - for those that are wondering and thinking about building a home. The past two years have been difficult in construction, ver difficult. That means that pricing for construction is also a bit lower than it was in the big days of 2004. As inventories on existing homes level off, interest rates are hovering around 5.5% for now, and values begin to increase ... there may never be a time like now for building your new home.

Do we need to talk? If so, call me today.