Friday, December 19, 2025

Ken Brand

Ken Brand - Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors. I’ve proudly worn a Realtor tattoo for over 10,957+ days, practicing our craft in San Diego, Austin, Aspen and now, The Woodlands, TX. As a life long learner, I’ve studied, read, written, taught, observed and participated in spectacular face plant failures and giddy inducing triumphs. I invite you to read my blog posts here at Agent Genius and BrandCandid.com. On the lighter side, you can follow my folly on Twitter and Facebook. Of course, you’re always to welcome to take the shortcut and call: 832-797-1779.

Not warning clients of a rebounding market may kill a deal

The conversation between a client and a Realtor is dramatically different in a depressed market than a rebounding market, and not adjusting accordingly can cost an agent the deal.

Falling beneath the shadow of digital introversion

Attractive extroversion Attractive extroversion = casting a digital overshadow. I bet most of the successful sales people you know are outgoing, friendly and socially savvy....

Facebook invisibility is the French kiss of death

Don't die. Read this instead. Who is NOT on Facebook? Facebook may have over one billion users by the end of 2012. Your parents. Your...

Building versus pruning your digital contacts

To Twinkie or Not To Twinkie? There's two schools of thought on maintaining your contacts online. 1. The more digital friends and followers you have, the...

The difference between a wanna be and a winner

I Wish I Wanna ___________. Hope springs eternal.  The dawn of a New Year brings out our best wishes wannas. I wish wanna lose weight. I wish wanna get fit, sleek...

Conk posers and pretenders in the head – raise the barrier or lower the boom

Some people choose to suck on purpose Listen.  It's not fair, but it's a fact of life. Some people don't really give a crap about professionalism...

What an iPad commercial can teach real estate agents like me about values, beliefs and story-telling

Fizzy with iridescent insights and wildly interesting is how I'd describe the Steve Jobs biography.  It's a plutonium mine of Ah Ha reminders, brow...

A bozo explosion alert for real estate professionals

Bozo red alert Bozo explosions vaporize opportunities. Steve Jobs said choosing wrong people B-Players instead of A-Players leads to Bozo explosions. Here's how Guy Kawasaki describes it in his blog post...