Changing the way firms approach marketing

Written by Rick Grant on November 7th, 2009

Public Relations and Marketing are mature industries. You can tell by the deep ruts they’ve left behind over the years. We believe that most firms working in our space today are not focusing on the big picture and their clients are suffering.

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Custom publishing is hot

Written by Rick Grant on May 11th, 2010

Creating your own publication used to be prohibitively expensive for more companies. With today’s technology it is now very affordable to create your own company magazine. Check out what the Title/Appraisal Vendor Management Association is doing with their own quarterly newsletter. RGA puts this publication together using thought leadership from the organization’s members and its [...]

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Covering MBA Tech & Fraud Shows

Written by Rick Grant on April 27th, 2010

The RGA team is on hand in Chicago for the Mortgage Bankers Associations Technology in Mortgage Banking and National Fraud Issues Conference. Find podcasts on our Facebook page at facebook.com/rgapr.

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Changing the way firms approach marketing

Written by Rick Grant on November 7th, 2009

Public Relations and Marketing are mature industries. You can tell by the deep ruts they’ve left behind over the years. We believe that most firms working in our space today are not focusing on the big picture and their clients are suffering.

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Mortgage industry adding jobs

Written by Rick Grant on January 10th, 2010

National Mortgage News reports that the industry added jobs in November, the first time it has done that since July. 200 new full-time employees entered the business, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reports that there are now 255,700 people working in this sector.
But the government reports that it’s not mortgage bankers [...]

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Are you custom publishing?

Written by Rick Grant on January 7th, 2010

One of the reasons that we blog at RGA is because we advise our clients to blog. Well, what I mean to say is that we blog at RGA for the same reasons we tell our clients to blog, because it’s a great way to let people know what you think, which will always start [...]

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NTC releases ReleaseLINK 2.0

Written by Rick Grant on January 6th, 2010

Nationwide Title Clearing, Palm Harbor, Fla., has officially launched a new version of its popular ReleaseLINK software. Version 2.0 offers greatly improved features and functionality for the company’s clients, according to the firm.
ReleaseLINK 2.0 offers the following enhancements, which are automatically available to NTC lien release clients:
1. Exception Handling Queue
a. Exception Categories. New filters allow [...]

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New Column on New Media Strategy

Written by Rick Grant on January 5th, 2010

Over the past couple of years, I’ve watched a number of companies in our industry move carefully into new media. Now, we have a few good industry bloggers and we’re beginning to see some corporate Facebook pages. All good. Starting is half the battle, but how do you keep it going?
That’s the general topic I [...]

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