Archive for October 4th, 2008

Mary Emma Allen, over at Home Biz Notes, asks the question:  Does “Going Gray” affect your home business? 

A week or so I wrote about Boomers who color their hair. Mary Emma is taking it a step further.  Does hair color affect how people look at you?  Do customers, employees look at you differently if your hair is dyed? Or not dyed?  For a business owner, it’s important to be taken seriously. If you went to a bank for a loan and you had gray hair, would the lending officer think, “Too old.  No loan.”  ??   Would Generation X employees not listen to you if you looked older?

On the other hand, customers might take you more seriously if you have gray hair.  People in your community might think about you more of an “expert” if your hair is gray.

What do you think?

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This day I bring you a bumper crop of estates, five Colorado homes which will all be auctioned off via sealed bid on October 15 at the Colorado Luxury Real Estate Auction. This property auction will present over $16,000,000 in inventory with minimum bids below their appraised values. The sellers are luxury property owners who are looking a faster sale in this slow market. The homes range from a lavish mansion to several ranches with substantial acreage and a Victorian home.

Somerset Manor in Niwot, Colorado has a minimum bid of $5.395 million and was listed for as much as $7.395 million. It is on 2.5 acres in the Somerset Estates area that includes water features, a formal yard with an interior fence and a private nature area beyond with walking trails, low maintenance vegetation, a shared pond and even a putting green and a tee box. Inside there are more than 13,000 square feet of finished space on three levels that include a two-story foyer, a chef’s gourmet kitchen, a main-level gym and therapy pool, an executive study and a two-story great room that walks out to the covered deck overlooking the grounds.

Turn Around Ranch in Silverthorne, Colorado has a minimum bid of $2.599 million. The home has almost 4,500 square feet of space and gorgeous mountain views. The property includes a barn.

Saddleback Ranch has a minimum bid of $1,999,999. The 18-acre Colorado-style gated estate is on a rolling parcel amidst sandstone bluffs & gorgeous vistas. The main home has four bedrooms, gourmet kitchen, yoga studio, art studio and a 1000-bottle wine cellar with reclaimed ancient Chinese door and custom mosaic tile floor. A guest cottage has a bedroom, private kitchen & bath and the detached executive studio features a large office, library and bathroom. The spa area includes 16′x47′ heated pool, six-person sauna, massive pool deck and patio area.

The Mountain King Ranch in Boulder, Colorado was once listed at $2.995 million and has a minimum bid of $1.95 million. The home is surrounded by 115 acres. The main home is a 5,600+-square-foot private mountain retreat with many balconies, patios and big picture windows. Each of the four bedrooms has either a private balcony or French doors leading to a flagstone patio and there’s an outdoor redwood spa.

A Victorian home in Longmont, Colorado was listed at $739,000 but now has a minimum bid of $520,000. It is a three story home of 6,500 square feet with a new gourmet kitchen and an interior with original woodwork and columns. A private staircase leads to the newly opened attic-currently owner’s art studio.

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Ziggs.com is a new social networking site that sends you an email when someone Googles you.  So, why should you care?  Well, I might want to know who is checking up on my, I guess.  Susan Gunelius comments on this new tool on her b5media site, BrandCurve.

I get 6 or so invitations to LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, every day, and I am too busy writing to check up on them.  I tried Twitter for a while but people either talked about stuff like the cat that caught a mouse or they were doing blatant advertising.

Have you tried any of these sites?  Have you found value in them?

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