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		<title>Press Release: BLU Uses 2-D Barcode Tag for Virtual Model Tours and More</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing
Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"></a><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1051" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3541.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1052" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3541-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 15:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent trip through picturesque Sonoma County, we happened across a road construction sign on the side of the highway informing motorists about future closures and road conditions affecting their travels along scenic Hwy 116.
For those of you who think Twitter is of little value or a passing fad, we respectfully disagree.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"></a><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1051" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Bing Maps and Augmented Reality Bring Imagery to Life

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Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW. YouTube  has recently announced a huge milestone/statistic:
24 hours of video is now uploaded to the social video site every sixty seconds.
Just think about that stat for one moment. It may be hard to wrap your brain around the fact that for every second you are browsing YouTube, 24 minutes of video is uploaded to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"></a><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1051" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3541.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1052" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3541-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This announcement is perfectly-timed, as more and more clients are requesting statistics regarding their social media campaigns. Facebook is adding another level of analytics for Administrators of Fan Pages; introducing the latest addition to improved analytics -  the new weekly email report.
Although the  reports aren’t the most detailed in nature, they do offer the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"></a><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1051" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the importance of locational searches, Google has just added a new “Nearby” tool to the Search Options.  So what does all this mean?  Just that users can refine results for a more custom search process which is focused upon location.
You have to try it out for yourself to actually experience the power of this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"></a><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1051" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3541.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1052" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3541-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The greatest successes you will have in Social Media Marketing will not be able to be measured by the number of followers and fans. It is natural to want to quantify the success of a campaign by a simple number count. Since the work performed uses digital methods, many assume all ROI can be measured [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"></a><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1051" title="Blu Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3529-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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Listening is part of the process of learning. In real estate development, traditionally, builders and marketing firms have projected what the demographics and psychographics of a target market would be based on past experiences in that location and based on the mix of units (size, floor plan type, price projections, style, finishes, etc.). It is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Twitcierge is an online concierge created for lifestyle communities via a Twitter feed.
We are continually getting positive feedback from prospective and current homeowners, as well as, local small business owners and the real estate community on our Twitcierge style of Twitter use for lifestyle marketing.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foursquare is a geosocial networking application that allows users to connect with their friends, update their location, and earn reward points by using mobile devices. The application is a free download and works with the iPhone, android, palm and blackberry (a blackberry app is being introduced next week).  Tech Crunch on Foursquare
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; For Immediate Release<br />
Lennar Urban &#8211; BLU, San Francisco High-rise is 1st to use Microsoft Tag Barcode Technology for New Home Marketing</p>
<p>Polaris Group, a real estate sales, marketing and consulting firm, announced today that it is contracting with 6 Degrees Group to implement a smartphone marketing campaign by deploying Microsoft’s new 2D bar code technology, Microsoft Tag, for the penthouse release of Lennar Urban’s luxury downtown high rise &#8211; <a href="http://www.sfblu.com/" target="_blank">BLU</a>. 6 Degrees Group released a new service to industry partners in January 2010 called ITS – Integrated Tagging Solutions, through which they pair barcode technology with specific, customized marketing objectives to capture the ever-increasing mobile market.</p>
<p>BLU is a 21-story residential tower over a single story podium containing a retail space and residential lobby at Folsom and 2<sup>nd</sup> in San Francisco.  Located in San Francisco’s vibrant South Beach -SoMa District, BLU will benefit from customized retail window and directional signage with tags. The frontage will feature a tag showcasing a virtual video tour of the new penthomes narrated by Sales Manager, Wendy  Novia. Busy professionals in the area will be able to snap the signage with their smartphones to get the latest information at BLU before, during and after sales center hours. The custom tag will also be placed in the newspaper advertisement, allowing a multi-media dimension to a once flat ad.</p>
<p>Microsoft Tag connects almost anything in the real world to information and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. The “Tag” is a graphic image bar code that creates an instant connection to the Web via an end-user’s smartphone browser.</p>
<p>How does it all work?  When a consumer downloads the Microsoft Tag application and then snaps a picture of a Tag, the application performs an action, such as opening a Web browser and taking the consumer to a URL or launching an online video. Consumers simply go to <a title="http://gettag.mobi/" href="http://gettag.mobi/">gettag.mobi</a> to download the Tag application, and then they’re ready to snap away.</p>
<p>“Bar code technology for mobile devices is an emerging technology in the United States and has unlimited potential to increase the end user’s experience by expanding upon a message usually limited in print and sign media” said Kirstin Burghart, owner of 6 Degrees Group . “Microsoft Tag allows for the fusion of traditional and new media”, she said. “The potential for this technology is virtually unlimited as it empowers the consumer by giving the buying public the information that they readily need in a convenient and portable way”.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056" title="BLU Microsoft tag retail" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BLUMicrosofttagretail-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.lennarurban.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lennar Urban</a></p>
<p>Lennar is one of the nations’ leading builders of quality homes.  With more than a half century of experience, Lennar is committed to Quality, Value and Integrity.  These principles are the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was established, and this commitment continues to guide business decisions today.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.polarisgroup.com/" target="_blank">Polaris Group </a><br />
Polaris Group is a sales, marketing and consulting firm with years of experience in successfully bringing new residential real estate to market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.</p>
<p>About <a href="http://www.6-degreesgroup.com/" target="_blank">6 Degrees Group</a><br />
6 Degrees Group is a new media marketing group specializing in real estate community branding.</p>
<p><a href="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1050" title="BLU Condominiums San Francisco" src="http://6-degreesgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSCN3524-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
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