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Secluded Carriage House in Quiogue for $1.849M with Lovely Gardens | Chappaqua Real Estate

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This 1890 carriage house has a lot of historic charm, but unlike many old houses, it has large, spacious rooms. Features include coffered ceilings,wide-plank floors, a fabulous granite kitchen with pro appliances, and a sunny porch. There are five bedrooms and three and a half baths in 3556sf. We like the soothing, summery neutral palette warmed up with antiques, too. Outside, specimen trees and formal gardens are on a lot of 1.3 acres. The setting is very private, with a long gated driveway, but Main Street shopping is a short walk away. There’s room for a pool and pool house.
· 478 Main St [Elliman]

 

Secluded Carriage House in Quiogue for $1.849M with Lovely Gardens – This charming house – Curbed Hamptons.

Lane Closures, Detours Begin Monday For Route 100-C In Mount Pleasant | Chappaqua Realtor

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Work on the Route 100C bridge over the Sprain Brook Parkway will cause lane closures and detours beginning Monday.

All eastbound lanes on Grasslands Road over the bridge will be closed to traffic, with detours onto Route 9A, Brighton Avenue and Route 100.

No westbound lane closures are planned during the project.

The bridge work is expected to last through August 30.

Residents should expect traffic delays and use alternate routes whenever possible.

 

Lane Closures, Detours Begin Monday For Route 100-C In Mount Pleasant | The Chappaqua Daily Voice.

Home construction climbs 5% in May: McGraw Hill | Chappaqua Real Estate

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At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $495.7 billion, new construction starts in May advanced 5% from April, according to McGraw Hill Construction.

Much of the uptick came from nonresidential building, which registered moderate growth for the second month in a row after its sluggish performance at the outset of 2013.

During the first five months of 2013, total construction starts on an unadjusted basis were reported at $187.6 billion, down 3% from last year.

Residential building advanced 3% in May to $206.8 billion.

Single-family housing also edged up 2% in May, the company noted.

The rate of activity for single-family housing continues to be high by recent standards, with May up 26% from the average monthly pace during 2012.

By geography, single-family housing in May revealed gains in the Midwest, up 6%; the West, up 5%, and the South Atlantic, up 2%, respectively.

 

Home construction climbs 5% in May: McGraw Hill | HousingWire.

What is Your Posting Rhythm to Social Media? | Chappaqua Realtor

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Last week I was on a panel discussing social media at a conference here in Australia and a question from the floor asked about how often is ideal to post to Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest?

I was fascinated to hear the range of answers we gave as panelists and I thought it might be a good discussion to have here on ProBlogger.

What frequency do you publish to the social networks that you’re active on?

I’ll kick things off:

Facebook Pages: On the dPS Facebook page I try to update 3-4 times a day with posts spread out over a 24 hour cycle. I find if I do it too much more regularly that the posts don’t get as much engagement.

Twitter: On my ProBlogger Twitter account I find I can post at a higher frequency on Twitter as tweets tend to have a shorter life. Having said that most of my tweets are done live when I have something to say (and time to tweet).

Tweets go up automatically when I post a new post here on the blog or when a new job goes up on the Job Boards and I’ll often share another link to a blog post 12 or so hours later. The rest of my tweets are more personal/conversational and not scheduled.

Pinterest: on the dPS Pinterest account I’ve employed Jade to update our board.

Google+: My Google+ account is something I don’t update with great frequency. I use it more when I want to test an idea that I’m thinking through, ask a question or share something I’m excited about.

As a result there are days when I might post 2-3 times and then it might be 2-3 days before I post again! My posts there can be as short as a link or up to 2000 words!

LinkedIn: I’m a dismal failure on LinkedIn. Status updates are largely new posts on the blog and automated. I feel like I could improve a lot in this area.

What about you? What’s your posting rhythm on to social media? Do you update them all the same or have different strategies for each one?

 

What is Your Posting Rhythm to Social Media? : @ProBlogger.

East Hampton Town Attempts to Rein in Drunken Partiers at Beach | Chappaqua Real Estate

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So far, East Hampton hasn’t walled off the parking lot, as was mooted in March, but the town board approved restricted parking access at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett. The party scene was out of control on the beach last summer, with rowdy behavior, urinating in the dunes, and mounds of garbage left behind. The new law would restrict vehicles weighing more than 4 tons, longer than 30 feet or carrying more than eight passengers from parking on Indian Wells Highway, 175 feet south of Bluff Road to the end. Parking will also be prohibited on two roads near Indian Wells Highway from 8AM to 6PM. We’ll see what happens.

 

 

East Hampton Town Attempts to Rein in Drunken Partiers at Indian Wells Beach – drunkhampton – Curbed Hamptons.

Chappaqua’s Bill Clinton To Receive ‘Father Of the Year’ Award | Chappaqua Homes

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As Sunday’s Father’s day approaches, Chappaqua resident and former President Bill Clinton will be honored with “Father of the Year” by the National Father’s Day Council at its 72nd Annual Father of the Year Awards Tuesday afternoon in New York City in a luncheon at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Macy’s CEO Terry J. Lundgren will also be honored. Both were deemed with the honor back in January.

“We are extremely honored to have President Clinton accept this award for Father of the Year,” said Dan Orwig, chairman of the National Father’s Day Committee.

“With the profound generosity, leadership and tireless dedication to both his public office and many philanthropic organizations, President Clinton exemplifies the attributes that we celebrate through this award.”

Clinton, whose only child, Chelsea, is now 32 years old and married, was elected President in 1992 and served two terms. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the nation’s former secretary of state. The former president focuses on his William J. Clinton Foundation, which seeks to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote healthier childhoods and protect the environment.

About the National Father’s Day Council: As part of its commitment to support meaningful philanthropies dealing with issues affecting mothers, fathers and children, the National Father’s Day/Mother’s Day Council, Inc., has donated more than $30 million to date to meaningful charities nationwide.

 

Chappaqua’s Bill Clinton To Receive ‘Father Of the Year’ Award Tuesday | The Armonk Daily Voice.

The new Gmail inbox simplifies and customizes with new tabs | Chappaqua Real Estate

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Watch Gmail’s intro video for the new inbox design and they’ll state something many of us are all too familiar with: Inboxes can be overwhelming!

Gmail is offering to help you deal with the clutter that email brings. The new design now features tabs that include primary, social, promotions and updates tabs to help you sort out what’s most important. Emails can easily be dragged from one tab to another leaving you in control of the emails you really need.

Can’t find the new inbox or wondering if you have access to it yet? Check the little gear icon in the upper right-hand corner. If you see “Configure inbox” then you are good to go!

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See “Configure inbox” in your settings tab? Then you have access to the new inbox design!

Set up your new Inbox preferences

Enable the tabs you want along with an option to include your starred emails.

Gmail's new Inbox Tabs

Your emails automatically get set up according to the tab they belong in. You can easily drag and drop emails to move them to a different tab.

The new inbox is available for your Android 4.0+ devices and iPhone and iPad. Google’s prepped more inbox tips, too.

Watch the video from Gmail here and let me know what you think of the new layout.

– See more at: http://www.inman.com/next/the-new-gmail-inbox/#sthash.0HQpNKHg.dpuf

 

Take a look: The new Gmail inbox simplifies and customizes with new tabs | Inman News.

Making Social Marketing Make Sense For Small Business | Chappaqua Realtor

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When author and small business expert Steve Strauss was commissioned to write the third edition of the best-selling Small Business Bible, his publisher asked if enough had changed in the business world since the 2009 second edition debuted to warrant a new installment.

Short answer? Hell yes. “The only social network around when I wrote the last installment was Myspace,” he laughed when he stopped by FORBES this week to discuss the release and a new survey revealing new insights into the ways small businesses should (and are and in many cases aren’t) using social media in their marketing efforts.

“Hands down, the biggest mistake small businesses are making on social media is not using social media,” he says, pointing to a stat from the recent STAPLES study that found that while most small business owners want to use social (in fact, on a wish-list of small biz marketing entrepreneurs rank amassing Facebook FB +1.4% friends above a Super Bowl commercial) and know they should be using social, more than a quarter haven’t considered how it can help their businesses and an equal number consider themselves novices.

To quote Seth Godin, “How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of one of the greatest shifts of our generation,” Strauss writes in his book on the imperative for small business owners to embrace social. To that end, he shared with FORBES three clear

 

Making Social Marketing Make Sense For Small Business – Forbes.

Facebook Reduces Ad Options: This Week in Social Media | Chappaqua Realtor

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Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

What’s New This Week?

Facebook Streamlines Ad Offering: Facebook says they plan to “streamline the number of ad units from 27 to fewer than half of that” while mapping all of their ads to “the business objectives marketers care about—be it in-store sales, online conversions, app installs, etc.”

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Facebook will eliminate redundant ads. “This includes removing the Questions product for Pages because marketers can simply ask a question in a post and get answers in comments.”

LinkedIn Lets You Enrich Your Updates: After recently giving you the ability toadd rich media to your profile, LinkedIn now also lets you “directly upload images, documents and presentations to the updates you share from the LinkedIn Homepage.”

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LinkedIn’s new feature allows you to “add a richer and more visual component to your professional discussions.”

Discussion From Our Networking Clubs: Thousands of social media marketers and small business owners are asking questions and helping others in our free Networking Clubs. Here are a few interesting discussions worth highlighting:

LinkedIn Gives You a New Look at Who’s Viewed Your Profile: LinkedIn has rolled out “a new, simplified look and feel for Who’s Viewed Your Profile to make it easier for you to get a snapshot of who, what and how you are being discovered on LinkedIn.”

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“Who’s Viewed Your Profile can also give you insights on how often your profile has been viewed and what connections or groups you have in common with them.” Premium members get additional filters.

SlideShare Announces Richer RSS Feeds: “SlideShare’s RSS feeds just got richer, with each content item now including a full image of the first slide. For developers building upon SlideShare, this enables them to create even more visual apps than before.”

Facebook Reduces Ad Options: This Week in Social Media | Social Media Examiner.

Experts say we are still bubble-free | Chappaqua Real Estate

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On the current path, home prices, sales and construction should continue upward, said economist Jed Kolko of Trulia. Meanwhile, vacancies, delinquencies and foreclosures will be dropping. “Inventories may be down too as a necessary part of the housing recovery.”

Homes are still undervalued relative to rent, Kolko said, and a full housing recovery is a few years away.

Currently there are no signs of over-building and little sign of over-borrowing, he said. “Prices would have to rise at current rate for several years to return to bubble territory.”

 

Experts say we are still bubble-free | HousingWire.