We’re inching closer and closer to actually designing and developing the 6 Geek Build sites. I just took some feedback into account, and made a revision from the first of the two wireframes I posted last week. You can also take a look at John…

How Can a Real Estate Website be Successful? I saw this question in Geek Estate’s WP stats as a source of traffic to this site. It’s such a simple answer, that I’ll spend the 2 seconds it takes to answer it. Want it badly enough….

I have a random question for the TRUE geeks today. For those with experience building and running WordPress multisite networks, I wanted to get your feedback on your opinion of which IDX solution is best for a multisite instance powering dozens of sites on different…

The steering committee has discussed the theme framework decision, and decided on Genesis (affiliate link) as the recommended theme framework for Geek Build 2012. Why? As you can see based on Ricardo’s post, any of the premium theme frameworks can be used effectively for a…

You’ve likely heard the word curation. But maybe you aren’t entirely sure what it is, or how you can use it in your business? Why do it? How do you make money from curation at a local level in the real estate vertical? What is…

Prior to starting on the actual design, wireframing our Geek Build 2012 sites is the next step in the website building process. What is “wireframing” you might ask? According to Wikepedia: A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual…

Leading up the the Final Four next weekend, here are the leaders of our Geek Estate March Madness bracket (Geek Estate Ballers): Chris Drayer Jason Berman Jay Thompson I’m sad to say that I’m completely out of the running for winning this year’s Geek Estate Ballers bracket….

The next Geek Build 2012 decision to be made is choosing a WordPress theme framework to build participants’ new sites on top of. There are obviously thousands and thousands of free themes floating around out there — but the support, code quality, and updates from…

You can succeed by blogging 5 times per week. Or not. You can succeed by video blogging once per week. Or not. You can succeed by spending money on Zillow. Or not. You can succeed by syndicating your listings to all corners of the web….

Once the steering committee’s IDX recommendation is complete, then we can really move on to getting the wireframes completed, designed, and built. I thought it would be helpful to put together a checklist for site participants so they know exactly what they should be working…