The “365 Things to Do in [City Name]” concept worked for a few people like Dale Chumbley who made it the whole way though. What’s the the next big thing agents/brokers are going to try on Facebook to gain traffic and engagement? Here’s an idea…

After a bit of thought and asking TechSavvyAgent and Matthew Shadbolt for their opinions, #reblogchat is being renamed to #retechchat so that we can cover topics outside of real estate blogging down the road. For instance, we may want to select real estate CRM’s, utilizing iPads…

[Updated 4/7/2011: #reblogchat will actually be named #retechchat to give us more flexibility to cover topics beyond blogging] I’ve been “attending” the weekly 1 hour #blogchat conversation on Twitter every Sunday evening (at 8 pm Central) the past month or so. It’s always a lively discussion…

Social media will NOT radically transform your business in the next 12 months. Or likely the next 24 months. There. I said it. Like anything else in life, success with social media takes time and effort. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that social…

It seems everywhere I go people are talking about QR codes. When it comes to QR codes, where is the data that supports the hype? Here’s a comment by Chris Dowell on the Mobile Marketing post which is quite telling if you ask me: I have…

Ready for some margaritas team with geeky real estate conversation? For those in the Orange County, Los Angeles, or San Diego area, there’s a Pre-Agent Reboot tweetup tomorrow evening that you should attend from 6 pm – 9 pm at Pablos Cantina @ The District at…

When starting a conversation, finding things you can relate to the other person is absolutely crucial. If two people have nothing in common, then building a relationship is going to be tough. Enter social objects. The Social Object, in a nutshell, is the reason two…

Who is getting quoted by the local media regarding real estate market trends in your area? I had a discussion about this topic with an John Payson at #REBCSEA last week and saw this tweet from Kristal Kraft — and I decided it’s worth a…

Fair Warning: for the advanced techies reading this, you’ll want to gloss right over this post. And I won’t hold it against you. How many of you have been added to a Facebook Group without your permission? It’s happened to me, and I’ve done it…

When it comes to real estate ad networks — Zillow has Yahoo! Real Estate & hundreds of newspapers. Trulia has CNNMoney. Realtor.com has MSN. Realtor.com just announced their deal with BlockShopper.com yesterday. I think, over the next 12-24 months, we will see a race between Zillow, Trulia, and Move (Realtor.com) to…