I’m hoping the final version of WordPress 3.0 is close to completion (the Beta came out a few weeks ago) and I wanted to take a few minutes to touch on two of the cooler possibilities for agent and broker sites opened up by the…

For the real estate professionals reading this looking to get a leg up on the competition and put together a complete website and social media strategy (& get it implemented), this blog post is for you. A broad range of companies and individuals servicing the…

For the WordPress developers, I think you’ll be happy to hear the long awaited WordPress 3.0 has been released in BETA form. The most notable component of the 3.0 upgrade is clearly WordPress and WordPress MU now sharing one code base (instructions for those who…

I agree with Joel that Facebook is kind of a big deal and I wanted to get some feedback from the Geek Estate audience. It’s now a given you should have a Facebook strategy. For the agents and brokers reading this, how are you using…

I just watched today’s Whiteboard Friday from Rand at SEOMoz and this week’s high level point is that brand power is going to lead to better SEO, and I certainly agree. If you have a stronger brand, you’re more likely to get a link, get…

We all know consumers are wondering what’s currently for sale, what their home is worth, and how their local market is doing and that every agent and broker website should have content and functionality to address those consumer desires. But I agree with Eric Stegemann…

I wanted to congratulate fellow Geek Estate contributor Steve Jagger (and his friend Shane Gibson) for releasing a new book in the Amazon store for $25 — Sociable – “How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside-down” I haven’t read the book, but Steve…

There are some great IDX providers and some not so great ones; some expensive and some cheap (or free). At one of the sessions at RE BarCamp NY last week, the following question came up: Is having no IDX search on an agent or broker…

In my post a few days ago resulting from a spammer annoying me, I said I’d have a comment policy posted by the end of the week. I didn’t want to disappoint, so here it is — Blog / Comment Policy for Geek Estate Blog…

There is a question in Zillow Advice from Kathy Toth that I want to throw out to the tech savvy audience here on Geek Estate: What closings did you have in 2009 from social media; what sources and how many units. What ROI? Any feedback…