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Useful Online Resources for Real Estate Agents

Useful Online Resources for Real Estate Agents

Last week I attended Raincamp hosted by Active Rain in San Diego.  I thought it a good idea to step off of my own platform of what I know about online marketing for the real estate industry and simply see what others are doing to…

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MRIS – MLS Releases Homes Database Beta to Challenge Zillow

MRIS – MLS Releases Homes Database Beta to Challenge Zillow

Many MLS systems across the United States have been critical of listing aggregator sites like Zillow and Trulia and they now have entered into the arena to try and take back a piece of the pie. MRIS, an east coast MLS (Multiple Listing Service) has…

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Change in Real World Affect Online Real Estate Sites

Change in Real World Affect Online Real Estate Sites

Real World Impact on the Digital World The internet doesn’t always reflect the reality of day to day life, especially when it comes to online businesses. For example, Google has posted increased earnings despite the economic woes that we hear about on a daily basis….

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Pillow'd – A case for Viral Video

Pillow'd – A case for Viral Video

After my last post about utilizing video because of the potential audience across Youtube, I stumbled over this brilliant marketing video that actually originated from Zillow. Great Job Guys! My favorite part if the guy at the end crashing into the table.

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2008 Stats from YouTube and Why you should use Video Tours

2008 Stats from YouTube and Why you should use Video Tours

Youtube Usage 2008 WeeklySEO clued me into a a PDF from Google for 2008 that provides some recent stats about YouTube usuage. It is full of really interesting and detailed information about JUST HOW MUCH YouTube has grown and how much use it is getting….

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Localism Sponsorship: Hype or Value?

Localism Sponsorship: Hype or Value?

What does the Localism Real-Estate Revolution Mean? As of July 9th Active Rain opened up “The New Localism”, which has been in beta with ActiveRain for a while. The marketing for the site is that it will be a “revolution in real-estate”. In the past,…

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Hearing Real Estate Voices? New posting community for the Real Estate Industry

Hearing Real Estate Voices? New posting community for the Real Estate Industry

There is a new article submission site coming up on the horizon. This one hits a niche that is close to home for the real estate tech industry, an article submission site that’s clean and simple. Real Estate Voices seems like a quick clean, easy…

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Mixx it up – New Communities Feature

Mixx it up – New Communities Feature

One of the big social bookmarking platforms has been Mixx.com; it is a very 2.0 platform allowing submission of articles, pictures and videos. They’ve taken the next step in branching out into becoming a full blown Social Media site by releasing their Mixx Communities. This…

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An Adventure in Vimeo

An Adventure in Vimeo

Video is the next frontier, or so they say. I have been wracking my brains for a way to utilize video on my Riverside real estate website, but since I am handicapped by not having any listings, I couldn’t do a listing tour. I decided…

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