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5 questions about social media and SEO with Real Estate Marketing Wiz Ryan Clark

5 questions about social media and SEO with Real Estate Marketing Wiz Ryan Clark

Ryan Clark has been my marketing and branding consultant for a while now, and we regularly discuss social media and link building for real estate. He’s always in the know about the latest SEO and online marketing, and I’ve been asking him for a year…

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Microsoft's new Street Slide blows away Google Maps Street View

Microsoft's new Street Slide blows away Google Maps Street View

Absolutely amazing new map technology will soon be released from Microsoft. You must watch this video to understand how Street Slide could make you stop using Google Maps. Think about it – you could make a street level tour of a neighborhood for a potential…

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Does Google Docs make MS Office obsolete?

Does Google Docs make MS Office obsolete?

The Google domination of all things online continues, as they announced that you can now open and edit all Microsoft® Word files that you receive as attachments in Gmail. From the Google blog: “You can now view them with a single click — no need…

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Mapquest 4 mobile brings voice guidance GPS to iPhone

Mapquest 4 mobile brings voice guidance GPS to iPhone

MapQuest recently released its own free voice navigation app for the iPhone and BlackBerry. From the website: “The MapQuest 4 Mobile downloadable application provides easy access to Directions, Maps, and Local Search. With MapQuest 4 Mobile you also have the ability to integrate your saved…

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Q & A with Morgan Carey (Real Estate Webmasters) about Indexable IDX

Q & A with Morgan Carey (Real Estate Webmasters) about Indexable IDX

Today’s feature: An interview with Real Estate Webmasters CEO Morgan Carey about the SEO benefits of indexable IDX.  He reveals hard data on the resulting increased traffic, and the ability of individual agents to compete in the elusive quest for search results. There’s been a…

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Google Map Buddy – Big City Maps

Google Map Buddy – Big City Maps

I saw this on Lifehacker last week, a great Google Map tool for real estate. Google Map buddy allows you to easily print out wall-sized satellite views of  a neighborhood for your listing, or make a full-page street map of the neighborhood for a buyer. …

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Looking into LEAD follow up

Looking into LEAD follow up

Last week we found that even in this pretty techy community, many people are not relying heavily on the web for their closings.  I have a theory that it’s all about the follow up, or lack thereof.  Let’s find out.

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What percentage of your closings come from the web leads on your personal site?

What percentage of your closings come from the web leads on your personal site?

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7 Principles for Drip Email Campaigns that don't suck

7 Principles for Drip Email Campaigns that don't suck

After hundreds of changes and experimentation with various email campaigns, I offer the 7 most important things I’ve learned about drip campaigns for real estate

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Palm Pre Apps For Real Estate

Palm Pre Apps For Real Estate

After 10 years of using the old Palm OS on my Treo, I’ve switched over to this year’s new Palm Pre. It’s a beautiful little phone, much smaller than the iPhone but with some pretty great features and capabilities.  I’ve had about 3 months on…

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