I love this commercial… Why? It paints a picture of where well established technology titans began. Skype, TripAdvisor, Shazam, and Shutterfly. They all began in obscure places across the globe as little more than an idea is some crazy entrepreneurs head. And Dell found the…

Yesterday I wrote about going deep on content in 2014. Today, I found an amazing example of deep local content certainly worth highlighting. Raziel Ungar in Burlingame, CA. There are teams and brokerages scattered across the country who have done good work in the local…

Does Anyone Use Facebook to Search for a Real Estate Agent? I’m not convinced the answer is yes. No one has ever told me they found their agent on Facebook. And, if the answer is no, who cares if N-Play has 250,000 agents in their…

I believe amazing local content is one of the best long term strategies to generating organic, high quality traffic to your site. I’ve written about hyper local blogging and the content problem (clarifying post here) multiple times. As you know from my previous writing, one option…

Crowdfunding seems to be creeping into every vertical as a viable fundraising option. The most well known platform is of course Kickstarter. Kickstarter for real estate agents? From Brad Inman’s 2014 predictions: 4. An investment opportunity to buy equity in individual top-producing real estate agents…

I’m going to give the first 4 people who schedule a call using the following link from Clarity.fm, 30 minutes of my time for free: https://clarity.fm/drewmeyers/geekestate I offered a similar deal a few years ago ($5 instead of zero), as part of Startup Weekend Amsterdam —…

There are lots of technology trends to watch in 2014 (Brad Inman’s here). I happen to believe the one that will break through on the consumer side is going to be personalized, agent-curated search. I’ve written about this is more, but I’ll say it again. Less…

Over a year ago when Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, between all the devastating pictures that came from this tragedy, I was struck by the images online of people gathering around power outlets and coffee shops to get charged. These survivors who had lost…

HouseCall just raised 1.5 M to continue their push into home services industry with an Uber-like platform. More information: http://tryhousecall.com/

I’m doing something this year I’ve never officially done. Be a mentor through an organization called Year Up (which I mentioned for the first time here). Sure, I (think) I have helped lots of people informally over the years. But mentoring is a more serious endeavor, over an extended…