Over the last three months or so I have had the privilege of getting to know a sharp Manhattan Beach Real Estate agent named Greg Geilman. Interestingly, we met half way across the country, where he showed me the amazing things he has done with video.  Within…

Good news for 4 people – I’m offering an online marketing consultation for agents or brokers for $5 to the first 4 people to pay. Here’s the background as to why. I’m currently at Startup Weekend in Amsterdam working with a team building a platform that enables you…

It’s been a while since I’ve written here on Geekestate and to those lacking fresh marketing tips, I am truly sorry. The last 6 months have been interesting with regards to SEO and internet marketing under the iron fist of Google, to say the least….

Silos are great. At maintaining the status quo. At being predictable. Silos hold grain. Get emptied. Get refilled with more grain. Over and over and over. A very predictable pattern. Silos suck if you are focused on growth. Sure, you can build more of them. But…

Veteran real estate marketing firm 1000watt Consulting launched a gorgeous new website this weekend at 1000watt.net. Go look at it. Nice huh? Knowing the people behind 1000watt it’s safe to say that they won’t make a big deal about this site launch. They simply deliver…

If you care about your own SEO efforts, please please do yourself a favor and read this article on SEOMoz explaining how to utilize local events to build links. Happy monday!

The bottom line is that you don’t know the best way to accomplish a goal until you try several different approaches of reaching the same goal. In the web world, that process is generally referred to as “A/B Testing”. A few months ago, I created…

I’ve been wanting to cover international real estate technology in detail for quite some time, but have never gotten around to it until now. PropertyFeast in India paid for a sponsored post via the Press Release submission tool built into this site (their Press Release is already…

SEO, SEM, PPC, IDX… how many acronyms must you understand to be in real estate of all industries? All of ’em, yes all of ’em, if you want to effectively reach consumers where they now work, play and live — the world wide web. The world…

The Latest Move, Zillow’s Agent Websites.. Last week saw the launch of Zillow’s agent websites with idx. From the onset, it appears like a too good to be true offering.  Wordpress site, domain, hosting, idx and support all for $10 a month.  This move brings…