Being a creative person with a hyperactive imagination, I find myself playing “what if” games fairly often, and I thought the Geek Estate crowd would be interested to hear about my latest episode.  I found myself asking the following question, “If I had to give up…

What a treat to finally be writing for Geekestate! After admiring the site as a fantastic resource for some time now, it really is an honor to be able to contribute. Now, although I have some good experience within the real estate industry myself, especially…

Is email marketing dead like some have claimed? Or is it alive and well, proving more effective and beneficial over other key channels of communication? As you’ll see below, email communications should not be underestimated and e-Newsletters in particular, combined with Email Campaign Reporting, can…

This was a comment about the hyper local landscape from Greg Fischer in the TurnOn Facebook Group yesterday (moderated by 1000Watt): Yesterday, I met with two different people who are creating hyper-local media assets. One is further along than the other. Its starting to feel like…

Social objects is not a new concept, and has been discussed here on Geek Estate by both Ines and myself. But we’ll talk about it again since Hugh Macleod wrote an awesome post. I’m with Hugh when he says this: The hard currency of the…

If you have ever had a painful experience while attempting to share your screen or while trying to view someone else’s screen remotely, then continue reading. If not, then I salute you, for you are a rare breed. At Contactually, I am frequently on the…

After a bit of a delay we are moving forward with development of our custom child theme for the Genesis Framework. We did have some trouble finding a developer for the project. Apparently it’s a great time to be a WordPress / Genesis / PHP…

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer. I have a few longer posts on draft but thought I would share a new website and a budding video star with the Geekestate community. Ha Media has been churning out attractive real estate websites for years. However, their…

Numbers don’t lie. Google Charts is an invaluable tool to display real estate trends that will help buyers gain market specific knowledge and information. With Google Charts it is easier than ever to show home value charts and graphs for your featured listings, neighborhoods, or condominium…

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…