Tonight’s topic of conversation will be DRIP Email Campaigns.  For a quick read on a few ways to use drip email in real estate, check out Ricardo’s post on the Diverse Solutions Blog. If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk – join the…

You want to reach residents in your local geographic area, right? Build WeekendSherpa, specifically tailored to your geographic area. What is WeekendSherpa? WeekendSherpa is a free weekly email newsletter giving you insiders’ recommendations on the best outdoor pursuits exclusive to California. It’s a drop dead…

How many of you are working on building hyper local communities for your neighborhood or city? I’ll take a guess and say “everyone” (at least to the agents and brokers reading). How many of you understand community building? I’m guessing the answer is “not many”….

There was an article in the San Diego Union Tribune that was one of the many attempts to explain the listing data integrity and syndication debate to the general consumer. As most of us and some of the big players in the industry have already…

After a very long and strongly debated case over who should be the official IDX recommendation of the Geek Build Steering Committee, we have decided on Real Geeks. Remember, the focus of Geek Build is to build websites with the following goals in mind: Maximize lead…

The web is shifting toward minimalism. Less is more. Chris Smith — and probably many more — agree with me. I really like the latest wireframe revision for Geek Build. But it’s more of the same. It’s bloated. It’s the norm in the real estate…

We’re inching closer and closer to actually designing and developing the 6 Geek Build sites. I just took some feedback into account, and made a revision from the first of the two wireframes I posted last week. You can also take a look at John…

Mobile devices are incredible. Personally, I am in love with my Ipad. The world of information always available right at your fingertips. Well, sort of. Real estate has evolved with mobile to the benefit of consumers and agents everywhere with mobile search, messaging, and e-signatures making…

How Can a Real Estate Website be Successful? I saw this question in Geek Estate’s WP stats as a source of traffic to this site. It’s such a simple answer, that I’ll spend the 2 seconds it takes to answer it. Want it badly enough….

I have a random question for the TRUE geeks today. For those with experience building and running WordPress multisite networks, I wanted to get your feedback on your opinion of which IDX solution is best for a multisite instance powering dozens of sites on different…