Straight from the wire: Jay Thompson Joins Zillow as Director of Industry Outreach and Social Media Well-known real estate industry blogger to help real estate professionals grow and market their business SEATTLE, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate…

No great real estate website is complete without an integrated IDX solution for visitors to search for homes. The 6 Geek Build 2012 sites we are building here are no different. IDX is vital to generating a significant amount of leads and keeping visitors on…

We claw, scratch, fight, pinch, kick, and do just about anything else to be high on the lead food chain.   There are countless posts, articles, and columns offering advice on how to get real estate leads and where to get them.  But what is seldom…

Warning: random, NON real estate technology post to ensue. On with it… Who loves March Madness? I’m guessing a lot of you reading this do. And so do I, even though I barely watched a single college basketball game all year (Southeast Asia isn’t exactly…

WordPress Rules! So, you’ve decided to launch a blog or real estate website? Chances are you’re not doing it alone. That being the case, your next choice should be about which CMS (content management system) you’ll use to simplify all the activities you’d rather not…

Tonight’s topic of conversation will be IFTTT.com – How can we use it in Real Estate.  For a quick tutorial on what it is and how to use it – see Sam’s top 10 list. If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk…

We recently participated in an event that put our real estate company in front of hundreds of graduate students relocating to Fort Worth in the summer. I prepared as much material as possible in advance for the event, but was also really eager to just get it…

I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome Maya Paveza (right) and Shantee Haynes (below) from TheHipRoof.com to the Geek Estate community. Maya and I have been talking recently about a whole range of things. Since both Geek Estate and The Hip Roof are focused on helping educate real estate professionals…

If This, Then That is a new company with a plethora of tools designed to automate, simplify, and organize your online world.  They have broken down the code and APIs of online services including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and many others, and created services that automate…

Though not often talked about, a web hosting company is a critical component to any website — since without one, your website wouldn’t exist on the internet unless you owned your own servers (not recommended). Even with their importance, finding a reliable host is extremely…