For real estate agents, helping clients buy and sell homes is arguably more difficult than ever before. Competition is higher and tighter for a smaller number of clients who, understandably, fear the impact of a down real estate market and are reluctant to take the…

I was impressed and inspired by watching this video of Ben Kinney speak about lead generation and creating sales. Paraphrasing Ben, he says that if you aren’t successful as a real estate agent .. You – Aren’t Saying the Right Things … or You Aren’t…

If you are searching for a good domain name for your real estate business, give it some thought before you take the plunge. With millions of websites in the world, you need every advantage you can get. Here are a few things to think about…

[Note from the editor: This article is re-posted from Spencerrascoff.com & Spencer’s Active Rain blog. Given the recent listing syndication discussion, I thought it would be relevant to the Geek Estate Community] It’s a new year, so what better time to take on a controversial…

For many prolific real estate agents, SEO has become an essential facet of their lead generation, surpassing printed media, direct marketing, etc. And although algorithms used by search engines continue to evolve and place weight on different metrics, links remain a constant factor having a…

For a weeks I have been searching high and low, attending webinars and a two day marketing conference, scouring through forums, spending countless hours on the phone with vendors, and countless more Googling everything and anything I could think of to reinvent my site that…

#retechchat is taking a holiday break — the next Monday evening discussion will take place on January 9th. As many of you know, I’m taking a trip to Southeast Asia and will be off the radar for a few weeks. In my absense, Mike Price will…

It’s that time of the year when I’m in the giving mood and the Geek Estate Community deserve to get some great relevant content for the Christmas season. Today I’m sharing an example of what I’m doing with video to help strengthen my relationships with…

Katie Lance at Inman Next put together a great video showing you how to uncover your “hidden” inbox in Facebook. In addition to messages directed at only you, there may be “hidden” messages posted on your business pages to uncover as well. For agents, hidden…

The topic of last night’s #retechchat was Building the Perfect Landing Page. Here is the text transcript that I saved for those who want to read through the entire discussion: Download it HERE (best to use TextEdit on a Mac from what I hear). Alternatively, you can view the discussion…