Here’s a great video by Darin Persinger explaining how to Calculate the ROI of Your Time. Thinking through your ROI is a hugely important activity for any business owner so as to spend your time on your most profitable activities (and hiring others to do…

The topic of #retechchat tonight was the role of the individual agent. We discussed what technology agents should outsource, what tech an MLS should provide, brokerages and tech training, and a range of other topics. Here is the text document that I saved for those…

It’s obvious agents are realizing the power and cost effectiveness of the WordPress platform. But brokers seem to be non existent in terms of developing comprehensive WordPress strategies. Here are two potential strategies for a real estate brokerage to take advantage of WordPress: A full…

Here’s a video from Darin Persinger at Productivity Junkies that I thought I’d share — the topic is the how you are losing $8,000 per month. Yea, of course you don’t want to lose $8,000 a month, so watch the video. And if your time…

It looks like the topic of the next #retechchat is the Role of the Individual Agent (as it relates to technology). What technology products should an agent invest in? What should they rely on their broker for? What should the MLS provide? 2nd place was “Craigslist”,…

Trulia, Inc. has released an innovative new tool that went live June 02, 2011. Crime Map gives users a birds eye view of what crime is like in the area that they’re thinking about moving to. Trulia made a genius acquisition in purchasing this new…

There’s a great post over at SEOMoz on the topic of “retargeting”. What is it? It is the form of marketing in which you target users who have previously visited your website with banner ads on display networks across the web I encourage you to…

If I look at the very top agents in the company most aren’t using WP for main site, why should I? I received this question from John Ziemba on Twitter last week and wanted to address it here. It’s a question that I can’t answer…

1. My Brokers website is good enough Wrong! More often than not, a Brokers website does more to advertise the brokerage than any one particular agent. Many Agents have their own website, quite often more than just one. It’s entirely appropriate to create your own…

The 2nd edition of our 10 Minute WordPress SEO video series is up — this one on the topic of permalinks. Head over to the Virtual Results Blog and follow along for some good learnings from Jim.