Chris Smith, better known in the RE.net as TechSavvyAgent (TSA), is joining Inman as their new Chief Evangelist. As many of you know, prior to this, Chris did sales for Top Producer (owned by Move.com) and was the face behind TechSavvyAgent (now @Chris_Smth). Now, he’s moving…

Can Facebook “Likes” & Twitter “Tweets” Influence Search Engine Rankings? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself for quite awhile. Thankfully, Rand and his team at SEOmoz have been collecting data, and they’ve reported their findings on Facebook + Twitter’s Influence on Google’s Search Rankings. Many…

How often do you get asked “How’s the market?” I’d wager a bet it’s just about everyday. The team at 1000watt Consulting has a new app going into BETA to help share your knowledge related to that question in the digital world – Howsthemarket.com (great…

I was just reading Ricardo’s post over on the Diverse Solution blog about XML sitemaps. And I wanted to debunk a myth I’ve heard numerous times from agents across the country about XML sitemaps for everyone reading. XML sitemaps will NOT help you improve your…

Real Estate Blogging Content Strategies was the topic that lit up the Twitter stream in last night’s #ReTechChat on Twitter, hosted by Drew Meyers (the editor of this blog). It’s the first one I attended, so although it went by fast, it was full of…

Another great #retechchat tonight, this time on the topic of Blogging Content Strategies. Here is the text document that I saved for those who really want to wade through the entire discussion: Download it HERE. Alternatively, you can view the discussion on TwapperKeeper under the #retechchat hashtag….

Generating content is hard work. No doubt about it. I think we all understand that in order to get leads and clients from your web efforts, you have to attract traffic to your site. As I’ve said before, the best converting websites on the planet…

The Problem With Facebook Fan Pages What are the three biggest problems with Facebook Fan Pages? Getting first time visitors, repeat visitors, and exciting visitors so they share your page with their friends. There is only one way to solve these problems and to elevate…

The topic of #retechchat this coming Monday evening will be Blogging Content Strategies – a topic I personally enjoy quite a bit, and the biggest challenge to blogging that I hear from agents on a daily basis. The 2nd and 3rd choice for a topic…

This has nothing to do with WordPress, social media, listing syndication, or anything else related to real estate technology. Today, I want to ask you to support for a boy named Jackson I don’t even know in person who is in the fight of his…