Speaking of online reputation management for real estate professionals, there was a comment by Simon Salloom (more likely an SEO firm on his behalf) on my post about reputation management that I found troubling and quite contrary to the advice given in my presentation. I’ve…

Here is my Online Reputation Management presentation from #vrebc today if you’re interested. If you have questions regarding managing your online reputation, please leave them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them all. Thanks to everyone who attended my session. RepMgmt-VREBC…

I thought it would be fun to ask a couple friends that I respect a few questions about Search Engine Marketing / SEO. Both Justin and Bob have been very successful in their real estate markets plus consulting clients in other verticals as well. Bob…

Lately I’ve been revisiting my goals from 2009, setting new ones for 2010 and trying to find ways to streamline my workflow to make things more efficient. One web-based trick I’ve been using to do that is Timebridge. Timebridge gives you the power to set…

I’m participating on a panel discussion at Real Estate Connect in New York City on Leveraging the Wide Open Web to Create a Rich User Experience: Consumers are looking for more than a house; they are looking for a place to live. The panel is…

A couple of months ago I was using Twitter search and discovered Deed Street.  Deed Street is an open micro-blogging platform which offers aggregation of real estate Tweets using the “^” tag on Twitter.  The site, which was launched in September, requires a user to…

Ever since Zillow launched rentals a few weeks ago, I’ve becoming more and more convinced that social media marketing in the rental market is a significant missed opportunity for real estate pros as a means to build a future book of business. It’s a given…

After 10 years of using the old Palm OS on my Treo, I’ve switched over to this year’s new Palm Pre. It’s a beautiful little phone, much smaller than the iPhone but with some pretty great features and capabilities.  I’ve had about 3 months on…

No one likes comment spam. Here’s a humorous look at comment spam and a couple of rules to help avoid being a comment spammer. Be nice, this is my first attempt at a whimsical post 😀 Get a gravatar. The field that says “name”, well,…

Ladies and Gents, boys and girls, you are in for a treat. I am feeling particularly magnanimous this holiday season and figure this year I’m going to dish out some incredible ways to build backlinks. As you all know, Search Engine Optimization, especially when it…