When I was attending Real Estate Bar Camp in Seattle I had the good fortune to meet a number of the crew at Zillow including Rich Barton, Spencer Rascoff, Drew Meyers and David Gibbons. Spencer was especially friendly and inviting and remained so even after…

Open houses are NOT dead.  Not by a long shot.  Just recently I posted on Zillow after Spencer Rascoff praised a local Realtor in his neighborhood who was working a listing very hard.  Buyers and shoppers have access to plenty of information now.  They want…

What is SEO?  Search engine optimization.  Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 4 years, you’ve surely heard of it…  But wait,  you are in the real estate industry, right?  This is an industry that has been dragged into technology kicking and…

Goomzee just announced a new next messaging marketing product called InterAct. The technology enables text message chat conversation between buyer and seller: When enabled, the InterAct feature will record additional text messages received during a specific time period and link them to the initial buyer…

Here is a video with Greg Afarian’s take on those who say “I’ll pass on syndicating MY Listings”. I think most of you will agree it was worth sharing to a broader audience 🙂 More details available at ZIPVO.com. If you are not currently syndicating…

Congrats to Dustin and Rob for launching RnD this week! If you are a geeky real estate enthusiast, this new “sports talk radio for real estate” is definitely for you. From Dustin’s announcement post: Are you curious what the show is going to be like?…

As real estate professionals who want to make a success of our Internet presence, we should know some of the terminology. But, we should also know how to concentrate our time and efforts on what’s important when it comes to tracking visits to, and activity…

This “Google is a scraper” issue has been all the rage the past week since it hit Agent Genius (370 comments now and coverage on a variety of blogs and forums). The issue was discussed at NAR midyear (Jay Thompson’s coverage), and the MLS Committee…

Alright, so now who’s the pervert? I can’t believe you even clicked over to read this article, or can I? Actually, I can believe you looked and the reason I can believe it is because the title was out of the ordinary and it targeted…

It’s no secret that I’ve been wanting a “Techmeme for Real Estate” for over a year now. I hoped 2009 would be the year — and, last week, my wish was granted! The idea became a reality when TheClozing was launched by Anthony Barba &…