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Blogging As The Killer Real Estate Business Tool

Blogging As The Killer Real Estate Business Tool

Websites are not dead. In fact, it’s a mistaken belief that a blog is not a website. It is just another way of organizing, updating and presenting content. A blog can be a part of your website, or it can stand alone and link to…

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MRIS – MLS Releases Homes Database Beta to Challenge Zillow

MRIS – MLS Releases Homes Database Beta to Challenge Zillow

Many MLS systems across the United States have been critical of listing aggregator sites like Zillow and Trulia and they now have entered into the arena to try and take back a piece of the pie. MRIS, an east coast MLS (Multiple Listing Service) has…

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Diverse Solutions Makes some Big Changes to their IDX Product

Diverse Solutions Makes some Big Changes to their IDX Product

Diverse Solutions released a major upgrade this week to their IDX product — here’s a list of some of the new features: Search by school district Search by price drops Ability to search bank owned, short sale, and foreclosure listings Ability to search FSBO listings…

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More Google Street View – Baltimore, DC, and Seattle

More Google Street View – Baltimore, DC, and Seattle

Yesterday, Google announced they’ve added three more highly requested cities to their street view coverage — Seattle, Baltimore, and Washington DC. Previous Geek Estate Street View coverage: Now Available: Google Street View via API Google Street View — Too Close for Comfort? Google StreetView Expands…

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SEO brain teaser: what would you do with Zillow Blog?

SEO brain teaser: what would you do with Zillow Blog?

This is a brain teaser for the SEO geeks. Most SEO decisions require a trade-off and this one has me in analysis paralysis so I thought I’d ask a few friends for their advice. The question is this; is Zillow’s Blog more useful to Zillow…

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LinkedIn gets Linked In

LinkedIn gets Linked In

In my opinion, even with millions of members, LinkedIn has always been a site to ‘meme’ yourself to death, and brag about others.  Recommend, and get recommended.  The site, again in my opinion, was not much more than, an on-line profile, a resume’ of sorts,…

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A "Toast" to You! (and The Coach Too!)

A "Toast" to You! (and The Coach Too!)

So I’m trying out this new FREE Screen Capture software, called “ScreenToaster“, and I am thinking it has some real appeal to someone who does what I do (Coach Real Estate Agents about the Internet, remember!). Then, suddenly (as if I were actually thinking or…

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Social Media in Real Estate – Part 2: Facebook

Social Media in Real Estate – Part 2: Facebook

Facebook is a phenomenon used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. According to Facebook.com / comScore — Facebook has over 110 million active users, is the 4th most-trafficked website in the world, and is the most-trafficked social media site in the world. These are…

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A Quick and Easy Tool for Turning E-mail Signatures into Outlook Contacts

A Quick and Easy Tool for Turning E-mail Signatures into Outlook Contacts

For those of you who are constantly turning e-mail signatures into Outlook Contacts, I found a cool piece of software you can utilize — Anagram 2.1. Today, I recorded a quick video post (here’s my 1st video post comparing the iPhone to the BlackBerry) explaining…

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There Once was a Realtor from Nantucket…

There Once was a Realtor from Nantucket…

…Who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man And as for the bucket, Nantucket… I’ll bet you thought it went differently, didn’t you? but this is the original limerick as it appeared in the newspaper…

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